Biography
Sambhabi Ghosh is a PhD candidate at the Department of Comparative and World Literature and studies Asian Shakespeare adaptations and scholarship. Her research focuses on a axiological comparison of Shakespeare adaptations from India and Japan. In her dissertation, she investigates patterns of canonical selection and exclusion across adaptations from India and Japan.
Research Interests
Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Asia; Canon formation and canonicity; Postcolonialism, World Literature; film and media; Axiology; Translation studies.
Education
MA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
BA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Awards and Honors
Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, 2020-2025
Victor J. Ramraj Memorial Prize (Best Paper in Diaspora Studies), 2017
Courses Taught
AFRO
AFRO 101 Black America, 1619-Present - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2022)
CWL
CWL 207 Indian Cinema in Context - Teaching Assistant (Spring 2023, Spring 2026)
CWL 114 Global Consciousness and Lit - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2025)
CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture- Teaching Assistant (Spring 2024, Spring 2027)
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2023, Fall 2026)
Languages
English, Bengali, Hindi, German, Japanese
Highlighted Publications
Recent Conferences
“Shakespeare’s new Empires: Subverting the “imperial” in In Othello”, 53rd Annual SAA meeting, Shakespeare Association of America , March 19-22, 2025
“No one is my Master”: Disavowing Father/Authors in Kalyan Ray’s Eastwords”, Between Proximity and Distance: Transposing Shakespeare Today, Shakespeare Association of Korea, Oct 26-28, 2023