DEPARTMENT.FACULTY
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Ph.D.
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION
Professor
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Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Environmental and Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Translation Studies.
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Department of English, AMU, Aligarh 202002, UP , India
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9634105131
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL
vibhasharma.en@amu.ac.in
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Time Table II & V Sems 2020-21Odd Semester 2022Time Table PG III Semester and UG VI Semester 2021 AutumnEven Semester 2023Odd Semester 2023Odd Semester 2024Odd Semester 2025
Prof. Vibha Sharma is a distinguished scholar, researcher, and cultural leader in the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). She currently serves as the Member-in-Charge, Public Relations Office (PRO), where she plays a pivotal role in shaping the university’s academic outreach and public image. Recipient of the National Teacher Award, she is acclaimed for her intellectual depth, research mentorship, creative pedagogy, and institutional vision.
Her work spans an impressive interdisciplinary range encompassing Theatre and Performance Studies, Translation Studies, Indian English Literature, Cultural Studies, Environmental Humanities, and English Language Teaching. A prolific academic, Prof. Sharma has presented papers and delivered lectures at numerous international and national conferences, and her research has been published in leading journals and edited volumes across the world.
A committed researcher and mentor, Prof. Sharma has successfully supervised 17 doctoral scholars, guiding them in areas such as postcolonial theory, theatre, environmental literature, and translation. Her sustained engagement with research has made a significant contribution to AMU’s academic reputation, particularly in developing critical and creative intersections between literature, culture, and society.
Since 2013, she has served as Visiting Faculty at Stockholm University, Sweden, and has been awarded prestigious international fellowships to Germany, Japan, Chile, and Nepal, besides presenting her research in Spain and Austria. She successfully completed her tenure as Deputy Coordinator of the DRS-UGC-SAP Phase II Programme on Translation Studies, where she pioneered efforts toward establishing a postcolonial translation discourse and nurturing a new generation of translators and comparative literature scholars.
Prof. Sharma conceptualized and coordinated the GIAN Course “Unraveling the Problem of History: Exploring African and Indian Writing,” a landmark academic initiative connecting postcolonial literatures through shared histories of resistance and creativity. Her SWAYAM MOOC “Studies in Theatre” is widely recognized for democratizing access to performance studies in India and blending theoretical inquiry with practice-based learning.
Deeply involved in theatre, Prof. Sharma is presently the Mentor of the AMU Drama Club at the Cultural Education Centre, having earlier served as its President. She has directed and mentored numerous theatrical productions, transforming the campus into a space for artistic dialogue and cultural reflection. As a Resource Person for the English Access Micro-Scholarship Programme (RELO, American Centre), she has worked extensively to empower underprivileged learners through language and creative expression.
Her academic leadership extends to international collaborations in teacher-training and literary research projects. She has been awarded scholarships by the Regional English Language Office (RELO), American Centre, to pursue advanced courses at the University of Maryland and the University of Oregon, enhancing her engagement with cutting-edge pedagogical practices.
Prof. Vibha Sharma continues to be a leading voice in Indian academia, combining scholarship, creativity, and leadership in equal measure.
- National Award for Teachers 2025
I was awarded National Award for Teachers 2025. I received award from Honourable President of India, Madam Draupadi Murmuji.
- Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations: Dancing Modernity. Book Review
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0307883324000142 Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations: Dancing Modernity. By Urmimala Sarkar Munsi. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022.
- Presenting Facts, Opinions and Ideas This an activity based chapter on learning how to express agreement and disagreement in written and spoken English. The chapter is a part of the book titled "Improve Your Language" which is volume 2 of a series of 3 books published by Cambridge UP and edited by Prof. M. Rizwan Khan for general English courses at AMU.
- "ELT Pedagogical Platforms used by Engineering Students in Bangladesh : A Survey-Based Study of the Issues and Challenges during and beyond Covid -19 Pandemic"
- Agreement and Disagreement This an activity based chapter on learning how to express agreement and disagreement in written and spoken English. The chapter is a part of the book titled "Enrich Your Language" which is volume 3 of a series of 3 books published by Cambridge UP and edited by Prof. M. Rizwan Khan for general English courses at AMU.
- Teaching Kanthapura: My Pedagogical Journey from Postcolonial to Post-Truth Paradigms
http://dx.doi.org/10.24834/educare.2024.1.1092
In this article, I share my experience in teaching the novel Kanthapura to undergraduate students at an Indian university over the past two decades. I discuss the evolving interpretations of the novel in the context of changing pedagogical culture and intellectual undercurrents, namely postcolonial and post-truth discourses. I reflect on the teaching strategies and techniques that I have used to engage students against the backdrop of culturally responsive pedagogy. The article comprises an empirical study of students’ responses to the novel collected by me over the last ten years.
- Trolling as a Disruptive Tool for Human Rights Violations: An Exploration of the Challenges Faced by Performance Artists Download PDF
The proliferation of online platforms and digital tools has introduced both opportunities and challenges for individuals, particularly within the realm of social media. While platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc. have served as avenues for cultural, social, economic, educational, state-run, and political discourse, they have also facilitated the emergence of paranoiac phenomena, such as trolling. This paper delves into the portrayal of trolling as a disruptive technological tool and cultural phenomenon in Bangladesh, specifically targeting TV actors, theatre performers, and local rural artists. The study highlights the pervasive use of trolling as a means to harass, criticize, and intimidate artists online. It reveals how trolling not only violates the human rights of these artists but also undermines their creativity, credibility, and sense of belonging within society. For methodological justification, it has employed a mixed-method research approach incorporating questionnaire surveys administered to 38 participants, interviews with two aspiring artists, three theatre artists, and three students studying theatre and performance studies, and analysis of social media comments. The paper unravelled that trolling is used exclusively as an online harassment tool to embarrass performance artists in Bangladesh. It underscores the detrimental impact of trolling, leading to psychological distress, depression, and alienation among targeted artists. In response to these challenges, the paper offers recommendations aimed at empowering artists to confront and combat online harassment, thereby safeguarding their well-being and fostering a more supportive digital environment conducive to artistic expression and innovation.
