Department of Humanities and Social Sciences – Research Areas Cultural Studies Sub area 1 Media and Communication Areas of Research: Advertising Discourse, Political Discourse in Media, Contemporary practice of Journalism, Social Media Network V/S Traditional Media, Tourism communication, Media Literacy, Print V/S Digital, Media Ethics, Computer-Mediated Communication, Technology Enabled Education and Communication, Technology Integration and Analysis, Communication Theories, Organizational Communication, Language and Communication, New Media Study; Reading List

The Dynamics of Mass Communication, Joseph R. Dominik ,Tata Mc Graw Hill ,2010

Media Ethics, Philips Patterson and Lee Wilkins, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 6th Ed, 2010

Practicing Video Journalism, Viven Morgan, Routledge 1st Ed ,2010

The Discourse of Advertising, Guy Cook, 2nd Ed, Routledge

Language and Media, Allan Durant and Marina Lambrou, 1st ed ,2010

Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning. Tim Newby, Don Stepich, Jim Lehman and Jim Russel. (2006). Ohio, Pearson.

Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology. (1996). Edited by David H. Jonassen. NewYork, Simon & Schuster Macmillan

Sub Area 2 Film: Areas of Research: Essentials of Cinema, Understanding of film as a text and context, Basics of film language, Understanding of the evolution of film as a language and understanding of different film schools, Similarities and dissimilarities with other art forms, World cinema, renowned trendsetting films, Major Auteurs, Film Theories. Reading List

Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction• Ninth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill. 2012.

Elsaesser, Thomas and Malte Hagener. Film Theory: An Introduction Through the Senses. Routledge. 2009.

Monaco, James How to Read a Film, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Mitry, Jean. The Aesthetics and Psychology of the Cinema. Indiana University Press, 1997

Robinson, David, The History of World Cinema, New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1973.

Stam, Robert. Film Theory: An Introduction.

Thompson, Kristin. Film History: An Introduction. Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009

The Oxford Guide to Film Studies. W. John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson, Oxford University Press, 1998

Sub area 3 Theatre Areas of Research: Indian classical theatre with special reference to Natyashstra, Development and tradition of Indian traditional/folk theatre with special focus on musical narratives of north-india, Post-independence Indian modern theatre and the role of National School of Drama, Post-independence stage design in Indian contemporary theatre, Site-specific, site-generic, site-based performance arts. Theatre and its allied arts; lighting and scenography. Reading List

Kapila Vatsyayan (2006). Bharata The Natyasastra. Sahitya Akademi.

N.C. Jain Indian Theatre , Vikash Publishing House, New Delhi,1992

Rangdarshan (In Hindi); Nemichandra Jain; Jain Books, 20084.

Kapila Vatsyayan (1995). Paramparik Bharatiya Rangmanch National Book Trust.

Nemichandra Jain : Asides, Themes in Contemporary Indian Theatre, National School of Drama, 2003

National School of Drama, Rang Yatra: Twenty-five years of the National School of Drama Repertory Company,. Published by National School of Drama, 1992

Francis Reid The Stage Lighting Handbook;, Fifth Edition, A & C Black. London Theatre Arts Books/ Routedge: New York

Pamela Howard, What is Scenography;, Second Edition Routledge London and New York

G.N.Dasgupta, Guide to Stage Lighting, Annapurna 124/1986 English Language Linguistics and Literature

Sub area 1 ESP and ELT

Evans D.T. and John, St Jo Maggie, Developments in English for Specific Purposes: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach , Cambridge University Press(Paperback)

Freeman Diane Larsen and Marti Anderson, Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching 3rd edition. OUP, USA 2011.

Algeo John, The Origins and Development of the Englsih Language.Sixth edition. Wadsworth, USA. 2010

Crystal David, Language and the Internet. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. 2006 Sub area 2 Lingusitics

Verma, S.K. and N. Krishnaswamy, Modern Linguistics- An Introduction. Delhi: OUP, 1989.

