Ms. Shweta Singh

Assistant Professor

Contact (Off.): 8373929770

Email Address : ssingh5@maitreyi.du.ac.in

Dalit Literature, Women’s Literature, Literary Criticism

USHSS, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University - 2019 – at present
Ph.D. English Literature - 
Thesis title: Aesthetic and Activist Shifts in Dalit Women poetry

Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University - 2016   –   2018
M.A. English

Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University - 2013 – 2016
B.A. English 

  • Guest Lecturer , 8 months , Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
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1. Introduction to Literary Studies

2. English Fluency

3. Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Drama

4. English Language through Literature 

Thesis Title: Aesthetic and Activist Shifts in Dalit Women Poetry 

  • Sub-editor of the Department Journal, Indraprasth, in the year 2020.
  • Paper published by Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Sage Publications, titled “Trauma translates to Activism: A study of select Dalit women poetry,” 14 July 2023.
  • Published a paper titled “The Nature of Women’s Contribution to Dalit Literature in the form of Short Stories” in a peer-review and refereed International Journal, Akshara Multi-disciplinary Research Journal, special Issue 5, volume 3 (B), April 2022.
  • Presented a paper titled “In Pursuit of Equality: Dalit Women Poetry and its Evolution” at a Two-Day National Conference, Indian English Poetry: Toru Dutt to Vanavil K. Ravi, held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, from 1st to 2nd May 2023.
  • Presented a paper titled “Exploration into literary representations of B.R. Ambedkar, M. K. Gandhi and Gautam Buddha in Dalit Poetry” at a Two-Day National Conclave cum Seminar on the theme, Shifting Trajectories of Research in Cultural Studies at Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, from 25th to 26th November 2021.
  • Presented a paper titled “The Nature of Women’s Contribution to Dalit Literature in the form of Short Stories” at Bharati College, University of Delhi, International Webinar, The Politics of Women’s Writing held from 26th – 27th May 2020.