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Dr. Gautam Basu Thakur holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the faculty of the Department of English at Boise State University in 2011, and is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies. His research interests include Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, Victorian literature and culture, British literature of the Empire, and film and popular culture. Basu Thakur was Idaho Humanities Council Research Fellow in 2013-14.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Between Nowhere and Goodbye: Love Clichés (and beyond) in Literature and Film
Thakur, G. B., 2025, Death and Love: Psychoanalytic and Philosophical Perspectives. Taylor and Francis, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Burning “Between Two Fires”: The Individual Under Erasure in Hassan Blasim’s “The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes”: The Individual under Erasure in Hassan Blasim’s “The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes”
Basu Thakur, G., 1 Jun 2024, In: Philosophies. 9, 3, 56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Holes, Pits, and Caves: Empire, Ecology, and Ontology
Thakur, G. B., Nov 2023, In: Victoriographies. 13, 3, p. 321-339 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Occupying Psychoanalysis in a Post-Colonial World: Fanon’s ‘Zone of Nonbeing’ and the Subject of Racism
Basu Thakur, G., 23 Apr 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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“You Should Pray I Choose the Latter”: Rioting, Violence, & Jouissance
Basu Thakur, G., 1 Jan 2022, In: PsyArt.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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2006 - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Basu Thakur, G. (Recipient), 2006
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