Dr. Shreya Bera

Bio

Dr. Shreya Bera is an Assistant Professor of English at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University. She completed her PhD in Literary Studies from the University of Szeged in January 2023 under the prestigious Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme (2018-2023). She attended multiple international conferences such as the 14th Biennial Conference of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) in Hungary (2019), 11th Brno International Conference, Czech Republic, ESSE Doctoral Symposium in France (2020), Narratives and Self Ambivalence symposium, SAS, London in 2021 and more. She also co-edited a book titled Critical Essays on Multicultural India: Exploring Inclusiveness and New Humanities published in 2017. She has also authored articles and book reviews in peer-reviewed, and Scopus indexed journals such as Americana e-journal, British and American studies (B.A.S.)  journal, The ESSE Messenger etc. She is an established author of two books published in the years of 2017 and 2025.

Educational Qualifications :

Doctor of Philosophy Literary and Cultural Studies, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary (2018-2023); Summa Cum Laude (with highest distinction)

Master of Arts in English and Comparative Literature, Pondicherry University, India (2015-17)

Bachelor of Arts English Literature, University of Calcutta, India (2012–2015)

Areas of Expertise :

Literary and Cultural Studies, Diasporic and Migration Studies, Western Aesthetic Studies, Posthuman and AI.

Teaching Experience :

2 years

Industry / Research Experience :

Research in Literary and Cultural Studies

Publications and Research Work :

Bera, Shreya. The Diasporic Sublime: Exile of Body, Food, and Home within Politics of Migration. Notion Press 2025.

Bera, Shreya. “Surgery is the New Sex: Posthuman Commodification in David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future. International Journal of Research Culture Society, vol. 8, no. 36, 2024, pp. 626–630. Indexed in Web of Science. Impact Factor: 9.241, DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/ICLSGM-2024 Faculty Bio Template – MIT-WPU Website

Bera, Shreya. “Fear, Sexuality, and Liberation: Pursuit of the Sublime in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Mistress of Spices. B.A.S. British and American Studies, vol. 27, 2021, pp. 213–220. Indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Impact Factor: 0.113 (Q3) Cited: 1; ISSN 1224-3086 e-ISSN 2457-7715

Bera, Shreya. “Surviving the Diasporic Home: Renegotiating Homeland and Hostland in 20th-Century Indo American Literature. AMERICANA E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary, vol. 15, no. 1, 2019. Indexed in EBSCO, MLA, ERIH PLUS. https://www.americanaejournal.hu/index.php/americanaejournal/issue/view/2562 Cited: 2.

Bera, Shreya. “The Self and Sovereignty: Contextualizing the Sublime in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Mistress of Spices. ESSE Messenger, vol. 30, no. 2, 2021. Indexed in EBSCO, MLA, ERIH PLUS. Cited: 1; https://www.americanaejournal.hu/index.php/americanaejournal/issue/view/2563

MLA, ERIH PLUS; https://www.americanaejournal.hu/index.php/americanaejournal/issue/view/2563

Bera, Shreya. “Understanding the Postcolonial Woman: Discussing Home, The Sublime and the Uncanny in Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters. In Sentiment, History, and Intermediality: Essays in English and American Studies, Students and Supervisors, JATE Press, 2021, pp. 69–79. Indexed in EBSCO, MLA, ERIH PLUS; Cited: 2.

Awards and Recognitions :

Stipendium Hungaricum Awardee (2018–2019): PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary (mandated under Tempus Foundation, Hungarian Ministry of Education; UGC and MHRD, India)

Professional Affiliations :

HUSSE, ESSE (2018-23)

Subjects Taught :

Research Methods in American Studies (Spring 2021),

British Literature 18th century,
British literature 19th Century,
Literary Criticism,
Research Methodology,
World Drama
Modern European Drama
Literature of the Indian Diaspora (PhD coursework)

Research Profiles and Links :

Scopus ID: 57224574439
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pBMAV8IAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ORCID : 0000-0002-5947-1347
LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shreya-bera-7b8493145