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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Richa Shukla Assistant Professor
School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management

Research Interests

 Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Phenomenology, Film Studies, Public Philosophy, Continental Philosophy and Post Colonialism and Subaltern Studies. Vedic Philosophy.

Contact Details

  • School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, room no. 20.
  • richashukla@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  PhD Philosophy 2019 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  Mphil Philosophy 2014 Jawaharlal Nehru University
 

Biosketch

 Dr Richa Shukla is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar. Her PhD thesis was titled as Dialogues in Silence: A Feminist Study of Mourning, Shame and Vulnerability in the Indian domain. She is the co- founder of Collective for Women Philosophers in India.https://www.cwpiindia.com/.
She is also a certified Philosophical Counselor at the American Philosophical Association( APPA). She writes regularly for Digital Media as well. Her works can be found at: EPW, HYPATIA, JICPR SPRINGER.
 

Teaching

 Gender and Philosophy.
Film and Philosophy.
Ethica and Epics

Projects

 Gender, Public Space and Safety in Delhi. Project of Brown University. Worked as a Reserach Coordinator.

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1• Feminism in India (2021). Titled: “How Strangers Came Together during Pandemic”. https://feminisminindia.com/2021/03/22/the-strange-strangers-and-the-pandemic/
2Teaching in the Age of COVID-19, A New Normal: SPRINGER. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-022-00332-1
3Philosophy of ONLINE TEACHING: SPRINGER. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-020-00169-6
4Diary of a Philosophy Student, Cambridge, Hypatia University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/diary-of-a-philosophy-student-volume-1-192627-and-volume-2-192929-simone-de-beauvoir-author-barbara-klaw-sylvie-le-bon-de-beauvoir-and-margaret-a-simons-with-marybeth-timmermann-editors-urbana-university-of-illinois-press-isbn-9780252042546/709A87526DF78D134C60AD7C1481BADD
5Speech as Action. EPW. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/49/postscript/speech-action.html
6Reading Hegel. JICPR SPRINGER. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40961-018-0138-x
7Reading Diaries of Beauvoir as a Philosophy Student. JICPR SPRINGER. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40961-016-0073-7

Recent Publications (National Journals)

1Feminism in India. Navigating Loneliness in the 30's. https://feminisminindia.com/2022/09/13/navigating-loneliness-in-the-30s-how-sahelis-help-with-the-alienation-of-urban-life/
2Feminism in India. How Gender Affects Sports.https://feminisminindia.com/2022/07/27/how-gender-affects-sports-and-mental-health-vulnerability-and-social-structures/
3• The Quint (2020). Titled: “Existentialism in the Contemporary Times”. https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/jean-paul-sartre-french-philosopher-existentialism-humanism-bad-faith-relevance-of-his-work
4• The Telegraph (2020). Titled: “How Ideas Are Born through Research”. https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/how-ideas-are-born-through-research/cid/1797955
5• Feminism in India (2020). Titled: “Because Bollywood Asked for It, Our Feminist Critique”. https://feminisminindia.com/2020/09/21/beyonce-sharma-jaayegi-bollywood-song-feminist-critique/
6• The Quint (2021). Titled: “Pandemic and the Eternal Wait: How COVID Changed Our Idea of Home?” https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/voices/blogs/home-and-waiting-during-covid-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR0LsEGN9-5n2QPT5Z6byKwXmud4M0PP68ioVYfxtcB7vxtk_BVuZRDTOPg
7• The Quint (2021). Titled: “Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: How Are You Is a Difficult Question to Ask”. https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/amid-covid-19-pandemic-how-are-you-is-a-difficult-question?fbclid=IwAR2IGt-yKVF16pBqruMH8d9_G5ixu2j4GiyJGnTMEL9CHFEJTcY-nFGjSLo#read-more
8• Feminism in India (2021). Titled: “The Ambiguity of Tribhanga Who Bears What We Decide for Ourselves”. https://feminisminindia.com/2021/02/19/ambiguity-tribhanga-who-bears-what-we-decide-for-ourselves/
9• Indian Journal of Projects Infrastructure. Titled: “The Role of Dissent in Energy Democracy”.
10• Feminism in India. Titled: “Deconstructing the Idea of a Modern Indian Women: Being vs Becoming”. (2021). https://feminisminindia.com/2021/10/19/deconstructing-the-idea-of-the-modern-indian-woman-being-versus-becoming/?fbclid=IwAR04Ur_gD1QOxuZa9gx8aMb_fMdzjpfdoTdNUqVams7ZLT_1kgMiGrjsZy
11• Feminism in India (2021). Titled: “Saying Goodbye to 2021, Mad Heart Cry but Don’t Break!” https://feminisminindia.com/2021/12/23/saying-goodbye-to-2021-mad-heart-cry-but-dont-break/?fbclid=IwAR04Ur_gD1QOxuZa9gx8aMb_fMdzjpfdoTdNUqVams7ZLT_1kgMiGrjsZy
12Feminism in India (2022). Titled: Modern Love Web Series. https://feminisminindia.com/2022/05/27/modern-love-web-series-what-does-modern-love-imply-for-a-contemporary-indian-woman/
13• Feminism in India (2022). Titled: Catharsis of Hope in April https://feminisminindia.com/2022/05/06/april-second-wave-covid-19-india/
Author(s) Recent Publication (International Journals)
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Conferences (International)

