Dr. Neha Khurana
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
& School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Assistant Professor, Gargi College (University of Delhi)
PhD and UGC-NET in English Literature
Keenly interested in visual cultures, censorship studies, political cartoons
Neha Khurana is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies at Vidyashilp University (Bangalore, India) and has previously taught at Gargi College (University of Delhi) for about 10 years. Trained in English literature and its various streams, she found her research interests at the intersection of literary studies and visual cultures.She has recently completed her PhD with a thesis titled “The Right to Dissent: An Analysis of Political Cartooning in India During the Emergency Years 1975-77” and continues to research in the field of visual arts and surveillance studies. She likes to paint and sometimes dreams of being an artist.
Professional Education
| PhD (Amity University); English Thesis title: “The Right to Dissent: An Analysis of Political Cartooning in India During the Emergency Years 1975-77” | 2023 |
| M.Phil (University of Delhi); English | 2013 |
| UGC-NETEnglish | 2012 |
| MA (University of Delhi); English | 2011 |
| BA (University of Delhi); English | 2009 |
Teaching Courses
- Academic Writing
- Introduction to Epistemology
- Critical Thinking
Research Interests
- Visual Cultures
- Surveillance and Censorship Studies
- Political Cartoons
- Satire
- Indian Public Sphere
Selected Publications
- Khurana, Neha. “The Humorous Body: A Bergsonian Reading of Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”. The European Journal of Humour Research, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec. 2023, pp. 93-103, doi:10.7592/EJHR.2023.11.4.850. Read More
- Khurana, N., and R. Singh. “Drawing through the Crisis: The Case of Abu in the Emergency Years 1975-77 in India”. 452ºF. Journal of Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature, No. 29, July 2023, pp. 211-3, doi:10.1344/452f.2023.29.13. Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Mapping Transformations in the Indian Public Sphere: An Analysis of the Punch and Oudh Punch Cartoons.” Mapping India: Transitions and Transformations , 18th-19th Century, edited by Nilanjana Mukherjee et al., South Asia Edition, Routledge, 2020, pp. 192–215. Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Celebrity Sting Operations in India: An Analysis of Technologies of Surveillance in ‘Public Interest’”. The Lincoln Humanities Journal: Panopticon, Suspicion, Surveillance, Fear, vol. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 59-69, Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Surveillance and the Metropolis: Individuals, Collectivities and Resistance in Delhi/NCR’”. The Lincoln Humanities Journal: Panopticon, Suspicion, Surveillance, Fear, vol. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 59-69, Read More
Dr. Neha Khurana
Assistant Professor,
School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies
& School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Assistant Professor, Gargi College (University of Delhi)
PhD and UGC-NET in English Literature
Keenly interested in visual cultures, censorship studies, political cartoons
Neha Khurana is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies at Vidyashilp University (Bangalore, India)
and has previously taught at Gargi College (University of Delhi) for about 10 years.
Trained in English literature and its various streams, she found her research interests at the intersection of literary studies and visual cultures.
She has recently completed her PhD with a thesis titled “The Right to Dissent: An Analysis of Political Cartooning in India During the Emergency Years 1975-77”
and continues to research in the field of visual arts and surveillance studies. She likes to paint and sometimes dreams of being an artist.
| PhD (Amity University); English Thesis title: “The Right to Dissent: An Analysis of Political Cartooning in India During the Emergency Years 1975-77” | 2023 |
| M.Phil (University of Delhi); English | 2013 |
| UGC-NETEnglish | 2012 |
| MA (University of Delhi); English | 2011 |
| BA (University of Delhi); English | 2009 |
- Academic Writing
- Introduction to Epistemology
- Critical Thinking
- Visual Cultures
- Surveillance and Censorship Studies
- Political Cartoons
- Satire
- Indian Public Sphere
- Khurana, Neha. “The Humorous Body: A Bergsonian Reading of Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”. The European Journal of Humour Research, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec. 2023, pp. 93-103, doi:10.7592/EJHR.2023.11.4.850. Read More
- Khurana, N., and R. Singh. “Drawing through the Crisis: The Case of Abu in the Emergency Years 1975-77 in India”. 452ºF. Journal of Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature, No. 29, July 2023, pp. 211-3, doi:10.1344/452f.2023.29.13. Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Mapping Transformations in the Indian Public Sphere: An Analysis of the Punch and Oudh Punch Cartoons.” Mapping India: Transitions and Transformations , 18th-19th Century, edited by Nilanjana Mukherjee et al., South Asia Edition, Routledge, 2020, pp. 192–215. Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Celebrity Sting Operations in India: An Analysis of Technologies of Surveillance in ‘Public Interest’”. The Lincoln Humanities Journal: Panopticon, Suspicion, Surveillance, Fear, vol. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 59-69, Read More
- Khurana, Neha. “Surveillance and the Metropolis: Individuals, Collectivities and Resistance in Delhi/NCR’”. The Lincoln Humanities Journal: Panopticon, Suspicion, Surveillance, Fear, vol. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 59-69, Read More
