Ved Prakash

Invited Lectures as a Resource Person  

1. Delivered the Third Fr. Sebastian Anand Memorial Lecture on “Understanding Film Studies: Key Concepts and Critical Approaches” organised by the Department of English, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, March 17, 2026.
2. Resource person for a panel discussion on the theme “Can the Subaltern Speak Today? Rethinking Voice, Visibility, and Power” held on 11^th February 2026, as a part of the two-day national conference titled ‘Reframing the Subaltern Narratives: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Insights’ organised by the Department of English, MANNU, in collaboration with the Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE), MANNU, Hyderabad, February 11-12, 2026.
3. ‘Humanism, Technology, and Ecology: A Reading of Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains’ at the Refresher Course in English and Linguistics (Interdisciplinary) for the University and College Teachers organised by the UGC-Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre of Bharathiar University, Tamilnadu, September 20, 2025.
4. ‘Music in the Age of Anthropocene: Sound, Survival, and Resistance’ at the Refresher Course in English and Linguistics (Interdisciplinary) for the University and College Teachers organised by the UGC-Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre of Bharathiar University, Tamilnadu, September 20, 2025.
5. ‘Walking in the Age of Surveillance: Leisure, Technology, and the Human in Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian (1951)’ at the Department of English, IIS University, Jaipur, August 28, 2025.
6. ‘Literature, Humanity, and the Future: Why Words Matter’ at Govt Girls’ College, Kishangarh, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, August 2, 2025.
7. ‘Narratives of Nature, Human, and Culture’ as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 7, 2025.
8. ‘Walking in a Wired World: Narratives of Ecology, Technology, and Society’ as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 8, 2025.
9. ‘Engineered Bodies, Abandoned Souls: Humanity in a Posthuman World’ as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 9, 2025.
10. ‘Clocks and Catastrophe: Narratives of Nature, Time, and Technology’ as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 10, 2025.
11. ‘Once Upon a Time in the Anthropocene: Stories of Man, Machine, and Nature’ as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 11, 2025.
12. “Inking the Anthropocene: Graphic Fiction and Environmental Concerns’ at the International Seminar on Literature organised by Pather Pratima Mahavidyalaya, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, May 9^, 2025.
13. “Environmental Narratives through Select Graphic Novels” at the Two-Week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on ‘Multimodality and Cultural Narratives in India-Centric Literature’ organised by the UGC-Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Central University of South Bihar (Gaya) under the aegis of UGC-MMTTP, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, December 21, 2024.
14. “Narratives of Water and Indian Cinema” at Discipline of English, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University, October 24, 2024.
15. “Theorising Environmental Humanities” at Discipline of English, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University, October 23, 2024.
16. “Performing Rap, Performing Gender: Rap Music and the Question of Black Masculinity” at the workshop on ‘Gender & Performance’ organised by Amity Institute of English Studies & Research, Amity University, Patna, August 30, 2024.
17. “Understanding Music and Narratives” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 1, 2024.
18. “Hip Hop and Narratives of Black Identity” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 2, 2024.
19. “Reggae and Narratives of Hope” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 3, 2024.
20. “Narratives of the Planet through Music” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 4, 2024
21. “Music, Culture, and Society” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 5, 2024.
22. “War, Violence, and Courage: A Study of Mother Courage and Her Children” at the International Lecture Series organised by the English Department, Manbhum Mahavidyalaya, Raghunathpur College, and Santaldih College, West Bengal, 9^th May, 2024.
23. Delivered the keynote address on “Environmental Humanities” at the National Seminar on ‘Humanities Today’ organised by the Department of English, Maa Manikeshwari University, Kalahandi, Odisha, March 16, 2023.
24. Delivered a lecture on “Examining the Crises of Being” at Discipline of English, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University, December 14, 2023.
25. Delivered a lecture on “Theorising Posthumanism” at Discipline of English, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University, December 13, 2023.                                                                                                                                 
26. Delivered a lecture on “Music and Narratives” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 28, 2023.
27. Delivered a lecture on “Theorising Life Narratives” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 27, 2023.
28. Delivered a lecture on “Narratives of Protest through Art and Literature” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 26, 2023.
29. Delivered a lecture on “Resistance and Graphic Narratives” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 25, 2023.
30. Delivered a lecture on “Understanding Narratives” as a part of the teaching module on “Introduction to Narratives” at Science and Liberal Arts, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, July 24, 2023.
31. Delivered a lecture on Protest through Art and Literature, organised by the School of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur National University, Rajasthan, November 24, 2022.
32. Delivered the keynote address on “Discussing Displacement through Anup Singh Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)” at the International Conference on ‘From the Partition to the Pandemic: Convergences in the Humanities’ organised by the Department of English and IQAC, Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal & Anthropos India Foundation, New Delhi, March 16-17, 2022.
33. Delivered a Lecture on “Discussing Caste through Music: Dalit Rap in Popular Culture” in the Short-term course on ‘Trajectories of Popular Culture and Globalization, organised by the Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, 30^th September 2021.
34. Delivered a Lecture on “Caste, Resistance, and Graphic Narratives: A Study of Select Texts” organised by the PG Department of English, HHMSPB NSS College for Women, University of Kerala. 17th August, 2021. 
35. Delivered a lecture on “Dalit Body and the Question of Agency through Graphic Narratives” organised by the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Kerala.  27^th July, 2021.
36. Delivered a lecture on “Theorising Life Writing” in the Refresher Course in English: Language and Literature organised by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, UGC-HRDC, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. 14^th December, 2020.   
37. Delivered a lecture on “The Jazz Age and the Question of Race” organised by the Department of English, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi on 9^th September, 2020.  
38. “Documenting Persistence: Contextualizing Select Voices from Women Writers” organized by School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sharda University, 4^th November, 2019.     
39. “How to Read and how not to Read? That is the Question in a Workshop on ‘Empowering Engineers through Communication Skills: A Comprehensive Approach’ organised by Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, 30^th July, 2019.
40. “Unravelling the Art of Communication” in a Workshop on Art of Scientific Writing and Communication Skills organised by the Department of Botany, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, 16^th-23^rd July, 2018.