Akmajian A, et al. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication. New Delhi:

Prentice-Hall 2004 (5th Radford Andrew et al. Linguistics - An Introduction U.K. Cambridge , 1999

J.B. Pride and J Holmes , Sociolinguistics. MiddleXex. Penguin: 1982.

Syal, Pushpinder and D.V.Jindal, An Introduction to Linguistics – Language, Grammar and

Semantics Delhi: PH Learning, 2012 (2nd Edition) Sub area 3 Indian Literatures

Sisir Kumar Das, ed. A History of Indian Literature. 2 vols. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.

K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling.

M.K Naik, A History of Indian Literature in English. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, ed. An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English. Ranikhet: Permanent Black.

Meenakshi Mukherjee, ed. Early Novels in India. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.

R.K. Narayan, Indian Epics Retold. New Delhi: Penguin.

Eunice De Souza and Melanie Silgardo, eds. These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry. New Delhi: Penguin.

Sub area 4 American Literature

Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 7th edition. Ed. W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.

Malcolm Bradbury & Richard Ruland, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. Penguin Books, 1992.

Sub area 5 Post Colonial Literature

Bill Ashcroft and Gareth Griffith, et al. The Empire Writes Back Theory and Practice in PostColonial Literatures. 2nd Edition; New York: Routledge, 2002

Couze Venn, The Post Colonial Challenge: Towards Alternative Worlds. London: Sage, 2006.

John McLeod, Beginning Post Colonialism. Manchester University Press, 2000

Leela Gandhi, Post Colonial Theory: A Critical Introduction. Columbia University Press, 1998

Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture. London: Routledge, 1994

John Thieme, ed. The Arnold Anthology of Post-colonial Literatures in English New York: St.Martins’s ,1996.

C.D. Narasimiah, An Anthology of Commonwealth Literature New Delhi: Macmillan, 2000

Helen Gilbert, Post Colonial Plays: An Anthology London: Routledge, 2001

Robert L Ross, Colonial and Post colonial Fiction in English: An Anthology. New York: Garland publishers, 1999

Sub area 6 Literary Criticism and Ecocriticism

Rivkin Julie and Michael Ryan, Literary Theory: An Anthology

Julian Wolfreys, Ruth Robbins and Kenneth Womack, Key Concepts in Literary Theory

The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism (All Volumes)

Donelle Nicole Dreese, Creating Self and Place in Environmental and American Indian Literatures

Greg Garrard, The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism

Peter Barry, Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory

Ken Hiltner, Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader

Richard Kerridge and Neil Sammells, Writing The Environment: Ecocriticism and Literature

Axel Goodbody, Ecocritical Theory: New European Approaches

Patrick D. Murphy, Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies: Fences, Boundaries and Fields

Sub area 7 Gender Studies

Edited by Althea Prince, Susan SilvaVayne and Christian Vernon, Feminisms and Womanisms: A Women’s Studies Reader

Patrick Keilty and Rebecca Dean, Feminist and Queer Information Studies Reader

The Polity Reader in Gender Studies Sub area 8 Religion and spirituality

Hammer, Olav and Rothstein Mikael, The Cambridge Companion to New Religion. Cambridge Publication.

Sam Horris, Waking Up: A GT on Spirituality without Religion. Paperback Pub.

Swami Vivekananda and Christopher Isherwood, What Religion Is: In the Words of Swami Vivekananda, Paperback Pub.

Zohar and Marshall, Spiritual Intelligence, The ultimate Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publications 2001

Zohar and Marshall, Spiritual Capital: Wealth we can live by, Berrett Koehler, USA

Brian Draper, Spiritual Intelligence: A new way of being Sub area 9 Applied Linguistics

A. Davies, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics: From practice to theory (2nd Ed.) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007

P. Duff, Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics, Newyork Routledge, 2007

R.B. Kaplan, The Oxford Handbook of Applied linguistics (2nd Ed) Oxford : OUP, 2010

Petal Seedhouse, (Eds) Conceptualizing ‘Learning’ in applied Linguistics. Palgrave: Macmillan, 2010

S. Mc Donough, Applied Linguistics in Language Education. London: Arnold, 2002

Miriam Meyerhoff, Introducing Sociolinguistics . London: Taylor & Franscis, 2006

J.C. Mukalel, Psychology of Language Learning . Discovery Publishing House, 2011

Robert L Ross, Colonial and Post colonial Fiction in English: An Anthology. New York: Garland publishers, 1999

Sub area 10 British Literature

Emile Legouis, History of English Literature, OUP

Edward Albert and J.A. Stone, History of English Literature -George G.Harrap and Co.

