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Dr. Nishant K Narayanan
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European Languages

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Academic Details

Academic qualificationschevron_right
S.No.
Degree/Diploma
University
1
PhD (German) JNU
JNU
2
MPhil
JNU
Brief bio note chevron_right
I joined the Department of Germanic Studies in October, 2010. I teach courses on German language and Business German at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level. I have completed my studies from BA (German) to PhD (German) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Thrust areas of interest and research chevron_right
  1. Contemporary German literature
  2. India in German literature
  3. Intercultural German Studies
  4. Language Pedagogy (Teaching of German as a Foreign Language, Online teaching methods of language and literature
  5. Sociolinguistic
  6. Textlinguistic
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no. chevron_right
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Title of the journal with ISSN no.
1
“This Demolished Church was Equally the Face of Contemporary Europe« – Configurations and Representations of Twentieth Century Europe by Three Indian Travellers” in Views on Europe. Gender historical and postcolonial Perspectives on Journeys, (Hrsg.) Lilli Riettiens, Elke Kleinau, [Band 1/Volume 1 – Reihes: Studies in the History of Education and Culture / Studien zur Bildungs- und Kulturgeschichte], Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. 2022, p. 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110734966-004, ISSN 2748-9531
2
Eine Reise ins Körperreich: zwischen Toten und Lebenden in Josef Winklers Domra, In: Unterwegs – „Reisen“ in der zeitgenössischen deutschsprachigen Literatur, (Hrsg.) Renata Cornejo, Sandra Vlasta und Beate Baumann, Aussiger Beiträge. Germanistische Schriftenreihe aus Forschung und Lehre; 16, 2022, Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 95–109. http://ab.ff.ujep.cz/files/16_2022/volltext.pdf, ISSN 1802-6419
3
Transformationen und Aktualisierungen der Identität: Zwischen Selbst und Bewegung in Marlene Streeruwtiz’ Jessica, 30. In: Gender revisted – #Krise, (Thematischer Schwerpunkt 2022) Convivivum, Germanistisches Jahrbuch Polen, (Hrsg.) Beata Mikołajczyk und Gudrun Heidemann p. 33 – 49. https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/conv/article/view/17257 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/2196-8403.2022.03 ISSN: 2196-8403
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1
Das Fremde als die gewünschte Heimat – Kontrapunktische Stellungnahme in ‘Fremde Heimat – Heimat in der Fremde: Clemens Brentano und das Heimatgefühl der Romantik’, (Hrsg.) Stefan Neuhaus / Helga Arend, Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg, 2020, p. 181 – 188. ISBN: ‎ 978-3826069468
2
Die Vermessung der Aufklärung: Grenzen und Möglichkeiten in Günter Grass’ Zunge Zeigen In: Aufklärung(en). Strategien und Kontroversen vom 17. bis 21. Jahrhundert. (Hrsg.) Johannes Birgfeld, Stephanie Catani, Anne Conrad, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2022, p. 511-522 [Reihe Beihefte zum Euphorion] ISBN: 978-3-8253-7244-6
3
Die Pluralitäten von Sprache. Sprache und Bewusstsein bei Marlene Streeruwitz, In: In den Plural setzen: Marlene Streeruwitz und ihr dramatisches Werk, (Hrsg.) Stefan Neuhaus, Tectum Verlag, 2022, p. 119-132, (Reihe: Dynamiken der Vermittlung: Koblenzer Studien zur Germanistik Band 6) ISBN 978-3-8288-4798-9
4
Zwischen Sprachstruktur und Sprachsinn – Fremdheit als schriftlicher Aktant bei Yoko Tawada, in: Schriftlichkeit: Aktivität, Agentialität und Aktanten der Schrift, (Hrsg.) Martin Bartelmus und Alexander Nebrig, Transcript Verlag, 2022 (Reihe Lettre) p. 195-204. DOI: 10.14361/9783839460924-010 ISBN: 978-3-8394-6092-4, https://www.transcript-open.de/doi/10.14361/9783839460924-010
5
Vom Jenseits und Diesseits der Sprache: Sprachliche Positionierungen und Sprachlandschaften in Zafer Şenocak, In: Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik: Wege der Germanistik in transkultureller Perspektive Akten des XIV. Kongresses der Internationalen Vereinigungfür Germanistik (IVG) (Vol / Bd. 7), (Hrsg.) Laura Auteri, Natascia Barrale, Arianna Di Bella, Sabine Hoffmann, Peter Lang, Bern, 2022, p. 323 – 342. DOI - 10.3726/b19960, ISBN - 978-3-0343-3661-1
Research projects (ongoing and completed) chevron_right
⚽  Principal Investigator: Cluster 2 Research Project: Romantic Modernities. Funded by Research Acceleration Centre, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. (Ongoing)
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responsibilities
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,) chevron_right
⚽  Alumni – Zeit Stiftung
⚽  Member – Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG)
⚽  Member – InDaF – Indo German Teacher’s Association
⚽  Member – Netzwerk Leseforschung, supported by Volkswagen Stiftung https://www.netzwerk-leseforschung.fau.de/ueberuns/
⚽  Member – Indian Network for Memory Studies
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⚽  Various scholarships and travel grants by Goethe Institut, DAAD and Volkswagen Stiftung
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