Prof. Dr. Sangita Rayamajhi

Women’s and Gender Studies; Cultural Memory Studies; South Asian Studies

About

Dr. Sangita Rayamajhi is a trailblazing Nepali scholar in Women’s and Gender Studies, and a luminary in South Asian academic discourse. Notably, she is the first woman in Nepal to earn a PhD in English Literature.

Publications

Co-editor with Kathleen M. Nadeau, Women and Violence: Global Lives in Focus (Women and Society around the World). ABC CLIO, Nov. 30, 2019.

Co-author with Arun Gupto, Kapilvastu and Takshila: Conceptualizing the Context. Kathmandu, 2019. 

Co-authored with Kathleen M. Nadeau, Women’s Roles in Asia (Women’s Roles through History), Greenwood Press, 2013. (Hardbound)

Author. Who Is the Daughter of Nepal? Across Publications: Kathmandu, 2001 

Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in “Cultural Memories as Reflected in Dramaturgy”
  • PhD in English Literature