A.S Collins, English Literature of the 20th Century

David Daichies, A Critical history of English Literature, Supernova Publishers

Aristotle, Poetics, Kalyan Publishers Sub area 11

Dalit studies

Kancha Iliah, Why I am not a Hindu – A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Samya, Culture and Political Economy Calcutta, 2005.

Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 1996.

Louis Dumont, Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications. Delhi: OUP, 1988

Chris Fuller, Ed.“ Caste Today New Delhi: OUP, 1996.

MN Srinivas, Ed. Caste: It’s Twentieth Century Avatar. New Delhi: Penguin, 1996

Morton Klass, Caste: The Emergence of the South Asian Social System, Philadelphia: ISHI, 1980

Susan Bayle, The New Cambridge History of India. IV.3 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Anupama Rao, Ed. Gender and Caste Kali for women: New Delhi, 2003

Uma Chakravarthy, Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens. Calcutta: Stree, 2003

Nicholas B. Dirks, “Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India” New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2002

Sharmilla Rege, Writing Caste / Writing Gender Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonies. New Delhi: Zubaan, 2006

G. Alosyius, Dalit Subaltern Emergence in Religio-Cultural Subjectivity

Iyothee Thassar, Emancipatory Buddhism, New Delhi: Critical Quest, 2004

Baba Saheb Ambedkar, “Castes in India.” Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Vol.1. Compiled by Vasant Moon. Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1989. 5-22

Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar, “Annihilation of Caste.” Writings and Speeches-Vol.1.Compiled by Vasant Moon. Bombay: Education Department- Government of Maharashtra, 1989. 25-96

Sub area 12 Creative writing

David Morley, The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing. New Delhi: CUP. Paul Mills, The Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook. New York: Routledge. Wendy Bishop and David Starkey, Keywords in Creative Writing. Logan: Utah State UP, 2006. Sub area 13 Rhetorics

Translation by George A Kennedy, Aristotle: On Rhetoric A Theory Civic Discourse OUP. 2007

James A McCrosckey, An introduction to The Rhetorical Communication, A Western Rhetorical Perspective 9th ed. Pearson Pub. 2006

Carl. R. Burgchadt, A Rhetorical Approach to Communication. Paperback 1995

Dam L. Pierce, Rhetorical Criticism and Theory for Communication Professional, Paperback. 2003 Sub area 14 Feminism Patricia Waugh, An Oxford Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, OUP

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

Zoya Hasan, Forging Identities: Gender, Communities, and the State

Carol Chapnick Mukhopadhyay and Susan Seymour, Women, Education, and Family Structure in India

Mandakranta Bose, Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India

Judith Evans, Feminist Theory Today: An Introduction to Second-Wave Feminism

Philosophy, Indian Philosophy and Ethics Areas of Research: Ethics History and Content of Philosophical Perspectives – Ethical, Logical, Epistemological and Metaphysical; Continental Rationalism; British Empiricism; Normative Ethics and Meta Ethics; Aristotle on Virtues and Moral Wellbeing; John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism; David Hume on Sympathy; Immanuel Kant on Categorical Imperative; Ethical Self in Existentialism; Ethical Issues in Professions: Whistle Blowing, Women and Family Issues, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing Ethics and Advertising Ethics, Engineers and Public Interest, Internet and Society, Privacy on the Internet. Areas of Research : Indian Philosophy Introduction to various Indian philosophical systems, Vedas and upanisads, Atman and brahman, Vedanta system: non-dualism of Sankara, Sankara on the absolute, self, and world, Ramanuja: qualified non-dualism and self, Atomism of Vaisesika, Nyaya: sources of knowledge, causation, Samkhya: purusa and prakrti, Yoga: chitta and its vritties, astanga yoga, Buddhism: four noble truths, doctrine of dependent of origination, nirvana, Jainism: anekantavada, syadavada, kaivalya Reading List

