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)
Intermediality and transmediality in literature and other media (including film, visual arts, and comics/graphic novels)
Canon research (focus: German Late Romanticism)
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
- Emerging Scholars Award, University of Texas, March 2026
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Postdoc Scholarship from Lithuanian Education Exchange Support Foundation, January 2024
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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, September 2022 – August 2023
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Goethe-Institute scholarship for IDT Austria, August 2022
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University of Freiburg Research scholarship (GIPP), May – July 2022
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Winter School scholarship, University of Vienna, February 2022
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Spring School Scholarship from University of Fribourg, June 2021
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Scholarship from Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (Austria), October 2019
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Junior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission, June 2019
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Summer School Scholarship, University of Bielefeld, Germany, September 2018
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DAAD Summer School Scholarship, University of Cologne, August 2018
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Scholarship from University of Tübingen, June 2017
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Scholarship from Kultur Stiftung Weimar, August 2016
Organiser, International Conference: “Revisiting E.T.A. Hoffmann. Interdisciplinary Perspectives for the 21st Century,” in collaboration with the E.T.A. Hoffmann Society (Germany), March 2026
International Workshop: In the Shadow of Division: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis in Postwar Germany, University of Melbourne, April 2026
International lecture: Visualising The Sandman. University of Plovdiv, March 2026
Interpreter (German to English) at the India-German CEOs Global Forum, PMO India, January 2026
Reviewer for National Book Trust, India, 2025
Committee Member, E.T.A. Hoffmann Society, 2025 – present
Member, Board of Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, 2025 – present
Member, Forum Neue Tieck-Forschung, 2024 – present
Member, Board of Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2023 – present
Member, E.T.A. Hoffmann Society, 2023 – present
Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2022 – present
Ambassador for International and European Studies Program, University of Tübingen, 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
- Between Romanticism and Expressionism: A Puppet Affair. "On Touching and (E)motion: Intercontinental Encounters", National Taiwan University, 2026
- Hoffmanneske in Bildern: Natalie Franks Illustrationen zu den Texten E. T. A. Hoffmanns. "E. T. A. Hoffmanns Bilder heute", University of Plovdiv, 2026
- Remembering to Respond: Holocaust Memory in a World of Displacement. Annual Scholars' Conference, University of Texas, 2026
- Visualising the Uncanny: Stuart Patience’s Illustrations of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Sandman. "Revisiting E.T.A. Hoffmann. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven des 21. Jahrhunderts", Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2026
- Polyphonic Remembrance: Uniting Holocaust Memory and Contemporary Refugee Crisis. The Holocaust in a Global Context through Intermedial, Temporal, and Decolonial Lenses. MLA Convention Toronto, 2026
- Crossroads of Memory: Responding to Contemporary Refugee Crisis with Lessons from the Holocaust. “From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration”, Université catholique de Louvain, 2025
- Lernen durch Bilder: Die Illustrationen von Tiecks Der Blonde Eckbert im Deutschunterricht, Forum Neue Tieck-Forschung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 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, 2024
- Hoffmanns Der Sandmann (1816) und seine Repräsentation in Buchillustrationen, Nachwuchs-Forschungskolloquium, ETA Hoffmann Gesellschaft, 2023
- Die Überschneidung von Verbalem und Visuellem. Magnus Zellers Illustrationen zu Hoffmanns Der Sandmann (1816), Konferenz der Westschweizer Universitäten, Universität Neuchâtel, 2022
- Einsatz des Films Werden Sie Deutscher zur Förderung des interkulturellen Wissens ab A2+, Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer (IDT), University of Vienna, 2022
- Romantik im Expressionismus. Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, University of Wuppertal, 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