Vijay Chandra Mishra (born 4 May 1945) is an academic, author and cultural theorist from Fiji. He is currently a professor at Murdoch University, Australia.
Born in Suva, Fiji on 4 May 1945 to Hari Mishra and Lila Mishra, Vijay was educated at Lelean Memorial School where he completed his Senior Cambridge Higher School Certificate in the First Division. Following this he did his New Zealand University Entrance Examination at Suva Grammar School where he won both the Arts and the History Prize. A British colonial scholarship took him to Victoria University of Wellington and to Christchurch Teachers’ College from which institutions he gained, respectively, a B.A. and a Diploma in Teaching.
After a brief teaching stint at Labasa College in Fiji from 1968 to 1969, Vijay went to Macquarie University on a Commonwealth Scholarship where he completed Masters papers in Linguistics and a B.A. with First Class Honours in English Literature. A further brief career in Fiji, this time as a Senior Education Officer, was followed by migration to Australia in 1974. By then he was married to Nalini Singh, daughter of Pratap and Damiyanti Singh.
In Australia he completed a Masters in English literature at Sydney University and then, in 1976, joined the newly established Murdoch University in Perth, as a tutor in World Literature. He left the university in early 1978 to undertake a PhD in Medieval Indian Poetry and Aesthetics at the Australian National University which he gained in 1981.
He returned to Murdoch University as a lecturer in Comparative Literature but three years later left for Oxford University to complete his DPhil in English Literature, graduating in 1989. After holding the position of professor of English Literature at the University of Alberta in Canada, Mishra has been the professor of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University since 1999. Between 2010 and 2015 he was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow. He has also held visiting professorships at the University of Wales, the University of California, the University of Otago, Universitat des Saarlandes.,[1] University of Technology, Sydney, and the Australian National University.[2] In 2015, he was the Erich Auerbach Professor of Global Literature at the University of Tübingen.[3] For the period of 2017-2019, he was elected Visiting Fellow, University of Tulsa to work in the V. S. Naipaul Archive deposited in the university's McFarlin Library.
Selected bibliography
Books
Hodge, Bob; Mishra, Vijay (1991). Dark side of the dream : Australian literature and the postcolonial mind. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9780044423461. OCLC 52729255.
Vijay., Mishra (1994). The gothic sublime. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN9780791417478. OCLC 42855471.
Vijay., Mishra (1998). Devotional poetics and the Indian sublime. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN9780791438718. OCLC 44960022.
Vijay., Mishra (2002). Bollywood cinema : temples of desire. New York: Routledge. ISBN9780415930154. OCLC 854585609.
Vijay., Mishra (2006). Bollywood cinema : a critical genealogy. Victoria University of Wellington. Asian Studies Institute. Wellington, N.Z.: Asian Studies Institute. ISBN9780473116217. OCLC 153210452.
Vijay., Mishra (2007). Literature of the Indian diaspora : theorizing the diasporic imaginary (1. publ ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge. ISBN9780415759694. OCLC 219524348.
Vijay., Mishra (2012). What was multiculturalism? : a critical retrospect. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN9780522861273. OCLC 772644579.
Mishra, Vijay (1 February 2014). The Religious Sublime. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195176674.013.003.
Articles
Mishra, Vijay (22 November 2009). "Rushdie-Wushdie: Salman Rushdie's Hobson-Jobson". New Literary History. 40 (2): 385–410. doi:10.1353/nlh.0.0087. ISSN 1080-661X. JSTOR 27760263.
Mishra, Vijay; Hodge, Bob (23 September 2005). "What Was Postcolonialism?". New Literary History. 36 (3): 375–402. doi:10.1353/nlh.2005.0045. ISSN 1080-661X. JSTOR 20057902.