- NATION AND THE VERNACULAR: A CASE OF URDU IN PARTITIONED INDIA in Aligarh Journal of Linguistics Download PDF
This paper explores the colonial imposition of nationhood, focusing on the linguistic and cultural ramifications for the Urdu language in partitioned India. Delving into Urdu's evolution, this study examines its politicization and marginalization post-Partition, juxtaposing its resilience against the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism and globalization. The discussion foregrounds Urdu's unique status as a nation-less language, its rich literary tradition, and its role in challenging monolithic national and global paradigms, advocating for an inclusive approach to world literature that transcends colonial and nationalistic constraints.
- Invited for and Delivered the Higher Literary Seminar (Online) Download PDF“Indian Literature in English: 21st Century Crossroads” in August 2022
- Member of National Research School, Sweden Download PDF
Member of Advisory Board of the Prestigious CuEEd-LL national research school, Sweden.
From 2021 onwards.
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- “Expanding and Explaining”
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Build Your Language, Cambridge UP, Delhi, 2020 (Edited by prof. M. Rizwan Khan)
- Ethics of Writing and Publishing: A Case of Persianate Download PDF
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- Thematic and Narrative Concerns of Indian Folk Literature Download PDF
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- Col. Bashir Hussain Zaidi Download PDF
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- Appropriation of Folk in Indian Theatre_Jatra, Kathakali, Tamasha, Nautanki and Pala Download PDF
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- Questions of Female Identity: Signs as Contexts and Contexts in Nautanki Download PDF
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- Tradition of Mediation between Unhappiness and happiness_ Questioning the Happy Objects in North Indian Performance Download PDF
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- The Disseminating and Collating Gazes Amidst Gendered Interplay_ _Looking_ at the Multiple-Gaze Perspectives in Fiction and it_s Cinematic Adaptation Download PDF
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- Kanthapura, English and Alternative View of Globalisation Download PDF
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- Female Actors in Swaang: Negotiating the Neoliberal Performance Scenario Download PDF
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- Nation and Partition_ Assessing the Creative Documentation of Pain Download PDF
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- Reading Shaw_s Plays_ A Freudian Way Download PDF
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- Self-Representation and the Change of Position: The Role of Arab American Theater in the 21st Century
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https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hasss/article/view/181557
Coauthored with: Chamaiporn Buddharat (Language Center, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand) and Mohammed Yassin Mohd Aba Sha'ar (Language Center, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand)
- Paradigms of Theatre as Emerging Trends in Language Learning &Teaching: Issues and Challenges in ESL Classrooms
https://www.ijellh.com/OJS/index.php/OJS/article/view/3933
Article in a journal Coauthored with Dr. Sohaib Alam
- Orhan Pamuk’s Unique Proficiency in Writing Literary Work
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- Theatre for Teacher Education to Prepare Teachers in an Inclusive Classroom: A Historical Perspective of India and Southeast Asia
Co-author: Momin Ali
Education should be about transformation, whether for teachers or learners: transformation in conceptual understanding and the methods of completion of tasks. It is true that enormous and widely dispersed influences from regions outside of Southeast Asia—from China, India, the West, and Islamic nations—have left their marks on the region's theatre. It's also true that theatre from one nation in Southeast Asia has frequently influenced theatre from nearby nations. But it is also true that throughout the various countries of Southeast Asia, theatre has grown in different directions in response to local conditions and influences. In this evolutionary process, several diverse theatre styles have come into being. In Indonesia and Thailand, two nations with highly established theatre industries, there are over a dozen different theatre genres. With the passage of time, there have been major changes in the field of second language teaching; among the more recent promising and productive ones is task-based language teaching. In ESL classrooms, funds and resources are always an issue and often, the stakeholders are concerned about the paucity of resources in ESL contexts. Theatre is an absolutely cost-effective resource useful for task-based pedagogy. This paper focuses on probing how theatre can be a useful tool for teacher education to prepare teachers in an inclusive classroom from the perspective of India and Southeast Asia. This paper aims to link how Indian Theatre arts can influence the teaching and learning of the English language in Southeast Asian nations. This paper further identifies conceptual and theoretical frameworks from the fields of theatre and teacher education for an inclusive classroom. Additionally, it tries to find the links between teacher education and theatre, which might benefit ESL/EFL learning in the classroom by using theatrical techniques. Therefore, the paper aims to propose how teacher training can be enriched with theatre as a resource.
- Unbecoming of a Unified Religion: A Foucauldian reading of Girish Karnad’s Taledanda and the Lingayat Plight
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- Impact of Virtual Reality of TV Shows in India: Culture or Vulture Download PDF
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- Amir Khusrau_ A Metonymy_ Performing on the Dialectics of Simple and Complex Download PDF
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- Aesthetics, Cosmopolity and Futurism: Revisiting Razmnama Download PDF
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- Celebrating _Form-lessness_ Journey From Meaninglessness to Meaning in Manto_s Flash Fiction Download PDF
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