VISION: The Department aspires to be a leading academic and research institute in the field of English language and literature at the graduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. By providing a nurturing yet academically challenging environment it envisions developing a community of responsible, empathetic, intellectual, critical and creative individuals and thinkers equipped with an improved awareness and perception of the world around them.
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MISSION: The English Department is dedicated to provide excellence in literary and language studies at the graduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels and aims to help shape individuals into outstanding scholars, teachers, researchers and responsible citizens; to promote and expand productive, innovative and diverse research that generates new literary approaches and contributes to the study of languages and literatures across the world. Our aim is to prepare students with the knowledge of literature, language and culture through a variety of texts and to help them appreciate the power and impact of the study on the global community.
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The Department fosters the following goals: |
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To develop and refine critical thinking and writing skills for analyzing individual texts from different genres. |
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To promote a study and an understanding of societies, cultures, traditions and history through literary texts from across the globe. |
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To train students in critical theory and current literary research methods in order to help them initiate specialized and interdisciplinary research. |
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To enhance the awareness of the English language and its correlation with other cultures and communities. |
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS |
2020 |
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Revision of Indian Feminist Mythopoeia: An Exploration of Mythological Oppression in Anita Desai’s Fasting, Feasting by Hooria Liaqat and Prof. Dr. Amra Raza Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan Volume No. 57, Issue No. 1 (January-June, 2020) |
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(De) Coloniality in Research: A Case Study of English Literary Humanities in Pakistan by Shahzeb Khan & Prof. Dr. Amra Raza Journal of Research and Humanities. Vol 56. No. 1. (January-June, 2020). |
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Aziz, Amir and Rabia Zaheer. “Development as Deformation: Postcolonial Ecopoetics in Zulfikar Ghose’s Poetry”. Modern Ecopoetry: Reading the Palimpsest of the More-Than-Human World. Series: Nature, Culture and Literature, Volume: 16. Editors: Leonor Maria Martinez Serrano and Cristina Maria Games Fernandez. Brill Publishers (Jan 21, 2021) |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Emotional Neglect in Lockhart’s Fifth Born”. Journal of Humanities, VLVI. Jan 2020. |
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Alam, Khursid and Rizwan Akhtar . “Hybrid Aesthetics and Politics of Resistance; Re-inventing the Western Dramatic Form in Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain”. Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, Vol. 7, Issue1 (Jan-June 2020) |
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Alam, Khursid . “Napak Jism: Vampirism as Queer Desire in Khwaja Sarfraz’s Zinda Laash (1967)”. Journal of Research (Humanities), 71-88, 2020 |
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Alam, Khursid . “Un/Veiling and the Politics of Resistance in the Public Sphere: A Critical Study of Mumtaz Shah Nawaz The Heart Divided” . Journal of Pakistan Vision. Vol 21. No. 1. 2020 |
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Alam, Khurshid. “Politics of Silence and Resistance: A Critical Study of Noor”. Journal of Research (Humanities). Vol. LVI. Jan. 2020 |
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Pasha, Zainab and Amna Umer Cheema. “Everyday Resistance and Temporary Autonomous Zones in Etel Adnan’s To be in a time of War”. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society. V 33, issue No. 1. Jan-June 2020 |
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Cheema, Amna Umer. “Vladimir Nobokov’s Lolita: Humber Humbert’s Psychological transition from Desire to Remorse”. Journal of Research Society of Pakistan. Jan – June 2020. |
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Khan, Shahzeb and Amra Raza. “To Terrify and Harmonize: on the Need of Historicizing the Emergence of the Fatal Discipline in Pakistan”. Academic Journal of Social Sciences. Vol 4 issue 2. Pp 292-308. 2020 |
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Liaqat, Hooria and Aamir Aziz . “Exploration of the Counteractive Strategies against Racial and Gender Denigration of the Other in J.M Coetzee’s Foe”. Journal of Research (Humanities). Vol. LVI Jan 2020: 193-207 |
2019 |
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The Exploration of Bakhtin’s Literary Chronotopes and the Metaphoric Models of Power and Victimization by Zakia Resshid and Prof. Dr. Amra Raza Journal of Research (Humanities) Issue Vol. LV Jan. 2019 (Category Y). (Pg. 95-109) |
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Criminal Continuum in Caleb Carr’s The Alienist by Muhammad Furqan Tanvir and Prof. Dr. Amra Raza Journal of Research (Humanities) Issue Vol. LV Jan. 2019 (Category Y). (Pg. 121-141) |
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Dialogic Construction of Syncretic Identity in Derek Walcott’s Selected Plays, by Shahzeb Khan and Prof. Dr. Amra Raza Journal of Research (Humanities) Issue Vol. LV Jan. 2019 (Category Y). (Pg. 221-235) |
