Faculty

Meet the Assistant Professor - II
Soumick De
Assistant Professor - II,
School of Liberal Studies
Email : soumick.de@bmu.edu.in
Soumick De is an Assistant Professor at the School of Liberal Studies. He completed his doctoral research from Jawaharlal Nehru University on ‘Perversion, Pedagogy and the Comic: A survey of the Concept of Theatre in the Christian Middle Ages’. His research interests include psychoanalysis, Marxist critical theory, political theology and theatre history.
- Graduation In: French (Hons)
- Graduation From: Centre for French and Francophone Studies (CFFS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
- Graduation Year: 2007
- Post Graduation In: Arts and Aesthetics
- Post Graduation From: School of Arts and Aesthetics (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
- Post Graduation Year: 2009
- Doctorate In: Theatre and Performance Studies (TPS),
- Doctorate From: School of Arts and Aesthetics (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
- Doctorate Year: 2017
| From - To (Year) | Designation & Organization | Core Competency | Additional Exp. Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Visiting Faculty, Center for Psychosocial Clinical Studies, B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi | ||
| 2021-2022 | Adjunct Faculty, Center for Psychosocial Clinical Studies, Center for Psychosocial Clinical Studies, B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi | ||
| 2019-2021 | Post-doctoral fellow of Indian Council of Social Science Research. |
Books:
- 2022. Perversion, pedagogy and the comic. Aakar Books.
- 2025. Symptoms of Exit: Reflections beyond the Political. Springer/ Aakar Books
Articles:
- 2025. Comic intelligence and its anarchic origins in modernity. Kritike an Online Journal of Philosophy, 19(1), 75–99.
- 2019. Translating the Greeks: the divine faithlessness of Hölderlin. Kritike an Online Journal of Philosophy, 13(1), 122–143.
- 2015. Not even to know that you do not know: Cicero and the “Theatricality” of the new academy. Kritike an Online Journal of Philosophy, 9(2), 193-206.
- 2013. Law, Reason, Truth: Three Paradigmatic problems concerning faith. Kritike an Online Journal of Philosophy, 7(2), 19–32.
