DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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Remya K.
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Assistant Professor
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Education
Research, Publications and Academic Contributions
Published Papers in Journals
1. Dr Remya K. 2020. ‘The In-betweenness of Being: The Politics of Self and Other in J. M Coetzee’s Age of Iron.’ DEK Researcher. ISSN 2349-6924. Vol.07.1. p 142-151.
2. Dr Remya K. 2018. ‘In the Lap of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of The English Patient.’ IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Humanities, Art and Literature. ISSN 2347-4564. Vol.6.1. p 119-124.
3. Dr Remya K. 2018. ‘Beyond the Camps/Fences: Resistance in Life & Times of Michael K.’ Assonance: A Journal of Russian & Comparative Literary Studies. ISSN 2394-7853. No. 18. p 51-58.
4. Remya K. & Dr. Salil Varma R. 2016. ‘Journeying Between the Poles: Textual Ambivalence in Foe.’ Assonance: A Journal of Russian & Comparative Literary Studies. ISSN 2394-7853. No. 16. p 49-59
5. Remya K. 2014. ‘Mirroring the Self: J.M. Coetze’s In the Heart of the Country.’ Pauline Journal of Research and Studies. ISSN 2347-3843. Vol No 1. Issue No 2. p 237-246.
6. Remya K. 2014. ‘Between Being and Becoming: Slow Man’s Assorted Selves.’ Reading Literature in the Contemporary Critical Paradigm. ISBN 978-81-927671-3-0. p 26-32.
INVITED TALKS & LECTURES DELIVERED
1. 28 June 2021 – An invited talk on ‘Sublime Musings: An Overview of the Romantic Period’ at the National Webinar organized by Providence College for Women, Coonoor.
2. 27 January 2021 – Resource Person at the inauguration of English Association of the PG Department of English, Mercy College, Palakkad
3. 4-11 January 2021 – An invited lecture on ‘The Resilience of Resistance: A Critical Reading of Select Poems of Maya Angelou’ at the National Webinar Series on American Literature conducted by Providence College for Women, Coonoor.
4. 10 January 2020 – An invited lecture on ‘Positioning the Subject: (Post)Apartheid Fiction and Postcolonial Concerns’ as part of the National Invited Lecture Series held at Blossom Arts and Science College, Calicut.
Training Courses
1. Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in Human Rights conducted by the UGC- Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre from 06 December 2023 to 19 December 2023..
2. One week Faculty Development Programme on Intellectual Property Rights conducted by the Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, Delhi from 2 May 2023 to 8 May 2023.
3. Inter/Multi-Disciplinary Refresher Course on ‘Decolonizing the Mind: Culture, Literature and Criticism’ organized by HRDC, Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya ( A Central University) from 21 October 2021 to 2 November 2021 in online mode.
4. 8 January 2018 to 2 February 2018 – UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in English Language, Literature and Culture at Human Resource Development Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University
5. 9 August 2016 to 29 August 2016 – UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in English at Human Resource Development Centre, Goa University
6. 15 June 2011 to 12 July 2011 – UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme at Academic Staff College, University of Calicut
Papers Presented in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Symposia
1. 28-29 January 2020 – ‘Breaking the Fetters: Race, Class and Gender in Candice Carty Williams’ Queenie’ at the National Seminar on ‘Cultural Confluence: Contemporaneity and Congruence’ held at MES AsmabiCollege, Thrissur
2. 19-21 December 2019 – ‘The (Re)Turn to Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of N Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn’ at the 10th International Congress of Environmental Research(ICER-19) held at Adi ShankaraInstitute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Kerala
3. 4- 5 February 2019 – Chaired a session and presented a paper titled ‘The In-Betweenness of Being: J.M. Coetzee’s Age of Iron’ at the National Conference on ‘Extending Postcolonialism: Living in an Age of ‘Precariousness’ and ‘Precarity’ held at Christ University, Bangalore
4. 5-6 December 2018 - ‘Making Voices Heard: The Self and the Other in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace’ at the National Seminar on ‘Talking Differences: Critiquing Narratives and Discourses’ held at Govt Arts and Science College, Thrissur.
5. 14, 15, 16 December 2017 – ‘(Dis)Placing Spaces: Spatial Dynamics in J.M. Coetzee’s Slow Man’ at Theorising Space: Three Day National Conference on the Intersections of Space and Culture held at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram
6. 21, 22 & 23 November 2017 – ‘In Love with the Wilderness: An Ecocritical Reading of The English Patient’ in the Three-Day International Conference “Why Ecocriticism?” held at Sikkim Government College, Tadong, Sikkim
7. 11 & 13 October 2017 – ‘Home, a Continuum: Roots and Routes in J.M. Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year’ in the National Seminar on Diaspora Reimagined: The Politics of Representation held at the Centre for Cultural Studies and the Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
8. 6 & 7 February 2015 – ‘A Graceful Withdrawal: J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace’ in the International Conference on Transitions: Literature Language and Culture – Post 1980 held at Garden City College, Bangalore.
9. 13 & 14 August 2013 - ‘Between Being and Becoming: Slow Man’s Assorted Selves’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Reading Literature in the Contemporary Critical Paradigm held at Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara.
Seminars, Conferences and Workshops Attended
1. 11-12 February 2020 – Two Day International Seminar on Framing Perspectives; Thinking Cinema held at St Berchmans College, Changanacherry.
2. 10-11 December 2019 – International Conference on Gender Faultlines and New Feminisms held at The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Calicut.
3. 6 & 7 December 2016 – UGC sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights and the Humanities held at University of Calicut.
4. 23 & 24 September 2014 – UGC sponsored National Conference on Life and Literature in the Post 9/11 World held at St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam.
5. 16 & 17 February 2012 – Seminar on Recent Trends in Literary Theory held at Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery.
6. 12 & 13 October 2011 – UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Politics of Representation of ‘The Self’ and ‘The Other’ in Literature and Film Pedagogy Beyond the Text held at Farook College, Calicut.
7. 23 September 2009 – Seminar sponsored by the DCE, Trivandrum on the topic, Women’s Writing: New Perspectives held at Govt.Brennen College, Thalassery.
8. 27 & 28 November 2008 – UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Politics of Representation: Subject Construction through the Agency of Films held at Providence Women’s College, Calicut
9. 7 – 9 April 2008 – Three-day workshop on Teaching English as a Second Language: Innovative and Interactive Teaching Techniques held at Farook College, Calicut.
10. 5 February 2008 – National Seminar on Gender and Film held at St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Calicut.
11. 12 & 13 January 2008 – International Conference on Asian Theatres and the Western Worlds: Culture, Alterity and Representation held at St. Thomas College, Thrissur.
12. 8 & 9 September 2004 – State Level Conference on Translation – Theory and Practice held at Mar Dionysius College, Thrissur.
Positions held at College/University level
1. ICCR Coordinator, 2022 - 2024
2. SSP Coordinator, 2022 - 2024
3. Editor, College Handbook, 2022 - 2024
4. Member, Students Grievance Redressal Cell, 2023
5. Member, Board of Studies for English, 2015 - 2017
6. Member, Canteen Committee, 2017
7. Member, Library Advisory Committee, 2016
8. Member, Discipline Committee, 2016
9. Member, Anti-ragging Committee, 2011, 2015
10. Member, Women’s Welfare Council, 2008-2010
11. Editor, College Handbook, 2010
12. NSS Programme Officer, 2008-2011
