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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (ISSN 0975-2935) derives its name from ‘rup’ (form) and ‘katha’ (words), which, when combined, mean ‘myth’ in Bengali. More>>

Volume 15, 2023

Number 1: Themed Issue on Current and Future Directions in TESOL Studies
Number 2: General Issue
Number 3: General Issue
Number 4: Themed Issue on the AI Revolution
Number 5: Special Issue on Poetics of Self-construal in Postcolonial Literature

Volume 14, 2022

Number 1: Themed Issue on Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Literary and Cultural Studies
Number 2: Themed Issue on Literature of Northeast India & General Articles
Number 3: Themed issue “Across Cultures: Ibero-America and India” & General Articles
Number 4: Themed issue “Global Anxieties in Times of Current Crises”

Volume 13, 2021

Number 1: General Issue under Continuous Mode
Number 2: Special Articles on Health Humanities and General Articles
Number 3: General Issue
Number 4: General Issue

Volume 12, 2020

Number 1: General Issue under Continuous Mode
Number 2: General Issue under Continuous Mode
Number 3: Special Collection on “India and Travel Narratives”, guest-edited by Ms. Somdatta Mandal, PhD
Number 4: General Issue under Continuous Mode
Number 5: 1st RIOC Conference Issue
Number 6: Special Articles on Health Humanities and General Articles

Volume 11, 2019

Number 1: (Special Issue on Human Rights and Literature, guest-edited by Prof. Pramod K. Nayar)
Number 2: General Issue
Number 3: General Issue

Volume 10, 2018

Number 1: (Special Issue on “Interrogating Cultural Translation: Literature and Fine Arts in Translation and Adaptation”
Number 2: (On Frankenstein 200, 1818-2018 and the General Areas)
Number 3: (General Issue)

Volume 9, 2017

Number 1 (General Issue)
Special Issue on Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan
Number 2 (with special articles on Technocracy, War and Walls in Art and Literature)
Number 3 (General Issue)
Number 4 (General Issue)

Volume 8, 2016

Number 1 (Open Issue)
Number 2 (Special Issue on Education by Lovely Professional University)
Number 3 (Special Focus on Animal Studies)
Number 4 (General Issue)

Volume 7, 2015

Number 1 (Special Issue on Digital Humanities)
Number 2 (Special Issue on “Desire and Deceit: India in the Europeans’ Gaze”)
Number 3 (Open Issue)

Volume 6, 2014

Number 1 (Special Issue on LGBT/Queer Studies)
Number 2 (Open Issue)
Number 3 (Open Issue)

Volume 5, 2013

Number 1 (Open Issue)
Number 2 (Special Issue on Performance Studies)
Number 3 (Open Issue)

Volume 4, 2012

Number 1 (Special Issue on Charles Dickens)
Number 2 (New Literature in English)

Volume 3, 2011

Number 1 (Special Issue on the Interdisciplinary Relationship between Science and Art)
Number 2 (Contemporary Poetry in English)
Number 3 (Hierarchical Economy)
Number 4 (Open Issue)

Volume 2, 2010

Number 1 (Special Issue on Visual Arts)
Number 2 (New Literatures in English)
Number 3 (Special Issue dedicated to the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence)
Number 4 (Special Issue on Rabindranath Tagore, 150 Years)

Volume 1, 2009

Number 1 (New Literatures in English)
Number 2 (New Literatures in English)

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