1Invited to present my work at the 1000 Places in 1 World series, Organized by the Centre for Women Philosophers and Scientists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCd0kCIv3s
2Presented my paper titled: Gaze, Indian Films and Pardes at the Two- Day International Seminar on Gaze organized by the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University. 28- 29th Feb 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iqMXPdemAQ
3Special lecture in BROWN BAG SERIES, JGBS. Titled: What Professor Public Philosophy Can Teach Us?
4Invited to give a talk in Manoranjan Jha Memorial Lecture Series at The Department of Political Science, BHU. Titled: Gender Blender in Social Sciences.
5 Series of episodes with Richa Chadha (a gender expert) titled: Demystifying Gender. We will be doing 7 episodes together on how Feminist Philosophy helps in demystifying genders (March 2021–June 2021). Recordings available online, on IGTC (Instagram).
6Podcast with KREA University, on Suppressed Voices in Philosophy. https://soundcloud.com/inrelation. https://soundcloud.com/inrelation(2021)
7Lecture at JGBS Pandemic Lecture Series (2020). Titled: Mundaneness of Crisis and Vulnerability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQEv0euyT0
8Lecture at Advaita, Women's Studies Centre, JMC. Titled: Eco Feminism in Indian Sphere. 2022
9WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY: Part of the panel and gave a lecture on Samvad with Ambiguity: A Philosophical Attempt. 16th November 2023. Organised by Rajendra University, Balangir, Department of Philosophy.
10Keynote address at the Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai on Gender and Trauma. 18th May 2023
11Gave a lecture at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT BOMBAY, April 5th 2023. Lecture titled: Wave of Public Philosophy: A Response or Assertion in the Indian Domain.
12Shared and presented my working paper at the International Conference organized by the International Simone de Beauvoir Society. My paper was titled as: Simone de Beauvoir and Online Dating: Possibility of an Existential Toolbox. Conference happened in Helsinki, Finland. September 2023.
13Gave a lecture at the Intercontinental Seminar organized by the Centre for Women Philosophers and Scientists, Germany. Lecture titled: Absent Women's voices in Classical Indian Philosophy. January 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCd0kCIv3s
14Presented and chaired a session at the International Conference on: Navigating Sustainable Futures: Literary Reflections on Precarious Lives and the Anthropocene. Organized by IIT PATNA. Paper titled: Ethnicity of Love and Intimacy with HER.
15Two-day International Seminar organized by Delhi University, Department of Philosophy. 28- 29th Feb 2024. Presented my paper: Gaze, Indian Films and Pardes: A Phenomenological Depiction of Depiction and Representation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iqMXPdemAQ

