About

Samya Brata Roy (He/Him) just received his M.A in English Literature from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad and will be joining PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Jodhpur. My interests lie in and around digital narratives, materiality, pedagogy and accessibility.

I have been writing here at thepenarchist.wordpress.com for the last five years and have almost 80 entries at present. I lead the SIG on Digital Objects and Media at DHARTI (dhdharti.in), work as a transcriber with The Canterbury Tales Project, as a Liaison with The Association for Computers and the Humanities | (ach.org) and recently have had the honour to launch Electronic Literature India with the help of my amazing peers (@ELitIndia).

 

Education

PhD Humanities and Social Sciences (2021-Present)
IIT Jodhpur

M.A English Literature 2019-2021
The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

B.A in English 2016-19
S.A Jaipuria College (Day)
Calcutta University

Publications

Forthcoming: Paper on ‘From Sicily with Love: Does the Sonnet make you an offer you can’t refuse?’ on postScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies ISSN: 2456-7507 Volume VI Number ii (July 2021)

Forthcoming: A keyword entry on ‘Multimodal Narratives’ and a paper on The representation Mumbai in Hitman 2 from a joint venture by Jamia Milia Islamia, Michigan State University and SPARC, MHRD.

Drama: Analog India. In Beautiful Minds: An Anthology of Creative Writings. Co-published by Bankim Sardar College and Levant Books. Sponsored by UGC. ISBN: 978-93-88069-47-2

Roy, Samya Brata. “Turning Dis-Ability Into Super-Power: Questioning The “Positive Stereotyping” Of The Disabilities In Super-Hero Narratives.”. International Research Journal Persons With Special Needs And Rehabilitation Management, vol 4, 2018, pp. 35-40. ISSN: 2321-9254

Poem: Him and His Women. In The Literary Herald. Vol 3, Issue 6, April 2018. ISSN: 2454-3365 http://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/47.samya-poem.pdf

 

Prose: Webbed. In Penscape. A journal of the Department of English (day) SA Jaipuria College. Volume 6, October 2018. ISSN: 2394-9783

 

Poem: Ode to Her. In Penscape. A journal of the Department of English (day)

SA Jaipuria College. Volume 6, October 2018. ISSN: 2394-9783

Blog Posts

    Projects

    In my MA thesis I tried to look into the politics of access and intentionality behind solo Indian Electronic Literature.

    Memberships

    Electronic Literature India
    Digital Humanities Alliance for Research and Teaching Innovations or DHARTI
    Games Studies India
    Electronic Literature Organisation

    Samya Brata Roy

    Profile picture of Samya Brata Roy

    @thepenarchist

    Active 6 months, 2 weeks ago