Mridula Sharma will be at CEH between late March and early May this year to work on her dissertation and participate in our ongoing activities this semester.

Having earned her MLitt degree in English Literature (with distinction) from the University of Glasgow, Mridula is now a PhD student in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Manchester. Her current project examines post-1950 literary-cultural productions from Kashmir and Palestine to bridge the gap between existing discourses in human rights and emerging dialogues in environmental humanities.

Mridula has contributed papers to journals and edited collections published by Routledge, Oxford University Press, and McFarland among others. She has presented her work at over fifty academic conferences and received grants as well as scholarships for her research by institutions in Germany, England, India, Scotland, and the US. 

She was awarded The Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s 2021-2022 Junior Research Scholarship and Pennsylvania State University’s 2023-2024 Linda Stein Upstander Award. Her work has also received funding or institutional support from British Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Gallery of Modern Art, and Scottish Refugee Council, to name a few.