Conferences

Lectures and Conference Papers

Invited Lectures

Resource Person in the UGC Sponsored Workshop on ELT Materials Production organized by the Institute of English, University of Kerala on 16, 17, and 18 May 2013.

Resource Person for material production at the UGC Sponsored National Workshop on ELT Curriculum for Science organized by the Institute of English, University of Kerala on 28 and 29 October 2013.

Chaired a session and was a panelist at the International Seminar on Ending Gendered Violence: From Theory to Practice organized by All Saints College, Trivandrum on 18 and 19 November 2013.

Resource Person for Material Production at the UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Diaspora Studies. Coordinated a module and presented a paper on Chinese American Diaspora at the workshop organized by the Institute of English, University of Kerala on 22 and 23 November 2013.

Plenary Talk “Globalizing Pattern in Regional Music and Dalit Culture: A Cultural Studies Reading of Western Musical Tradition in Kerala” at the National Seminar (Readings and Rereadings in Culture, Literature and Film) held at KNM Govt. Arts and Science College, Kanjiramkulam, Trivandrum on 25-26 February 2014.

Resource Person at the “National Conference on Women and Society: Trials and Triumphs” held at Women’s Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu on April 11, 2014.

Plenary Lecture titled “Multiplicities, Hybridities and Fragmented Selves: A Study on South Asian Women Diaspora Writers” at the UGC- Sponsored National Seminar organized by Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum (Receding Boundaries: Transnational Spaces, Nation and Representation in South Asian Diaspora) on 10-11 December, 2015.

Keynote Address titled “Multidimensionality of Shadowtime Discourses: A Conceptual Analysis of the Anthropocene” at the National Seminar organized by the Government College for Women, Trivandrum (Myriad Manifestations of the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Perspectives) on 28, 29, and 30 Nov 2016.

Chaired a session at the National Seminar (Dalit Literature, Art and Aesthetics: The Kerala Experience) organized by the UGC-SAP, DRS II, Institute of English, University of Kerala, Trivandrum on 16-18 March 2017.

Plenary Lecture titled “Politics of Feminism in the Age of Post Humanism” at the National Conference organized by The Centre for Cultural Studies and Institute of English, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Engendering Disciplinary Ruptures: Cultural Studies in India) on 11 Aug 2017.

Chaired a session at the National Seminar organized by The Centre for Cultural Studies and Institute of English University of Kerala, Trivandrum on 8-10 October 2017.

Plenary Lecture at the National Workshop (The Alchemy of Writing: Innovative Techniques and Practices) organized by Government College for Women, Trivandrum on 6, 7 and 8 of November 2017.

Plenary Lecture at the National Seminar organized by Baby John Memorial Government College, Chavara on 28 and 29 of November 2017.

Chaired a session at the National Seminar on South Asian Diaspora in Australia organized by Centre for Australian Studies and Institute of English, the University of Kerala from 28-30 Nov 2018.

Invited Talk at the 2-day Workshop on Research Skills and Methods, organized by the Dept of Geology, S N College, Varkala on 21 and 22 Jan 2019.

Resource Person for the National Workshop on Materials Production on Communicative Skills in English organised by the Institute of English, University of Kerala on 16-18 Feb 2019.

Invited Lecture at the International seminar on Gender Studies (Brand Feminism: Reading Contemporary Visual Cultural Practices) in February 2021.

Invited Lecture organized by Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester on Oct 16, 2019.

Plenary speaker at the International conference conducted by Cultural Studies Organization and journal Lateral in 2021.
Invited Lecture on Gender Sensitization at a short course on Gender Sensitization organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala on 26-28 Oct, 2022.
Invited Lecture at the International Conference on Reimagining the Menstrualscape (Absences and Solitudes: Representing Menopausal Women in Films) on 8-10 Feb, 2023.

Papers Presented

International Seminars

“Encoding Ancient Indian Materialistic Philosophy through Children’s Literature” at International seminar ((Re)-Reading Classics in Children’s Literature) on Children’s Literature held Ernakulam, on 19 and 20 November 2010.

