Preeshita Biswas

Preeshita Biswas is a PhD Candidate in Literature at Texas Christian University (TCU), within the Department of English in the AddRan College of Liberal Arts, and concurrently a Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University in Tokyo. Her academic profile integrates graduate certifications in Women and Gender Studies and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies with research spanning trans-imperial literary networks and multiethnic cultural intersections.

Her scholarly focus centers on global Anglophone prose fiction, graphic novels, and visual cultures—including manga and anime—with specialized attention to Indo-Japanese literary networks, body politics (flesh/skin), periodicals, and queer theory across East, South, and Southeast Asia. Her doctoral project investigates trans-imperial literary connections between England, Japan, and India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, positioned at the crossroads of British and Japanese imperialisms and South/Southeast Asian postcolonial aftermaths.

Her research excellence is evidenced by prestigious recognitions:

• Curran Fellowship from the Research Society of Victorian Periodicals
• MLA Global Fellowship
• LKH Fellowship in English at TCU
• Honorable mention for the Walter L. Arnstein Prize for Dissertation Research in Victorian Studies (Midwest Victorian Studies Association)

At TCU, Biswas serves as Graduate Fellow for Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Graduate Instructor of writing and literature courses. Her dissertation work on trans-imperial networks is fully funded through her competitive fellowships, demonstrating significant scholarly impact in Victorian and global postcolonial studies.