Education
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, PH.D. Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
MASTER OF ARTS, M.A. Sotheby’s Institute of Art & The University of Manchester
MASTER OF ARTS, M.A. Saint Louis University Madrid Campus & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
BACHELOR OF ARTS, B.A. Oberlin College
Biography
Professor Tehezeeb Moitra, PhD, is based in Naples, Italy. She works both at Universita' Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples and at The American University of Rome. Moitra holds a Ph.D. from L'Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale; Masters degrees in English Literature from Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus and Contemporary Art from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London; her Bachelor's degree was obtained from Oberlin College in Ohio.
Professor Moitra's research interests include Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies, Linguistics and Gender Studies on which she has several publications.
Selected publications
- Naplescapes: Palimpsestic Webs and Anglophone Encounters, Palgrave McMillan, October 2025 (ISBN: 978-3-031-92055-4)
- “Unruly Bodies and Untamed Voices: Re-writing the Immortal through Tales of Amnesia”, in Anglistica-AION. An Interdisciplinary Journal (ISSN: 2035-8504)
- “The Sacred Fundamental: An Exploration of Indian Womanhood in Selected Works from the Oeuvre of Kamala Das” Indian Poetry in English: Critical Essays, (Prentice Hall: ISBN 978-81-203-4571- 3)
Affiliations
- Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa