Ved Prakash

Invited Lectures as a Resource Person  

1. Delivered a lecture on Protest through Art and Literature, organized by School of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur National University, Rajasthan, November 24, 2022.
2. 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.
3. 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, organized by the Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, 27^thSeptember-8^th October 2021.
4. Delivered a Lecture on “Caste, Resistance, and Graphic Narratives: A Study of Select Texts” organized by the PG Department of English, HHMSPB NSS College for Women, University of Kerala. 17th August, 2021. 
5. Delivered a lecture on “Dalit Body and the Question of Agency through Graphic Narratives” organized by Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Kerala.  27^th July, 2021.
6. Delivered a lecture on “Theorising Life Writing” in Refresher Course in English: Language and Literature organized by Department of English and Foreign Languages, UGC-HRDC, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. 14^th December, 2020.   
7. Delivered a lecture on “The Jazz Age and the Question of Race” organized by the Department of English, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi on 9^th September, 2020.  
8. “Documenting Persistence: Contextualizing Select Voices from Women Writers” organized by School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sharda University, 4^th November, 2019.     
9. “How to Read and how not to Read? That is the Question” in a workshop on ‘Empowering Engineers through Communication Skills: A Comprehensive Approach’ organized by Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, 29^th July – 2^nd August, 2019.
10. “Unraveling the Art of Communication” in a workshop on Art of Scientific Writing and Communication Skills organized by Department of Botany, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, 16^th-23^rd July, 2018.

Papers presented in Seminars/Conferences

Outside India

1. “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. 
2. “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.
3. “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.
4. “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.  “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.  
2. “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. 
3. “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.
4. “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.  
5. “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.      
6. “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
7. “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.
8. “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.
9. “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.
10. “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.  
11. “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.
12. “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.  
13. “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.                                                      
14. “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. 
15. “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.
16. “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.
17. “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. 
18. “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.
19. “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.
20. “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.  
21. “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. 
22. “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.  
23. “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” organized by Sappho for Equality, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 11-13^th September, 2015. 
24. “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.
25. “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.   
26. “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.
27. “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.
28. “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.   
29. “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.
30. “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” organized by Sappho for Equality, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 13^th – 15^th September, 2013.
31. “Food for Soul, ‘Soul’ for Food: The Tale of Blacks told through Soul Food”  in the Seminar on ‘Food for Thought’ organized by Centre for English Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, India, 1^8th April, 2013.
32. “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’ organized by Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 26^th February, 2013.
33. “Unsilencing the Silent: The Portrayal of Female Voice in Krishna Sobti’s Dar Se Bichudi and Mitro Marjani” in the IACLALS Annual Conference organized by University of Lucknow and Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Lucknow, India, 7^th to 9^th February, 2013.  
34. “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. 
35. “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.  
36.  “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.
37. “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.   
38. “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.