Papers presented in Seminars/Conferences

Outside India

1. “Data Labelling and AI Bias: A Decolonial Perspective on Nurturing Artificial Intelligence through Humans in the Loop” at the 10^th Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Conference on “Postcolonialism and New-Imperialism Today” held at The Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19-20 March 2026.
2. “Writing Resistance and Documenting Subversion through Writing with Fire (2021)” as part of a panel titled ‘Regions and Margins: Perspectives from Indian Film and Media’ at the 14^th Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference on ‘What is Asian Cinema?’ organised by the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong, 22^nd – 24^th May, 2025.
3. “Environment, Contamination, and Colonisation: A Study of Joe Sacco’s Paying the Land” at the 25^th International Conference of The Society of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World (MELOW) on ‘Echoes of the Earth: Interplay of Literature and Landscape’ held at Kathmandu University, Nepal, 27^th-29^th September, 2024. 
4. “Contextualising Development, Dams, and Displacement through Orijit Sen’s River of Stories” at the 9^th Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Conference on “Continuing Postcolonialism” held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-22 July, 2023.  
5. “Discussing Caste through Art: Disseminating Dissent through Dalit Rap” in the Fifth Annual Ireland India Institute South Asia Conference organised by Ireland India Institute, Dublin City University- All Hallows DCU campus, Dublin, Ireland, 26^th-30^th April, 2022. 
6. “Singing the Songs of Change: A Study of Globalization and Climate Crisis” in the International Conference on ‘Community of Shared Future for Mankind and Future Global Governance’ organised by School of Marxist Studies, Yangzhou University, China, 18^th December 2021.
7. “Locating Home through Memory: A Study of the Tibetan Settlement Camp ‘Majnu ka Tilla’ in the International Conference on ‘Rethinking the Politics of Memory in South Asia’ organised by Swedish South Asian Studies Network, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden, 9^th-10^th December 2020.
8. “Performing Gender, Inviting Abhorrence: A Study of Suffering and Violence through Hijras of Kashmir” at the Third Ireland-India Institute Conference on South Asia, organised by Ireland India Institute, Dublin City University- All Hallows DCU campus, Dublin, Ireland, 24^th-26^th April, 2019.

