 Dr. Rizwan Akhtar did his PhD from the University Of Essex, UK in 2013. His main area of research is South Asian Literature in English with a sharper focus on Indian and Pakistani writers and he is equally interested in post colonialism, gender studies, feminism and modernism. He has published a research article on “postcolonial memory”, and has also presented his papers in international conferences held in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, and Sweden covering research fields as diverse as crime fiction, adaption studies, and modernist aesthetics. Rizwan Akhtar is also an internationally published poet. |
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Ph.D English University of Essex UK, (2012).
M.Phil English Literature University of the Punjab, (1995).
M.A. English University of the Punjab, (1992).
B.A. Major: English Literature University of the Punjab, (1989). 
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH: |
1: Counteractive Strategies in Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives of Memory: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day. Social Transformations , Journal of Global South Special Issue Memory and The Postcolony, Vol.1. No.1, 2013. |
3: Using Literary Text for Teaching Language at the Undergraduate Level ; a research report co-authored, and funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. (2008). |
CREATIVE WRITING INTERNATIONAL: |
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In 2010 I have taken poetry classes from Nobel Laureate from St .Lucia, Caribbean, Derek Walcott at LIFTS, University of Essex, UK. Besides, interacted with numerous International writers, mostly poets, while living in Europe. |
Poetry Published in Journals such as Poetry Salzburg Review, Poetry NZ, Wasafiri, Postcolonial Text (Canada), decanto, Poesia (US), Exiled Ink, Pakistaniat : A Journal of Pakistani Studies(US), Cartagena., Open Road Review Solidarity International, Orbis, The Other Poetry, The Plane; The Welsh International, Wolf, South Asian Review, Gutter, ScottishPen, tinfoildresses (US) , and in Bloodaxe (UK) Anthology Out of Bounds (2011)”. |
PUBLISHED LITERARY JOURNALISM: |
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Between Personal and Public; Moniza Alivi, June 5, 2008, The News International. |
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‘Linguistic Dislocation; Sujata Bhutt', 21 st September, 2008. The News International. |
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‘Living Between Memoir and History; Sara Suleri', 31 st August, 2009. Dawn, Books & Authors. |
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'Living the Gulag; Alexander Solzhenitsyn ', The News International, Lahore, Pakistan, August 17 th , 2008. '
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‘Agha Shahid Ali: Writing English Ghazals', December 7, 2008, The News International. |
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‘ Wislawa Szymborska ; Personal and Poetic', December 21, 2012, The News International. |
Phone Number: 92-42 99231168 E-mail Address: rizwan.english@pu.edu.pk
Institute of English Studies
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