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Mustafa, Rizwan and Zoya Jamil. “Representation of ‘The Other’: Tracing the ‘Otherized’ Segments of Contemporary Indian Society in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”. South Asian Studies. Vol. 34. No. 2, July-Dec 2019. |
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Chisti, Farida and Amir Aziz. “Politics of Language and Discourse in One Man’s Bible by Gao Xingjian”. Kashmir Journal of Research . 22.2(2019): 41- 51. |
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Alam, Khurshid and Waseem Anwar. “Teaching Transnational Poetics Interactively through the South Asian National Poets”. Journal of Research Society of Pakistan. Vol. 56, No. 2, Jul. - Dec., 2019) |
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Aziz, Amir and Farwa Javed. “Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Movies for identity Politics in Fourth Wave Feminism”. Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1. Essays on Film Representations, 2012-2019. Ed. Valerie Estelle Frankel. McFarland Publishers (2019). |
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Syeda, Fatima and Rizwan Akhtar . “Colonization as an Emasculating Experience: The Symbolic Castration of the Colonized Men in Pre/Partition Fiction”. Pakistan Vision, Vol. 20/2/, Jan, 2019. P-89-110. |
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Khan, Shahzeb, and Amra Raza. “Dialogic Construction of Syncretic Identity in Derek Walcott’s Select Plays.” Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. LV. Jan 2019. |
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Tanvir, M. Furqan, Waseem Anwar, and Amra Raza. "Postmodern Ambivalence of Identities, Moralities and Law(lessness): The Detective-Criminal Continuum in Caleb Carr’s The Alienist, vol. LV. Jan 2019. |
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Resshid, Zakia, and Amra Raza. “The Exploration of the Bakhtin’s Literary Chronotopes and the Metaphoric Models of Power and Victimization” vol. LV. Jan 2019. |
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Dodhy, Shumaila. “From Domestic Abuse to Attachment Relations: Importance of Safe Haven in Zelda Lockhart’s Fifth Born” by vol. LV. Jan 2019. |
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Jamil, Zoya, and Khurshid Alam. “Comparative Study of Feminist Voice in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Bell Jar”, Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. LV. Jan 2019. |
2018 |
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Raza, Amra, and Saasha Arif. “The City as an Anthropomorphic Character in Aravind Adiga’s Fiction”, Journal of Research (Humanities) vol. LIV, Jan. 2018.
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Masood, S. Momina, and Khurshid Alam “’ItniBehudaAurat!’: Lesbianism and Queer Spatial Politics in Angelina Malik’s Chewing Gum”, Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. LIV, Jan 2018, 138-149. |
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Alam, Khurshid, and Hammad Nazir Zaki. “The Politics of Environmentalism: An Ecological Study of Twilight in Delhi.” Bazyaft, vol. 32, Jan-June 2018. |
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Alam, Khurshid. “Periodizing the National History/ies: A Comparative Study of Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi and Mumtaz Shahnawaz’s The Heart Divided”, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, vol. 55, no. 2, Jul-Dec 2018. |
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Barque, Ayesha F. “Haiku in Athar Tahir’s The Last Tea”, A Wind Moves_ Essays on Pakistani Literature in English, International Centre for Pakistani Writing in English, Punjab Printers, Lahore, 2018. |
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Barque, Ayesha F. “Energy in the Poetry of Shadab Zeest Hashmi- A Study of Trope and Syntax”. A Wind Moves_ Essays on Pakistani Literature in English, International Centre for Pakistani Writing in English, Punjab Printers, Lahore, 2018. |
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Hamid, Sahar, and Shahzeb Khan. “Beauty out of Chaos: A Parallel Study of Pakistan’s Trauma Art and Literature.” Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. LIV. Jan 2018. |
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Aziz, Aamir, and Sulaim Sarfraz. “Gender Politics and Dualistic Othering: Possession, Christianity and the Repudiation of the Maternal/Feminine in Desire Under the Elms”, The Journal of South Texas English Studies Summer 2018 issue, themed “Confronting and Combatting Othering in English Studies. |
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Aziz, Aamir, and Frans Willem Korsten. “Theatricality, the Spectacle's Veil and Allegory-in-Reverse in Arthur Miller's The Crucible” English Studies vol. 99.2, 2018.
[Print ISSN:0013-838X Online ISSN: 1744-4217] |
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Dodhy, Shamaila and Hardev Kaur. “Witnessing Trauma through Discordant Chronology of Words in Yvonne Vera’s Under the Tongue” KEMANUSIAAN: The Asian Journal of Humanities, 25.2, 2018, 73-89.
Print ISSN: 1394-9330. Online: ISSN: 2180-4257. SCOPUS INDEXED. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “The Unforgettable and Invisible Truth: A Study of Acquaintance Rape in Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who Walk This Path.” Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-e-Niswan 25.1, 2018, 117-125.
ISSN 1024-1256. HEC RECOGNIZED. |
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Muhammad, Nasir Umar, and Shamaila Dodhy. “Identity Construction and the Development of African Male Writings: A Study of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow.” Journal of Language and Communication, vol. 5.1, 2018, 86-94.
