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Dr. Aswathi M.P.

Assistant Professor

M.A., NET, Ph.D.

[email protected]

Specialization :

English language and Literature

Area of Interest :

English language and Literature, Literary Criticism, Linguistics, Gender studies, Indian Mythology

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Research Publications

Edited Books

1.The Future of Democracy in India: Edited Book :ISBN:978-93-5391-555-1

Editors:
Dr. C. Saidalavi, Dr. Annie Ninan,  and Aswathi M.P.
Unity College Publications 2020


2. Contemporary Women’s Writing in India: Edited Book: ISBN:978-93-5396-353-8
Editors: Aswathi M.P., M.K. Vineetha and Reena C.M.
Unity College Publications 2020


3. Musings on World Poetry: Edited Book: 978935457798 7

Editors: Aswathi M.P., M.K. Vineetha and Reena C.M.
Unity College Publications 2020

 

 

4. Scribbles Defying Gravity: Collection of Poems:ISBN: 978 93 5578 134 5

Editors: Aswathi M.P.,Sidhique P

Publisher: Department of English.


Book Chapters


Culture, Language and Translator’s Challenge: A Reading of the Malayalam Translation of The God of Small Things, Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran
Contemporary Women’s Writing in India: ISBN:978-93-5396-353-8

Politics of Caste and Future of Democratic System in India
The Future of Democracy in India: ISBN:978-93-5391-555-1

Teaching Temporal and Timeless: Phenomenal Paths Beyond Traditions in Second Thoughts published by  MES Mampad College ISBN: 978-81-935049-3-2

Worksheet in Nuts and Bolts of English”, a unique book to improve English Language skills useful for UG students, WWS and ASAP

 “Land and Freedom an Abandoned Tryst: a Study of Agha Shahid Ali’s Poems in an ISBN book (978-93-5457-798-7) titled Musings on World Poetry Edited by Aswathi M.P., Reena C.M. and M.K. Vineetha . Publisher: Unity College Publications, Library and Information Centre, KAHM Unity Women’s College, Manjeri.

 

“E/merge in ELT: Participation, Collaboration and Extension through ICT Platform of Blog”

proceedings of the International seminar ICLT 2013, organized by Malabar Christian College, Calicut.

ISBN:978-81-920171-6-7

2013

Femininity: A Chick Lit Perspective in Helen Fiellding's Bridget
Jones'sDiary

Dr. Vivekanand Jha and Dr. Ajith Kumar VL Media Solutions.

ISBN: 978 93 80820729

2015

"Perspectives on Blog as a Reading
Instrument in Higher Education " i

New Trends
in Language Learning using Technology Edited by Prof. Vineetha Sofia
Gabriel. Published by Poorna Publications


9788130017723

2016

Gothic Architectonics

and The Davinci

Code: An Exploration

into the Dynamics of

Art, Knowledge and

Theology"

WritingGothic: An

Anthology of

Critical

Essays, Edited by

Dr. P.K. Babu and

Dr. Sajid.A.

Latheef

, p​ublished

by Publication

Division, MES

Mampad

College

978-81-

926873-2-2

2017


Articles in the journals

From Theology to Thealogy: The Goddess Discourse in By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept

Wizcraft International Journal of Language and Literature

2319-4952 (Print)

2012

“Digging the archives of the Unknown: All the Names as an Encounter against Bureaucratic Leveling”

 Research Spectrum, a National Journal , Vol.4 Issue. 1.

0976-5964 (Print)

2012
Capitalistic Discourse and Individual: A Social Study of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” The Criterion, An International Journal in English.  0976-8165   2013
Poetics Of Polyphony: A Study Of Narrative Content And Strategies  in Mario Vargas Llosa’s The Story Teller” in   Narrativizing the Margin- Border and Beyond. Ed. by Manash Pratim Borah,  Publisher: Wizcraft International Publishers 978-93-83183-00-5, 2013
Replacing the Holy Grail: Politics of Asura, the Tale of the Vanquished, in;   Singularities, a Transdisciplinary Biannual Research Journal  2348-3369 2014
An Alternative Spiritual Countenance:
Exploring the Spiritual Feminine in What the Sufi Said in

Singularities Journal Vol 2 Issue 1 2348-3369 January 2015.
Race and/or Capital: The Conflict of
Ethnicity and Economy in        Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby"
Pursuits a peer
reviewed journal Vol XIII Issue 1,
094-7400 August-September
2015
“Gender, Culutre and Manifest Oppression: A Study of the film Ozhimuri International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities Vol4 Issue 9, ISSN:2321-7065 2017
Questioning Culture through Postmillennial Indian English Novels:A Study of “Asura, the tale of the Vanquished” and “The Oath of Vayuputhras”  IJELLH, Vol 6 Issue 6 2321-7065 June 2018
The Cultural Trajectories of Ramayana, a Text beyond the Grand Narrative  Singularities: A Transcdiciplinary Biannual Research Journal 2048-3369 January 2021
Negotiating Women’s Desire: Desire, Autonomy and Destiny of Ahalya in Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri’s “Ahalyamoksham: Uyirthezhunnetta Sthree.” International Journal of All Research Education & Scientific Methods, (IJARESM),    ISSN No: 2455-6211”, Impact Factor : 7.429,  February 2022
Counter Narrative and Woman’s Desire: Reflections On Ahalya In The Light Of Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri’s “Ahalyamoksham" International Journal Of Research And Analytical Reviews Ijrar: Issn 2348 1269 July 2022. 
Revisiting Sita of the Ramayana: The Act of Subversion in Kumaran Asan’s chinthavishtayaya Sita IJRMSH   Vol 14 Issue 5 2023

