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Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite

Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite

Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite
Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre of German Studies,
School of Language Literature and Culture Studies
Room No
351
Off. Phone
011-26742479
Email
mercymuang@mail.jnu.ac.in, mercymuang@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

M.Phil in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

M.A in German, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

B.A (Hons) in German, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Literature, Language, Intermediality, Intersection of Literature and the Arts, European Art History, post-colonial Studies and Culture Studies, Paite (Folk) Literature and Culture Studies, North-eastern literary and culture studies

Experience

More than 13 years of teaching experience

Awards & Honours

2018: Awarded the Staff Mobility training scholarship, Konstanz, Germany

2014: Awarded the Wuppertal Scholarship for Doctoral Candidate

2011: Awarded the DLA-Marbach scholarship for the 5th International summer school, Marbach, Germany

2009-2010: Awarded DAAD scholarship – A New passage to India at the University of Konstanz, Germany

2008:  Awarded UGC- Junior research fellow (JRF)

2007 and 2008: Awarded the UGC-National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET)

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Co-Ordinator- ERASMUS +ICM, Konstanz, Germany 2018 till date

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Die Darstellung der indischen Gesellschaft im 18. Jahrhundert bei Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg in Tranquebar, Indien- Eine Analyse, 2015 (eBook)
  • (Non)-Contemporaneity of Revolution in Anna Seghers’Das Licht auf dem Galgen and Heiner Müller’s Der Auftrag. (Un-) Gleichzeitigkeiten. (Eds) Carmen Ulrich. Indicium. 2018
  • Literatures of the Paite tribe of Manipur-Writings from the ‘periphery’: Folktales to other forms of literature – a critical approach” In: Literatures from Northeast India -Beyond the Centre–Periphery Debate. Ed.: K M Baharul Islam. Routledge. 2021
  • Representations of the Societies of Cameroon and South-India through the 18th-19th Century under German Missionaries: A comparative analysis in Europäisch-deutsche Kolonisation in Kamerun. In: European Colonialism in Africa. Ed.: Jean Bernard Mblah and Zacharie Saha. Christian A. Bachmann Verlag, Berlin. 2021
  • Status of Tribal Women in India (With specific reference to political and religious sphere : A few observations) In: EQUALITY No. 10 /December – 2023 
  • Preserving Cultural Heritage with specific reference to Paite Tribe In: International Research Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences : Volume 9, Issue 06, June 2022
  • Gender Representation in Folklore Culture: Dissection of Selected Paite Tribe of Manipur in Political and Economy Journal. Vol 26, Issues 1&2, January. June 2017
  • Staging Slavery: Representation of stage “Blackness” in Theodor Körner’s Drama Toni (1812)  Routledge New York  February 2023    
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • Lengtonghoih – The Girl who wanted the brightest star: A Paite Folktale  ( Children’s animated book)by Seagull Publications Publication Year: April 2022
  • Myth, Fiction and the Abstract: Influences and Representations of Greek Art and Mythology in Heinrich von Kleist’s Penthesilea In: Journal of Arts. IIS Univ.J.A. Vol.12 (1&2), 25-40/October 2023
  • Aesthetische Beschreibung der Natur in Alexander von Humboldt’s Ansichten der Natur. Temeswarer Beiträge zur Germanistik. Band 20. 2023
  • Intercultural Competence and Teaching Literature in a foreign Language Classroom: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen’s Novel The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus as an experiment for Spanish and German learners. In: HISPANIC HORIZON Journal of the Centre of Spanish, Portugues, Italian & Latin American Studies , No. 36, 2024
  • The Intersection of Visual Arts and Literature: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Woodworks of Adelbert von Chamisso’s Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte In: (Ed.) Rosy Singh: Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality, Intermediality and Interculturality. December, Routledge 2023-2024. 

Recent Newspaper articles

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.