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Translated by J.A.K. Thomson, London, UK: Penguin Books, 1976

Boatright, John R. & Patra, Bibhu Prasan, Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Pearson Education, Sixth Edition, Indian Reprint, 2009

Grayling, A.C., Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject, Oxford University Press, 1995

Hiriyanna, M., The Essentials of Indian Philosophy, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1949.

Kant, Immanuel, The Moral Law, London and New York: Routledge Classics, 2005

Mill, J S, On Liberty and Utilitarianism, Bantam Classics, Paperback, 1993

Norman, Richard, The Moral Philosophers: An Introduction to Ethics, Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1998

Puligandla, R., Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy, D.K. Print World (P) (Ed.), New Delhi: 1997

Radhakrishnan, S. Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1923.

Rowan, John, and Zinaich, Jr., Ethics for the Professions, Wadsworth, 2003

Sharma, C.D., A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy

Singer, Peter, A Companion to Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1993

Thilly, F., A History of Philosophy, Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1984 Education:

Areas of Research: Communicating climate change; Relating formal and informal learning; Engaging learners with scientific practices; Teaching and learning in informal setting; Teaching strategies and teacher PD; Adult education; Leadership; Motivation; Classroom Management; Curriculum studies; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; Technology and education; International and comparative education; Teaching and teacher education; Educational psychology Reading List

Dynamic classroom by Bruce M. Mitchell; Kendall Hunt Publication Co. ISBN – 10 – 0840362617

Flip Your Classroom : Reach every student in every class everyday Paperback – July 15, 2012 by Janathan Bergmann, Aaron Sans, ISBN 10 – 1564843157

Developing Teaching and Teaching Practices : International Research Perspectives. Hardcover – Jan 11, 2002 by Christopher Day, Ciaran Sugure, Routledge Falmer.

History and Politics: Areas of Research: Transitional politics; Social movements; International relations; Comparative politics; Urban politics; International relative theory; Behavioral politics; public opinion; Political communication; International organization & law; International relations theory; History of science; Urban environmental history; History of economic thought; History of technology and science; History of engineering and technology; History of life sciences, science and fascism. Reading List

India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee August 1st 2012 by Penguin Global

India: A History by John Keay Paperback, 608 pages Published April 10th 2001 by Grove Press

International Relations Theory; by Colin Wright.

International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences; by N.J. Snelser, James Wright, P.B. Baltes

Psychology Areas of Research: Educational Psychology-Applied Social Psychology-Positive Psychology, Well-being and Notions of “Happiness”-Leadership Studies & Organizational Development-Self Efficacy, Resilience, Hope & Optimism- Psychological Capital-Positive Psychology Interventions- Work Psychology/ Organizational Psychology – Behavioural Psychology - Clinical Psychology - Counseling Psychology-

Environmental Psychology – Neuropsychology - Health Psychology - Forensic Psychology

Robert A Baron, Psychology (2012) , 5th edition, Pearson

Micheal W Passer, Ronald E Smith, Psychology, the science of mind and behaviour (2007) , 3rd edition , Tata Mcgraw Hill

Jex, S.M. (2006). Organizational Psychology-A Scientist Practitioner Approach. Wiley Student Edition

Donaldson, S. I., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Nakamura. J. (2010). Applied Positive Psychology: Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work and Society. Routledge.

