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 comparative analysis of Shakespeare adaptations from India and Japan. In her dissertation, she investigates possible means of canonization of select adaptations, and identifies similar patterns of selection and exclusion between India and Japan.
Research Interests
Shakespeare, Shakespeare in India, Shakespeare in Japan; Canon formation and canonicity; Postcolonialism, World Literature; Cinema and Media Studies, Theatre.
Education
MA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2018
BA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2016
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