Faculty

Ms Arti Mathur

Associate Professor | Department of English

Contact (Off.): 9810464670

Email Address : arti[dot]mathur[at]pgdav[dot]du[dot]ac[dot]in

Postcolonial and Contemporary Literature in English

  • BA HONS ENGLISH , 1991 , LADY SHRIRAM COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
  • MA ENGLISH , 1993 , LADY SHRIRAM COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
  • M PHIL ENGLISH , 1996 , UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

At present enrolled in PhD programme in the Department of English, University of Delhi.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduates Hons and Programme PGDAV College

MA, Dept. of English, South Campus, University of Delhi

Membership:

Member of IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)

Member of IIC (India International Centre) Delhi

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Undergraduate Dissertation: Research guidance to studnet of English Honours Semester 7 and 8, 2025-26. 

PGDAV College

Workload Committee 2026-27

Workload Committee 2025-26

Apex Committee - Convener 2024-25

Teacher- In- Charge, Dept. of English 2024-25

Admissions Committee - Convener 2024-25

Eclectica, The English Literary Society - Faculty Advisor 2024-25

Chief Editor- Ankur Magazine 2023-24

Academic Commiitee - Convener 2023-24

Admission Committee Co-Convener 

Editor - English Section  Ankur College Magazine

 Eclectica - the English Literary Society- Faculty Advisor

Apex Committee Member

Library Committee Member

Sports Committee Member

Canteen Committee Member

Lawns and Gardens Committee Member

SAF Committee member

 

 

 

PhD in progress from Department of English, University of Delhi

Published Book Chapters:

"Introduction" to Salman Rushdie, Indian Writing in English: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry Selections. A Textbook for UnderGraduate Students; Dept. of English, University of Delhi, 2014

 

"A Thematic Interpretation of One Actor and Five Roles in Adhe Adhure."  Mohan Rakesh's Halfway House: Critical Perspectives. New Delhi: Asia Book Club, 2001.

 

"Misreadings of Self: Eustacia Vye in 'Return of the Native'. "  Thomas Hardy: A Collection of Critical Essays. New Delhi: Prestige, 1999.  

 

Journal Article Title: 'The Dynamics of Fixity and Freedom of borders in Mamang Dai's The Black Hill," The Criterion: An International Journal in English, Vol. 16 Issue 3, June 2025.

 

Journal Article Title: "Deterritorializing Marginalization: Negotiating Difference and Belonging through Literary 'Minorityscapes,'" Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) Journal, vol. 9,  2023. 

 

Paper Presentation 2026

International Conference on 'Modern Literature and Cultural Contexts' held at Bhubaneswar, India, 14 June 2026.

Paper Title: "Rethinking Assimilation: Negotiating Marginalisation, Belonging and Cultural Co-existence in Esther David's novel Book of Rachel"

 

Paper Presentation 2023

 

Annual International Conference 2023 (Online) on 'Metropolis and Margins: Shifting Perspectives in Literary and Language Studies'

Awarded Runner Up, The C. D. Narasimhaiah Prize 2023 by the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) Annual Conference April 27-29, 2023.

Paper Title: "Deterritorializing Marginalization: Negotiating Difference and Belonging through Literary 'Minorityscapes'"

 

Paper Presentation  2019

International Conference on '21st Century Indian Woman, Representations and Expressions' held by Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi. 2019

Paper Title: "Women Inside and Outside in Contemporary Historical Fiction"

 

Delived a talk on ALL INDIA RADIO. Topic:  "Wordsworth".

 

2025 - Organized an online interactive session with author Vikram Chandra on his creative writing, part of International Lecture Series, Dept of English, PGDAV

 2025  -  Organized a lecture by  Dr. Shraddha Adityavir Singh on "Studying Anthropocene Fiction in the Era of Climate Change."

2019 - Chaired Paper Presentation Session in International Conference on '21st Century Indian Woman, Representations and Expressions' held by Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi. 2019.

 

2016 - Organised a One Day National Conference in 2016 in PGDAV College on 'Rennaissance Self- Fashining to Digital Self- Fashioning'.

 

100 (approx.) published articles in VARIETY and  e-VARIETY - a  Hollywood Magazine on the business of global entertainment industry. Published in Los Angeles, Calofornia, USA

https://variety.com/author/arti-mathur/