Teaching
HSD507: Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
HSD508: Introduction to Comparative Drama
HSI101: Communication Skills
HSP001: English -1
HSP102: English – II
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: nirban[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number:
Office Number: +91-326-223-5079
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Research Interest: Drama , Theatre And Performance Studies, Cultural Studies
HSD507: Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
HSD508: Introduction to Comparative Drama
HSI101: Communication Skills
HSP001: English -1
HSP102: English – II
2011: PhD in English – Banaras Hindu University
2007: M.A in English – Banaras Hindu University
2005: B.A in English – University of Calcutta
Associate Professor
1. Mukherjee, Moupikta & Nirban Manna, “Indian theatre and incarceration: performing the transition from criminal to civic space” , Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RIDE-Routledge). 26.3 (2021) 528 - 541 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).
2. Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Men Without Names : Body-Identity Markers in the Naxalite Novel”, Archiv Orientální. 89.1 (2021). 155 – 183. (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).
3. Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “From Home to House”: Mediation of Memory and Desire in Configuring Kashmiri Pandits’ Identity” Clio (University of Purdue Press) 48.1 (2021) 53-75 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3)
4. Verma, Ishita & Nirban Manna, “Celebrating Emotion: A Study of Rasa in Qutban Suhravardi’s Mirigavati or The Magic Doe” Medieval History Journal.(Sage) 24.1 (2021) (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2 ) (Accepted and Forthcoming in 2021).
5. Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Left‐wing extremism in India: Red terror through the novel” Literature Compass (Willey Blackwell) 17.9 (2020) :1-14 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).
6. Ghoshal, Shubhra & Nirban Manna “Dialogue for Empowerment: Jana Sanskriti’s Experiment with the Method of the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rural Bengal” New Theatre Quarterly (Cambridge University Press) 36:29 (2020) : 117-130 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2).
7. Mukherjee, Moupikta & Nirban Manna, “Playing in the darkness: a study of the transformative theatre-making process of the Shyambazar Blind Opera House” Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RIDE - Routledge). (2020) 498-504 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).
8. Ghoshal, Shubhra & Nirban Manna, “Theatre for Sustainable Development: Jana Sanskriti’s Participatory Ideologue and Practice” PROBLEMY EKOROZWOJU 15.1(2020): 221-227 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).
9. Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Hues Of Red: The Facades Of Leftist Insurgency And Crisis In India In Select Fiction” Comparative Literature Studies (University Of Pennsylvania Press). 55.2 (2018) : 379-394 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2)
10. Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “Being and Believeing : Santhal World of Gods and Spirit”. Revista De Etnografie Si Folclor (Journal of Ethnography and Folklore) 1-2 (2018) : 67-85 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q4).
11. Mamun, Sarkar & Nirban Manna, “Juvenile Rights and Politicization of Childhood in Colonial Bengal. A Socio- Literary Panorama” History of Education and Children’s Literature (HECL). 12:1 (2017): 357-378 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2).
12. Ghosal, Subhra & Nirban Manna. “Boal’s Reception In India: Dialogism Of Jana Sanskriti’s Theatre Of The Oppressed”. Journal of Dharma – 42:2 (2017): 201-2019 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).
13. Verma, Ishita & Nirban Manna “Ramcharitmanas And Bakhtin: A Study Of The Development Of Novelistic Discourse During The Medieval Period” Revista De Etnografie Si Folclor (Journal of Ethnography and Folklore) 1-2 (2020) : 87-101 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q4)
14. Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “Acculturation and Identity: Appraising Santhals’ Transition through Folktales”. Forum for World Literature Studies. 10.2 (2018): 245-260 (Indexed : Scopus and Scimago Q1 ).
15. Manna, Nirban. “Velvi's Theatre Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Assessment of Effect of Drama Therapy”. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing . 12.3. (2021):361-366.
16. Manna, Nirban. “Beyond the Stage and Shadows: Theory and Practice of Badal Sircar’s Third Theatre” The Literary Miscellany. 2.1 (2011): 21-39.
17. Manna, Nirban. “Badal Sircar’s Evam Indrajit: A Paradigmatic Illustration Of Metaphysical Rebellion”. Dialogue: A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation 7.1 (2012) 45-57.
18. Ali, Eeshan and Nirban Manna. “Cartography Of Terrorism: America’s Cultural Imperialism And Geopolitical Anxiety In Frank Miller’s Holy Terror” The IUP Journal of International Relation 10:4 (2016): 32-50.
19. Ali, Eeshan and Nirban Manna. “Featuring Feminine Men: Configuring The New Man Hero In The Select Bollywood Films Of New Millennium”. International Journal Of English Language, Literature And Translation Studies 3:2(2016):111-116.
20. Manna, Nirban. “Libertine Enlightenment: Re-Locating Badal Sircar’s There’s No End In Sartre’s Ontological Idiom Of Responsibility” Literary Miscellany 2:1 (2013): 18-30.
21. Manna, Nirban. “Rhetoric of Desire and Despair: Badal Sircar’s That Other History in Existential Vision” Atlantic Literary Review 15:3(2014):60-72.
22. Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “A Pastiche of Sorts: Intertextuality in Byatt’s Possession and the Virgin in the Garden”. Research and Criticism (Pencraft India) 8 (2017).: 105-116.
23. Manna, Nirban. “English Translation of Partha Chatterjee’s Bengali play, Jatiya Ekankika (National Playlet In One Act)” Impressions of Eternity 2.1 (2010):16-35.
Title of the project: |
Theatre and Dance Movement Therapy as Rehabilitative Tools for People with Mental Retardation: Empirical Study |
Name of PI: |
Nirban Manna |
Funding Agency: |
ICSSR – IMPRESS |
Amount: |
6.30 Lacs |
Duration |
2019-2021 |
Status |
Report Submitted |