Dept of English - Faculty Details


Faculty NameAnandu G
Email ananthukarthikeyan111@gmail.com
Designation Lecturer
Experience Details Govt. Guest Lecturer at S.N. College, Kollam (2017-2018)
Qualifications MA English, NET-JRF, PhD Cultural Studies (Thesis Submitted)
Areas of Interest Gender Studies, Popular Cultural, Marxist Studies
Field of Research Gender Studies, Popular Culture
Guideship Details
Subjects Handled General English Courses, Film Studies, American Literature, Gender and Society
Academic Responsibilities Undertaken
Duties Performed
Research Projects Undertaken
Research Publications 1. “Bodies that Trouble Heteronormativity: Understanding the (Un)intelligible Bodies in Qissa and Tomboy”
in UGC-Care listed journal Studies in Indian Place Names,
Vol. 40 Issue 50, March 2020.
2. “A Case of Monolithic Identity? Analyzing the Queer Representation in Aligarh and Kapoor and Sons.”
in the book Media, Gender: Materiality, Perspectives and Dimensions. InDepth Communication, 2021. 9-23. ISBN: 978-81-946971-1-4
3. “No Pink Shoes Anymore: Changes in the Cinematic Representation of the Indian Sportswoman.\"
In The Transit: Media, Culture and Nature. Media House, 2018. 85-94. (ISBN: 978-93-87298-38-5)
Books Published
Paper Presentations 1. \"Reimagining Futurities: Queerness, Politics, and the Cinematic Space.\" Presented at the international seminar on \'Queerness Aesthetics, Culture, and Ideology\" organize by Dept of Malayalam, University of Madras, from 30 March 2023 to 31 March 2023.
2.“Disruptive Desires and Affirmative Becomings: A Reading of the Potentialities of Disabled Sexual Subjectivity in Indian cinema.”
As part of the International Webinar on South Asia in Alternative Cinema(s), organized by EFL University in collaboration with Shivaji University, from 30 October to 01 November 2020.
3. “Reimagining the Queer Subject: Neoliberal Rationality and Representational Tropes of Queerness on the Indian Screen.”
As part of an international conference, “Re-imagi(ni)ng Identities: Challenges, Transgressions and Articulation”, organized by Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) on 5-7 February 2020.
4.. “Transgender Politics and Indian Cinema: A Comparative Study of Chitrangada and Nanu Avanalla Avalu.”
As part of UGC National Seminar at Centre for Comparative Literature, Sree Sankaracharya Univery of Sanskrit, Kalady. April 2017.
5. “Performing it Fluidly: Understanding the Trend of Gender Fluidity in Contemporary Culture.” As part of UGC National Seminar at Dept of English, C M S College, Kottayam. Dec. 2017.
Seminars / Workshops Organized
Seminars Attended
Workshops Attended 1. “Contemporary Indian Cinemas: Heterogeneities and Possibilities”,
organized by Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Bhopal on 28-29 February 2020.
2. “Workshop on Malayalam Cinema: Contested Screens, Contending Economies,”
organized by Dept of Cultural Studies, University of Kerala
(11-13 March 2019)
3. “Queer Up: A Short Certificate Course for LBTQI Youth and Allies”, organized by Anveshi from 14 July to 01 September 2019.
4. Collaborated with the archival project of the website “indiancine.ma” and attended a workshop on film archiving organized at National Film Archive of India, Pune
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