“Images of Transnationalism in Multicultural Spaces: India and Canada” at the International Seminar (Engaging Canada – Engaging India: Quebec Context) conducted by Pondicherry University along with Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute at Pondicherry on 11 and 12 June 2012.

“A Diasporic Perspective on Subalternity and Voices of Dissent in the Homeland: A Culture Studies Reading of the film Papilio Buddha” at the International Seminar (Diasporic Indian Cinemas and Bollywood on the Diaspora: Re-Imagings and Repossessions) held at OUCIP Hyderabad on 22-24 January 2014.

“Subversing Dominant Discourses and the Process of Re-imagining Dalit Identity: A Study on the Film Papilio Buddha” at the International seminar (International Conference on Fourth World Literature and Culture) organized by Higher Education and Research Society and was held at Balewadi, Pune on 12-13 September 2014.

“Bridging National Frontiers in a Transnational World: A Cultural Studies Perspective on Indian Music” at the International Interdisciplinary Seminar (Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Imaginings and Representations) organized by CoHab and CASII at the University of Mumbai on 2-4 March 2015.

“Body and Nation: Contesting Spaces and Narratives of Nationalism” at the International Seminar Contemporary Communication: Cultures, Controls, and Becomings organized by Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective Collective at Chennai, India on 16 and 17 February 2018.

national Seminars

“Codes of Indianness in Diasporic Writing” at the National Seminar (Diasporic Discourses in Modern Indo-Anglian Fiction) held at T.K.M.M College, Nangiarkulangara, Kerala on 22 and 23 August 2011.

“The Dialectic between National and Global Identities: A Study of Indian Travelogues” at the National Seminar (Indian Literary Historiography and Counter Currents in Post Coloniality) held at St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, Kerala on 27 and 28 September 2011.

Constructing Myths Through Coding: A Study on Idealized Body Images and Indian Women” at the National Seminar (Emerging Perspectives on Media Studies) held at The Government College for Women, Trivandrum on 23 and 24 of February 2012.

“Multiple Identities of Pakistani Diaspora: A Cultural Studies Perspective” at the National Seminar (Diaspora Studies: Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh) conducted by UGC-SAP, Institute of English, University of Kerala, Trivandrum on 10 and 11 of September 2012.

“The Female Identity in Women’s Writing: A Culture Studies Perspective” at the National Seminar (Emerging Perspectives in Women’s Writing) conducted by Department of English, Government College for Women, Trivandrum on 28 and 29 January 2013.

“Female Identity in New Generation Malayalam Cinema” at the National Seminar (The Resilient Indian Women: Pre and Post Empowerment) held at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta on 15 and 16 February 2013.

“Commoditizing the Nation in a Transnational World: Changing Paradigms in Australia and India” at the National Seminar (Cross-Cultural Paradigms: Australia and India) held at the Institute of English, Centre for Cultural Studies and Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala on 25 and 26 March 2013.

“National Identity, Religious Ritualism and Diaspora Community: A Culture Studies Perspective” at the National Seminar (Faith and Ideology in Literature) held at St. Andrew’s College, Mumbai on 30 and 31 of August 2013.

“Negotiating the Loss in Trauma narratives: A Culture Studies Perspective” at the National Seminar (Event, Memory, and Literature: Trauma Narratives of the Indian Subcontinent) held at St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, Kerala on 5 and 6 September 2013.

“Transnational Music for the Global market: A Culture Studies Perspective” at the National Seminar (The Politics of Popular Culture: Current Trends in Mass Media and Popular Fiction) held at Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla, Kerala on 11 and 12 September 2013.

“Representation of Aborigines in Australian Media” at the National Seminar (National Seminar on Understanding Aboriginal Australia) organized by Central for Australian Studies, Institute of English, University of Kerala on 8-9 January 2015.

“Building Bridges through Religious Ritualism: A Study of Indian Diaspora” at the National Seminar (Travails of Uprootment: A Tribute to Refugees, Exiles and Diasporic Communities) organized by Department of English, M.S.M College, Kayamkulam on 29-31 July 2015.

“A Cautious Narrative on Gender Identities and Self Discovery: Rani Padmini, A Road Movie” at the National Seminar (Cinema and the Formation of Cultural Identities) organized by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 25-26 February 2016.