ISSN: 2289-649X |
2017 |
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Raza, Amra, and Shafaat Yar Khan. “Sir Syed’s Safarnama e ‘Musafiran e London’ A Narratological Study of Anti Colonialism”, Oriental College Magazine Issue, vol. 92, no. 4, Oct-Dec, 2017. |
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Raza, Amra, and Shafaat Yar Khan. “Political Discourse and US Strategic Narrative in Zeb-Un-Nissa Hamidullah’s Sixty Days in America” Journal of Political Studies, vol. 24. no.2, Winter, 2017
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Akhtar, Rizwan. Lahore, I Am Coming. University of Punjab. Department of Press & Publications, 2017. |
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Aziz, Aamir, and Khan, "Land of Immigrants." American Book Review, vol. 38 no. 2, 2017, pp. 19-20.
Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/abr.2017.0014 ISSN: 0149-9408 a journal of Houston University Victoria, USA. (Journal included in Thomson Reuter Master list of Journals) |
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Alam, Khurshid. “History and Existential Absurdity in Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire. Bazyaft, vol. 30, Jan-June 2017. |
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Alam, Khurshid, and Tahir Raza. “Lacan and Subject Formation in Mourning Becomes Electra”. Al-Hikmat. Journal of Philosophy. University of the Punjab, vol. 37, Jan 2017. |
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Zakia Resshid, and Shahzeb Khan. “Neoliberal Epistemology in Pakistani Anglophone Fiction.” South Asian Studies. vol. 32. no. 2. Jul-Dec 2017. |
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Khan, Shahzeb, and Amra Raza. “Creative Salvage of Self: Derek Walcott’s Symbiosis of the Self and the Other.” Bazyaft. vol. 30, Jan-Jun 2017. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Political Sagacity in the Fictional World of Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who Walk This Path.” Journal of Academia, vol. 5, 2017, 92-97.
e-ISSN 2289-6368. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila, Hardev Kaur, Wan Roselezam bt Wan Yahya , and Ida Baizura Binti Bahar “The Role of Secure Base and Safe Haven: A Means of Re-constructing the Broken-Self in Yvonne Vera’s Under the Tongue” Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, vol. 25.4, 2017, 1821-1832.
ISSN 0128-7702. Indexed in Scopus. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “The Return of Nightmares in Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who WalkThis Path.” Researchers World, vol. 8.4, 2017, 73-77.
ISSN 2231-4712
DOI:10.18843/rwjasc/v8i4/09 |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “The Phenomenon of Intrusive Thoughts in Yejide Kilanko’s
Daughters Who Walk This Path.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies vol. 8.5, 2017, 99-102.
ISSN 2203-4714 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.5 |
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Dodhy, Shamaila, and Nasir Umar Muhammad. “Suppression, Oppression,
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Survival: The Exploited Worker in Toni Morrison’s Jazz.” Journal of Human Capital Development, vol. 10.1, 2017, 69-79.
ISSN: 2289-8115(Online) ISSN: 1985-7012 (Print) |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Traumatic Memory and Legacy of Anxiety in Yvonne Vera’s Under the Tongue.” Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities vol. 9.1, 2017, 234-242.
ISSN 0975-2935 (Online) DOI:
https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v9n1.24 Indexed in Scopus. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Evasion and Confrontation of Personal Secrets in Toni Morrison’s Paradise.” Journal of Language and Communication, vol. 4.1 (2017): 116-124.
ISSN: 2289-649X (Online) |
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Dodhy, Shamaila, and Nasir Umar Muhammad. “A Socio-psychological Study of the Perpetrator in Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who Walk This Path.” International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science 5.2 (2017):1-6.
ISSN: 2307-924X (Print) |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Fear—A Positive Potential: Classic Explanation And New Elucidation.” New Academia: An International Journal of English Language,
Literature and Literary Theory 6.1 (2017): 10-18.
ISSN 2277-3967 (Print), ISSN 2347-2073(Online)
http://interactionsforum.com/new-academia |
2016
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Aziz, Aamir, “Using the Past to Intervene in the Present: Spectacular Framing in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.” New Theatre Quarterly, 32.2, 2016, pp 169-180.