Within India

1. “All That Breathes and All That Belongs: A Study of Air, Space, and Species in the City” as a part of a panel titled ‘Birds, Beasts, and Bodies – Multispecies Engagement in the Anthropocene’ at the Second World Colloquium on Existential Posthumanism: Posthuman Renaissance(s) – Making Self, Making World organised by the Department of English, Presidency University, Kolkata and The Indian Posthuman Network, The Global Posthuman Network, January 14-15, 2026.
2. “Caste, Moustache, and Resilience through Moustache: A Novel” at the International Conference on ‘Trauma, Resilience and Healing: Representations in South Asian Literature and Culture’ organised by IACLALS in collaboration with the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, February 20-22, 2025.
3. “Manual Scavenging’ and the idea of Metropolis through Bhasha Singh’s Unseen: The Truth about India’s Manual Scavengers” at the International Conference on ‘Metropolis and Margins: Shifting Perspectives in Literary and Language Studies’ organised by IACLALS in collaboration with Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, April 27-29, 2023.
4.  “Tree of Death: Analysing the Culture of Lynching through “Strange Fruit” at the National Conference on ‘Trees and Literatures: Varied Paradigms’ organised by the Department of English, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, April 18-19, 2023.  
5. “Caste Violence and the Politics of the Moustache: A Study of Appearance-based Discrimination through “Moonchhe” at the International Conference on Dalit Studies titled “My birth is my fatal accident”: Reimagining Dalit aesthetics, resistance and solidarity organised by the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, November 3-4, 2022. 
6. “Matching Caste, Dividing Communities: A Study of Caste in Diaspora through Indian Matchmaking” at the International Conference on ‘Reconfiguring Diaspora in Art, Literature, and Cinema: Contemporary Global Perspectives’ organised by the Department of English, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, March 23-24, 2022.
7. “Virtual to Real: Understanding the Public Sphere from the Hashtag (#) Culture” at the International Conference on ‘Locating the Public Sphere in Contemporary India: Theory and Practice’ organised by the Department of English, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, March 21-23, 2022.  
8. “Sound of Resistance: A Study of Climate and Culture through Rap Music” in the International Young Researcher’s Conference (online) on ‘As a Matter of Affect: Making Sense of Planetarity’ organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, December 2-3, 2021.      
9. “Dystopia, Death, and the Question of Survival” in the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies annual International Conference (online) on ‘Utopias and Dystopias in Our Times’ in collaboration with Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, March 18-20, 2021
10. “Digital Archive of Resistance through Dalit Camera” in the IACLALS International Conference on Re-imagi(ni)ng Identities in the Global South: Challenges, Transgressions and Articulation, organised by the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 5-7 February, 2020.
11. “Questioning Death, Embracing Life: A Study of “Black Lives Matter” in the National Conference on Transforming Society through Literature and Social Movements”, S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, 6-7 September, 2019.
12. “It is Indeed in My Name: Contextualizing the Domain of ‘Body’ within the Dominion of Supremacy and Vulnerability”  in the National Conference on “Comparative Study of African-American and Dalit and Minority Literature”, Dayal Singh College, University of Delhi, 20-21 August, 2019.
13. “Singing the Songs of Sorrow: Examining the Discourse of Protest through Imphal Talkies” in the National Conference on ‘Identity and Diversity within Boundaries and Margins: Exploring Literature & Culture from India’s North East’ organised by Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, 13-14^th March, 2019.  
14. “Clicking Photographs, Creating Fiction: Discussing Steve McCurry’s Photographs and the Phenomenon of Post-Truth” in Indian Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies annual International conference on “Literature, Culture and Society in the Age of Post-Truth” co-hosted by the Department of English, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 6-8^th February, 2019.
15. “Locating Present through Past: Examining the domain of Life through Select Life-Writings” in the International Conference on ‘Contemplating the Past, Capturing the Present, Creating the Future’ by St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 18^th – 19^th December, 2018.  
16. “Art and Resistance: A Close Reading of Graffiti in Afghanistan” in the International Conference on “Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation” Department of English, School of Humanities & Languages, Central University of Rajasthan, 15-16 November, 2018.                                                      
17. “Making Films, Breaking Stereotypes: Representing the Voice of Women through Village Rockstars” in the International Conference on Women and Development organised by Union Christian College, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, 26^th- 28^th July, 2018. 
18. “Exploring Love, Critiquing Prejudice: An Examination of Female Desire and Sexuality with reference to Kamala Das’s My Story” in Indian Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies annual International conference on Tolerance and Bigotry: Contestations in Indian Literatures in English, co-hosted by the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 8^th-10^th February, 2018.
19. “Painting the Streets of Afghanistan: The Representation of War and Women through Graffiti” in a two-day International Conference on “Women and Sectarian Violence in South Asia: Fiction and Reality” organised by Centre for English Studies, SLL&CS, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, 9^th-10^th November, 2017.
20. “Performing Resistance and Resisting Oppression: A Study of ‘The Bant Singh Project’ in a National Seminar on “Media and Subalterns in India” organized by the Department of Culture and Media Studies, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India, 16^th-17^th March, 2017. 
