Contact Information
Department of Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2090 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-160
Urbana, IL 61801
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2090 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-160
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Camellia Paul is a PhD student in Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studies environmental humanities, Multi-Species Studies, nature and science writing, and literary and translation theories.
Research Interests
Her areas of research and publication include environmental humanities, ecocriticism, Multi-Species Studies, nature and science writing, myth and folklore, Comparative Literature, and Translation Studies.
- English, Bengali, Hindi (native and professional fluency)
- German (beginner)
Education
M.A. in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India (2019)
B.A. Major in Communicative English, University of Calcutta, India (2017)
Awards and Honors
- Recipient of the "Best Paper Award" and travel grant for presenting a paper titled “Shifting Owlscapes in Bengal: A Flight through Myth, Mysticism, and Magic” at the international “Multi-ConTEXT: Interdisciplinary Conference,” organized by Department of English Language and Literature, Chungbuk National University, The Republic of Korea, October 2024.
Highlighted Publications
“Shifting Owlscapes in Bengal: A Flight through Myth, Mysticism, and Marginalization” in Interspecies Negotiations: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Indian Literature edited by Susan Haris and Anu Pande (Bloomsbury: New Delhi, 2026), pp. 85 – 102. ISBN 978-9361311840. www.bloomsbury.com/us/interspecies-negotiations-9789361311840/
- “Rethinking Agency, Freedom, and the Anthropocene in the Environmental Humanities: A Dialogue,” Kritik Blog, Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, December 2025.
criticism.illinois.edu/blog/2025-12-17/rethinking-agency-freedom-and-anthropocene-environmental-humanities-dialogue
Recent Publications
- “Hutam’s Lament” in Of Beasts & Bones, edited by Robin Knabel, (Inky Bones Press: Chicago, 2026). ISBN 979-8254717805. tinyurl.com/OfBeastsandBones
- “Billing and Boating at Bortir: A Biocentric Memoir,” Green Observer, Spring 2026, Students for Environmental Concerns, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, April 2026. secsatuiuc.web.illinois.edu/green-observer/
- “All in a Night’s Walk: Yanghwa-ro to Sinchon” in Whispering Sagas: A Collection of Short Stories edited by Amita Ray, Chaitali Sengupta, and Lopamudra Banerjee (Penprints: Kolkata, 2026), pp. 60 – 66. ISBN 978-81-997780-3-0. penprints.in/shop/product/whispering-sagas/
- “Bijou Problemette” and “Trapped,” in Hubbies: Poems, Hawakal Publishers Private Limited, India and USA, ISBN: 978-9349541412, August 2025. www.amazon.com/Hubbies-Poems-Many-Poets/dp/B0FMT97J58
- “Anosmia-Ageusia: The Coronial Twins,” Breath and Shadow, (Spring 2025 - Vol. 22, Issue 2) Maine, USA, June 2025. www.abilitymaine.org/bs2025spring/%22anosmia-ageusia%3A-the-coronial-tw…
- “Cloudy Cupid,” and “Moon’s Eclipse, Earth’s Elapse,” The Antonym Magazine, India, May 2025. www.theantonymmag.com/poems-dhee-sankar/
- “Pearls of the Planets,” TBR Dark, The Brussels Review, Brussels, Belgium, May 2025. shop.thebrusselsreview.com/products/tbr-dark-5-2025
- “Skyprints,” Soul Poetry, Prose and Arts Magazine, (Issue 1 Volume 1: “Upon These Wings”), Ohio, USA, March 2025. soulpoetry7.com/soul-poetry-prose-arts-magazine-issue-1-volume-1-upon-these-wings/
- The New Teacher and Her Umbrella, Jilipi, Antonym Collections, India, ISBN: 978-81-976848-4-5, January 2025. www.amazon.com/New-Teacher-Her-Umbrella/dp/B0F621CKK7
- “Rain,” San Antonio Review, (Volume 7.2; Winter 2024), New Jersey, USA, December 2024. www.sareview.org/pub/ai2zk3go/release/1
- Ghaghabua, Jilipi, Antonym Collections, India, ISBN: 978-81-9639-618-3, October 2024. www.flipkart.com/ghaghabua/p/itm853c3448010c9?pid
- “Interview with Camellia Paul,” San Antonio Review, (Volume 7.1; Fall 2024), New Jersey, USA, DOI:10.21428/9b43cd98.38554bc2, September 2024. www.researchgate.net/publication/384244265_Interview_with_Camellia_Paul
- “Ratan,” in Flashlights: An Anthology of Very Short Stories, Antonym Collections, India, ISBN: 978-81-971522-2-1, September 2024. books.google.co.in/books/about/Flashlights.html?id=SNIrEQAAQBAJ&redir
- “The Carnivorous Horse,” The Antonym Magazine, India, May 2024, www.theantonymmag.com/the-carnivorous-horse-sadhan-chattopadhyay
- “Coffee House,” “Sunday Skyprint,” and “Sleep Tight,” Setu (Volume 8; Issue 7), Pittsburgh, USA, December 2023. www.setumag.com/2023/12/poetry-camellia-paul.html
- “Living Twogether,” Cultural Reverence (Winter 2023 issue), India, December, 2023. theculturalreverence.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/living-twogether-a-poem-by-camellia-paul
- “The Charming Fiddler,” Livewire, India, December 2019, livewire.thewire.in/fiction-and-verse/the-charming-fiddler