Literature Review Writing*

Monday, 20 May 2013

Registration time: 8.45 – 9.00 am
Lecture time: 9.00 – 11.00 am
Venue: DKU, Biotech 1, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UPM
Speaker: Dr. Lalita Sinha

DESCRIPTION
The literature review, which situates any given study in the context of past research, is
arguably the most important part of a student’s thesis. This seminar illustrates this
importance through a breakdown of the elements contained in an effective literature review,
its relation to other parts of a thesis, such as the discussion, and the minor variations in form
it takes in scientific and social scientific studies.

BIONOTES
Dr. Lalita Sinha
The daughter of migrant Bengali parents, Lalita Sinha was born in Pahang, Malaysia. She studied world literatures at Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang, and continued graduate studies in Comparative Literature at the same institution. Dr. Sinha served with Universiti
Sains Malaysia for more than three decades. She retired as Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Comparative Religion in
2006, and has since been increasingly involved in publishing at home and abroad. One of her books, The Other Salina: A. Samad Said’s
Masterpiece in Translation (2006) has been highly commended by Malaysian National Laureates and the academic book publishers
council of Malaysia. Her essays have been published in various journals, among others, Sacred Web: Journal of Tradition & Modernity,
Tenggara: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, and Malaysian Branch of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Currently, she is
involved in graduate training workshops, literary translation as well as lectures and publications on literature and mysticism.
Unveiling the Garden of Love is primarily based on her Ph.D research, which is an interpretation and comparison of mystical poems of
the Hindu-Bhakti and Islamic-Sufi traditions based on the Traditionalist viewpoint. The thesis was honored with the Best Thesis Award
2004 by Universiti Sains Malaysia. Besides being a work of research it is a reflection of her personal quest and challenges, and esoteric
insights from transformational encounters with living spiritual masters.

Learning Support Unit

School of Graduate Studies
This seminar is free of charge Universiti Putra Malaysia
Closing date : 10 May 2013 43400, Serdang, Selangor
Only 300 seats available Tel : +03-89464229(Ms Affa) I Faxs : +03-89464174
Web : http://www.sgs.upm.edu.my
All UPM Postgraduate are Welcome
To register please email to:
affahuraizah@putra.upm.edu.my
* This seminars is part of Putra Sarjana Core Courses

Seminars • School of Graduate Studies • Universiti Putra Malaysia