Conferences (National)

1invited for a Lecture at Savitribai Phule University, Pune on Feminist Philosophy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4IpKypKs_o&feature=youtu.be
2Speaker on the panel titled Critical Reflections on Indian Democracy. Organized by Pune University. 2021
3Participated and conducted a session at the 2-day Faculty Training Program on 22nd 23rd February 2023 organized by IIT Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Indian Knowledge Systems Division of Ministry of Education, Government of India.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • Resource Person at the Two-Day Faculty Training Program, Organized by Indian Knowledge System, Ministry of Education, Government of India. 22nd Feb 2024
  • GIAN COURSE: Completed 5-day GIAN COURSE on Autobiography and Self, organized by IIT TIRUPATI. July 18-22 2023.
 

Research Scholar

 Ananya Chaudhary
 

Professional Experience

 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, OP Jindal Global University. Jan 2020- October 2022.   Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Hindu Colege, Delhi University. July 2017- July 2019.   Reserach Coordinator, A reserach project by Brown University on Gender and Public space in Delhi. Jan- Feb 2015.

Gave a lecture at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT BOMBAY, April 5th 2023. Lecture titled: Wave of Public Philosophy: A Response or Assertion in the Indian Domain.

Keynote address at the Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai on Gender and Trauma. 18th May 2023

GIAN COURSE: Completed 5-day GIAN COURSE on Autobiography and Self, organized by IIT TIRUPATI. July 18-22 2023.

LECTURE: Organized a lecture by Dr. Muzaffar Ali on The Normative Indian Public Sphere beyond Habermas. 18th October 2023.

 Organised a lecture by Dr. Muzaffar Ali on The Normative Indian Public Sphere beyond Habermas. 18th October 2023.

WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY: Part of the panel and gave a lecture on Samvad with Ambiguity: A Philosophical Attempt. 16th November 2023. Organised by Rajendra University, Balangir, Department of Philosophy.

 Part of the panel and gave a lecture on Samvad with Ambiguity: A Philosophical Attempt. 16th November 2023. Organised by Rajendra University, Balangir, Department of Philosophy.

Lecture at Advaita, Women's Studies Centre, JMC. Titled: Eco Feminism in Indian Sphere. 2022

Lecture at Samvalita Enterprises, titled: Philosophy, Gender and Disability in India. 2021

Lecture at JGBS Pandemic Lecture Series (2020). Titled: Mundaneness of Crisis and Vulnerability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQEv0euyT0

 
 

Speaker at the Philosophy of Mental Health. Organized by Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Delhi Mental Health Council. 2022

Podcast with KREA University, on Suppressed Voices in Philosophy. https://soundcloud.com/inrelation.

 https://soundcloud.com/inrelation(2021)

• Series of episodes with Richa Chadha (a gender expert) titled: “Demystifying Gender”. We will be doing 7 episodes together on how Feminist Philosophy helps in demystifying genders (March 2021–June 2021). Recordings available online, on IGTC (Instagram).

Speaker on the panel titled Critical Reflections on Indian Democracy. Organized by Pune University. 2021

Invited to give a talk in Manoranjan Jha Memorial Lecture Series at The Department of Political Science, BHU. Titled: Gender Blender in Social Sciences.

Special lecture in BROWN BAG SERIES, JGBS. Titled: What Professor Public Philosophy Can Teach Us?

Gave a lecture as part of JGBS PANDEMIC SERIES. Titled Mundaneness of Crisis and Vulnerability .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQEv0euyT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQEv0euyT0

 

Invited for a Lecture at Savitribai Phule University, Pune on Feminist Philosophy.

1.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4IpKypKs_o&feature=youtu.be

 

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