doi:10.1017/S0266464X16000063. |
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Alam, Khurshid. “Private Space as site of Anti-Colonial Imagination: A Critical Study of Twilight in Delhi”. Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. LII, Jan 2016. |
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Alam, Khurshid. “Plato’s Ontology and Hali’s Teleology”, The Construction of the Muslim identity in Muqaddama-e-Sher-o-Shairi. Bazyaft, vol. 28, Janu-Jun 2016. |
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Khan, Shahzeb. “Pedagogy of Alienation: Epistemic Hegemony of the Mental Space and Fatal Fault Lines in the National Space.” South Asian Studies. vol. 31, no. 1, Jan-Jun 2016. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Cultural Pragmatics in Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story.” k@ta, 18.1 (2016): 8-12. ISSN 1411-2639 (Print), ISSN 2302-6294 (Online) |
2015
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Barque, Ayesha F. “A review of Athar Tahir’s The Last Tea”. Pakistan Today, 25 April. 2015. |
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Alam, Khurshid. “Language. Hetroglossia and Identity in Twilight in Delhi Ahmed Ali”, Journal of South Asian Studies. vol. 30, no. 2, July-Dec 2015. |
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Raza, Amra, and Rizwan Akhtar, Using literary text for teaching language at the undergraduate level, Journal of English Studies, Department of English, Punjab University , Vol.1 2015. |
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Raza, Amra. ‘Dario Fo’s Dynamic Frameworks in Trumpets and Raspberries’ by Dr. Amra Raza, Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Volume 52(1), Jan. to June, 2015. |
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Raza, Amra. “Using Pakistani Literature for English Language Instruction at the Undergraduate Level at the University of the Punjab”, Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, January, 2015. |
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Raza, Amra. “Dario Fo’s Dynamic Frameworks in Trumpets and Raspberries”, Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Volume 52(1), Jan-Jun, 2015. |
2014
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Raza, Amra. “The Subcontinent Palimpsest in Alamgir Hashmi’s Poetry”, A Research Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 29, No.1, Jan-July 2014, pp. 137-148. |
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Raza, Amra. “The Politics of Mythical Space in Pakistani Poetry Written in English”, Journal of Political Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore Vol. 21, Issue 2, Winter 2014. |
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Raza, Amra. “Political Renegotiation of Scriptural Spaces in Alamgir Hashmi’s Poetry”, A Research Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 29, no.2, July–Dec 2014, pp. 683-692. |
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Aziz, Aamir, Rizwan Saeed, et al. A Collection of English Poems, Poetic Palpitations from Pakistan: A Lyrical Document of Protest against a Society published by united-p.c Austria & UK, 9 Sep, 2014. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Appropriating Colonial Practices: A Postcolonial Study ofMueenuddin’s Saleema.” ELF Annual Research Journal 16 (2014): 223-242. ISSN 1026-7026 (Print). HEC RECOGNIZED. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Verbalized Resistance: Music and Message in Morrison’s Jazz.” Kashmir Journal of Language Research 17.2 (2014): 73-85. ISSN 1028-6640. (Print).HEC RECOGNIZED. |
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Qurrat ul Ain, Dr. Rizwan Akhtar "Repression and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Power Structures in the Novel A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, 2014. |
2013
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Raza, Amra (Coauthored) “The Drama of Existence in R.K. Narayan’s The Guide”printed in The Vedic Path Quarterly English Journal Gurukul Kangri: Vishwavidyalaya Haridwar (India) 2009. Reprinted in The Mysore Literary Review: An Indian Journal of New Writing, Special Edition on R.K. Narayan No.1.June. Pg.46-55, Mysore India. 2013. |
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Alam, Khurshid. “A Comparative Study of O’Neill and Aeschylus”. Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. XLIX, Jan 2013. |
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Akhtar, Rizwan. “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. |
2012
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Barque, Ayesha F. “ntroduction. Athar Tahir’s A Gift of Possession, Tana Bana press, 2012. |
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Dodhy, Shamaila. “Criss-Cross Patterns in Morrison’s Jazz: A Post-modern Study.” ELFAnnual Research Journal 14 (2012): 83-90. ISSN 1026-7026 (Print). HEC RECOGNIZED. |
2011
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Raza, Amra, and Ayesha Siddiqa “The Rites of Passage as a Metaphor in the Plays of Wole Soyinka”, Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, vol. XLVlI, Jan, 2011. |
2010 |
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Raza, Amra. Spatial Constructs in Alamgir Hashmi’s Poetry: A Critical Study, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), 2010. ISBN: 978-8443- 2294-1 (2010) Equivalent to 2 research publications (Y Category) according to HEC notification No.DD/SS&H/2009/506) letter No.AD/SS&H/PUB/2012/276 dated August 15, 2012. |
2009
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Raza, Amra. ‘Dynamic Linguistics and Artistic Patterns in Jonson’s THE ALCHEMIST’ Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore Vol. XLII-XLV, Jan. 2006 to Jan. 2009, 125th Year Celebrations of Punjab University. |
2008
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Raza, Amra. “Artistic Adaptation: Ekphrasis in Pakistani Poetry in English” ALIF Journal of Comparative Poetics no. 28, American University, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo, Egypt. 2008. |
2005
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Raza, Amra. “The Formation of the ‘I’ Through the ‘Eye’’, Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore vol. XLI no.1 May 2005. |
2004
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Raza, Amra. “Self-Conscious Surveillance Strategies in Derek Walcott’s Poetry (1948-1984): ‘Derek Walcott’s Gaze’”, Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, January, 2004. |
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Raza, Amra. “Derek Walcott’s Gaze”, Journal of Research (Humanities), Department of English, University of the Punjab Lahore, XXXIX No.1, Jan 2004. |
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Raza, Amra. “The Painter’s Gaze” Journal of Research (Humanities), Department of English, University of the Punjab Lahore Vol. XL No.2 Dec. 2004. |
2003 |
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Raza, Amra. “The Base of the Iceberg: Hemingway’s in The Old Man and the Sea”, Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, July, 2003. |
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Raza, Amra. “A Comparative Study of River Poems by Pakistani and Indian Poets (Alamgir Hashmi, Taufiq Rafat, Daruwalla, Ramanujan)”, Journal of Research (Humanities), Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab, Lahore, vol.XXXVII no.1. Jan 2003. |
