Knowledge Commons | Gaurav G. Desai | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/gaurav/activity/ Activity feed for Gaurav G. Desai. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:04:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bfedf6052e47ff9c27560116f9376010 Gaurav G. Desai replied to the topic Petition {new thread] in the discussion Prospective Forum: CLCS Indian Ocean https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/prospective-forum-clcs-indian-ocean/forum/topic/petition-new-thread/#post-1016779 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:55:21 -0400 I support the creation of this forum!

Gaurav Desai

]]> c605e38b0f019d5ab413f5d5d4d98d32 Gaurav G. Desai deposited Oceans Connect: The Indian Ocean and African Identities. in the group TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/533424/ Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:09:37 -0400 Published as part of the Theories and Methodologies section on Oceanic Studies.

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]]> 0 fd9d27a006af8198d3669c9fc20ea2c1 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Ghosh in a Creative Writing Class in the forum South Asian Languages and Literatures http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/south-asian-languages-and-literatures/forum/topic/ghosh-in-a-creative-writing-class/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:40:16 -0400 Dear Colleagues,
As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh’s works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be m…[Read more]

]]> 1747b8a181cd1c8770934fce2c39bd30 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Amitav Ghosh in a Creative Writing Workshop in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/amitav-ghosh-in-a-creative-writing-workshop/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:33:33 -0400 Dear Colleagues,
As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh’s works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be m…[Read more]

]]> 95984ab37c79b13f6aaafcc58802c647 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Query on Teaching Amitav Ghosh in a Creative Writing Workshop in the forum English Literature Other Than British and American http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/english-literature-other-than-british-and-american/forum/topic/query-on-teaching-amitav-ghosh-in-a-creative-writing-workshop/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:26:57 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh's works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be…[Read more]

]]> 431a06fb7106282574cbc0b4314890c9 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic MLA Volume on Approaches to Teaching Amitav Ghosh in the forum English Literature Other Than British and American http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/english-literature-other-than-british-and-american/forum/topic/mla-volume-on-approaches-to-teaching-amitav-ghosh/ Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:42:48 -0400 John Hawley and I are editing a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. If you teach Ghosh's works and haven't done so already, please do consider filling the survey below. We also welcome proposals for contributions to the volume.

Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mlasurvey_ghosh

 

Regards,

Gaurav Desai

]]> 378313d34914db1f10443a980c5a0eb6 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic MLA Volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/mla-volume-on-approaches-to-teaching-the-works-of-amitav-ghosh/ Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:38:04 -0400 Dear Friends,

If you teach the works of Amitav Ghosh, please consider filling the survey below and proposing a chapter for the MLA volume that is being edited by John Hawley and me.

Regards,

Gaurav Desai

Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mlasurvey_ghosh

]]> 49aa270dfb42be685683b6e014bcafbb Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Re-Imagining Theory Conference, Goa, Dec 2014 in the forum Literary Criticism http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-criticism/forum/topic/re-imagining-theory-conference-goa-dec-2014/ Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:30:25 -0400 XVII International Conference
(A Silver Jubilee Event of the Forum on Contemporary Theory)

Jointly Organized by
The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda
&
The International Lincoln Centre for American Studies
Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA
Re-Imagining Theory:
Towards New Horizons in the Humanities and the Social Sciences

21-24…[Read more]

]]> 12ba11a3bcfb447214e8010d98a868f5 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Re-Imagining Theory Conference in Goa in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/re-imagining-theory-conference-in-goa/ Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:24:04 -0400 XVII International Conference
(A Silver Jubilee Event of the Forum on Contemporary Theory)

Jointly Organized by
The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda
&
The International Lincoln Centre for American Studies
Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA

Re-Imagining Theory:
Towards New…[Read more]

]]> c65de3eed24f17754c545e1a59365a22 Gaurav G. Desai replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: TC History and Literature http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/prospective-forum-tc-history-and-literature/forum/topic/petition-8/#post-4019 Wed, 21 May 2014 20:56:38 -0400 I petition for the creation of this forum.

]]> ce7448dd3529dd3c05e55766e7b20d37 Gaurav G. Desai replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: LLC African Diasporic http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/prospective-forum-llc-african-diasporic/forum/topic/petition-24/#post-4017 Wed, 21 May 2014 20:52:57 -0400 I petition for the creation of this forum.

]]> 0faa245fcee24b29604172b401bb9883 Gaurav G. Desai replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: TC Indigenous Studies http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/prospective-forum-tc-indigenous-studies/forum/topic/petition-9/#post-4016 Wed, 21 May 2014 20:51:50 -0400 I petition for the creation of this forum.

]]> d8006bb69e0a15d950549a3d32b5db13 Gaurav G. Desai replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: CLCS Indian Ocean http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/prospective-forum-clcs-indian-ocean/forum/topic/petition-20/#post-4014 Wed, 21 May 2014 20:46:21 -0400 I petition for the creation of this Forum

]]> 085c98e866c9fb1cb0cf5892e1a6ec74 Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Katrina (CFP) Repost in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/katrina-cfp-repost/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:41:46 -0400 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Katrina – A Decade After

the minnesota review, a journal of creative and critical writing, invites submissions for a Special Issue on “Katrina – A Decade After” to be guest edited by Gaurav Desai (English/African and African Diaspora Studies, Tulane University). Our aim is to reflect on the hurricane, the measure…[Read more]

]]> b4a3ae0d097b1e6afae46aa7cfbd124a Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Katrina -- A Decade After (CFP) in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/katrina-a-decade-after-cfp/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:46:26 -0400 <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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]]> 6b42dee4d61e304bd710bb0bfc883ca8 Gaurav G. Desai posted an update in the group GS Travel Writing: CALL FOR PAPERS -- MLA 2015, VANCOUVER Around the World in […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/59359/ Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:32:48 -0500 CALL FOR PAPERS -- MLA 2015, VANCOUVER

Around the World in Eighty Clicks: Travel and New Technologies

Discussion Group: Travel Literature

How have new technologies – the internet, planes, trains and automobiles influenced the experience of travel? 250 word abstract and c.v. by 15 March 2014; Gaurav G. Desai (gaurav@tulane.edu).

]]> 0 db491729433764f0537ba59e7a2d33fc Gaurav G. Desai posted an update: Dear Colleagues, The SSRC has put out a call for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/50511/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:03:19 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

The SSRC has put out a call for applications from graduate students in the pre-dissertation stage to apply for their Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship. They welcome (and encourage) students in the humanities to apply for these fellowships. Further details are available at…[Read more]

]]> 0 d9742c6c68d47d517414da937cb6e955 Gaurav G. Desai commented on the post, Draft Statement on Letters of Recommendation, on the site Executive Council http://executivecouncil.mla.hcommons.org/2013/07/17/draft-statement-on-letters-of-recommendation/#comment-10 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 03:39:42 -0400 A further thought experiment-- what if search committees were asked to come up with their finalists in a "blind submission" process -- having access to the content of all material but not to the names or […]

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