PhD in German Literature and Visual Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University, with research at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany and Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
MA in German Studies, University of Delhi
BA in German Studies, University of Delhi (Gold medalist)
Intermedialität und Transmedialität in Literatur und anderen Medien (unter Einbeziehung von Film, bildender Kunst und Comics/Graphic Novels)
Kanonforschung (Schwerpunkt: Deutsche Spätromantik)
2023 – till date: Assistant Professor in German, Jawaharlal Nehru University
In Country Experience
Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovakia, United Kingdom and USA
- University Gold Medal in German Studies, University of Delhi, 2018
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Postdoc Scholarship from Education Exchange Support Foundation, Lithuania, Jan 2024
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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Switzerland, Sept 2022– Aug 2023
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Goethe-Institute scholarship, Austria, Aug 2022
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Research scholarship (GIPP), University of Freiburg, Germany, May–July 2022
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Winter School scholarship, University of Vienna, Austria, Feb 2022
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Scholarship from University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Jun 2021
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Scholarship from Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Austria, Oct 2019
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Junior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission, Jun 2019
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Summer School Scholarship, University of Bielefeld, Germany, Sep 2018
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DAAD Summer School Scholarship, University of Cologne, Germany, Aug 2018
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Scholarship from University of Tübingen, Germany, Jun 2017
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Scholarship from Kultur Stiftung Weimar, Germany, Aug 2016
Interpreter (German to English) at the India-German CEOs Global Forum, Gujarat, India, January 2026
Reviewer for National Book Trust, India, 2025
Committee Member, E.T.A. Hoffmann Society, Bamberg, Germany, 2025 – present
Member, Board of Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2025 – present
Member, Forum Neue Tieck-Forschung, 2024 – present
Member, Board of Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2023 – present
Member, E.T.A. Hoffmann Society, Bamberg, Germany, 2023 – present
Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, USA, 2022 – present
Ambassador for International and European Studies Program, University of Tübingen, Germany, 2018 – present
- Text-Bild Verflechtungen. Konstantinovs Der Sandmann (2019) im Rückblick. Alma Mater – Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, 1(1), 2024 pp. 54-70.
- Integration und ihre Einbettung im DaF-Unterricht anhand des Films Werden Sie Deutscher. In: Berényi-Nagy, Tímea - Kertes, Patrícia - Sárvári, Tünde (Hrsg): DUfU. Deutschunterricht für Ungarn. 2023. S. 238–251.
- Intermedial Study of Stuart Patience’s Paintings and E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann (1816) in: Rosy Singh (ed.): Aesthetics across Cultures, Intertextuality and Intermediality, Routledge. 2023, pp 222–232.
- Einbettung des Mauerfalls im Deutschunterricht. Einsatz des Films Bornholmer Straße (2014) zur Thematisierung der Wiedervereinigung ab A2+, German Studies in India. Indo-German. 2023, S. 47–53.
- The Intersection of the Verbal and the Visual. The Apple Woman in E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Golden Pot (1814) and its representation in Book Illustrations. Anandam. 2022, pp. 43–51
- Language Connects. Language Disconnects. Özdamar’s Mutterzunge and the Role of the Language. Media, Language and Literature: Current Indo-German Approaches. 2022, pp 45–56.
- Kulturschreiben mit Translation anhand des Beispiels Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm. Temeswarer Beiträge zur Germanistik. Vol 18, 2021, S. 91–96
Conferences
- Polyphonic Remembrance: Uniting Holocaust Memory and Contemporary Refugee Crisis. The Holocaust in a Global Context through Intermedial, Temporal, and Decolonial Lenses. MLA Convention Toronto, Canada, 2026
- Crossroads of Memory: Responding to Contemporary Refugee Crisis with Lessons from the Holocaust. “From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration”, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2025
- Lernen durch Bilder: Die Illustrationen von Tiecks Der Blonde Eckbert im Deutschunterricht, Forum Neue Tieck-Forschung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 2024
- “Siddharta und die gegenwärtige Inder”. Hermann Hesse in the mirror of two generations. Hermann Hesse Museum, Switzerland, 2024
- Words through Images. C.O. Bartning’s Illustrations (1977) of Kafka’s "Die Verwandlung" (1915), Kafka Transformed, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2024
- Hoffmanns Der Sandmann (1816) und seine Repräsentation in Buchillustrationen, Nachwuchs-Forschungskolloquium, ETA Hoffmann Gesellschaft, Germany, 2023
- Die Überschneidung von Verbalem und Visuellem. Magnus Zellers Illustrationen zu Hoffmanns Der Sandmann (1816), Konferenz der Westschweizer Universitäten, Universität Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2022
- Einsatz des Films Werden Sie Deutscher zur Förderung des interkulturellen Wissens ab A2+, Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer (IDT), University of Vienna, Austria, 2022
- Romantik im Expressionismus. Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, University of Wuppertal, Germany, 2022
Book
E.T.A. Hoffmanns ‘Der Sandmann’ (1816) und seine Darstellung in expressionistischen Buchillustrationen. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2024.
Media articles
Interview with Staatsbibliothek in Berlin: Sahib Kapoor: E.T.A. Hoffmanns Der Sandmann(1816) und seine Darstellung in expressionistischen Buchillustrationen.
https://etahoffmann.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/kapoor/
Interviews
Interview on Franz Kafka for Wadham College, University of Oxford (2024)
Courses Introduced
Postgraduate course: Understanding Graphic Novels: History, Form and Content (2025)
PhDs (Under Supervision)
Ravi Kumar: A Comparative Study of English and Hindi Translations of Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"
Goutam Kumar: The Jew as a Literary Figure in E. T. A. Hoffmann’s "Die Serapionsbrüder" (1819-1821)
Dilip Kumar: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in GFL-Classroom in India