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Raza, Amra. ‘The Base of the Iceberg: Hemingway’s Use of Language in The Old Man and the Sea’. Journal of Research (Humanities), Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab, vol. XXXVIII no.2. July 2003. |
2002 |
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Raza, Amra. “Sea Imagery in Derek Walcott’s The Sea at Dauphin” Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab Lahore, vol. XXXVI, no.1, Jan 2002. |
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Barque, Ayesha F. “A Study of Seamus Heaney’s Glanmmore Sonnets in conjunction with Clearances”. Journal of Research (PU) vol. xxxvi, no. 1, Jan 2002. |
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Barque, Ayesha F. Image and Metaphor in Derek Walcott’s Omeros. 2002. University of the Punjab, Lahore. MPhil Research Thesis. |
2001 |
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Raza, Amra. Introduction. M. Athar Tahir’s Collection of Poems Yielding Years, National Book Foundation, 2001, Lahore, London. |
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Raza, Amra. “Complexity of the Fog Motif in O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night”, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Peshawar, Vol. IX. Mar 2001. |
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Raza, Amra. “Macbeth in The Cherry Orchard”, Journal of English Studies, Department of English, University of the Punjab, vol. 9, No.1, Dec 2001. |
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Sirajuddin, S. Sonu. “Dramatic Form and Political Ideas in the Middle plays of Edward Bond”, Journal of Research (Humanities), 2001 |
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Sirajuddin, S. Sonu. “Edward Bond: The Development of a ‘Rational Theatre’”, Journal of Research (Humanities), vol. XXXV, no.1, 2001 |
2000 |
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Raza, Amra. “Epic Character Evolution in Brecht’s Threepenny Opera” Journal of Research (Humanities) Department of English, University of the Punjab Lahore, Vol.XXXIV No.2, Jan-July 2000. |
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Raza, Amra. “The Colour Red in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People” Journal of English Studies, Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Vol.8, Dec 2000. |
1999 |
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Barque, Ayesha F. “Cursed spite, That Ever I was Born to set it Right_ A Study of Ama Ata Aidoo’s Play Anowa”. Journal of Research (PU) vol. 7, no. 7, Dec 1999. |
BOOKS: |
Lahore, I Am Coming (2017), Dr. Rizwan Akhtar published by Punjab University Press, Lahore.
online: http://www.readings.com.pk/pages/BookDetails.aspx?BookID=760507 |
'Spatial Constructs in Alamgir Hashmi’s Poetry: A Critical Study'
(2010), Dr. Amra Raza, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) ISBN: 978-8443-2294-1. |
JOURNALS: |
Journal of Research (Humanities)
ISSN 0555-7666
(Department of English P.U, Lahore.) |
Seminars/ Conferences/ Events at Department of English Language and Literature (2000-2020)
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2020 |
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A seminar was arranged by OUP on “How to get yourself published” on November 5th 2020. |
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A seminar was arranged by Amal Academy on navigating professional journeys on 29th October 2020. |
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Team ELS arranged a conversation with Dr. Asif Khan on his latest book An Aura of Autumn on October 20th, 2020. |
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PhD seminar by Dr Shahzeb Khan on his dissertation “Institutionalization of English Literature in Pakistan” held on September 7, 2020. |
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Screening of Animated film, Shehr-e-Tabassum, held at the Department of English Language and Literature on March 4th, 2020. |
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Department of English Language and Literature organised an International IELTS Seminar on February 14th, 2020. Submla Kaleem, an instructor of IELTS and TESOL in Alabama, United States, conducted this seminar. |
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The Department of English Language and Literature held plantation drive in February, 2020. |
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Poetry Recital event was organized in the Department of English Language and Literature, Punjab University on Jan 21, 2020. |
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Seminar held by Amal Academy on January 15th, 2020 in the Department of English Language and Literature, Punjab University. The Program Manager Sahar Ghalib briefed the students about Amal Career-Prep Fellowship. |
2019 |
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PhD Seminar by Muhammad Furqan Tanvir on Crime and the Rediscovery of Ambivalent Pasts: A Postmodernist Approach to Historical Thrillers held on Dec 2019. |
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The program of “Milad-un-Nabi (s.a.w)” was organized in the Department of English Language and Literature on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019. |
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The Department of English Language and Literature organised the book launch of Iffat Sayeed’s book titled, “Three Contemporary Artists” on November 14th, 2019. |
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In order to pay tribute to Shair-e-Mashriq, Allama Muhamad Iqbal, , English Literary Society (ELS) celebrated Iqbal Day on November 11th, 2019, the in Department of English Language and Literature, Punjab University. |
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PhD Seminar by Fatima Syeda on Men as Victims of Violence in Partition Fiction held on Oct 2019 |
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PhD Seminar by Farida Chishti on Diasporic Relocations of Home in the Fiction of Gao Xingjian held on Oct 2019. |
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PhD Seminar by Salma Khatoon on Gothic Impulse in Edward Bond’s Rational Theatre: A Mode of Political Critique held on Oct 2019 |
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Department of English Language and Literature organized an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) awareness session on October 10th, 2019 by Oxford University Press Pakistan (OUPP). |
2018 |
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Book Launch of Dr Rizwan Akhtar’s anthology of poems, Lahore I am Coming, on 14 December 2017 |
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Seminar by Raza Naeem on Abdullah Hussain’s The Weary Generations as a work of transcreation on January 5, 2018 |
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"Green Environment Day" was celebrated to raise awareness about conserving nature through photography, poster and speech competitions on 6 April 2018 |
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Documentary screening of True Talk by Global Shaper Hub and Fashion Revolution, Lahore on 25 April 2018 |
