Dr. Karuna Rajeev

Chapters in Books/ Journal Articles:

  • Rajeev, K (2024). Disability, Discourse and Metaphor. In Retrieving the Crip Outsider: Representations of Disability in Literature and Culture, ed. Someshwar Sati. New Delhi: Bloomsbury. (ISBN: 978-93-56402-92-8)
  • Rajeev, K (2024). Storytelling, Perspective and Identity in Rohinton Mistry’s Swimming Lessons In Unveiling Identities: Exploring Indian Writing in English, eds. Arunima Ray and Anurima Chanda. New Delhi: Worldview. (ISBN: 978-81-97662-43-0)
  • Rajeev, K (2023). Voice and Embodiment: Neoliberal Considerations of Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People. In A Warble of Postcolonial Voices, Vol III, ed. Someshwar Sati (pp.-59-74). New Delhi: Worldview Publications, (ISBN: 9789382267492)
  • Rajeev, K (2015) Wasn’t Minnie Mackay a Plotter? An Unsettled Psychoanalytical Reading of Marie Corelli. GD Goenka Journal of Applied Psychology, 1 (2), 72-81. (ISSN: 2395-1)
  • Rajeev, K (2015) Unit on Derek Walcott, with Introductory Essay “Derek Walcott: The Caribbean History and Postcolonial Identity”, Annotation of Poems “A Far Cry From Africa”, “Goats”, “Names” and Compilation of Critical Essays in A Warble of Postcolonial Voices: An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems: Volume II: Poems, ed. Someshwar Sati (pp.157-291). New Delhi: Worldview (ISBN:978-93-82267-16-4)  
  • Rajeev, K. (2014). Course material on Marginalisation in the Gendered Nation segment to the M.A. programme in Women’s & Gender Studies (pp. 285-308). New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). (ISBN: 978‐81‐266‐6785‐7)
  • Rajeev, K. (2013). Introduction. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (1880) (pp. ix-xiv). New Delhi: Rupa Publications. (ISBN-13 9788129129482; ISBN- 10 8129129485

Book Review in Journals:

  • Rajeev, K. (2015). [Review of the book The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey, by H.S Shekhar]. The Book Review, 39(1), 36. (ISSN: 2001-1086).

Papers Presented in National/International Conferences:

  • Rajeev, K. (2024; co-presented) Disability and Karma: Discourses in Indian Epics at the International symposium on Disability History: New Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Approaches by LWL-Institut für westfälische Regionalgeschichte (Munster, Germany), Jönköping University (Sweden) and Uppsala University (Sweden) at Munster, Germany, November 6-8, 2024.                                
  • Rajeev, K. (2024; co-presented) Coming Out as Dalit and Made in Heaven: The Erasure of Dalit Identity, Dalit Representation and Caste Performativity at the Pramana International Research Conference organized by Symbiosis Centre for Media and communication, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, 19-20January 2024
  • Rajeev, K. (2017). Marie Corelli: Selfhood, Creativity and the Woman Writer in the International Conference on ‘The Fragmented Self’ organised by the Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi on 30-31 October 2017.
  • Rajeev, K. (2011). Transforming Subjects: Metamorphosis, Body and Self in Literature, National Seminar on ‘The Body in Culture: Culture of Body’ organised by the UGC-SAP DRS-II of the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 3-4th March, 2011.
  • Rajeev, K. (2011). Historicising the Contemporary: (Im)Possibility of an Irresolute Future, Sixth CPRACSIS International Conference on ‘Contextualizing the ‘Contemporary’ in Culture’ at IIT Madras, Chennai, 1-2nd February, 2011.
  • Rajeev, K. (2011). The Postcolonial ‘Yoke’: Self-Agency and the Nationalistic Agenda, Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) Annual Conference on ‘Comparative Cultural Studies: Towards New Postcolonial Paradigms’ (in collaboration with Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Kerala) at Thiruvanathapuram, 27-29th January, 2011.
  • Rajeev, K. (2010). Substitution and Dialogue: A Case for the Fantastic in Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, International seminar on ‘Theory at Work; Text, History and Culture’ (in collaboration with Sahitya Akademiand ICSSR, New Delhi) organised by the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, 9-11th November, 2010.
  • Rajeev, K. (2010). Alienation, Repression and the Audience’s Fear of the Spectacle, International Conference on ‘Fables of Fear’organised by Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia (CPRACSIS) at Thrissur, Kerala, 7-8thAugust, 2010.
  • Rajeev, K. (2009). Three Hundred Sixty Degrees of Blackness: Gender and the Black Arts Movement, American Library, New Delhi on the theme ‘Kinship with King: Dreams for a Democracy’, 25th February, 2009.