 


Achievements

Achievements (Internationall)


Orientation / Refresher Courses / FDPs (Online& Offline) Attended

SlNoName of the CourseUniversityPeriodMode (Online/Offline)
1Orientation Programme at UGC HRDC University of CalicutUniversity of Calicut28.06.2013 to 25.07.2013Offline
25th Refresher Course on Comparative literature at UGC HRDC University of CalicutUniversity of Calicut3-12-2015 to 23-12- 2015Offline
32nd Refresher Course in Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies University of Calicut15/10/2020 to 31/10/2020Online
4Short Term Course on Soft Skills Development University of Calicut19/03/2021 to 25/03/2021Online
5Short-Term Course on “Research Ethics and Methodology”University of Calicut11/08/2021 to 17/08/2021Online
6Refresher course in Gender StudiesUniversity of Calicut01/07/2022 to 14/07/2022Online

Educational Qualifications

SlNoProgrammeUniversity/BoardYearGrade/Percentage
1MA EnglishUniversity of Calicut01 Jan-200869.6
2Ph.D.University of Calicut01 Jan-2023Qualified
3NETUGC01 Jan-2008Passed

Research Experience

Ph.D. in English Literature:

Topic: Multiple Ramayanas:A Study of select Ramayana Narratives in Malayalam Literature


Minor Research Project Sponsored by UGC

Topic: Exploring the Sacred Feminine: A Feministic Reading of By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept,  Da Vinci Code and What the Sufi Said


Research Projects (ongoing &completed)

Minor Research Project:

Topic: Exploring the Sacred Feminine: A Feministic Reading of By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept,  Da Vinci Code and What the Sufi Said (MRP (H) – 353 / 12 -13/KLC045/UGC-SWRO  KLCA045 dated 23     SEPTEMBER 2013)


Project Guidance

Guide 2 PG students and 3 UG students every year


Research Paper Presentations

ICLT 2013

“E/merge in ELT: Participation, Collaboration and Extension through ICT Platform of Blog

Paper Presenter

Malabar Christian College, Calicut

on 6th and 7th December 2013

International Seminar, New Trends in Language learning through Technology (NTLLT 2016)

"Perspectives on Blog as a Reading Instrument in Higher Education"

Paper Presenter

Malabar Christian College, Calicut

18 February 2016.

Singularities  International Conference on Power

Mapping Power, Desire and Violence: T.D. Ramakrishnan’s Francis Itty Coraas a Phenomenological Catalogue of Cannibalism

Paper Presenter

KAHM Unity Women’s College, manjeri

14 January 2016.

International Seminar on Contemporary American Literature: Trends And Prospects

Race and/or Capital: The Conflict of Ethnicity and Economy in

Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby 

Paper presenter

Mercy College, Palakkad,

21st November 2014.

U G C sponsored National Seminar Human Rights for Women

Reflections on Human Rights and Violation: Autobiography as a Space for Resistance”

Paper presenter

K A H M Unity Women’s College, Manjeri

6, 7th and 8th  February 2012.

UGC  Sponsored National Seminar on“Media and its current Significations- An Exploration into the Global Impact of the Media

“Blog and Education: Enhancement of Teacher Competency and
Learner Performance through Blogging”

Paper presenter

S.S. College, Areakode

12th and 13th of November 2013.

National Seminar on Postcolonial Literature in India,

The White Tiger- An Address on the New Worlds within Post-colonial India,

Paper presenter

SNGS College Pattambi,

17 December 2013.

UGC sponsored National Seminar on New Cultural Studies: A Critical Investigation,

"Overlapping Genres: Postmillennial Novels as the studies of Culture"

Paper presenter

St. Joseph's College, Devagiri

13 & 14 October 2014.

UGC sponsored National Seminar on Postcoloniality,Globalization and Transnationality

Towards Transnational Spirituality: Exploring the subjective turn in the mystic experience

Paper presenter

 Amal College of Advanced Studies

 on 29& 30 October 2014.

UGC Sponsored National Seminar  Film, Film studies and Ideology,

A Film on Power, Truth and Revolt: Ozhimuri as an ideologue of Oppressed

Paper presenter

Sree KeralaVarma College, Thrissur, on

November 12-14, 2014

UGC Sponsored National Seminar “Image, Text and Subjectivity, Visual Culture and the Humanities”

 Street Installation as a vehicle of shift in the Visual Art Culture”

Paper presenter

Providence Women’s College, Calicut

17and 18 September 2015.

