Dr. Manali Karmakar

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies
Keywordsvulnerable bodies, trauma, reproductive justice, Indian fictional narratives

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityOldenburg
InstitutionCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
InstituteSeminar für Anglistik/Amerikanistik

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Julia WurrSeminar für Anglistik/Amerikanistik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2026

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026Manali Karmakar: Vauhini Vara’s The Immortal King Rao: Mind Uploading, Digital Immortality, Extended, and Entangled Subjectivity in the Post-Truth, Technocratic Globalized Culture. In: Anne Dewitt, The Oxford Handbook of Literature and Science, 1800–Present . Oxford University Press, 2026.
2026Manali Karmakar: ‘Surrogacy and abortion are strange bedfellows’: representation of the complex phenomenology of reproductive choices and decision-making in Indian films on surrogacy. In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2026,