Poonam Sharma
- Email: enps@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Planetarity and Animism in Contemporary Indian Historical Fiction.
- Supervisors: Graham Huggan, Professor John McLeod
Profile
I completed my MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge as a Commonwealth Shared Scholar. I have served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi, where I taught undergraduate courses and mentored MA English students. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD at the School of English, University of Leeds (2022–25) as a recipient of the prestigious White Rose College of Arts and Humanities scholarship.
Research interests
My MPhil dissertation investigated the development of Indian English novels after economic liberalization in India, focusing on the politics of class analysis in postcolonial discourses. Building on this, my PhD thesis delves into planetary studies, examining contemporary Indian historical novels. My research interests include planetarity, animism, environmental history, eco-materialism, postcolonial studies, Indian English novels, and Indian languages and translations.
I currently serve as the PGR Coordinator for the Environmental Humanities Research Group at the School of English (2023–present) and was the PGR Representative for the 2023–2024 session. I have been a member of the editorial board of the WRoCAH journal (2022–2023) and have also worked as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant, delivering modules on 'Race, Writing and Decolonisation' and 'Reading Between the Lines'.
Peer-reviewed paper publications
“The Nation-state and the Indian English Novel in the Aftermath of Economic Liberalization in India.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics. Vol. 44, no.125, 2021. ISSN No – 0252-8169.
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Leeds)
- MPhil (University of Cambridge)
- MA (University of Delhi)
- BA (Hons) (University of Delhi)
Research groups and institutes
- Environmental Humanities Research Group