GPISH (2018) alumna Semina Halani received a scholarship from Harvard University to attend a four-week Institute of World Literature Summer聽Programme in July.
The programme, which took place online this year owing to the pandemic, included聽a total of ten seminars聽taught聽by leading professors and researchers in world literature,聽together with outstanding聽guest lectures and the opportunity for聽participants to share their work in colloquia.
鈥淓ven through the online mode of study, this course has helped me to analyse the impact and value of the field of literature in the current times by looking at different relationships that world literature has with capitalism, cosmopolitanism and globalisation. I am certain that this intellectually stimulating journey will form an important anchoring point for my PhD studies,鈥 Semina said.
Semina presented her thesis “Oral traditions in World Literature: Analysing the Bhagavad G墨t膩 and the Gin膩ns” at the Harvard colloquium 鈥楶remodern Literature and World Literature鈥.
鈥淭he opportunity to share my work in the colloquium聽with valuable and insightful feedback from professors and peers from diverse backgrounds has helped me to situate and broaden my understanding of literature and its values in the current times,鈥 she said.
We congratulate Semina on her scholarship and securing this unique and exciting opportunity.
