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Accepting PhD Students
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Translation Studies, Postcolonial Studies<br/>South Asian Literatures and Cultures
Dr Hephzibah Israel joined the University of Edinburgh's Translation Studies team in 2011. She holds a BA (Hons) and MA in English Literature from Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has an MPhil in English Literary Studies from the University of Delhi and a PhD in South Asian Languages and Cultures from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Before joining Edinburgh, she taught English Literature for several years at the University of Delhi, St. Stephen’s College (1996-97) and Lady Shri Ram College (1997-2009). She was also English associate lecturer at Open University in the London Region in 2010-2011.
As LLC's Director of Impact and Knowledge Exchange, she is keen on promoting impact activities arising from research within the school.
Current research interests include: literary translation, translation and religion, literary theory, translations in colonial and postcolonial contexts, postcolonial studies, Bible translation and South Asian Christianity, colonial history and mission studies, South Asian languages, literatures, cultures and translation and Tamil studies.
In 2023-24, Dr Israel will be programme director of the MSc in Translation Studies and course organiser for the following core and option courses:
PhDs in progress
She welcomes enquiries from potential research students interested in any of the following areas: translation and religion, translation and history, postcolonial translations, literary translation, power and intervention, the translation of South Asian language literatures (in particular, Tamil and Hindi). Her research includes work on South Asian religions, especially Christianity, their use of language and translation and their links to colonial history, and national and regional identities.
She is currently:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Protestant Translations of the Bible (1714-1995) and Defining a Protestant Tamil Identity, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), University of Delhi, India
Award Date: 1 Jan 1996
Master of Arts, University of Delhi, India
Award Date: 1 Jan 1993
Bachelor of Arts, University of Delhi, India
Award Date: 1 Jan 1991
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Israel, H. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Israel, H. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
Giblin, T. (Host), MacRobert, M. (Contributor), Favaretto, L. (Invited speaker), Harrison, J. (Invited speaker), Israel, H. (Invited speaker), O' Dochartaigh, K. (Invited speaker) & Baxstrom, R. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Israel, H. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Israel, H. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Israel, H. (Principal Investigator)
31/01/20 → 15/12/22
Project: Research
Israel, H. (Principal Investigator)
31/01/20 → 15/12/22
Project: Research
Israel, H. (Principal Investigator)
14/11/14 → 13/05/17
Project: Research