Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

York University
Ross S570

4700 Keele St.

Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3

Phone: 416.736.2100 x88725
Email: shobna@yorku.ca

Shobna Nijhawan

Associate Professor

Ph.D. South and Southeast Asian Studies with a designated emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of California (Berkeley), USA (2004)

M.A. Classical Indology and Modern Indology (South Asia Institute) with a minor in Educational Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany (1998)

Research

• Publications
• Conference and Workshop Participation
• Research Interests

Undergraduate Teaching

Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

• AP/HND 1000 6.0 Elementary Hindi-Urdu

• AP/HND 1010 6.0 Introductory Hindi-Urdu for Heritage Speakers

• AP/HND 2000 6.0 Intermediate Hindi-Urdu

• AP/HND 2700 6.0 South Asian Culture and Literature

• AP/HND 3600 3.0 South Asian Literary Activism: Women Writers and Filmmakers in South Asia and the Diaspora

• AP/HND 3610 3.0 Writings of Premchand (1880-1936)

• AP/HND 3710 3.0 Contemporary Literatures of the South Asian Diaspora

• AP/HND 3900 3.0 Independent Reading and Research

• AP/HND 4900 6.0 The Development of Modern Hindi (independent Reading and Research)

South Asian Studies Program (Department of Social Sciences)

• AP/SOSCI 2435 6.0 Introduction to South Asian Studies

• AP/SOSCI 4435 6.0 Advanced Topics in South Asian Studies

Graduate Teaching

Department of Humanities

• AP/HUMA 6135 The Making of Asian Studies: Critical Perspectives
• AP/HUMA 6159 The Nation and its Women: Case Studies from South Asia