In addition to visits from Indian writers who read from and discuss their work, SCILET also sponsors lectures by scholars and critics who have studied the work of these writers and other related new literatures in English. These lecturers have come not only from India but from a variety of overseas countries, demonstrating the increased interest in this literature in many parts of the world. Audiences for these lectures are similar to those who attend creative writers’ programmes, and frequently add their comments, questions and discussion after the lecture has been given. Principal Guest Lecturers, their positions, titles of the lectures and the dates of their visits are given below.

Lecturer	:    Dr. Ferial J. Ghazoul
Position	:    Professor of English, American University, Cairo, Egypt
Topic	:    Postcolonial and Postmodern Literature
Date	:    October 1992

Lecturer	:    Dr. John Oliver Perry
Position	:    Professor, Department of English, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Topic	:    Toward an Indigenous Criticism of Indian English Poetry
Date	:    February 1993

Lecturer	:    Professor Robert Rouge
Position	:    Professor of American Literature, The Sorbonne, Paris, France
Topic	:    The Novels of Bharati Mukerjee
Date	:    December 1995

 

Lecturer	:    Dr. Lakshmi Holmstrom
Position	:    Professional Translator, Norwich, England
Topic	:    Recent Trends in Translation – Theory and Practice
Date	:    October 1996

  

Lecturer	:    Dr. Leonard Smith
Position	:    Professor of History, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Topic	:    Postmodernism in History and Literature
Date	:    January 1997

 

Lecturer	:    Dr. Emmanuel Nelson
Position	:    Professor of English, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, USA
Topic	:    The Harlem Renaissance
Date	:    July 1997

  

Lecturer	:    Dr. Emmanuel Nelson
Position	:    Professor of English, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, USA
Topic	:    James Baldwin, and his story, “Sonny’s Blues”
Date	:    July 1998

  

Lecturer	:    Dr. Clifford Hill
Position	:    Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York city, USA
Topic	:    The Use of Computers and Technology in Language Teaching
Date	:    May 2000

 

Lecturer	:    Dr. Cecile Sandten
Position	:    Professor, Department of English, University of Bremen, Germany
Topic	:    The Poetry of Sujata Bhatt
Date	:    September 2000

  

Lecturers	:    Dr. Anuradha Needham         Dr. Lawrence Needham
Position	:    Professors, Department of English, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Topic	:    Narrating the Nation: Literary and Historical Approaches
Date	:    July 2001

 

Lecturer	:    Dr. Amritjit Singh
Position	:    Professor of English, Ohio University, Athens, ohio, USA
Topic	:    South Asians in North America
Date	:    January 2002

 

Lecturer	:    Dr. Amrita Bhalla
Position	:    Professor of English, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi
Topic	:    The Writings of Shashi Deshpande
Date	:    March 2004

Lecturer	:    Dr. Edward Vermue
Position	:    Special Collections and Preservation Librarian, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Topic	:    Maintenance and Care of Old Books
Date	:    January 2006

Lecturer	:   Dr. P. Radhika
Position	:   Professor of English, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam
Topic	:   Tribute to K. Ayyappa Paniker
Date	:   September 2006

Lecturer	:   Dr. Theodore Baskaran
Position	:   Consultant, National Film Archives, Pune
Topic	:   From Print to Screen: Literature and Cinema in South India
Date	:   February 2007

Lecturer	:   Manohar Devadoss
Position	:   Writer, Artist
Topic	:   Multiple Facets of My Madurai (Book release)
Date	:   August 2007

Lecturer	:   Shanta Acharya
Position	:   Member of Development Council, Arvon Foundation Poetry Director, Lauderdale House, London
Topic	:   Reading and Discussion of Her Work
Date	:   January 2008