21. “Dislocation and Degradation: A Critical Analysis of the Siddis of Africa/India” in an International forum for scholars of African Studies on “Africa Today” organized by the Centre for Studies in African Literatures and Cultures, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 14^th-15^th March, 2017.
22. “Rhythms of Resistance: A Study of the Kondh Tribe of Orissa through ‘Blood Earth’ Project” in ICSSR-Sponsored National Conference on “Tribes in Transition-II Reaffirming Indigenous Identity through Narrative” organized by the Department of English & Outreach Programme, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27th-28th February, 2017.
23. “Gloomy Days and Curfewed Nights: The Displacement of Nagas through the Short Stories of Temsula Ao” in Indian Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies annual conference on Location, Identity, Solidarity: Hegemonic Formations and Contestations (With a Special Focus on the Northeast) organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 15-17 February, 2017.  
24. “Music and Migration: A Study of Home and Identity through Chutney Music” in UGC sponsored national conference on “Migration and Identity : The Urban Subject” organized by the Department of English, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 28^th – 29^th January, 2016. 
25. “Parochialism to Hooliganism: A Study of Shiv Sena and its Policy of Censorship” in Indian Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies annual conference on “Right to Write: The Culture of Literary Controversies and Controversial Literatures” organized by the Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, 22^nd-24^th January, 2016.  
26. “All We Need is a Beautiful Boy: A Study of Bacha Bazi within the Conventions of Masculinity” in the National queer conference on “Femininities & Masculinities” organised by Sappho for Equality, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 11-13^th September, 2015. 
27. “Re(writing) the Self: A Study of History and Conflicted Identity through Fabia Geda’s Novel In the Sea there are Crocodiles” in the National Seminar on “Language, Literature and Culture: Intersections and Interrogations” organised by the Department of English, Central University of Kashmir, India, 25-27^th August, 2015.
28. “Location, Relocation and Dislocation: A Study of Women in Diaspora through Bharati Mukherjee’s Novels Wife and Jasmine” in the International Conference on ‘Changing Contours of Indo-US Relations: Perceptions, Continuity and Change’ organised by BITS Pilani, Goa, India, 31^st October – 2^nd November, 2014.   
29. “Photographing the Sound and the Fury: War Photography and New Media” in the National Students’ Conference on ‘Literary and Cultural Studies’ organised by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 10^th – 12^th September, 2014.
30. “The Raga of Jamaican History through Reggae” in the National seminar on ‘Intersections: History and Literature’ organised by the Department of English, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 11^th-12^th March, 2014.
31. “Exploration of the ‘Self’ through Negotiation: A Cultural Glance into the Colourful World of Banjaras” in the International Conference on ‘Margins, Globalization and the Postcolonial’ organised by the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University & Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS), Chandigarh, India, 20^th- 22th February, 2014.   
32. “Ganda Hai Par Dhanda Hai Yeh: Crime Shows, Sensation & (Re)creation” in the Annual Student Seminar titled ‘Frames of Reference’ organised by the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, 16^th-17^th December, 2013.
33. “Gone is the Day, When Rap couldn’t be Gay: Homohop, a Study of Sexuality and Music” in the National Queer Conference titled ‘Gender-Sexuality: Exploring the Conjoined Possibilities” organised by Sappho for Equality, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 13^th – 15^th September, 2013.
34. “Food for Soul, ‘Soul’ for Food: The Tale of Blacks told through Soul Food”  in the Seminar on ‘Food for Thought’ organised by Centre for English Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, India, 1^8th April, 2013.
35. “Hi Hip Hop: We Won’t Stop: A Cross Cultural Examination of Canada and India through Hip Hop” in the Seminar on ‘Painting the Rainbow from Bloor to B’lore: Connecting Cultures of Difference in Canada to India’ organised by Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 26^th February, 2013.
36. “Unsilencing the Silent: The Portrayal of Female Voice in Krishna Sobti’s Dar Se Bichudi and Mitro Marjani” in the IACLALS Annual Conference organised by University of Lucknow and Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Lucknow, India, 7^th to 9^th February, 2013.  
37. “Hip Hop Vip Hop Haye Rabba: Music of Sense and Sensibility?” in the National Young Researchers Conference on ‘Discursifying English: Contemporary Cultures, Contemporary Concerns’ organized by Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 24^th to 25^th January, 2013. 
38. “Rap Music: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back” at a Three day National Workshop, ‘New Research in English Studies: A Young Researchers Workshop’ organized by The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), the Department of English Literature, Hyderabad, India. 25^th to 27^th August, 2011.  
39.  “Rapping the Art of Rap: A Study of White and Black Rap within the Paradigm of Popular and Contemporary Locations” in an International Conference called ‘Contextualizing the ‘Contemporary’ in culture’ organized by the Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia (CPRACSIS) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, February 1-2, 2011.
40. “Psychoanalysis and Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Memento” in an International Seminar ‘Theory at Work: Text, History and Culture’ (in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi & ICSSR, New Delhi), Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, India, November 9-11, 2010.   
41. “The Role of ‘Fear’ in Discursivizing the Subjectivity in Indian and Western Hetero-Queer Cinema” in an International Conference ‘Fables of Fear’, CPRACSIS (Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia), Thrissur, Kerala, India, August 07-08, 2010.