DEPARTMENT.FACULTY
Mr. Mohd. Ahmar Alvi
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION
M.A. (Eng), UGC-NET, Pursuing Ph.D. (AMU)
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION
Assistant Professor (Contractual)
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA
Food Studies, Dalit Studies, Queer Studies, Cultural Studies
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS
B-8, Galaxy Apartment, Shamshad Market, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE
9897959878
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL
ahmar.alvi@gmail.com
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.TIME_TABLE
TIME TABLE II, IV & VI Semesters 2019-20TIME TABLE II & V Semester 2020-21TIME TABLE III Semester 2021-2022
The primary research
interest of Mohd. Ahmar Alvi lies in the interface of literature and food
studies with a special focus on the ways literary representations of victuals
and gastronomics insinuate dialectics of resistance, human complexity,
repressed desires, power struggles, the vindication of the marginalized,
indefensibility of human experience, social positioning and dislocation, and
sexual and body politics. For his doctoral research, he is looking at the intersection
of food studies and Dalit studies, where the central thesis explores how Dalit
writers use their foodways to document resistance against majoritarian notions
of taste, cuisine, pure and impure food, and prohibition of certain foods.
He also takes an interest in Dalit studies, queer studies, cultural studies,
and contemporary critical theory. He has been awarded grants to
present papers at international conferences, "Anthropology of
Fear" at European University, St. Petersburg, Russia, and “The 20th
ETMU Days Conference: Structures of Power and Oppression” at the University of
Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland in 2019 and 2023 respectively. He has also
been awarded scholarships to attend online courses “Critical Thinking in
Language Learning and Teaching” at the University of Oregon (USA) and “TESOL”
at the University of Maryland (USA).
- The Making of Indian Vegetarian Identity
Mohd Ahmar Alvi, 'The Making of Indian Vegetarian Identity', Justin Nordstrom (Ed.), The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries of Food and Conflict 1840-1990 ?(Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2021), 75-90.
- From Inclusion to Exclusion: Food as a Marker of Identity Download PDF
Journal of the Faculty of Arts (Aligarh Muslim University), Vol. 10, No. 1, 2017-18, pp. 189-200.
- A Critical Assessment of the Epistemology of a Queer Hero