Hania Iftikhar

Brief Bio

Hania Iftikhar is a dedicated lecturer at University of Southern Punjab with working experience of 3.5 years in teaching literature and language. Her academic interests include feminist literary criticism, postcolonial and Pakistani literature in English with particular focus on identity, culture and representation in literary texts.

She has contributed to numerous research publications and also presented in various national and international conferences. She remains actively engaged in scholarly discourse within her field. Alongside teaching, she aims to strengthen critical thinking, analytical skills and academic proficiency among students. Her work reflects a commitment to fostering an inclusive intellectually stimulating environment that encourages meaningful engagement with literature across cultural and theoretical contexts.

Education
Masters of Philosophy in English	The Women University Multan	2022
Master of Arts in English Literature	Bahauddin University Multan	2019
Bachelor of Science	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	2017

Professional Experience
Lecturer	University of Southern Punjab, Multan	2022 – Till now

Research Interests

Postcolonial studies
Pakistani literature
Modern and Classical literature
Feminism
Gender studies
Trauma, Memory and Identity in Literature

Title	Year	Published Link
Representation of Islamophobia and Resilience Strategies: An Islamic Feminist Study of S.K. Ali’s Love from A to Z	2025	Click to view
Psychoanalytic Exploration of Sisterhood among Brown’s The Dancing Girls of Lahore and Saeed’s Taboo! The Hidden Culture of A Red Light Area	2024	Click to view
Historicity of Text and Textuality of History: A New Historicist Analysis of Sorayya Khan’s City of Spies	2023	Click to view
Psychoanalytic Exploration of Motherhood among Brown’s The Dancing Girls of Lahore and Saeed’s Taboo! The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area Volume 11, Number 04, 2023, Pages 4586–4597	2023	Click to view

Eyman, U., & Iftikhar, H. (2025). Representation of Islamophobia and Resilience Strategies: An Islamic Feminist Study of SK Ali’s Love from A to Z. The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies, 3(4), 2113-2120.
Iftikhar, H., & Asif, F. (2024). Psychoanalytic Exploration of Sisterhood among Brown’s The Dancing Girls of Lahore and Saeed’s Taboo! The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area. Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, 8(2), 482-492.
Sadiq, R. A., Chishti, S. M. U. D., & Iftikhar, H. (2023). Historicity of Text and Textuality of History: A New Historicist Analysis of Sorayya Khan’s City of Spies. Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 12(3), 850-854.
Iftikhar, H., Zaidi, S. D. B., & Ehsan, R. (2023). Psychoanalytic Exploration of Motherhood among Brown’s The Dancing Girls of Lahore and Saeed’s Taboo! The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11(4), 4586-4597.

Teaching & Supervision

Courses:

Introduction to Literary Study
Romantic and Victorian Literature
Classical Poetry
Modern Poetry
Pakistani Literature
American Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Functional English
Classical and Renaissance Drama
Expository writing
Introduction to Philosophy
Literary Theory and Practice

Supervision:

MPhil/MS: 4 (Ongoing)

Teaching Philosophy

Promoting close reading and critical engagement with literary texts to cultivate analytical depth and interpretive awareness in diverse cultural and historical contexts among students.

Collaboration

Open to meaningful international collaborations in English literature, with a focus on shared research in literary studies, comparative perspectives, and interdisciplinary humanities work that brings together diverse critical voices.