Ph.D in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.Phil in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.A in German, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
B.A (Hons) in German, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Literature, Language, Intermediality, Intersection of Literature and the Arts, European Art History, post-colonial Studies and Culture Studies, Paite (Folk) Literature and Culture Studies, North-eastern literary and culture studies
More than 13 years of teaching experience
2018: Awarded the Staff Mobility training scholarship, Konstanz, Germany
2014: Awarded the Wuppertal Scholarship for Doctoral Candidate
2011: Awarded the DLA-Marbach scholarship for the 5th International summer school, Marbach, Germany
2009-2010: Awarded DAAD scholarship – A New passage to India at the University of Konstanz, Germany
2008: Awarded UGC- Junior research fellow (JRF)
2007 and 2008: Awarded the UGC-National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET)
Co-Ordinator- ERASMUS +ICM, Konstanz, Germany 2018 till date
Die Darstellung der indischen Gesellschaft im 18. Jahrhundert bei Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg in Tranquebar, Indien- Eine Analyse, 2015 (eBook)
(Non)-Contemporaneity of Revolution in Anna Seghers’Das Licht auf dem Galgen and Heiner Müller’s Der Auftrag. (Un-) Gleichzeitigkeiten. (Eds) Carmen Ulrich. Indicium. 2018
Literatures of the Paite tribe of Manipur-Writings from the ‘periphery’: Folktales to other forms of literature – a critical approach” In: Literatures from Northeast India -Beyond the Centre–Periphery Debate. Ed.: K M Baharul Islam. Routledge. 2021
Representations of the Societies of Cameroon and South-India through the 18th-19th Century under German Missionaries: A comparative analysis in Europäisch-deutsche Kolonisation in Kamerun. In: European Colonialism in Africa. Ed.: Jean Bernard Mblah and Zacharie Saha. Christian A. Bachmann Verlag, Berlin. 2021
Status of Tribal Women in India (With specific reference to political and religious sphere : A few observations) In: EQUALITY No. 10 /December – 2023
Preserving Cultural Heritage with specific reference to Paite Tribe In: International Research Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences : Volume 9, Issue 06, June 2022
Gender Representation in Folklore Culture: Dissection of Selected Paite Tribe of Manipur in Political and Economy Journal. Vol 26, Issues 1&2, January. June 2017
Staging Slavery: Representation of stage “Blackness” in Theodor Körner’s Drama Toni (1812) Routledge New York February 2023
Lengtonghoih – The Girl who wanted the brightest star: A Paite Folktale ( Children’s animated book)by Seagull Publications Publication Year: April 2022
Myth, Fiction and the Abstract: Influences and Representations of Greek Art and Mythology in Heinrich von Kleist’s Penthesilea In: Journal of Arts. IIS Univ.J.A. Vol.12 (1&2), 25-40/October 2023
Aesthetische Beschreibung der Natur in Alexander von Humboldt’s Ansichten der Natur. Temeswarer Beiträge zur Germanistik. Band 20. 2023
Intercultural Competence and Teaching Literature in a foreign Language Classroom: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen’s Novel The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus as an experiment for Spanish and German learners. In: HISPANIC HORIZON Journal of the Centre of Spanish, Portugues, Italian & Latin American Studies , No. 36, 2024
The Intersection of Visual Arts and Literature: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Woodworks of Adelbert von Chamisso’s Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte In: (Ed.) Rosy Singh: Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality, Intermediality and Interculturality. December, Routledge 2023-2024.
Recent Newspaper articles
Dr. Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite writes Manipur — the difficult path to ushering in peace and winning trust, March 04, 2025 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/manipur-the-difficult-path-to-ushering-in-peace-and-winning-trust/article69285149.ece
Dr. Mercy Vungthianmuang Guite writes for The Week about the humanitarian crisis in Manipur August 2024 http://www.theweek.in/news/india/2023/08/08/no-refuge-in-refugee-camps-a-humanitarian-crisis-is-unfolding-in-manipur.html