Dr. Epsita Halder is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Centre for Studies in Islamicate Asia in Department of Comparative Literature in Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She researches and writes about Muslim sonic-visual piety, mediatization and the Shi'i transterritorial networks. The main focus of her studies include: Analysis of cultural, religious and literary intersections in south Asian communities, Islamic Identity, colonial & post-colonial literature, and interactions between religious and art. Halder is a member of the School of Oriental & African Studies in London. Also, she has edited Literature and the Other Arts (Kolkata: Jadavpur University Press, 2023), edited and co-translated The Open Winged Scorpion and Other Stories (Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2020), collection of 10 short stories by Abul Bashar from Bangla into English, and edited a collection of short stories by Muslim authors. She has delivered lecture at international institutes, including University of Gottingen, University of Heidelberg, University of Warsaw, University of Prague, the British Library, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Halder has presented papers and participated in various workshops, seminars and conferences on Islam in Bengal, Sufism, Historical Shia monuments, Muharram, Muslim popular piety and identity. The following are some of her journal publications: Sounding Pain: Public-Private Aspects of Shia Women’s Sonic Practices in Muharram, The Garden and the Fire: The Hereafter in the Bengali Muslim Literary Imagination, Mourning in the City: Imambaras as the Site of Urban Contestation in Kolkata, Mourning over Karbala: Rethinking Ritual Actions of Shia Women in Kolkata, Shia Women and their Place-making: Gendered Agency in the Muharram Gatherings in Kolkata, The Sound of the Heart: A Polemic on Sufism in the Age of Islamic Reform in Bengal (1880-1920), Reclaiming the Sacred: Bengal Muslim Community’s Quest for a Jatiya Identity (1880s – 1940s), and From Mourning to Martyrology: Karbala Narratives in late 19th –early 20th century Bengal.