BASIC INFORMATION
Lecturer
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Phone: +370 5 268 7228
Office hours: contact by email
Research interests:
- Cinema studies
- Postcolonialism
- Popular culture
- Cultural studies
Courses taught:
- Hindi Language
- Visual culture of Asia
- Introduction to Film Studies
PUBLICATIONS
Vilnius University Publications Database
Monographs
Articles
- Przedstawienie kobiety idealnej w popularnym kinie indyjskim (Representation of the Idealized Woman in Popular Indian Film) in Stachowna, Grazyna; Piekarsky, Przemyslaw (eds.) Nie Tylko Bollywood, Krakow, 2009.
- Myth in Constructing contemporary Indian Identity in Popular Indian Cinema: the Case of Ashutosh Gowariker, Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, 2010.
- "Bhadžis paplūdimyje": hibridinė tapatybė ir populiarūs diskursai Didžiosios Britanijos diasporiniame kine, Literatūra / Vilniaus universitetas. 2012, t. 54(4).
Teaching aids
(textbooks, manuals, dictionaries, etc.)
Interviews
Translations
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
PhD dissertation
- “Construction of Identity in British and Indian Cinema: a postcolonial approach”
{Doctoral studies (University, Title of thesis, Date, Degree obtained)}
Research projects
Internships
Oral presentations
- 19 – 21.05.2011. International Conference „Engendering and Degendering South Asian Studies“, Humboldt University, Berlin. Paper: „'“The Mythologized Femininity: Gendered Identity and Representation of a Woman in Indian Goddess Films”
- 30.06. – 02.07.2011. International Conference „The Body in the Cinemas of South Asia“, Vilnius University, Centre of Oriental Studies. Paper: „Don't Upset the Devi Maa: the Embodiment of Female Rage in Indian Goddess Films".
- 28 - 30.09. 2011. International Cnference „Literature and Society“, Vilnius University, Department of Philology. Paper: „Questioning Slumdog Millionaire: the Comparative analysis of Danny Boyle‘s film and the Original Novel „Q&A“ by Vikas Swarup
- 12-14.04.2012. International conference „Bram Stoker Centenery Conference“, University of Hull, UK. Paper: „B. Ram Stoker in India: Dracula and the re-invention of the Gothic in Indian Low Budget Horror Films”.
- 04 - 08.09.2012. International ESSE conference, Bogozici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Paper: "The Construction of Identity in Indian and British Films: a Postcolonial Approach"
(at conferences, seminars, workshops)
Public lectures
Academic expertise
Other activities