2025
• An Interview with Prof. Jens Förderer: “From PhD to Professor under 40 at UMA”, (University of Mannheim, 20.11.2025).
• Academic Career Tips with Prof. Daniela Kuschel: “Eliteprogramm and the Path to Professorship”, (University of Mannheim, 13.11.2025).
• An Interview with Prof. Stefanie Egidy: “From Yale to UMA, How International Experience Shapes the Path to Professorship in Germany”, (University of Mannheim, 27.10.2025).
• “International Mobility & Networking Opportunities for PhDs, Postdocs and Juniorprofessors”, (University of Mannheim, 13.05.2025).
2024
• (Invited) Examining Identity Politics and Gendered Performances on Netflix (Guest Lecture, Department of New English Literatures and Cultural Studies, University of Augsburg, 25.06.2024).
• (Invited) (Imperso)Nation and Justice in Popular Hindi Films: A Case Study of Rang De Basanti (Keynote, NELK Research Day, Department of New English Literatures and Cultural Studies, University of Augsburg, 25.01.2024).
2022
• The Elephant in the (Court)Room: Legal Ethos in Selected Works of Mahasweta Devi and Ismat Chugtai (Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature, CRC 1385, Law and Literature, University of Münster 14.09- 16.09.2022).
• (Invited) Discussant of Shivangi Gangwar’s Paper: Breaking Barriers: Representing the First Indian Female Lawyer in Fiction (Images of Female Legal Professionals in Popular Culture: A Transnational Comparison, International Worskhop of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), University of Münster, 11.08- 12-08.2022).
• (Invited) Nation as a “Fragile Place” in the works of Meena Alexander (MMIAS-ICSSR International Interdisciplinary Conference on India 75: Reflections On and From the Indian Diaspora, University of Mumbai, 24.08- 26.08.2022).
• Poetry from the Camps: Testimonies of Trauma and Decolonizing Narratives of Belonging (American Comparative Literature Association [ACLA Annual Virtual Conference], National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 15.06- 18.06.2022).
2021
• (Invited) Academic Career in Humanities after PhD (Networking Meeting, Graduate School Practices of Literature, University of Münster, 25.06.2021).
• (Invited) Poetry from the Camps: Deconstructing Eurocentrism in Immigration and Citizenship Laws (Villa Vigoni German Italian Centre for the European Dialogue, CRC 1385 Law and Literature, University of Münster, 13.09- 16.09.2021).
• Networks of Support and Dissent: Digital Politics of Indian Diasporas in Germany (“Crisis of Truth? The Digital Era and the Future of Knowledge”, Academic Writing Lab (AWL) and IIIT-Delhi, 27.08-28.08.2021).
• Long-Distance Hindu Nationalism and Modi Mania: Twitter Networks of Indian Diaspora Supporters for CAA in Germany (“The Broken Mirror Conference: Making sense of Indian politics on Twitter, an Intermedium Perspective”, Centre de Sciences Humaines and IIIT-Delhi, 30.08- 31.08.2021).
2019
• Migrant Identities, Homing Desires and ImpersoNation in Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan (On the Move: Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 25.10- 27.10.2019, Winner of the Best Presentation Award).
2018
• Exit and (Re)Enter: Traversing through Doorways of Insecurities (Precarity, Resistance, and Care Communities in South Asia, South Asian Literary Association (SALA) Annual Conference, New York City, USA, 8-01- 09.01.2018).
2017
• (Invited) Exploring the Self and Nation in Popular Hindi Cinema (DAAD Scholarship Holders Conference, Essen, Germany, 16-06- 18.06.2017).
2015
• Bit of Barfi, Sip of Margarita: An Examination of Disability and Sexuality in Selected Hindi Films (Negotiating Space for (Dis)ability in Drama, Theatre, Film, and Media, University of Łódź, Poland, (25.09- 27.09.2015).
• Articulating Jain Diaspora: An Examination of the Performative Practices of Jain Diaspora Associations in Belgium (Diaspora: A one-day conference on a travelling concept, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, Sweden, 09.09.2015).
• Unveiling Language Ideologies in Marketing Practices of “Brand NaMo” in India through Žižekian Veils of Fantasy (GAPS Annual International Conference: Ideology in Postcolonial Texts and Contexts University of Münster, Germany, 14.05- 16.05.2015).
• Outlining the Theoretical Terrain to Problematize Key Concepts within Diaspora Studies (Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging, SOAS, University of London, UK, 09.04- 15.04.2015).
• (Invited) Filming Gendered Fantasies of Border Travels in Selected Contemporary Hindi Films (Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Imaginings and Representations, jointly organised by ITN CoHaB, University of Münster, Centre for Advanced Studies in India (CASII) Bhuj and University of Mumbai, India, (2.03- 04.03.2015).
Dr. Jayana Jain 