Title
Helaine and Alvin Allen Assistant Professor of Literature
Comparative Literature
German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature
International and Global Studies
South Asian Studies
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Women's and Gender Studies
Expertise
Colonial and Postcolonial Theory and Literature. 19th and 20th century British and South Asian Literature. Immigrant Writing - British, Caribbean, United States. Gender and Women's Studies. Film Studies. South Asian Studies
Profile
Courses: South Asian Women Writers, Gender and Representation in the Colonial Archives, The Postcolonial Novel, Writing Home and Abroad: Literature by Women of Color, We Who are at Home Everywhere: Narratives of the South Asian Diaspora, Indian Cinema: The Three Hour Dream, Introduction to South Asian Studies
Degrees
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego, M.A.
Contact
| Email: | harleen@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-8485 |
| Office: | Mandel Center for the Humanities, 114 |
Awards and Honors
Theodore and Jane Norman Award for Faculty Scholarship (2011)
Helaine and Alvin Allen Chair in Literature (2008)
Theodore and Jane Norman Award for Faculty Scholarship (2008)
Center for German and European Studies Travel Grant (2007)
Theodore and Jane Norman Award for Faculty Scholarship (2006)
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gender and Postcolonial Studies (2003 - 2005)
University of California Faculty Fellowship (2002 - 2003)
Courses Taught
| COML | 122b | Writing Home and Abroad: Literature by Women of Color |
| SAS | 100a | Introduction to South Asia |
| SAS | 110b | South Asian Postcolonial Writers |
| SAS | 130a | Film and Fiction of Crisis |
| SAS | 140a | We Who Are at Home Everywhere: Narratives from the South Asian Diaspora |
| SAS | 150b | Indian Film: The Three-Hour Dream |
| SAS | 170b | South Asia in the Colonial Archive |
| WMGS | 5a | Women and Gender in Culture and Society |
| WMGS | 198a | Women's and Gender Studies Research Seminar |
| WMGS | 205a | Graduate Foundational Course in Women's and Gender Studies |
Scholarship
