School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Dolly Sharma
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Key information
Key information
- Subject
- South Asia
- Email address
- 713514@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Women in Nauṭaṅkī
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Anandi Rao
Biography
Dolly Sharma has been awarded Felix Scholarship to pursue PhD in South Asian Studies at SOAS University of London. Her research examines and illuminates the lives of women performers in nauṭaṅkī, a folk musical theatre performed in Hindi by traveling troupes across North India.
Her research lies at the interstices of translation, ethnomusicology and gender studies. She has presented her research on nauṭaṅkī at BFE conference at King’s College London, RMA conference at University of Southampton, AAWM conference at Cornell University, TaPRA Workshop at University of Warwick, CCLPS conference at SOAS and PGR conference at UCL.
Through her research, Dolly aims to create a feminist archive in the field of Indian folk performance traditions. Her research languages are Awadhi, Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Urdu and English. Her geographical focus are the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Before joining SOAS as a doctoral student, Dolly worked as Assistant Professor of English at JECRC University in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
She taught African Literature and Women's Literature to undergraduate students; Indian Writing in English and Translation and Gender Studies to postgraduate students; Popular Literature, Life Skills and Literature in Social Spaces to undergraduate students across the school of Humanities & Social Sciences; and Legal English to undergraduate students in the school of Law.
She was also appointed as Exam Coordinator and later promoted to Exam Centre in Charge. Dolly earned her undergraduate degree in English from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi in 2018 followed by MA in English from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi in 2020. An avid language learner, Dolly learnt Italian Language from Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy in 2021. She was awarded distinction for Beginners course in Russian Language that she pursued at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi in 2021.
Research interests
- Nauṭaṅkī
- Female Performers
- Folk Music
- Indian Performing Arts
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