Mr. Abdul Hameed P A (Assistant Professor)
Mr. Abdul Hameed P A (Abdullah Abdul Hameed) holds a Masters degree in English and Comparative Literature from Central University of Kerala. His MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi is on the evolution of Kerala’s literary landscape. He is currently pursuing his PhD from University of Delhi.
Mr. Hameed has taught English Linguistics, Translation Studies, and Comparative Literature at Kannur University, Kerala, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and Language and Literature at various colleges under University of Delhi. He has authored a pioneering book on Arabimalayalam literature (CU Kerala Press 2012). He has presented papers in many national and international seminars and workshops. His research areas include Translation Studies, Comparative Literature, and Postcolonial Studies. He was part of a collaborative project with UGC-DAAD funding, and visited University of Gottingen, Germany in 2015. He is a member of Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI), and International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA).
Publications
Naduthoppil Abdulla’s Akbar Ṣaḍaqa Pakshippāttu: Translation and Study. Kasaragod: Central University of Kerala, 2012. Print.
“Exploring
Mahatma Gandhi’s Educational Vision in NEP2020: A Policy Initiative for Decolonization
of Knowledge Production”, co-authored with Ravi Ranjan in Gandhi Marg Quarterly, 2021, 43(3): pp. 355-382. New
Delhi: Gandhi
Peace Foundation.
“മാപ്പിള സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ ദേശീയ സങ്കല്പം” (Malayalam) (The Imagination of Nation in Mappila Literature). Middle
East Chandrika (Qatar): Annual Edition 2017.
“Mappilappāttu
As/In the ‘Popular’: Texts and Contexts” in Quote Unquote: International Journal of Language
and Humanities, Vol.
1 No. 1-2, Jan-Dec 2013. New Delhi: Bahri
Publications. pp. 91-105.
“‘Englishing’
or ‘englishing’ Dalits: The Question of Language as a Tool for Liberation” in T
Marx and Sundara Babu N. ed. Writing as Resistance: Discourses on Dalit
Literature. Mumbai: Vikas
Adhyayan Kendra, 2012.
“The
Battle of Thieves” in Muse India, Issue 47. Jan-Feb
2013.
Administrative
Experience
Convenor,
Media-Social Media Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2021-2022
Teacher
In-Charge, Department of English, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2021-2022
Convenor,
Arts and Culture Society, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2019-2022
Member,
Attendance Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2019-2021
Member,
Staff Requirements Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2018-2022
Member,
Website Monitoring Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2019-2020
Member,
Prospectus Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2019
Member,
Media Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2019-2020
Teacher
In-Charge, Department of English, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2018-2019
Member,
Internal Complaints Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2018-2019
Convenor,
Annual Day Coordination Committee, Zakir Husain Delhi College – 2018
Member,
Nature and Environment Society, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2016-2017
Member,
Infrastructure Maintenance Report Committee for NAAC Report, Zakir Husain Delhi
College 2016
Convenor, English
Literary Society, Zakir Husain Delhi College 2015-2017
