Dr. Javaria Farooqui was part of the panel, “New Forays in Doctoral Research in English
Studies,”
Dr Javaria Farooqui was part of the panel, “New Forays in Doctoral Research in English
Studies,” in a workshop organized by Punjab University Institute of English Studies (IES). It
was an international training workshop for PhD supervisors in English studies. The title of
her talk was “After the Happily-Ever-After: A Short Talk on the Discipline of Popular
Romance Studies and Thesis-ing.”
She introduced the emerging discipline of popular romance studies and urged the current and
prospective PhD supervisors in Pakistan to think beyond the established canons of literature.
She argued that there are many rich areas of research in Pakistan that are just waiting to be
explored systemically through rigorous PhD projects.