Research Activities

2007

Position

• Tenured Full Professor, New English Literatures and Cultures, FR 4.3, Saarland University
• Initiator and Director, TAS – Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
• Chief Coordinator, 'EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113 Cooperation with Developing Countries' Project
• Deputy Head of Department, FR 4.3, Saarland University

International Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

• Krishna Somers Foundation Research Fellow (Fall Term 2007), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (Fall 2007)
• Departmental Visitor (Fall Term 2007), English Department, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Departmental Visitor (Fall Term 2007), Centre for Science Research, National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Invited Speaker - Conferences/Public Lectures (selected)

• 'A Local Habitation' for Virtual Representations?: Transitionality in India and its US Diaspora', Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities", Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 3–5 December 2007
• 'Political Autobiography in Transitional Times', The Krishna Somers Foundation Lecture, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, 12 March 2007
• 'Debating English Legitimacy, Or Will The True Native User Please Speak Up!', International Linguistics Conference: In Dialogue with the Native Speaker, Central Institute of Indian Languages and J.N.U. Linguistics Department, Mysor, India, 3–6 January 2007

Session Chair/Moderator (selected)

•  'Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging&quot: Redefining Belonging', Global Conference, InterDisciplinary-Net, Mansfield College, 6 September 2007, Oxford

Third-Party Fundraising

• European Union, EuropeAid / DDH CULT / 2005 / 113–143 Cooperation with Developing Countries", 2006. Partnership between TAS and IFRI at the University of Saarland with CASS – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing, University of Paris VIII, Paris; IIT – Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; University of Bamako, Mali
• Saarland University, Anschubfinanzierung 'The Art of Reportage' (Dr. Zehle), 2007

Off-Campus Academic Organisational Activities

• Conference Convenor: International Transcultura Conference 'Mathematics and Cultures', Merzig, Germany, 19 November 2007
• Conference Convening Board Member: International Transcultura Conference 'Order and Disorder', Centre for Social Sciences, Beijing, China, 1–3 March 2007

Offices Held (On Campus)

• Member, Faculty Board, Philosophical Faculty II Saarland University
• Deputy Head of Department, British, American and Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
• Advisory Fellow, Krishna Somers Foundation

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

• Chief Coordinator, European Union-funded international Transcultura project EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113-143 Cooperation with Developing Countries
• Sprecherrat, DGA (German Society of Asianists) Chapter Contemporary South Asia

Publication Series Editor

• Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

Editorial Board Member

• SOPHIE, Saarland University Feminist Publications
• ASNEL, Proceedings of the annual ASNEL conferences
• Transcultura, Publications European Project Conference Proceedings and Other Documentation

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

• Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

Membership in Associations

• DGA (German Society of Asianists)
• DGA Chapter Contemporary South Asia
• DGAVL (German Assoc. of Comparative Literature Scholars)
• IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
• IAUPE (International Association of University Professors of English)
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)

2005

Position

• Tenured Full Professor, New English Literatures and Cultures, FR 4.3, Saarland University
• Initiator and Director, TAS – Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
• Chief Coordinator, 'EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113 Cooperation with Developing Countries' Project

International Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

• Departmental Visitor, Centre for Diaspora Studies, Sociology Department, Central University, Hyderabad, India (Spring Term 2005)

Invited Speaker - Conferences/Public Lectures (selected)

• 'Life as an Indo-German', Panel Discussion 'Visualising the Future: A Dialogue among the Indian Diaspora"', International conference, 'Indian Diaspora: Trends, Issues and Challenges', Central University Hyderabad, India, 26 February 2005
• 'Centre-Periphery Relations in Anglophone Postcolonialism', Public Lecture Series 'Literary Studies', Essen-Duisburg University, Germany, 2 November 2005
• 'Dis-affectedly Yours: Jawaharlal Nehru's and Nelson Mandela's Political Autobiographies', International Conference 'Postcolonial (Dis-)Affections', Stuttgart University, Germany, 18–20 July 2005
• 'Dealing with Violence in Ubu and the Truth Commission: A Transcultural Example from South Africa', International Conference 'Violences postcoloniales. Perceptions littéraires et représentations médiatiques', Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, 16–19 June 2005
• 'Transcultural Communication: Some Examples from India and Its Virtual Diaspora', International Conference, 'Indian Diaspora: Trends, Issues and Challenges', Central University Hyderabad, India 24–26 February 2005
• 'Central Peripheries, Peripheral Centres: Contextualising Indian English', International Conference 'Prof. M.B. Emeneau Centenary International Conference on South Asian Linguistics', Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India, 1–4 January 2005

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

• Full Member, Scientific Council, Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)

Publication Series Editor

• Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

• Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

Membership in Associations

• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
• Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)