Dr. Abhijith P
Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities
Profile
Dr. Abhijith P
Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Abhijith P has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. His doctoral research examines the evolution of urban leisure behaviours and practices in Cochin during the twentieth century, with a specific focus on leisure as a subcultural phenomenon within urban spaces. His work contributes to a deeper understanding of how urban environments shape cultural practices and social life over time.
Area
Urban Studies & Cultural Geography, Colonial Urban History, Digital Culture & Game Studies
Qualification
M.A, JRF , PhD
Experience
6 Years
Publications
- Indugopan’s Gendered Spaces: A comparative study of ‘Twinkle Rosayum Panthrandu Kamukanmarum’ and ‘Pushpvalliiyum Yakshivasanthayum’ Ishal Paithrukam , Issue 38, 2024
- Literature published by Sahitya Akademi (UGC CARE listed)‘Foregrounding Leisure as Resistance in M Mukundan’s Delhi’ in South India Journal of Social Sciences (UGC CARE Listed, ISSN0972-8945)
- ‘Dismantling Killer Croc: From Monster to Man’, a book chapter in Wounded Wings: Cultural Politics of Disability in Literature and Cinema.
- ‘Dealing with Disaster: Metaphysical and Oblique reactions in Haruki Murakami’s ‘after the quake’ in Reyono Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSN- 2277-7652, Volume 8, No 2)
Paper presentations
- Cultural Intersections: A Genealogy of Urban Leisure in British Cochin at Urban Metamorphoses: Understanding the Dynamics and Diversity of South Asian Cities organized by IISER, Bhopal – 2024
- Exploring the leisure behaviour among youth: A study with special reference to Kochi at Cityscapes: Interstices of Space, Memory, Retelling Metropolitan Chronotopes organized by Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru – 2023
- ‘Tracing the Ghazal Roots in Kerala: Musical Subcultures in Kochi and Kozhikode’ at Making Heritage: Rethinking Methods, Policies and Practices organized by the Amity Institute of English Studies and Research and the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage, Hoogly, Kolkata – 2023
- Indugopan’s Gendered Spaces: A comparative study of Twinkle Rosayum Panthrandu Kamukanmarum with Pushpavalliyum Yakshivasanthayum, as part of the International conference jointly conducted by Bharata Mata College, India and Yonphula Centenary College, Bhutan – 2022
- Women and the Screen: Studying the Characters of Mary Harron in the National Seminar on Celluloid Ceiling: Women Director’s Struggle, Transition and Growth held at St Theresa’s College, Kochi, Kerala – 2019
- The Evolving Theoretical Space of Queer Feminism: Analyzing Roopa Rao’s web series The Other Love Story in the International Seminar on New Feminist Writings: Emancipation to Representation at Central University Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu – 2018
- Alternate Realities and Fantasy Worlds: Blurring the lines between Real and Fictional in the National Seminar: Of Robots, Ray Guns and Spaceships: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature at TM Jacob College, Kerala – 2017
- Recognizing Voices and Shattering Myths: A political reading of Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi in the Mahasweta Devi Memorial Talk and Inter-Collegiate Paper Presentation Competition organized by St Xavier’s College, Aluva, Kerala – 2017
