What is Postmodern Literature
Mostly derived from Linda Hutcheon's book A Poetics of Postmodernism, this lecture explains some of the important aspects of postmodernism and postmodern literature. Audio Lecture:
Eagleton. 2. The Rise of English
This is the second podcast in my series of lectures on Terry Eagleton’s book Literary Theory: An Introduction.
Eagleton.1. What is Literature?
This is the first podcast in my series on Terry Eagleton’s Literary Theory: An Introduction.
On Being Liberal
Introduction What is being liberal? If you just do a cursory survey of how liberals or liberalism is seen by conservatives in the United States and in Pakistan, a [...]
War Memories. 1. For Those Who Saved my Life
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Webinar Series on Eagleton’s Literary Theory
Literary Theory: An Introduction Planned Webinar: Eagleton. 2. The Rise of English Saturday, October 26, 10:00 AM, US Central Time I just wanted to share that from next Saturday [...]
Webinar: Radical Pedagogy a la Mark Bracher
Webinar: Radical Pedagogy In my published work I often cite Mark Bracher's work (Radical Pedagogy: Identity, Generativity, and Social Transformation) to argue for the kind of pedagogy that goes beyond [...]
How to Ask a Professor to be your Fulbright Mentor?
This brief video, prompted by my interactions with Pakistani scholars, offers a few practical insights about the process of contacting US professors to become your Fulbright research mentors. https://youtu.be/ORzFUUrYJ6Q
Weekly Livestream on Postcolonial Topics
Lectures on Postcolonial Topics I am taking a few moments of your time to seek your suggestions about a series of regular lectures on postcolonial topics. Part of my [...]
Brief Introduction to Zygmunt Bauman’s Globalization
This is my brief introduction to some of the main ideas discussed by Zygmunt Bauman in his book Globalization: The Human Consequences.