Resource Person:

  • Rajeev, K. (2025). Resource Person for a Workshop titled Rethinking Pedagogy: Disability Epistemology and Access in the Contemporary Classroom at the Conference Making Visible: Disability Representations in Popular Culture organised by the Department of English and IQAC, Gargi College, University of Delhi, 24-25 February 2025.
  • Rajeev, K. (2022). Resource Person at Five Day National Workshop on Research Methodology: Approaches and Practices organised by the Chitrakoot School of Liberal Arts, Shoolini University, Solan, H.P., 7-11th February 2022
  • Rajeev, K. (2019). Resource Person for Oceanvale Autumn 2019 Workshop on Oceanvale Workshop Autumn 2019 Disability Representation in India: Texts and Contexts organised by the Department of English, Kirorimal College, University of Delhi, 25-28 September 2019

Invited Speaker:

  • Rajeev, K. (2023). Invited Speaker for Research Methodology Session: Introductory Workshop organised by the Department of English, LSR, 12 February 2023.
  • Rajeev, K. (2022). Invited Speaker for Research Methodology Session: Introductory Workshop organised by the Department of English, LSR, September 2022.
  • Rajeev, K. (2021) Invited Speaker for a lecture on “Marxism” for Jabberwock, the Academic Journal of the Department of English, LSR on 9 September 2021.
  • Rajeev, K. (2021) Invited Speaker at the Webinar on “Gender and Disability” organised by Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) and India International Centre (IIC) on 19th May 2021.
  • Rajeev, K. (2019). Invited Speaker for Research Methodology Session: Introductory Workshop organised by the Department of English, LSR, 24 September 2019
  • Rajeev, K. (2018). Invited Speaker for Research Methodology Session: Introductory Workshop organised by the Department of English, LSR, August 2018

Others:

  • Rajeev, K. (2025) Chair for the session ” Glitch in the System: Digital Media and Marginalized Identities ” during LITMUS 2025 an International Conference titled Framing the Margins: Media and the Construction of Voice and Identity, organised by the Department of English, LSR, 24-27 March 2025.
  • Rajeev, K. (2025) Chair for the session “Food & Literature: Contexts & Representations” during ELYSIAN 2025, Department of English, Cotton University, Guwahati, 13-14 February 2025.
  • Rajeev, K. (2022). Invited Respondent for Oceanvale Autumn 2022 Workshop on Disability and Hindi Cinema organised by the Department of English, Kirorimal College, University of Delhi, 2-3 November 2022
  • Rajeev, K. (2021) Chair for the session “Disability and Literary Narratives 1” at the 2nd IDSC International E-Conference on “Disability: Resistance, Disruption and Transgression” organised by the Indian Disability Studies Collective (IDSC) in collaboration with GAD-TLC, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi & Centre for Disability Research and Training, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 29 November to 03 December 2021.
  • Rajeev, K. (2015) Chaired a session on “The Popular and the Canonical” at the English Department Fest Litmus on the Narratives of Contemporaneity in India of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi on 28 February 2015.
  • Rajeev, K. (2014). Discussant in the Panel on Feminist Understanding of Leadership at the Women in the Strategic Roundtable and Institute on ‘Where Women Lead: Educating for Public Leadership’, organised by the Wilson Centre’s (Washington) Women in Public Service Project and LSR, New Delhi, 30th March- 2nd April, 2014.
  • Rajeev, K. (2014). Moderator for the Panel on ‘Ways of Seeing: Ways of Being: Gender and Representation’ during the Academic Congress on Gender organised by LSR, New Delhi, 5- 7th March, 2014