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0129-2411053
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B.A. Honours Spanish
JNU
1982
M.A. Spanish
JNU
1984
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JNU
2000
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Germanic and Romance Studies
Ddepartment of Germanic and Romance Studies.
A-172 Sainik Colony Sector 49 Faridabad 121001 Haryana
01127666223
9891162053
[email protected]
www.grs.du.ac.in minnisawhney.wordpress.com
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Mexican Nationalism in Carlos
Fuentes
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University of Delhi
University Of Delhi
University of Delhi
University of Delhi
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February 2014
June 2000-2014
1993-1998
1990-1993
Teaching and Research
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Mexican- U.S. Border Literature and Narco Novels/Narco Ccorridos; Spanish Golden Age Literature 17 Century
Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught)
Cultural History of Spain and Latin America, Interdisciplinary Course (Europe and Post colonial World) Themes and Strategies (India in
other Literatures, Crime and Fiction); Theory of Literature
Honors & Awards
Elected Vocal (2010-2013) of International Association of Hispanists
Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS)
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2015. Article, “El narco mundo en las novelas transnacionales de Elmer Mendoza y Don Winslow” in
Lesiones y lecciones literarias de la violencia latinoamericana reciente.. ed. Cecilia López Bádano,
Buenos Aires: Corregidora
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2014. Article on “ Octavio Paz, the Poet and the Diplomat” published on the 29th of March in the
Mexican newspaper Milenio. http://www.milenio.com/cultura/octavio_paz/diplomatico-poetaOctavio-Paz-centenario-Levi-Strauss-laberinto_o_270573255.html
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2014. “Latin American Studies in the Indian Classroom” in LASA FORUM Fall 2014
2013.“Religion and Colonialism: Jesuits at Akbar‟s Mughal Court” in Mondes Paralleles dans les
espaces coloniaux, XVI –XXI siècles, Regards croisès dans le monde indiano ocèanique, histoire, patrimoine,
fiction. Texts reunis par Norbert Dodille, Amélie Adde, et. al. Paris: L‟Harmattan, 2013, pp. 95110
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2012. “La frontera hispano-musulmana en El Hamete de Toledo y El cordobés valeroso Pedro
Carbonero de Lope de Vega” in Rumbos del hispanismo en el umbral del cincuentenario de la AIH ed.
Debora Vaccari, Roma: Bagatto Libri, pp. 209-217 ISBN 9788878061972
2012. “Un nuevo espacio en la literatura mexicana: La obra fronteriza de Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
y Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz” in Gente de Frontera ed. Jeffrey Oxford, Puerto Rico: Casa de los Poetas
Editores, pp.189-204 ISBN 978-0-9847116-6-6
2011. “Fantasy and the Honour Code: Lope‟s „La viuda valenciana‟ and „El cordobés valeroso
Pedro Carbonero‟ in Hesperia, Anuario de filología hispánica XIV-I, Universidade Vigo: Servizio de
Publicacións, 2011 pp. 63-81
“Ex –Centric Affects in Cristina Rivera Garza‟s Nadie me verá llorar. in Cartographies of Affect: Across
Borders in South Asia and the Americas ed. Kavita Panjabi, Debra Castillo, Worldview Publications,
Kolkata, 2010 pp. 314-327
“El espacio en la obra fronteriza de Luis Humberto Crosthwaite y Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz”, in
Actas del XVI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas ed. Pierre Civil, Francoise
Cremoux, Iberoamericana –Vervuert, 2010, CD Rom (ISBN 978-3-86527-578-3)
International Association of Hispanists, Buenos Aires, 15-20 July,
2013. Paper Presented “ The narco world in the transnational novels of México, United States:
studies on Elmer Mendoza, Don Winslow”.
International Congress of Americanists, Vienna, July 15th to 20th 2012, Paper Presented:
“Representation of an Exceptional Space: Literature of the Mexican – U.S. Border
Lecture delivered “Between Mexico and the U.S.: The Literature of the Northern Frontier at the
Institut für Romanistik, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen- Nuremberg, Germany, 2nd
July 2012
University of Reunion, (France) Conference on Parallel Worlds 13th to 18th November, 2011.
Paper presented: “Religion and Colonialism”, “Jesuit embassies at the courts of Akbar and
Jahangir”.
Conference on Transnational Americas; Difference, Belonging, Identitarian Spaces at First BiAnnual Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies, University of
Duisburg-Essen, Germany, November 11-13, 2010, Paper Presented: “Mexican Border
Literature: Peripheral or Alternative”.
Conference Presentations
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Islam in Lope de Vega, Paper presented at the Conference of the International Association of
Hispanists, Rome, July, 2010
Conference on “Máscaras y Juegos de Identidad” (Masks and Play of Identities) at the University
of Burgos, Spain, 4-7th May 2010. Paper presented, “Fantasia y Subversión en La viuda valenciana y
Pedro Carbonero de Lope de Vega” (Fantasy and Subversion in La viuda valenciana and Pedro
Carbonero by Lope de Vega)
Conference given at Fundación Tres Culturas in Seville, Spain on “The Portrayal of Muslim
women in the Drama of Cervantes”, 13th May 2010
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Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity
Dean Faculty of Arts Feb 2014 till date
Head of Department, Germanic and Romance Studies, February 2014 till date
Professional Societies Memberships
Member of International Association of Hispanists (since 2000)
Member of Inter American Studies Association (Essen, Germany) since 2010)
Member of Latin American Studies Association
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
Delhi University Project on Muslims in Spanish Golden Age Literature (2008-2013)
Delhi University Project on Narco Novels/Narco Corridos (2013-2015)
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