Ritam Dutta

Invited Lectures

  1. Received an invitation for a lecture from a literary forum called “Interface – The Academic Forum of Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi” for the 5th edition of online Research Training session as part of “Research Bootcamp” on Research methodology. 9th November, 2025.
  2. Received an invitation for a lecture (along with Indranil Banerjee and Shaonli Bhowmik) by “Eng Res Co” (a literary community based in the Department of English at Jamia Millia Islamia) on the topic “Building an Academic Community” on September 20th, 2025.
  3. Received an invitation for a lecture from the “Consortium of Global Scholars”, University of Delhi on the topic “Blue Victorian” (along with Shaonli Bhowmik). 30th March, 2025.

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Papers

  1. “Extractive Palates: Colonial and
    Postcolonial Ecologies of Taste” (with Indranil Banerjee). Heritage Meets Modernity: Millennial Interventions in Redefining India’s Culinary Topography. ICSSR Major Research Project. Plates of Memory, Palates of Change: Memory, Identity, Community, and Millennial Transformations. Department of English, Jadavpur University & Department of English, Aliah University (February 17th, 2026)
  2. “Hydroelectric Dams, Displacements, and the Memory of Water in Post-Socialist Literature”. Memory Matters: Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies (Workshop). University of Regensburg, Germany (February 5-6th, 2026)
  3. “She Who Could Not Cry”: Trauma and the Violence of Silence in Saleha Choudhury’s “Daughter”. Decolonization & Global Justice Conference, University of Oregon, USA (January 24th, 2026)
  4. “Blue Victorian: Oceanology, Marginality and Transgression.” (with Shaonli Bhowmik). A UKRI international Symposium. Organized by the Public Humanities Initiative (PHI Centre), IIT Hyderabad and and Victorian Diversities Research Network, Kingston University, UK. (February 8-9th, 2026)
  5. “George Eliot’s Verse and the Transformation of Faith into Humanism.” International Conference. “TRANS/FORMATIONS”. University of Regina, Canada. (October 17th, 2025)
  6. “Anthropocene, Mountains and the Narratives of Mamang Dai.” International Conference: Stories Matter, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. International. (6–7 December, 2024)
  7. “Introducing the 19th Century Children’s Psyche in Rossetti’s Goblin Market.” National Conference on Children Psychology, Department of English, Reva University, Bangalore. National. (30 August, 2024)
  8. “Metaverse Morality: Exploring Virtual Crimes in Dibbell’s My Tiny Life.” International Conference on New Media & Its Publics in India, Department of Liberal Arts, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh. International. (18–19 Apri, 2024l)
  9. “African Voices in Verse: Interrogating Counterpublics through the Slam Poetries of FreeQuency.” Palaver, Centre for Studies in African Literatures and Cultures, Jadavpur University. International. (19–20 March, 2024)
  10. “Seahorsism: Exploration of Taboos, Pressures, and Transgender Pregnancy in Trevor Kirczenow’s Where’s the Mother?” Queer Political Assemblages 4.0, Department of English, Jadavpur University. International. (8–9 March, 2024)
  11. “Indigenous Introspection: Navigating Postmemory in Theodore Fontaine’s Broken Circle.” International Conference on Canadian Literature, Centre for Comparative Literature, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. International. (19–20 February, 2024)
  12. “From Barthes to Marche: The Impossibility of Authorship in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.” 11th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities, Amity University, Lucknow (with FHM, Germany and Lucknow Management Association). International. (23–24 January, 2024)
  13. “Thanatos’ Traverse: A Freudian Exploration of Human Self-Destruction in Annihilation.” Mind Matters: Literature, Cinema and Culture, Centre for Distance and Online Education, Rabindra Bharati University. International. (20–21 January, 2024)
  14. “Children Caught in the Crossfire: Interpreting Neurodivergent Behaviour as Coded Trauma in Adania Shibli’s Touch.” National Conference on War and Literature, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata. National. (17–18 January, 2023)
  15. “Interrogating Cultural Harmony in Rushdie’s Victory City.” International Seminar by ISISAR and Sister Nivedita University. International. (13–14 November, 2023)