Title Dr. First Name Subarno Last Name Chattarji
Designation Professor
Department Department of English
Email schattarji@english.du.ac.in
Webpage
Phone.no 1127666757
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Educational Qualifications
Degree/Certification Name Institution Year of Completion
PG University of Oxford 1999
M.Phil. University of Delhi 1991
PG University of Delhi 1988
UG University of Delhi 1986
Ph.D. - DPhil University of Oxford
Fellowship Details
Name Of Fellowship Awarding Body Fellowship Level
Academic Writing Residency Rockefeller Foundation International
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow Fulbright International
Kluge Postdoctoral Fellow Kluge Foundation, Library of Congress International
Teaching Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Associate Professor 22-12-2009 To 31-12-2015 (6 years, 9 days)
Administrative Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Professor 01-07-2015 To 31-03-2020 (4 years, 8 months, 30 days)
Professor 01-05-2012 To 31-07-2014 (2 years, 2 months, 30 days)
Professor Presently Working since 02-05-2016 (9 years, 11 days)
Collaborative Activities
Title of Collaboration Name of Collaborative Agency Year Of Collaboration Duration (in months)
Prospects for English Studies: India and Britain compared Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK 2012 24
Globalization, identity politics, and social conflict British Academy Networking Project 2002 60
International Program on Holocaust and Genocide Education (IPHGE) UNESCO 2022 24
Research Supervision Overview
PhD Scholars Supervised PhD Degrees Awarded Theses Submitted
7 3 0
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
‘“Writing about War”: Dương Thu Hương’s Representations of the Vietnam-American War.’ Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Revue LISA/LISA e-journal 20 http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/14228 https://doi.org/10.4000/lisa.14228

Poetry by American women veterans Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Alea: Estudos Neolatinos 16 https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-106X2014000200004

‘“The New Americans”: the creation of a typology of Vietnamese-American identity in children’s literature.’ Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of American Studies (Cambridge University Press) 44 doi:10.1017/Soo21875809991411

Non-Journal Publications
Title of Publication Type of Publication Publisher Role ISBN Year Link to Publication Level
The Distant Shores of Freedom: Vietnamese American Memoirs and Fiction Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Bloomsbury Academic Author 978-93-88271-46-2 2019 International
‘“GOOKS, go home!”: Vietnamese in the United States.’ Chapters in Books Routledge Author 978-1-03-243031-7 International
Through War, Rebellion and Riot: An Indian Memoir of the Great War Edited/Transalated Books Orient Blackswan Co-Editor 978-93-5787-870-3 National
‘However Imperfect the Representation.’ Chapters in Books McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers Author 978-1-4766-7040-9 International
‘“To Be Made Over”: Vietnamese-American Re-Education Camp Memoirs.’ Chapters in Books Berghahn Author 978-1-78533-307-1 International
Reconsidering English Studies in Indian Higher Education Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Routledge Co-Author 978-1-138-79464-1 International
‘“The Chameleon War”: Passing Time and the remembrance of the Vietnam War.’ Chapters in Books McFarland & Company Inc. Author 978-1-4766-7040-9 International
The Hoot Reader: Media Practice in Twenty-First Century India Edited/Transalated Books Oxford University Press Co-Editor 0-19-808918-X National
Memories of a Lost War: American Poetic Responses to the Vietnam War Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press Author 0-19-924711-0 International
Imagining Vietnam: Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. Chapters in Books Palgrave Macmillan Author 978-0-230-52123-0 International
An Anthology of Indian Prose Writings in English Edited/Translated Books Penguin Books India Co-Editor 0-143-03281-X National
Globalization in India: Contents and Discontents Edited/Translated Books Pearson Education Co-Editor 978-81-317-1988-6 National
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
War and Representation in India Minor 2022 Publication of journal special issue due in April 2025. 15-11-2021 To 01-04-2022 (4 months, 17 days)
‘Globalization, identity politics, and social conflict.’ Minor 2002 Publication of books and dissemination online 04-03-2002 To 31-10-2006 (4 years, 7 months, 27 days)
‘Prospects for English Studies: India and Britain compared,’ Major 2012 Publication of book, dissemination of project details online 02-04-2012 To 31-03-2014 (1 years, 11 months, 29 days)
Professional Development Programmes
Programme Title Sponsoring Institution Organizing Institution Role Type of Programme
American Studies: Literature, History, and Myth CPDHE University of Delhi Organizer Refresher Program
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
Felix Scholarship Felix Foundation Research International 01-09-1995
Wolfson College Graduate Award Wolfson College, Oxford Academic International 02-09-1996
Radhakrishnan Memorial Bequest University of Oxford Academic International 01-10-1998
Talk Poster Presented
Name of the Activity Role Date of Activity
‘English Studies in India: Past and Present.’ Invited Talk 07-09-2022
‘Reading the Indian Essay in English.’ Invited Talk 29-08-2022
‘Conflict and Literature.’ Invited Talk 04-03-2022
‘“Gooks, go home!” Vietnamese in the United States.’ Invited Talk 25-06-2021
‘“Paradise of the Blind”: Dương Thu Hương’s representations of the Vietnam/American War.’ Oral Presentation 23-06-2021
‘“Throwaway People”: Memory and Trauma in Memoirs by Vietnamese American Women.’ Speaker 12-06-2018
‘English Studies in India: Some Reflections.’ Speaker 27-07-2021
‘Holocaust Remembrance and Testimony in Primo Levi’s If This Is a Man.’ Speaker 04-12-2023
‘Aftermaths of the Vietnam War.’ Public lecture at Universita Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italy Speaker 01-12-2017
‘Education about the history of atrocity crimes.’ Speaker 03-06-2024
Rafting to Bombay : Nahum Laufer's Story of Displacement, Refuge, and Return Speaker 26-02-2025
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