Public Administration Areas of Research: Administrative Theory, Management Science and Technique, Comparative and Development Administration, Indian Administrative System, Management of Public Enterprises, Local Government, Personnel Administration, Public Administration and Public Policy, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Financial Administration, Governance, Human Development and Governance, Indian Constitution and Administration, Public Administration and Information Technology, E-Governance, Urban Governance, E-Government. Reading List

Civil Service Administration by C.P.Bhardwaj;

Personnel Administration by S. L. Goel;

Local Self Government in India by M.P.Sharma;

Public Administration in India by Padma Ramachandran;

Indian Administration by Shriram Maheshwari Development Studies: Development studies is an inter-disciplinary subject which aims to provide an understanding of development process through a study of concepts, theories and approaches to development. Areas of Research: Theories of Development – Urbanization and Development - Democracy and Development – Institutions, Governance and Policies – Social movements and Social Change – Gender and Development – Exclusion, Inclusion and Development – Development and Displacement – State, Democracy and Civil Society – Agrarian Change and Rural Development – Ecology and Equity – Climate Change and Sustainable Development – India’s Development Challenges. Reading List

Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty. London: Profile Books.

Baviskar, BS and George Mathew.2009. Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field studies from Rural India. New Delhi: SAGE.

Dreze, Jean and Amartya. Sen. 2002 India: Development and Participation. New Delhi: OUP

Escobar, Arturo. 1995. Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton: Princeton University Press

Freire, Paulo. 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New Delhi: Bloomsbury

Gadgil, M and R. Guha, 1995. Ecology and Equity: The use and abuse of Nature in Contemporary India. Psychology Press.

Polanyi, K. (2001). The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, 2nd ed.

Rapley, John. 2009. Understanding Development: Theory and practice in the Third World (3rd edition). Viva Books.

Sen, Amartya 1999. Development as freedom. New York: OUP

Stiglitz, J.E. 2012. The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society endangers our Future. W.W. Norton and Company

Public health: Areas of Research Key concepts, theories and history of public health; India - history of public health from colonial era to post-independence; key developments in public health since 1947; achievements, failures, challenges; global health since the 20th century Environmental Studies: Areas of Research: Environment in history, from the ancient times to the present- environmental challenges since industrialization and urbanization- environment as a multidisciplinary issue- science, technology- development and environment: economy, society, politics and environment. Reading List:

Baviskar, Amita. (ed.) 2008. Contested Grounds: Essays on Nature, Culture and Power.

OUP.

Cernea, Michael M. and Hari Mohan Mathur. (ed.) 2008. Can Compensation prevent

Impoverishment? OUP.

Connelly James, Graham Smith, David Benson and Clare Saunders . 2012. Politics and

the Environment: From theory to practice. Routledge.

Francis, Robert A. and Michael A Chadwick. 2013. Urban Ecosystems: Understanding the

Human Environment. Routledge.

Gadgil, M and R. Guha, 1995. Ecology and Equity: The use and abuse of Nature in

Contemporary India. Psychology Press.

Latour, Bruno. 2007. Politics of Nature: How to bring the Sciences into Democracy.

Orient Blackswan.

Mahesh Rangarajan & K. Sivaramakrishnan. (ed.) 2013. India’s Environmental History: A

Reader, 2 Vols. Permanent Black.

Sarkar, Saral. 2000. Eco-Socialism or Eco-Capitalism: A critical analysis of Humanity’s

Fundamental choices. Orient Blackswan.

Sociology Areas of Research: Theoretical Traditions-Research Methodology-Agrarian Change-Culture- Religion- Education-Media and Communication-Social Stratification-Economic Sociology- Political Sociology- Environment and Natural Resources Management-Family and Marriage-Social Stratification-Science and Society -Sociology of Work-Urbanization Reading List:

Sociology – Anthony Giddens

Sociology – Haralambos and Holborn

Sociological Thinkers – R.K.Mukherjee

Sociological Thought – Francis Abraham and Morgan

Social Stratification – Dipankar Gupta

Handbook of Indian Sociology – Veena Das

Family, Marriage and Kinship in India – Patricia Uberoi

Caste in Modern India and other essays – M.N.Srinivas

Rural Sociology – Doshi and Jain

Social Research Methods – Clive Seal