National Seminar, Exploring Violence and Embracing Difference, Epistemology, Ideology and Representation”

Ontology and Epistemology of Manifest Oppression:Ozhimuri as a Catalogue of Knowledge,

 

P.T.M. Govt. College, Perintalmanna

on 12-13 November 2015.

UGC Sponsored National Seminar Discourses and Cultural Studies organized

Joints and Disjunctures: Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of the Malayalam Translation Kunju Karyangalude Odeythampuran

Paper presenter

NSS College Manjeri on

December 15-7-2014

National Seminar SICON SPACE 2017

Space and Visual Art: A Study of Select Street Installations”

Paper presenter

Department of English KAHM Unity Women’s Collee, Manjeri

17&18 January 2017

Regional Seminar Postmillennial Literatures

“Replacing the Holy Grail: Politics of Asura:, The Tale of the Vanquished, a Postmillennial Meta-narrative,”

Paper presenter

Department of English KAHM Unity Women’s Collee, Manjeri

10 & 11December 2013

Regional Workshop on Project Supervision for Teachers

Mechanics of Writing and Layout”

Resource person

Department of English KAHM Unity Women’s Collee, Manjeri

22 December 2011

MESMAC International Conference 2017

"Convergence of Space, Politics and Philosophy: Daivathinte Pusthakam a Manifesto of Coexistence"

Paper Presenter

DGMMES Mampad College. 

January 2017

MESMAC International Conference

Narratives of Dissent in the Twenty First Century: A study of T.N. Prakash’s Kaikeyi and  Azees Taruvana’s Vayanadan Ramayanam

Paper Presenter

DGMMES Mampad College. 

January 2018

National Seminar on Inter-disciplinary Crossroads: perspectives in Cultural Studies organized

 

Participant

Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad

3rd and 4th January  2013

National Seminar on ‘Marginalisation and women's writing'

 

Participant

PSMO College, Tirurangadi

February 12 & 13, 2011

“National Seminar on Shakespeare continuum” organized by PG Department of English and Singularities journal

 

Participant

 

12th and 13th of August 2014


Service As Resource Person /Invited Lectures / Community Outreach Activities/ Extension Activities by the Faculty

Invited Lecture

 “Art of Self Expression in English”

Resource Person

Madeenathul Uloom Arabic College, Pulikkal

7th June 2022

Invited Lecture

 UG project- A Route Map

Resource Person

Al Shifa College of Arts and Science, Keezhattor

11/11/2021

Invited Lecture

The Ramayana: Text, Context and Subtext

 

Resource Person

DGMMES Mampad College

05/01/2022

Invited Lecture

Project Management

Resource Person

Sree Sastha College, Wandoor

29/01/2022

Invited lecture

Workshop on Technical Writing and Project Management

Resource person

SS College, Areakode

18 July2020

Invited lecture

Appreciating Poetry: Some Advice to those who will Serve time in Prison

Resource person

English Skills Online: Prime Online Classes

25 May 2020

Invited lecture

Appreciating Poetry: Some Advice to those who will Serve time in Prison

Resource Person

 

ASAP Online Classes

8 May 2020

Invited Lecture

Cultural Trajectories and Ramayana Narratives

Resource Person

Research Forum University of Calicut

18 November 2020

 

 

Workshop on Blogging

How to Start a Blog

Resource person

DGMMES Mampad College

16 June 2016.

Invited Lecture

Lecture on Blogging

Resource person

Department of Comparative Litertature, University of Calicut

2017

Invited lecture

The Story of Times of India

Resource person

Malabar christian College, calicut

2017

Invited lecture

Workshop on Research Methodology and Project Management

Resource person

SS College, Areakode

5 October 2018

Invited lecture

Introduction to Academic Writing

Resource person

Govt. Arts and Science College, Kondotty

27 February 2019

Invited lecture

Textual Pathways: Crossroads and Diversions

 

Resource person

NSS College, Manjeri

21 November 2019

Invited lecture

Project Management

Resource person

Sreesastha College, Elamkur

20 January 2020


Co-Ordinator Ships

Assistant Coordinator of Singularities International Conference on Power 2016

Coordinator of Singularities International Conference on Beauty 2018

Regional Workshop on Project Supervision for Teachers conducted by P.G.Department of English, K.A.H.M. Unity Women’s College, Manjeri on 27th August 2013

Coordinator :Department Blog :palimpzest.blogspot.in -2012, 2013, 2014 ,2017, 18

Coordinator :Student Journal: Tracings: 2015

Editorial board member : Student Journal: Tracings: 2015, 2016, 2017,

2018(chief Editor)

Member – UGC Funding Committee- of the college 2012-13

College Magazine Staff Editor 2013-14

Member UGC- Gender Sensitization cell- 2014-15, 2015-16

Fine Arts Director- 2016-17

Member – UGC Funding Committee-2017-18

Student Welfare Dean-2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

Convener: NAAC Committee: Criterion 3 : 2018-19, 2019-20,

Deputy Warden of the College Hostel: 2021-22

Women Cell Coordinator 2022-2023,2023-24


Other Details

Member, Board of Studies, UG English, calicut University from 11/04/2023