Under review (preprint available)
2026 · Research article
Algorithmic Hermeneutics and the Fourth Epoch of Reading: How AI Reading Environments Restructure Interpretation
S Anas Ahmad, M. Rizwan Khan, Filza Zaki Khan
Digital Humanities Quarterly
Guest Faculty · Department of English, Women’s College
Aligarh Muslim University
Postcolonial Digital Humanities
S Anas Ahmad
Reading the systems that shape meaning
I study how digital platforms, AI reading environments, and scholarly infrastructures shape what can be known—and whose knowledge counts.
My work approaches systems that claim neutrality from Indian and Global South positions, bringing postcolonial criticism into dialogue with hermeneutics and infrastructure studies.
PhD in English, Aligarh Muslim University · Founder, SHABD India
About me ↗Selected work
All publications ↗Under review (preprint available)
2026 · Research article
Digital Cartographies of Exclusion: Mapping Inequality in Global Virtual Flight Simulation
S Anas Ahmad
Games and Culture
Published
2026 · Research article
Digital Humanities and Electronic Literature in India: opportunities, challenges, and future directions
Maria Shahid, S Anas Ahmad, Bushra Ahmad, M. Rizwan Khan
New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia
Building scholarly communities
Projects & field-building ↗Corresponding and lead guest editor
Digital Marginalisation, AI Bias, and Cultural Representation in South Asia
A special issue of the Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress, co-edited with M. Rizwan Khan and Samya Brata Roy. The issue examines how digital systems shape exclusion, representation, and knowledge in South Asia.
Founder
SHABD India
Scholarly Humanities Alliance for Bhasha and Digitalisation in India. A field-building initiative for Digital Humanities and vernacular language scholarship, with attention to underrepresented linguistic traditions and minoritarian cultural production.
Research in conversation
Across classrooms and conferences.
My work develops through teaching, scholarly exchange, and creative practice.