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Summer Reading Fiesta was held to encourage and to inculcate the passion of reading among students on 5 February 2018 |
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Sports Day Celebrations were held on 29 March 2018 |
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1st National Conference on Counterbalancing Politics and Aesthetics in Pakistani Literature was held on 5 April 2018 |
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1st TEDx International Event was held on the subject of “Past, Present, and Future of Human Centricity” on 11 November 2017 |
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Three-day dramatic event by the Readers’ Drama and Theatre was held with performances by students from May 14 to16 May 2018 |
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Departmental Faculty Seminar was held with a talk by Ms. Zoya Jamil on Patriarchal Subversion in the works of Margaret Atwood and Sylvia Plath on 30 January 2018 |
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TEDx Punjab University Live was held in the Department of English on 13 April 2018 |
2017 |
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Seminar by Dr. Khurram Qadir on Analytical Epistemology on Jan 30th, 2017 |
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Seminar by Dr. Anjum P. Saleemi on Confluence of Music and Poetry on Jan 25th, 2017 |
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Seminar by Dr. Mahrukh Saeed Khan on How to Write a Research Proposal on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Talk by Ms. Farah Zia from The News on the dynamics of print and electronic media on March 21st, 2017 |
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Celebration of World Poetry Day on the theme of “Violence Within Checks Violence Without” on March 21st, 2017 |
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Seminar by Dr. Saleem Mazhar on “Asrar-e-Khudi” and the original text of the masnavi on April 26th, 2017 |
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Talk by Ashraf Ahmad Ali on “Scriptures and Literature” and the background of Christianity in English Literature on May 8th, 2017 |
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Interactive session with Ms. Samar Khan on her experiences as a sportswoman and the challenges of mountain biking in Pakistan’s patriarchal society on May 2nd 2017 |
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Annual Sports Day Celebrations held in the Department of English Literature and Language on April 6, 2017 |
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PhD Seminar by Qurratulaen Liaqat on Discursive Power Discourse in Nadeem Aslam’s The Golden Legend on June 8th, 2017 |
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PhD Seminar by Mahrukh Bokhari on “The Blind Man’s Garden as a World of Epistemic and Geopolitical Ruptures” on June 8th, 2017 |
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PhD Seminar by Rabia Zaheer on “Politics of the Anthropocene in Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider” on June 8th, 2017 |
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PhD Seminar by Memoona Idris on “A Study of Effectiveness of English Rhymes as Ideological State Apparatuses in the Pakistani Context” on June 8th, 2017 |
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First Annual Play, Lal: A Delving into Mystical Realms in the Department of English Language and Literature on May 24th, 2017 |
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Departmental Faculty Seminar was held with a talk by Ms. Momina Masood on Pakistani B Cinema on 25 December 2017 |
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Departmental Faculty Seminar was held with a talk by Ms. Hooria Liaqat on Jungian archetypes and postcolonial fiction on January 10, 2017 |
2016 |
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Interactive Session with Musharraf Ali Farooqi, author of Between Clay and Dust, on translation, Urdu classics, and the creative process on April 20, 2016 |
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Seminar by Dr. Jean B. Hache, Professor at Montreal University, on Quantum Physics and Consciousness on April 6, 2016 |
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Seminar in connection with the Milaad celebrations in the holy month of Rabi ul Awal on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Book Discussion on Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love by The Character Building Society at the Department of English Language and Literature on Feb 25, 2016 |
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Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign held by Dr. Atiqa Batool and Dr. Aisha Saqib from SKMCH on November 21, 2016 |
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Women’s Day Celebrations held by The Character Building Society at the Department of English Language and Literature on March 8th, 2016 |
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First Annual Sports Day was held at the Department of English Language and Literature on March 16, 2016 |
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World Poetry Day was celebrated by The Character Building Society at the Department of English Language and Literature on March 21, 2016 |
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Tribute to William Shakespeare on his 400th Birthday which included talks and performances was held on April 21, 2016 |
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Theatre Workshop was held by Usman Zia, renowned theatre artist, at the Department of English Language and Literature on April 26, 2016 |
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Talk by Ms. Maliha Sami from Shield Pakistan on promoting a positive image of Pakistan on social media was held on March 24, 2016 |
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2015 |
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Seminar by Ilona Yusuf on the emerging trends in English poetry from Pakistan on March 27, 2015 |
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Artifact Exhibition Featuring Literary Figures by Mr. Aamir Maqsood Shah from Kaneez Fatima Literary Society on April 5, 2015 |
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Seminar by Dr Munazza Yaqoob, ex-Chair English Department IIU, on Muslim Women’s contribution in poetry and fiction on April 23, 2015 |
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Session with Prof. Atiya Syed, ex-Chair Dept. of Psychology LCWU, on her experience as a writer, novelist and educationalist on May 2, 2015 |
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Bilingual Poetry Competition of MA Part I and II students in Intra-Departmental Poetry Competition on Feb 19, 2015 |
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First Annual Alumni Reunion held by The English Language and Literature Alumni Network (DELLAN) on March 27, 2015 |
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1st Departmental Photography Competition on the theme of The Essence of the English Department on May 20, 2015 |
2014 |
