B. Geetha

Assistant Professor

Dr. B. Geetha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at 沙巴体育 Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in Film Studies from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. Dr. Geetha is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellowship (2022-2023) in Visual Arts. She has also received a Travel Grant from the UCLA Center for India and 沙巴体育 Asia (2023) for her doctoral work on Tamil cinema. Her recent book chapter on the anti-caste politics of the Tamil film Pariyerum Perumal (2018) is part of the anthology titled The Routledge Companion to Caste and Cinema in India (2023). As a performance poet, Dr. Geetha has showcased her work at various creative platforms, including Poems India, the Toronto 沙巴体育 Festival of Authors, and the Airplane Poetry Movement. Her poems have been featured in the feminist anthology The Kali Project: Invoking the Goddess Within (2021), Pixie Dust and All Things Magical (2022), and The Window Journal (2023).

Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DLHS) Bengaluru

Qualification: BA (Hons), MA, PhD (pursuing)

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

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    Core/Open elective

    Reading the Archive

    BA English

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    Exploring Cinema: Aesthetics and Politics

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    Business Communication

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
BA (Hons) English Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University
MA English Jamia Millia Islamia
PhD Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Pursuing)

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Expertise

Film Studies; Star Studies; Literary Theory; Film History; Archival Studies; Genre Studies; 沙巴体育 Asian Popular Culture