Focused Areas
The Amity School of Languages and Culture is committed to fostering a vibrant and interdisciplinary research culture that interrogates complex cultural texts, linguistic phenomena, and societal structures. Our faculty and scholars engage with both classical and emerging fields within the humanities, aiming to produce scholarship that is globally relevant and socially impactful. The research landscape at ASLC is diverse and involves the following thematic areas:
- Environmental Humanities & Ecocriticism
Examining the intricate relationship between literature, culture, and the environment. This includes studies in ecocriticism, the Anthropocene, sustainability narratives, and the intersection of culture with climate change and ecological crises.
- Gender & Women's Studies
Exploring the social and cultural constructions of gender, sexuality, and identity. Research in this area encompasses feminist theory, masculinity studies, queer theory, and the analysis of gender representation in literature, media, and culture.
- Subaltern & Tribal Studies
Focusing on the voices, histories, and cultural productions of marginalized communities. This area includes Dalit literature and narratology, subaltern literature, and the study of tribal cultures, traditions, and contemporary issues.
- Post-Colonial & Diaspora Studies
Investigating the enduring impact of colonialism on culture, identity, and power. Research covers post-colonial theory, literature from former colonies, diaspora experiences, transnationalism, and migration narratives.
- Health Humanities
Bridging the gap between medical practice and humanistic inquiry. This interdisciplinary area explores the cultural and ethical dimensions of health, illness, disability, and caregiving through literature, narrative medicine, and visual culture.
- Literary Theory, Criticism & Historiography
Engaging with foundational and contemporary theoretical frameworks, including reception theory, postmodernism, and memory studies. This area also examines the writing of history (historiography) and its relationship to narrative and fiction.
- British Literary Studies
Conducting in-depth analysis of British literature across periods. Key focuses include 19th and 20th-century British literature, Neo-Victorian fiction, and Late-Victorian literature, exploring their historical and cultural contexts.
- Narrative Theory & Creative Writing
Investigating the structures, forms, and functions of narrative across media. This includes foundational narrative theory, as well as the development of new narrative forms through creative writing practice.
- Visual Culture & Adaptation Studies
Analyzing visual media, including film, art, and digital culture. Research areas include auteur theory, the study of visual culture, and the adaptation of literary texts into other media.
- Linguistics & Translation Studies
Examining the structure and function of language, with a special focus on French language, literature, and linguistics. This area also explores the theory and practice of translation, including its cultural and political implications.
- Gothic Literature & Cultural Studies
Delving into the aesthetics of fear, the supernatural, and the uncanny in literature and culture. Research also extends to broader cultural and sub-cultural formations, including their representation in late-Victorian and contemporary texts.
- Disability Studies
Approaching disability not as a medical condition but as a social, cultural, and political category. This area examines representations of disability in literature and culture, challenging stereotypes and advocating for inclusivity.