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Shahid Siddiqui's talk on his book ‘Language, Gender and Power' (OUP) on the topic “Women and Literature: Reclaiming the Silenced Voice”, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
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Two days Art Exhibition on the History of English Literature, January 21 – 22, 2014 in collaboration with the Kaneez Fatima Literary Society, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
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Lecture by Mrs. Romea Navid New York based academician on Victorian Fiction with a special focus on Jane Austen, February 13, 2014, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
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Meeting of Faculty with Mamiya Kensaku, Associate Professor of Urdu at Tokyo University, February 19, 2014, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
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Research Paper presentation by Madeline Amella Clements Ph. D in English from University of East London. Paper was titled “Reframing Violence: Transforming Impressions: Images of Contemporary Pakistani Visual Art and English Language Fiction”, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
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Women's Day Celebration, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab on March 8, 2014 |
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Seminar for the postgraduate ELT diploma students by Director Portal Ms. Kishwar Hameed on the Teachers Knowledge Test (TKT) by Cambridge University London, March 19, 2014, Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab. |
2013 |
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Seminar hosting Guest Editors Blaine Marchand and Ilona Yousaf of “Vallum” a special issue of the Canadian journal of poetry featuring 26 Pakistani poets (March 8, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Launch of Athar Tahir's Poetry Collection “The Gift of Possession” in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Letters (Jan. 20, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Seminar by Shadab Zeest Hashmi on the choicest selection of Ghazals / Qasidas from Kohl and Chalk and The Baker of Tarifa (March 1, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Literary talk by Dr. Aamir Khan (Associate Professor LUMS) on “The Author is Dead: Meaning and Interpretation of French Literature in the 17th, 18th and 19th Century” (July 5, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Iqbal Day Celebrations in the Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on November 9, 2013. |
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Departmental Charity Fund Raiser Fun Fair on March 13, 2013. |
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Job Placement Workshop by Sofizar Consultation CK team (April 11, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Celebration commemorating Founders Day (Dec. 25, 2013) at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Seminar on Punjab University Student Counselling and Assessment Services Centre by Sadia Shahzeb (April 13, 2013) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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5-Day English Language Teaching Workshop in collaboration with HEC on “ELT with Perspective of CALL” to enhance the computer application skills of ELT teachers from 23 to September 27, 2013 |
2010- 2012 |
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Seminar in collaboration with Regional Director Mark Bickerton of London Metropolitan University, UK on “Educational Opportunities in the UK” at Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore on 19th Oct. 2011 |
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PUMUN (Punjab University Model United Nations) seminar at the English Department, from 3 – 4 Nov. 2011. |
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Seminar by Karen Armstrong in the English Department on Feb. 3, 2011. |
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Seminar on Musharraf Ali Farooqi's Between Clay and Dust at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on June 4, 2012 |
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Seminar by Dr. Nafisa Haji on Interfaith Dialogue based on the publication of her book The Sweetness of Tears at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on Feb. 14, 2012 |
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Seminar with Dr. Khurram Nasir Khurshid (from St. Thomas University New Brunswick, Canada), on Ahmad Ali's Narrative of Resistance at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on May 31, 2012 |
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Seminar conducted by Peter Morey (Senior Lecturer in English University of East London) and Amina Yaqin (Lecturer at School of Oriental and African Studies, London) on Presenting and Representing Muslims in their book Framing Muslims: Stereotypes Muslims and Representation after 9/11 at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on April 9, 2012 |
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Seminar on Framing Muslims by Amna Yaqeen at the Department of English Language and Literature, University of the Punjab on April 9th, 2012 |
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Social Work Presentation by the Founder of Abroo Mrs. Rubeena Shakeel at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on Jan. 24, 2012 |
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Punjab University Model United Nations (PUMUN) Workshop at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on Nov. 3-4, 2012 |
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Workshop on Promoting Community Service. Presented cheque of Rs.10,000/- on behalf of the Department of English to The Citizen's Foundation Assistant Manager Ms. Tuba Mahmood on Jan. 17, 2012. |
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Seminar on Art Therapy by Dr. Asim Amjad at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on Jan. 10, 2012 |
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Human Rights Seminar conducted by Dr. Fauzia Saeed, Director Mehergarh Human Rights Institute on Sexual Harassment at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on Jan. 13, 2012 |
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Seminar on opportunities to study at London Metropolitan University by Mr. Mark Bickerton (Regional Director) at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore o Oct. 19, 2012 |
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Launch of International Special Issue of South Asian Review Journal Vol 31, NO.3 titled ‘Pakistani Creative Writing in English: Tracing the Tradition, Embracing the Emerging' at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on May 29, 2012 |
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Workshop conducted by Ms. Shamaila Dodhy for Govt. teachers from Okara College at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 20 October 2012 |
2000 |
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“A Tribute to Robert Frost” Seminar was held in the Department of English University of the Punjab Lahore on December 5, 2000. |
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‘A Tribute to Ted Hughes’ Seminar was held in Department of English University of the Punjab on November 5, 2000. |
