Myths, Folklore and
Gender-role
Stereotypes in India
A Lecture by
Dr. (Sr.) Ananda Amritmahal
Thursday, April 12 at 2 pm
in Diggs Gallery
Dr. (Sr.) Amritmahal is the Head of the Department of English, at
Sophia College, Mumbai, India, and Coordinator of Sophia Centre for Women's Studies and Development. Currently she is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at
Loyola University, Chicago.
Sponsored by the WSSU India Task Force, Office of International Programs, and the Fulbright Occasional Lecturer Program of the Council on International Exchange of Scholars, US Department of State.
For more information, call the Office of International Programs, WSSU, 336-750-3345
Ananda Amritmahal
Dr. (Sr.) Ananda Amritmahal is Head of the department of English at Sophia College for Women, Mumbai,
and Co-ordinator of the Sophia Centre for Women’s Studies and Development. She is also Vice-Principal in
charge of Administration at the College.
An expert in Women’s Studies, Dr. Amritmahal has published a number of articles on woman-related issues,
and is often invited as a guest speaker and resource person for training programmes and workshops as well as
academic courses. She was awarded the Smt. Savitridevi Phule Adarsh Shikshika Puraskar (prize for exemplary teachers) on 26 January 2008, by the University of Mumbai, for her contribution to the field of women’s
education and empowerment.
Her areas of specialisation are Women’s Writing and Feminist Literary Criticism, and Indian Writing in English: her doctoral thesis was on “Feminist Critical Perspectives on Indian Women’s Writing, with special reference to Shashi Deshpande and Mahasweta Devi”. Her other research interests are Women Mystic Poets, Children’s literature, and the place of myth and fantasy in shaping our responses to life. She is actively interested
in Feminist Theology and Scripture reading and has been part of the Core Group of the Women’s Desk in the
Archdiocese of Mumbai for a number of years. Sr. Ananda Amritmahal has been awarded the Fulbright Teaching Fellowship as Visiting Lecturer at Loyola University, Chicago and she has also been appointed the Gannon
Visiting Research Scholar for the spring semester of 2012.