Bio-Note
of Dr. Soumyajit Samanta
Former Professor, Department of English, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Qualifications
ISC Class XI St. Thomas’ Boys’ School.
Calcutta
[BA Hons. (St. Xavier’s College,
Calcutta);
MA, MPhil, Ph.D (Jadavpur University)
Mobile:
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As Research Guide:
14 Ph. D Supervised ( 1 pending)
3 M.Phil
Research
Interest:
Crime Fiction
Lyrics of Rock & Pop music + Blues
Visiting Professorships/Fellowships/Invited
Lectures
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SASNET scholar and Visiting Professor at
Lund Universitet and at VaxjoUniversitet, Sweden in March, 2008.
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ECMSAS Conference at Manchester
University, UK in July, 2008.
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Visiting Fellow under Swedish Research Project Under Lund Universitet, Sweden in 2010.
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Lectures at Scandinavian International
Conference at Lund Universitet in 2010.
Teaching
Experience
Teaching experience of thirty eight years ranging
from undergraduate to research level as:
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Professor, Department of English,
University of North Bengal from 2004
To 2016
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Reader, Department of English,
University of North Bengal from 1994 to
2004
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Lecturer 1978 to 1994
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Shantiniketan-PG- Lecturer-1984-1986
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Head of Dept. Of English at NBU-4 years
Publications:
More than twenty critical research
articles published in journals in India and abroad.
Books
Written:
o Lovescape Crucified: a
Study of Gerard Manley Hopkins, New Delhi:
Sarup& Sons, 2005.
o James
Joyce: A Critical Study of his Novels, Poetry and Plays, New Delhi: Atlantic,
2014.