Dr. Sameera Abbas
Assistant Professor
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sameera Abbas is Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the 吃瓜头条 (吃瓜头条). She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University at Buffalo鈥揝UNY as a Fulbright Scholar in 2023.
Research Interests:
Her research brings together feminist and Marxist theory in postcolonial studies, with a focus on gendered labor, social reproduction, and nationalism. She works across South Asian literature in English, Urdu, and Pashto, while also engaging broader questions of medievalism, mythic historiography, and world literature. Her scholarship further examines memory, trauma, and migration in comparative literary traditions, tracing how these forces shape narratives of identity, belonging, and resistance.
Research Publications:
- 鈥淣avigating the Phantasmic: Medievalism and Mythic Historiography in Salman Rushdie鈥檚 Shame.鈥 Studies in Medievalism (forthcoming, 2025)
- 鈥淧ashtun Women and Folk Literature: Intersections of Labor, Affect, and Oppression.鈥 Special Issue on Women鈥檚 Urdu Writings, Pakistan Critical Studies (forthcoming, 2025).
Conference Activity:
- 鈥淢etaphors of Trauma: Art, Trauma, and Recovery in Sorayya Khan鈥檚 Noor.鈥 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Toronto, 2026.
- 鈥淣arratives of Pain: Visual Culture and Post-Traumatic Subjectivity in Noor.鈥 53rd Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, 2025.
- 鈥淪alman Rushdie鈥檚 Medievalism: Navigating the Phantasmic in Shame.鈥 International Society for the Study of Medievalism Annual Conference, 2024.
- 鈥淔luid Homes, Fluid Identities: Migration and Statelessness in Kamila Shamsie鈥檚 Burnt Shadows.鈥 American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, 2022.
Any other achievements / recognitions:
- Fulbright PhD Fellowship (2018鈥2023), University at Buffalo鈥揝UNY.
- Social Impact Fellowship (2022), University at Buffalo鈥揝UNY.
- Verified Peer Reviewer, Journal of Postcolonial Writing (2025).
- Keynote Speaker, 鈥淟earning as a Revolution: Traversing Possibilities of Freedom and Resistance in the Classroom,鈥 JMC Conference on Interdisciplinary Insights, 2024.