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Rosy Singh

Rosy Singh
Rosy Singh
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre of German Studies,
School of Language Literature and Culture Studies
Off. Phone
011-26704204
Residence
09871028949
Email
rosysingh[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, singh.rosy[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rosysingh/cv.pdf
Qualifications

1991 – 1996:    Ph.D (JNU) Ph.D. THESIS: Existenzielle Situationen in den Werken Franz Kafkas — Eine semiotische Analyse

1989 – 1991:    M.Phil (JNU) Grade A- M.Phil  DISSERTATION: Eine semiotische Interpretation von Franz Kafkas Die Verwandlung  

1987 – 1989:    M.A. (JNU) Grade A-  German (Main): Advanced Translation & Interpretation

1984 – 1987:    B.A. (JNU) Grade A German (Main), English, Linguistics, Political Science (Optionals)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Literature, Comparative Studies, Semiotics, Translation Studies

Experience

Associate Professor in Centre for German Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, JNU since 15 March, 2016

Assistant Professor of German in Department of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of Delhi since Dec 2004

Part-time Lecturer of German in Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi from January, 1997 to November, 2004

Awards & Honours

Qualified the UGC test for eligibility of Lectureship and JRF in Dec. 1991

UGC/DAAD Scholarships in May-July 1988 (Heidelberg, Germany), June-August 1991 (Kassel, Germany), April-June 1995 (Berlin, Germany)

Associate at Inter-University Centre of UGC at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla in 2002-2004

DAAD Research Fellowship for Nov-Dec, 2006 in University of Bielefeld, Germany

Fellowships: Free University, Berlin (Sept-Oct, 2009), Bergische University, Wuppertal (June-July 2013), Freiburg University (June 2017)

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* ‘Manto: Multiculturalism and Code-Switching’ in Swati Acharya (ed.): Sa’adat Hasan Manto. Chronist des ungeteilten Irrsinns der Teilung Indiens, Heidelberg: Draupadi Verlag, 2015, pp 49-6

* ‘Zum Ästhetischen und Sakralen im Werk Rilkes. Die Buddha-Gedichte’, Weimarer Beiträge, 57. Jg., Heft 2, 2011, pp 213-25

* ‘On Thomas Mann’s Herr und Hund’, Sprachkunst, Jg. XLI, 2. Halbband, 2010, pp. 193-202

* ‘Kafka and Mythology. Transformation of Myths’, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XI, No. 1, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, 2004, pp 75-92. Also in German Studies in India, 2006, pp 233-250

* ‘Franz Kafka: Judaism and Jewishness’, Sprachkunst, Jg. XXXIV, 2. Halbband, 2003, pp 233-47 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* Franz Kafka and Literary Criticism: ‘The Metamorphosis’ and ‘The Burrow’, vdm, Saarbrücken, 2010

* Autobiography. Fact and Fiction, (ed.) Aryan Books International, Delhi, 2009

* Rilke, Tagore, Gibran. A Comparative Study, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2002