Citations and review
Vijay Mishra is a multidisciplinary scholar whose works are cited by scholars working in film studies, classical Indian studies, literary and cultural theories, religious studies, English literature including post colonial, diaspora and Australian literatures.[4] His books have been reviewed and critically acclaimed by scholars worldwide[5][6][7]
Christensen Professorial Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford University (Hilary Term, 2013)[10]
References
^"Vijay Mishra | Universität des Saarlandes: Neue englischsprachige Kulturen". www.uni-saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^Centre, Head; administration.hrc@anu.edu.au (24 May 2010). "2011 Visiting Fellows". Humanities Research Centre. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^"Vijay Mishra, Professor of English Literature". profiles.murdoch.edu.au. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^"Vijay Mishra - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^Gitomer, David L. (1 June 2000). "Reviewed Work:Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime by Vijay Mishra". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 68 (2): 428–431. doi:10.1093/jaarel/68.2.428. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 1465947. Though many Indologists have deepened their studies of literature under the influence of western aesthetic theory and postmodern approaches to critical reading, it has fallen to a professor of English to produce the first comprehensive work on South Asian religious poetry that fully cognizes European aesthetic theory.
^Fox, Alistair (2007). "In Search of Genuine Equality: The Problem with Multiculturalism". Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. 16 (3): 423–430. doi:10.1353/dsp.2007.0024. ISSN 1911-1568. Mishra's analysis is...not only providing the most penetrating analysis yet published of the array of different approaches to the "multicultural riddle," but also proposing implicitly along the way, and explicitly in its conclusion, a radically reconceived, alternative form of multiculturalism as the desirable way forward for societies aiming to achieve justice for all citizens in terms that allow none of them to feel marginalized or alienated.
^Paranjape, Makarand (1 January 2009). "Vijay Mishra. The Literature of the Indian Diaspora: Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary". ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 40 (1). ISSN 1920-1222. ...this remarkable book, which I venture to say is possibly the best work so far on the literature of the Indian diaspora...[Mishra] hasmade a more lasting and substantial contribution to our shared narratives and pasts than anyone I know in the home country.
^"Raja Rao Annual Award 2008". Samvad India. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^"Fellows - Australian Academy of the Humanities". www.humanities.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^"Murdoch academic receives Oxford honour". media.murdoch.edu.au. Murdoch University. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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SinghChildrenRohan MishraParas MeatesParent s Hari MishraLila Mishra Contents 1 Academic and professional career 2 Selected bibliography 2 1 Books 2 2 Articles 3 Citations and review 4 Awards and honors 5 ReferencesAcademic and professional career EditBorn in Suva Fiji on 4 May 1945 to Hari Mishra and Lila Mishra Vijay was educated at Lelean Memorial School where he completed his Senior Cambridge Higher School Certificate in the First Division Following this he did his New Zealand University Entrance Examination at Suva Grammar School where he won both the Arts and the History Prize A British colonial scholarship took him to Victoria University of Wellington and to Christchurch Teachers College from which institutions he gained respectively a B A and a Diploma in Teaching After a brief teaching stint at Labasa College in Fiji from 1968 to 1969 Vijay went to Macquarie University on a Commonwealth Scholarship where he completed Masters papers in Linguistics and a B A with First Class Honours in English Literature A further brief career in Fiji this time as a Senior Education Officer was followed by migration to Australia in 1974 By then he was married to Nalini Singh daughter of Pratap and Damiyanti Singh In Australia he completed a Masters in English literature at Sydney University and then in 1976 joined the newly established Murdoch University in Perth as a tutor in World Literature He left the university in early 1978 to undertake a PhD in Medieval Indian Poetry and Aesthetics at the Australian National University which he gained in 1981 He returned to Murdoch University as a lecturer in Comparative Literature but three years later left for Oxford University to complete his DPhil in English Literature graduating in 1989 After holding the position of professor of English Literature at the University of Alberta in Canada Mishra has been the professor of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University since 1999 Between 2010 and 