Dr. Clara A.B. Joseph

PhD

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of English

Adjunct

Faculty of Arts, Department of Classics and Religion

Contact information

cjoseph@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-4232

Preferred method of communication

cjoseph@ucalgary.ca

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy English Literature, York University,

M.A. English Lang & Or Literature, University of Toronto,

Biography

I am a professor in the Department of English, as well as an adjunct in the Department of Classics and Religion, and my teaching and research are centered primarily around South Asian Religion, Literature, and Culture; Christianity; and Literary and Cultural Theory. I am also a creative writer, and have taught courses in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. I am the author of Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn (2019) and The Agent in the Margin: Nayantara Sahgal’s Gandhian Fiction (2008), as well as the poetry volumes M/OTHER (2024), Dandelions for Bhabha (2018), and The Face of the Other (2016). My most recent scholarly publication, India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle: The Thomas Christians (1599–1799) (2024), offers a fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle, focusing on the Thomas Christians, a group of Christians in South India who waged a nonviolent struggle against European colonization during the politically volatile period of 1599–1799. In addition, I was a co-editor for the collections Global Fissures: Postcolonial Fusions (2006, with Janet Wilson) andTheology and Literature: Rethinking Reader Responsibility (2006, with Gaye William Ortiz).

Research

Areas of Research

South Asian Religion, Literature, and Culture, Christianity, Literary and Cultural Theory, Creative Writing -- Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Prose

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
ENGL 25303 LEC 01 01	Novel	2020
ENGL 25303 TUT 01 T01	Novel	2021
ENGL 491 LEC 01 01	Advanced Studies in Global Lit	2020
ENGL 51730 SEC 03 S03	Adv Topic Thrt'l Cultr'l Study	2021
ENGL 60773 SEC 02 S02	Topics Thrtc'l/Cltr'l Studies	2020
ENGL 376 LEC 01 01	Indigenous Lit Turtle Island	2021
ENGL336	CREATIVE WRITING AND READING LIKE A WRITER	Winter 2023

Awards

Standard Research Grant, SSHRC. 2010
ASPP Scholarly Book Prize, SSHRC. 2009
Standard Research Grant, SSHRC. 2004
Honorable Mentions in Poetry, Royal City Literary Arts Society (RCLS) Write On! Contest. 2017
Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, Students' Union, University of Calgary. 2012
Honorable Mention (Placed Fourth) in the category of History for Routledge, 2019., 2020 Book Awards, CPA, US and Canada. 2020

Publications

M/OTHER (Poems). Clara A.B. Joseph. Wipf and Stock Publishers. (2024)
India's Nonviolent Freedom Struggle: The Thomas Christians (1599-1799). Clara A.B. Joseph. Routledge. (2024)
Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn. Clara A.B. Joseph. Routledge (Open Access). (2019)
Dandelions for Bhabha (Poems). Clara A.B. Joseph. Interactive Press (IP). (2018)
The Face of the Other (A Long Poem). Clara A.B. Joseph. Interactive Press (IP). (2016)
The Agent in the Margin: The Gandhian Fiction of Nayantara Sahgal. Clara A.B. Joseph. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. (2008)
Global Fissures: Postcolonial Fusions. Clara A.B. Joseph and Janet Wilson (eds.). Rodopi. (2006)
Theology and Literature: Rethinking Reader Responsibility. Gaye William Ortiz and Clara A.B. Joseph (eds.). (2006)
Rethinking the Postcolonial and Globalisation (Special Issue). Clara A.B. Joseph and Janet Wilson (eds.). World Literature Written in English. (2005)
The Postcolonial and Globalisation (Special Issue). Clara A.B. Joseph and Janet Wilson (eds.). World Literature Written in English. (2004)