Abhilasha Gusain

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Monday, December 23, 2024

Professional Experience:

1 year

Contact Details

E-mail:

abhilashagusain@nitk.edu.in

gusainabhilasha@gmail.com

Faculty (author) Identifiers

Academic Background

• PhD English (Comics Studies), Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (July 2019-June 2024)
• MA English, Miranda House, University of Delhi (2016-18)
• BA(Hons) English, P.G.D.A.V. College, University of Delhi (2013-16)

Areas of Interest

Comics Studies
Graphic Narratives
Trauma and Memory Studies
War Narratives

Significant Publications

1. Gusain, Abhilasha, and Jha, Smita. “Illustrating Memory: Clément Baloup’s Vietnamese Memories and the Visual Representation of the Past.” 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, vol. 30, no. 3, 2024, pp. 53-66. http://doi.org/10.17576/3L-2024-3003-04 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

2. Gusain, Abhilasha. “From Ideas to Ink: The Craft of Graphic Novel Creation with Sean Michael Wilson.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 15, no. 6, 2024, pp. 995-1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2377685 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

3. Gusain, Abhilasha, and Jha, Smita. “A Visual Dialogue: Practising Hospitality through the reading of Graphic Narratives.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 14, no. 5, 2023, pp. 615-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2207629 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

4. Gusain, Abhilasha, and Jha, Smita. “ ‘The urge to know about the roots is just human, I guess’: Vietnamese Memories and Clément Baloup, an interview”. Visual Studies, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2022, pp. 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2022.2036633 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

5. Gusain, Abhilasha, and Jha, Smita. “ “Narrating Vietnamese history is the best way to open a can of worms…”: in conversation with Marcelino Truong”. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 13, no. 3, 2022, pp. 499-508. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2021.1944240 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

6. Gusain, Abhilasha, and Jha, Smita. “Trauma, Memory, History and its Counter Narration in Thi Bui’s Graphic Memoir The Best We Could Do.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 12, no. 5, 2021, pp. 873-884. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2020.1806890 (Scopus Indexed, Q1)

Achievements

1. The Sabin Award for Comics Scholarship (2022), awarded annually to the best paper presented by a postgraduate student at The International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference (IGNCC).
https://internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com/sabin-award-com...

2. Smt Shakuntala Devi Sharma Memorial Prize (2016), special prize awarded to the first rank holder of the English Department, P.G.D.A.V. College, University of Delhi.

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