2015 he was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow He has also held visiting professorships at the University of Wales the University of California the University of Otago Universitat des Saarlandes 1 University of Technology Sydney and the Australian National University 2 In 2015 he was the Erich Auerbach Professor of Global Literature at the University of Tubingen 3 For the period of 2017 2019 he was elected Visiting Fellow University of Tulsa to work in the V S Naipaul Archive deposited in the university s McFarlin Library Selected bibliography EditBooks Edit Hodge Bob Mishra Vijay 1991 Dark side of the dream Australian literature and the postcolonial mind North Sydney NSW Australia Allen amp Unwin ISBN 9780044423461 OCLC 52729255 Vijay Mishra 1994 The gothic sublime Albany State University of New York Press ISBN 9780791417478 OCLC 42855471 Vijay Mishra 1998 Devotional poetics and the Indian sublime Albany State University of New York Press ISBN 9780791438718 OCLC 44960022 Vijay Mishra 2002 Bollywood cinema temples of desire New York Routledge ISBN 9780415930154 OCLC 854585609 Vijay Mishra 2006 Bollywood cinema a critical genealogy Victoria University of Wellington Asian Studies Institute Wellington N Z Asian Studies Institute ISBN 9780473116217 OCLC 153210452 Vijay Mishra 2007 Literature of the Indian diaspora theorizing the diasporic imaginary 1 publ ed London u a Routledge ISBN 9780415759694 OCLC 219524348 Vijay Mishra 2012 What was multiculturalism a critical retrospect Carlton Vic Melbourne University Publishing ISBN 9780522861273 OCLC 772644579 Mishra Vijay 1 February 2014 The Religious Sublime The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts doi 10 1093 oxfordhb 9780195176674 013 003 Articles Edit Mishra Vijay 22 November 2009 Rushdie Wushdie Salman Rushdie s Hobson Jobson New Literary History 40 2 385 410 doi 10 1353 nlh 0 0087 ISSN 1080 661X JSTOR 27760263 Mishra Vijay Hodge Bob 23 September 2005 What Was Postcolonialism New Literary History 36 3 375 402 doi 10 1353 nlh 2005 0045 ISSN 1080 661X JSTOR 20057902 Citations and review EditVijay Mishra is a multidisciplinary scholar whose works are cited by scholars working in film studies classical Indian studies literary and cultural theories religious studies English literature including post colonial diaspora and Australian literatures 4 His books have been reviewed and critically acclaimed by scholars worldwide 5 6 7 Awards and honors EditRaja Rao Award for Literature Samvad Foundation New Delhi 2008 8 Fellow of Australian Academy of the Humanities 2009 9 Christensen Professorial Fellow of St Catherine s College Oxford University Hilary Term 2013 10 References Edit Vijay Mishra Universitat des Saarlandes Neue englischsprachige Kulturen www uni saarland de in German Retrieved 17 February 2018 Centre Head administration hrc anu edu au 24 May 2010 2011 Visiting Fellows Humanities Research Centre Retrieved 17 February 2018 Vijay Mishra Professor of English Literature profiles murdoch edu au Retrieved 17 February 2018 Vijay Mishra Google Scholar Citations scholar google com Retrieved 17 February 2018 Gitomer David L 1 June 2000 Reviewed Work Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime by Vijay Mishra Journal of the American Academy of Religion 68 2 428 431 doi 10 1093 jaarel 68 2 428 ISSN 0002 7189 JSTOR 1465947 Though many Indologists have deepened their studies of literature under the influence of western aesthetic theory and postmodern approaches to critical reading it has fallen to a professor of English to produce the first comprehensive work on South Asian religious poetry that fully cognizes European aesthetic theory Fox Alistair 2007 In Search of Genuine Equality The Problem with Multiculturalism Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies 16 3 423 430 doi 10 1353 dsp 2007 0024 ISSN 1911 1568 Mishra s analysis is not only providing the most penetrating analysis yet published of the array of different approaches to the multicultural riddle but also proposing implicitly along the way and explicitly in its conclusion a radically reconceived alternative form of multiculturalism as the desirable way forward for societies aiming to achieve justice for all citizens in terms that allow none of them to feel marginalized or alienated Paranjape Makarand 1 January 2009 Vijay Mishra The Literature of the Indian Diaspora Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary ARIEL A Review of International English Literature 40 1 ISSN 1920 1222 this remarkable book which I venture to say is possibly the best work so far on the literature of the Indian diaspora Mishra hasmade a more lasting and substantial contribution to our shared narratives and pasts than anyone I know in the home country Raja Rao Annual Award 2008 Samvad India Retrieved 17 February 2018 Fellows Australian Academy of the Humanities www humanities org au Retrieved 17 February 2018 Murdoch academic receives Oxford honour media murdoch edu au Murdoch University 24 August 2011 Retrieved 17 February 2018 Retrieved from https 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