Dr Bushra Mahzabeen

About

I am a Teaching Fellow in English and Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick. I am currently teaching the following undergraduate modules:

· Race Objects

· Medieval and Early Modern Literature

· Epic into Novel

In the past, I have also taught the module Modern World Literatures. I am also an Assistant Professor (on leave) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

I have completed my PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies from Warwick. My research and teaching interests include the capitalist world-system, petrocultures, energy humanities, postcolonial literature and theory, and the Gothic. My past research has focused on gender, labour, and the shaping of racial identities in the petro-capitalist world-system. My current research explores different Gothic narratives to examine the heavily gendered capitalist world-system and how the twinned exploitation of peripheralised female figures and natural resources are perpetuated to ensure endless accumulation of profits.

Qualifications

PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick

MA in World Literature, English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick

MA English Literature, University of Dhaka

BA English, University of Dhaka

Selected Publications

· Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and World Literature: A Critical Look at “Sultana’s Dream”. The Arts Faculty Journal, University of Dhaka, vol. 13, no. 18, 2024. 10.62296/afj131820222023007 

· Containers of “Meat, Blood, and Madness”: Exploitative Labor and Disposable Bodies in Lullaby and Still Born. Journal of World-Systems Research, vol. 30, no. 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2024.1236

· State Oppression and Adivasi Resistance in Mahasweta Devi’s Chotti Munda and His Arrow. Crossings: Journal of English Studies, vol. 12, 2021. https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v12i.27

· Overcoming the Gleam of Empire and the Excremental State in The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. Crossings: Journal of English Studies, vol. 10, 2019. https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v10i.85

Awards

· University of Dhaka Overseas Scholarship for doctoral research, 2020-2024.

· Commonwealth Scholarship for MA degree at the University of Warwick, 2016-2017.

· Dean’s Merit Award for Academic Recognition, University of Dhaka, 2013.

Professional Qualification

Associate Fellow of HEA