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Seminar Approaching Poetry by Mrs. Shireen Rahim, Department of English University of the Punjab on March 8, 2004. |
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Seminar on How to Analyze Poetry on March 8, 2004, Punjab University, Lahore. |
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Workshop on Research Skills and Using MLA style documentation at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on May 6, 2004 |
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Screening of Film on Kashmir: by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy and Dr. Zia Mian at the English Department on September 18, 2004 |
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Lecture on Winston Churchill: The Formative Years in India by Mr. Edwards (British Council)' Department of English, P.U. Lahore on October 5, 2004. |
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Lecture by Dr. Michael Medley on World Englishes at the English Department on October 11th, 2004 |
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Discussion with India Theatre group's visit to Department of English Language & Literature, Punjab University, Lahore on December 11, 2004. |
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Discussion following Anand Parwardhan's screening of documentary on Anti-Nuclear weapons film “War and Peace”, at the English Department, on December 16, 2004. |
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Lecture on Girish Karnad and the Indian Theatre Scene by Dr. Anna Souvorovna in the English Department on November 30, 2004. |
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Seminar on the South Asian Experience in the Field of Theatre by Anna Souvorovna, Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 8 January 2005 |
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Seminar by Sara Suleri (Yale University) on Post-Colonial Literature in the Department of English, Punjab University, on 6 January 2005. |
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Participated in a Discussion with Dr. Klaus Steltman on Teaching Education and Student Teacher Evaluation, Department of English Language and Literature, Punjab University Lahore on February 24, 2005. |
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Student seminar Ideology: Construction of The Subject, Department of English, Punjab University, on 8 March 2005. |
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Discussion with Post-Doctoral Scholar Amina Jamal from U.S.A. working on paper titled Women and How They Construct Themselves as a political subject on March 2, 2005. |
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Workshop on Research and M.L.A. Documentation for students of English in the Department on March 28, 2005. |
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Seminar, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Physics and the Origin of Matter, Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 24th April 2006. |
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Play ‘Alfo Paerni di Var' by Syed Najam Hosain staged by Lok Rahas in Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on May 5, 2005. |
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Seminar with 3 Indian Professors from Guru Nanak Dev. University (Amritsar. Dr. Gurnam Singh & Dr. Sharma) Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on September 23, 2005. |
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‘Audio discussion with Naila Saleem (Swedish Radio representative) on Pakistan: Literature in English and its Present Status'. Department of English Language and Literature, Punjab University, Lahore on March 8, 2005 |
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Workshop in Introducing Resource Material to English Language Teachers of Degree Classes in collaboration with OUP Pakistan, Session: Teaching Letter Writing Skills to Degree Classes', Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore, on June 7, 2006. |
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Book launch ‘Back to the Pavilion' by Lt. Gen. (Retd) M. Attiqur Rahman, on May 24, 2006. |
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Seminar with Pakistani Poet Writing in English Zulfiqar Ghose, Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore, on August 11, 2006. |
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Theatre Workshop in Collaboration with Oxford University Press conducted by Girish Karnad, Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore. January 24-25, 2007. |
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Lecture by Dr. Anil Sethi, A Momentous Marker: Partition on Both Sides, Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on October 11, 2007. |
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Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, (Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore) Keynote Speaker David Barsamian on December 10, 2007. |
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Seminar on Iqbal to celebrate Iqbal Day in the Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore, on November 9th, 2008. |
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Seminar by Zulfiqar Ghose on his works ‘Rajasthan Texas', and ‘Beckett's Company' hosted by the Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 18th November 2008. |
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Creative Writing Workshop conducted by Zulfiqar Ghose at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 19th November 2009 |
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Seminar conducted by Suhail Sadi on his book Psycho Rag. Department of English, Punjab University on 20 October 2008. |
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Seminar conducted by Kamila Shamsi to introduce her work Burnt Shadows at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 7 November 2008. |
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Readings Programme on South Asian Literature in connection with the celebrations of 125 years of Punjab University at the Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore (Chief Guest was Dr. Najma Najam, Director Linkages and MoU, Punjab University, Lahore) on 15 November 2008. |
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A Tribute to Hima Raza, at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 8 October 2008. |
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Salman Rashid's Seminar on Travel Writing at Department of English, Punjab University, Lahore on 5 December,2008. |
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Seminar with Kamila Shamsi and Suhayl Saadi at Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore on 8 Feb 2009. |
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Seminar with Travel Writer Salman Rashid on 6 March 2009. |
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Drama Workshop conducted by Madiha Gohar on 5 April 2009. |
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Creative Writing workshop conducted by Zulfiqar Ghose on 19th November 2009. |
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