Dr. Jayana Jain

Education

• 2014—2019: Ph.D. in English Literary and Cultural Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität (WWU) Münster
• 2012—2013: B.Ed. in English and International Education, St. Xavier’s Institute of Education, Mumbai
• 2010—2012: M.A. Honours and Major in English Literature, University of Mumbai and Otto-Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg (WS 2011-2012)
• 2007—2010: B.A. Major in English Literature and Honours in History, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
• 2007—2008: DEM (Diploma in Event Management), National Institute of Event Management of India, Mumbai

Academic Positions

• 10/2019- 09/2020: Lecturer for Special Tasks, English Seminar, WWU Münster
• SS 2019: Research Assistant and Lecturer, English Seminar, WWU Münster
• 2017-2018: Contributing Editor, Textpraxis: Digitales Journal für Philologie, WWU Münster
• SS 2017: Research Assistant and Lecturer, English Seminar, WWU Münster
• 02/2016 - 05/2016: Research Associate, CoHaB Indian Diaspora Centre, University of Mumbai
• 10/2014 - 10/2015: ESR (Early Stage Researcher), ITN Marie Curie EU- funded CoHaB, WWU Münster
• 01/2014 - 08/2014: Lecturer (Shikshan Sevak), English Department, Ramnivas Ruia College, University of Mumbai
• 06/2013 - 01/2014: Secondary Section Teacher (English and Social Sciences), Gopi Birla Memorial School, Mumbai

Scholarship Grants/Awards

• 2016—2020: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Graduate School Scholarship (Doctoral Studies)
• 2016—2017: Heinrich Hertz Foundation Scholarship for Doctoral Studies (Grant returned to accept DAAD).
• 2014—2015: ITN Marie Curie Fellowship for Early Stage Doctoral Research under European Union funded project Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging (CoHaB)
• 2012—2013: The Douglas J. Dias Scholarship for English Education, St. Xavier’s Institute of Education, Mumbai
• 2012—2013: Dr. Elaine Ann Charles Golden Jubilee Scholarship for English Practice Teaching, St. Xavier’s Institute of Education, Mumbai

Teaching

Summer Term 2020

• Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies II (Group II) (Grundkurs; English Seminar, WWU Münster)
• Literature as Resistance in Times of Environmental Crisis (Master Seminar; English Seminar, WWU Münster)
• British, American and Postcolonial Cultures – Past and Present (Group V) (Übung; English Seminar, WWU Münster)

Winter Term 2019/2020

• Nation and Homing Desires in Migratory British Muslim Fiction (Master Seminar; English Seminar, WWU Münster)
• Migratory Masculinities in Postcolonial Indian Fiction and Films (Übung Theory and Literature Gruppe IV; English Seminar, WWU Münster)
• Academic Skills (Sprachpraktische Übungen Gruppe VIII; English Seminar, WWU Münster)

Summer Term 2019

• Reading British Literature in the Post-9/11 Context (Master Seminar: Students-for-Students; English Seminar, WWU Münster)

Summer Term 2017

• Academic Skills II (Sprachpraktische Übungen Gruppe IX; English Seminar, WWU Münster)

Summer and Winter Term 2013-2014

• English Language and Literature (Selected British, American and Indian Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Poetry; English Department, Ramnarian Ruia College)

 Academic Memberships

• 2019— EASAS (European Association for South Asian Studies)
• 2017—2018 SALA (South Asian Literary Association)
• 2016— DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
• 2015—2016 GAPS (Gesellschaft für Anglophone Postkoloniale Studien)
• 2015— ITN MCCA (Initial Training Network’s Marie Curie Alumni Association)
• 2010— St. Xavier’s College Association

Publications

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