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 onwards, I will deliver five lectures about Terry Eagleton's Literary [...]
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 simple dispensation of knowledge and attempts also to take into [...]
ENGL 2440: Banned Books, S 2020
M, W 2:00-3:20 Classroom: LANG 302 My Office: LANG 408D; My Email: mraja@unt.edu Office Hours: M, W 10:00-12:00 and by Appointment Final Exam Questions ENGL 2440. Banned Books Spring 2020 Due Date: May 7, by NOON either through Canvas or through [...]
ENGL 4150-001: Lit Criticism, S 2020
M, W 3: 30-4:50 Classroom: LANG 114 My Office: LANG 408D; My Email: mraja@unt.edu Office Hours: M, W 10:00-12:00 and by Appointment Final Exam Questions ENGL 4150 Spring 2020 Due Date: May 7, by NOON either through Canvas or through direct [...]
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 mission as a scholar and student of postcolonial studies is [...]
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.
What Does Being Radical Mean?
Being Radical The term being radical is often used to connote a negative transformation of a person and is often conflated with radicalization. We have often heard and read the terms Islamic Radicalism (I am guilty of using such [...]
What is Postcolonialism?
Please also read my article on this subject: What is Postcolonial Studies?