Nandana Bose 
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office: King Hall 102D
E-mail:
bosen@uncw.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Film Studies, University of Nottingham, England, 2009
Dissertation: The Cultural Politics of the Hindu Right in Hindi Cinema (1992-2002)
Supervisors: Roberta Pearson, Peter Urquhart, Mark Gallagher
M.A. in Communications Studies, University of Leeds, England, 2002
M.A. in Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, 1999
B.A. in English (Hons.), Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1997
Teaching and Research Interests
Indian cinema, World Cinema, censorship and regulation, politics and cinema, gender and
sexuality
Teaching Experience
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Creative, Critical and Communication Studies (CCCS), University of
Greenwich, London, England, October 2008-2009
Classes taught: Global Cinema
Teaching Assistant
School of American & Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham, England, 2006
Seminar series co-taught: Approaches to Film & Television
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles:
“The CBFC Correspondence Files (1992-2002): A Discursive Rhetoric of Moral Panic, Public Protest and Political Pressure," Forthcoming in Cinema Journal Issue 43, No. 3 (Spring), 2010.
“The Hindu Right and the Politics of Censorship: Three Case Studies of Policing Hindi Cinema (1992-2002),” The Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film and Television, Issue 63 “Censorship and Regulation,” 2009.
“Between the Godfather and the Mafia: Situating Right-Wing Interventions in the Bombay Film Industry (1992-2002),” Studies in South Asian Film and Media, inaugural issue, February 2009.
“Big Brother’s Frankenstein: The Media Construction of Jade Goody as an ‘Abject’ Other,” Feminist Media Studies, Vol. 7 No. 4 (2007).
“Dahan as an Exploration of Sexual Politics,” Journal of Moving Image (Jadavpur University: Calcutta), No. 1, Autumn (1999).
Online Review: “The Darjeeling Limited: Critiquing Orientalism on the Train to Nowhere,” Mediascape: UCLA’s Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Spring (2008).
Conference report: “Media Comes To Miri,” Media and Identity in Asia, Curtin University of Technology, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, 15 – 16 February 2006, Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies, Issue 5, June (2006).
Forthcoming E-book: Co-editor with Dr. Lee Grieveson on a special Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies e-book based on doctoral papers delivered as part of the AHRC sponsored Using Moving Image Archives In Academic Research project, 2010.
Awards & Grants
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Randall Library Project Development Grant, 2009.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Student Writing 1st Place Award, 2008.
Heymann Scholarship, University Endowed Scholarship Award, University of Nottingham, 2007.
Andrew Hendry Scholarship, University Endowed Scholarship Award, University of Nottingham, 2007.
British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) conference bursary, 2006. Graduate School Travel Prize from the Graduate School at the University of Nottingham, 2006.
Postgraduate Scholarship for the Arts, 2004-7, by the International Office at the University of Nottingham.
The British Chevening/Open Scholarship for 2001-2 by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), London and administered by the British Council, 2001.
University Medal for achieving First Class First rank in the M.A. degree in Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, 1999.
Selected Conference Presentations & Invited Talks
“Censorship, Sexuality and the Hindu Right in 1990s Hindi Cinema,” Invited Talk, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, March 2008.
“Race, Gender and Class Politics in Celebrity Big Brother (U.K., 2007): The Case of Shilpa Shetty as a Post- Colonial Celebrity,” at the annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), Philadelphia, USA, March 2008.
“No Sex Please, We’re Indians! Censorship, Sexuality and the Hindu Right in 1990s Hindi Cinema,” organized and chaired a panel entitled Gender and Sexuality in Post-Colonial Hindi Cinema at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), Chicago, USA, March 2007.
“The Moral Policing of Hindi Cinema in Contemporary India,” Screen Studies Conference, University of Glasgow, U.K., July 2006.
“Censorship and Sexuality in 1990s Hindi Cinema,” Gender and Nation: A Postgraduate Conference, University of East Anglia, U.K., June 2006.
“Making the Cut: Censoring Hindi Cinema in Contemporary India,” Annual Conference & AGM of the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS), Birkbeck College, University of London, U.K., April 2006.
“The Cultural Politics of Matrimonial Representations in Contemporary Popular Indian Cinema,” Media and Identity in Asia, inaugural conference of the Media and Asia Research Group (MARG) at Curtin University of Technology, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 2006.
“Playing with Fire: The Moral Policing of Hindi Cinema in Contemporary India,” 2nd Joint Annual MeCCSA & AMPE Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K., January 2006.
Dahan as an Exploration of Sexual Politics, National Seminar on Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, November 1999.
Other Professional Activities
Programme administrator & publicist for U.K.’s Arts & Humanities Research Council funded doctoral training course Using Moving Image Archives In Academic Research for Prof.
Roberta Pearson & Dr. Lee Grieveson.
Peer-reviewed for the Canadian Journal Of Film Studies/Revue Canadienne D'etudes Cinematographiques (CJFS/RCEC) & Scope An Online Journal of Film Studies, October 2007.
Book Reviews Editor/Deputy, Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies, June 2005 – October 2006.
One of 20 participants at the Summer School on Cinema & Human Rights (1st Edition) in
Venice organized by the EIUC (European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and
Democratisation), Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, Human Rights Film Network &
supported by UNESCO; delegate at the Venice Film Festival 2005, August – September
2005.
Researcher on Indian Cinema for EU-India Media Meeting Point at the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI, Calcutta, India), October 1999 – February 2000.