Dr. Anisha Rajan
Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities
Profile
Dr. Anisha Rajan
Assistant Professor
Dr. Anisha Rajan has completed her Ph D in English Language and Literature from University of kerala in 2017. The area of research focussed on Turkish identity and culture as enviasged through the works of Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak, the modern writers of Turkey.
Dr. Anisha has presented papers in various national and international seminars/conferences. She has published research articles in UGC care list journals and, has authored a book “Imagining Turkey: The Rhetoric of Identity in Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak” in 2023.
Dr. Anisha has worked with several reputed instituttions in Kerala such as N.S.S College for Women and All Saints College where she served as Lecturer in English, Teaching papers including Prose, Poetry, Drama, Functional Grammar, Communicative Skills and Technical Writing. She is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the department of Arts and Humanities at Christ Academy Institute for Advanced Studies.
Area
Cultural Studies, Gender Studies
Qualification
New Historicism and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Popular Literature
Experience
3 Years
Publications
- Torn between the East and the West: The duality of the Self in Snow”. Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literature. No.12.1 (June 2012) 96-103.
- The New Gender in Gaze: A Postmodern Reality”. Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literature. No. 11.2 (December 2011) 236-246.
- “The Theme of Dual Identity in The Namesake”. Contexts and Concepts of Diasporic Literature of India. New Delhi: Gnosis, 2011.
- “The Gendered Other in The Forty Rules of Love”. Research Chronicler Vol 111 Issue V: May 2015 53-57.
- “Relevance of Poetry in the Contemporary Age”. Poetry in the Digital and Social Media. New Delhi: Dream book, 2022.
- The Rhetoric of Identity in Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak. New Delhi: Dream book, 2023.
FDPs, Workshops and Seminars
- Five day FDP on “Teaching Dynamics: Contemporary Challenges and Solutions” from November 28-December 2, 2022.
- Five day FDP on “Teaching Dynamics: Contemporary Challenges and Solutions” from November 28-December 2, 2022.
- Five days FDP on “Issues and Challenges of Teaching Pedagogy in the Age of AI’ from 24 to 28 June 2024, Department of English, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, REVA University.
National Level Online Faculty Development Programme FDP on Research Methodology, October 3 to 7 2023, Christ Academy Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore. - A two days National Level Skill Development Workshop on “Physical and Mental Well being” organized by Garden City University, Department of Psychology on 30 Aprl and 2 May, 2024
- UGC sponsored Regional Seminar on Women and Media in perspective: Prospects and Challenges” at Departemnt of English, N.S.S. Collge for Women on 30 and 31 October 2008.
Paper Presentation
- “The trauma of Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara” at T.K.M College of Arts and Science, Kollam on 29,30 September 2011.
- “Appearance and Reality: The New Gender in Shafak’s The Gaze” at All Saints College, Trivandrum on 18,19 August 2011.
- “Alienation, Exile and Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahir’s The Namesake”, at T.K.M.M College, Haripad on August 22-23, 2011.
- The East-West dichotomy in Elif Shafak. First Internatinal Scholars Meet interactive seminar held at Sree ayyappa College for Women, Kanyakumari 0n February 21, 2014.
- “Environment as a Reflection of the Supernatural in Literature”,in the Virual International Conference on Environmnetal Imagination and Greening of Literary Studies held at Bishop Heber College on July 27, 28 2022.
- “An Ecofeminist Critique of Patriarchy, Capitalism, and Sustainablity in the Works of Vandana Shiva and Maia Mies” in the National Symposium organized by All Saints’ College, Trivandrum in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi on Eco narratives: Exploring the Intersections of Economy, Culture and environment on October 30, 2024.
Resource Person
- Resource Person. “An Ecofeminist Critique of Patriarchy, Capitalism, and Sustainablity in the Works of Vandana Shiva and Maia Mies” in the National Symposium organized by All Saints’ College, Trivandrum in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi on Eco narratives: Exploring the Intersections of Economy, Culture and environment on October 30, 2024.