Camellia Paul
Camellia Paul

Contact Information

3124 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-160
Urbana, IL 61801
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Office Hours

Fall 2026:
M, T, R: 2-3 PM
F: 11 AM- 12 noon
Additional hours by appointment.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant

Biography

Camellia Paul is a PhD student in Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studies environmental humanities, Multi-Species Studies, nature and science writing, and literary and translation theories. 

Research Interests

Her areas of research and publication include environmental humanities, ecocriticism, Multi-Species Studies, nature and science writing, myth and folklore, Comparative Literature, and Translation Studies.

  • English, Bengali, Hindi (native and professional fluency)
  • German (beginner)

Education

M.A. in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India (2019)

B.A. Major in Communicative English, University of Calcutta, India (2017)

Awards and Honors

  • Recipient of the Velde Graduate Fellowship Award in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for research focused the library’s collections and/or activities, August 2026. 

     

  • Recipient of the "Best Paper Award" and travel grant for presenting a paper titled “Shifting Owlscapes in Bengal: A Flight through Myth, Mysticism, and Magic” at the international “Multi-ConTEXT: Interdisciplinary Conference,” organized by Department of English Language and Literature, Chungbuk National University, The Republic of Korea, October 2024.

Courses Taught

Highlighted Publications

  • “Shifting Owlscapes in Bengal: A Flight through Myth, Mysticism, and Marginalization” in Interspecies Negotiations: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Indian Literature edited by Susan Haris and Anu Pande (Bloomsbury: New Delhi, 2026), pp. 85 – 102. ISBN 978-9361311840. www.bloomsbury.com/us/interspecies-negotiations-9789361311840/

     

  • “A Tale of Two Owls: Ulūka and Ulama” SALIDmag (South Asian Languages, Images, and Data Magazine), Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Illinois Global Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, August 2026. 
    csames.illinois.edu/sas/SALIDmag

Recent Publications