Dheeman Bhattacharyya

@visva-bharati.ac.in

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Centre for Comparative Literature, Bhasha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Researcher in the field of Indigenous Cultural practices since 2008. Doctoral thesis was on the Theatre Practices of Indigenous Communities in India and Canada. A theatre practioner and translator. Recipient of Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Doctoral Fellowship (2010-11)

EDUCATION

PhD (Comparative Literature)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative Literature, Literature and the Other Arts, Indigenous Literature and Culture,Translation Studies, Canadian Literature, Performance Studies

FUTURE PROJECTS

Translation of Santali Cultural Productions into English and Bangla.


Applications Invited
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Scholar Citations

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Scholar h-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The Santiniketan Ashram Samaja: Integrating Pedagogy as Social Responsibility in the Architecture of Praxis at Visva-Bharati
    D Bhattacharyya
    Sahitya 13, 84-115 , 2025
    2025
  • Stolen Stories: Re-living Myths in the Cultural Productions of the First Nations Peoples in Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Ebong Amra 1 (ISSN- 2394-4927), 249-252 , 2022
    2022
  • STOLEN ROADS: RECLAIMING PATHS OF DECOLONISATION THROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE PRACTICES
    D Bhattacharyya
    https://discoversociety.org/category/articles/ , 2020
    2020
  • Dancing with the Weesaygeechak: De-coding Indigenous 'humour' in the Performance Texts of Indigenous Artists in Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Humour Traditions in Australia and Canada, 72-82 , 2020
    2020
  • Chihorlata: Interweaving Speech Acts of the Dhekaru and Birhor Tribes of West Bengal
    D Bhattacharyya
    Ecocriticism and Environment: Rethinking Literature and Culture edited by … , 2018
    2018
  • Jishuko Jeevan and Christ r Manab Jivan (Translation from Bangla to Nepali
    TDB Mukhia
    2017
  • The Spirit Lives in The Mind: Multicentric Narrative Memory in the Rez plays of Tomson Highway and street plays of Budhan Theatre
    D Bhattacharyya
    Following Forkhead Paths: Discussion on the Narrative edited by Debashree … , 2017
    2017
  • Remembering “Amma”: A Tribute to Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)
    D Bhattacharyya
    Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 10 (2) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 1
  • Which Canada, Whose Canada? Situating 'Canadian' Studies as Area Studies within the 'Indian Academic
    D Bhattacharyya
    At The Crossroads of Culture and Literature, edited by Suchorita … , 2016
    2016
  • Comparative Literature Terms and Concepts
    SB Ayan Chatterjee, Debarati Chakraborty, Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Abhishek ...
    2015
  • Ghumantoos: The Roadies of India and Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Centre of Advanced Study in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University , 2013
    2013
  • Translation as Intermediary: A Short Note
    D Bhattacharyya
    Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature (JJCL) 47 ((ISSN-048-1143)), 71-84 , 2010
    2010

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Remembering “Amma”: A Tribute to Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)
    D Bhattacharyya
    Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 10 (2) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 1
  • The Santiniketan Ashram Samaja: Integrating Pedagogy as Social Responsibility in the Architecture of Praxis at Visva-Bharati
    D Bhattacharyya
    Sahitya 13, 84-115 , 2025
    2025
  • Stolen Stories: Re-living Myths in the Cultural Productions of the First Nations Peoples in Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Ebong Amra 1 (ISSN- 2394-4927), 249-252 , 2022
    2022
  • STOLEN ROADS: RECLAIMING PATHS OF DECOLONISATION THROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE PRACTICES
    D Bhattacharyya
    https://discoversociety.org/category/articles/ , 2020
    2020
  • Dancing with the Weesaygeechak: De-coding Indigenous 'humour' in the Performance Texts of Indigenous Artists in Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Humour Traditions in Australia and Canada, 72-82 , 2020
    2020
  • Chihorlata: Interweaving Speech Acts of the Dhekaru and Birhor Tribes of West Bengal
    D Bhattacharyya
    Ecocriticism and Environment: Rethinking Literature and Culture edited by … , 2018
    2018
  • Jishuko Jeevan and Christ r Manab Jivan (Translation from Bangla to Nepali
    TDB Mukhia
    2017
  • The Spirit Lives in The Mind: Multicentric Narrative Memory in the Rez plays of Tomson Highway and street plays of Budhan Theatre
    D Bhattacharyya
    Following Forkhead Paths: Discussion on the Narrative edited by Debashree … , 2017
    2017
  • Which Canada, Whose Canada? Situating 'Canadian' Studies as Area Studies within the 'Indian Academic
    D Bhattacharyya
    At The Crossroads of Culture and Literature, edited by Suchorita … , 2016
    2016
  • Comparative Literature Terms and Concepts
    SB Ayan Chatterjee, Debarati Chakraborty, Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Abhishek ...
    2015
  • Ghumantoos: The Roadies of India and Canada
    D Bhattacharyya
    Centre of Advanced Study in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University , 2013
    2013
  • Translation as Intermediary: A Short Note
    D Bhattacharyya
    Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature (JJCL) 47 ((ISSN-048-1143)), 71-84 , 2010
    2010