Dr B. Geetha
Assistant Professor
Dr. B. Geetha holds a PhD in Film Studies from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Her research interests include film history, genre cinemas, star studies, film aesthetics, and archival studies. Dr. Geetha is a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellowship (2022-2023) in Visual Arts. She has also received a Travel Grant from the UCLA Center for India and South Asia (2023) for her doctoral work on Tamil cinema. Her book chapter on the anti-caste politics of the Tamil film Pariyerum Perumal (2018) is part of the anthology titled The Routledge Companion to Caste and Cinema in India (2023). Her academic publications have appeared in journals such as Celebrity Studies, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Screen, Critical Collective, and South Asian Review.
Qualification: B.A. (Hons.), MA, PhD
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Subject Taught |
Program |
Semester |
Credits |
Core / Open Elective |
Reading the Archive |
BA English |
V |
4 |
|
Exploring Cinema: Aesthetics and Politics |
Double Majors, Psychology, DOC |
III |
3 |
Open Elective |
Business Communication |
DOC |
I |
3 |
|
Envisioning Cities in Literature |
BA English |
VI |
4 |
|
Postcolonial Literatures and Culture |
BA English |
V |
4 |
|
Literary Criticism and Literary Theory |
MA English Language and Literature |
I |
4 |
|
Film Studies |
MA English Language and Literature |
III |
4 |
|
Film Manifesto |
Double Majors, JMC, Psychology |
IV |
3 |
Open Elective |
Cultural Studies |
BA English |
IV |
4 |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA (Hons) | English | Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University | |
| MA | English | Jamia Millia Islamia | |
| PhD | Film Studies | Indian Institute of Technology ,Bombay |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Expertise
Film Studies; Star Studies; Literary Theory; Film History; Archival Studies; Genre Studies; South Asian Popular Culture