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Dr SHOBANA MATHEWS

MA, MPhil, PhD
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Articles in Periodicals

Sl.No. Title Name of Periodical Periodicity Date
1 Service Learning as a practice in Higher Education Deccan Herald Daily 29/06/2017
2 Dylan, The Literary Genius The Week Weekly 19/10/2016
3 Singing poet, pushing boundaries The Deccan Herald Daily 18/10/2016
4 The Joker and The Thief The Hindu Daily 14/10/2016

Articles in Journals

Sl.No. Title Name of Journal Date of Publication Volume No/Issue No/Page No
1 The Lives behind the Luxurious Threads: Beleaguered Sustainability of Kashmir?s Pashmina Artisans Textile Cloth and Culture 11-Dec-2023 22 / 2 / 462-480

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Co-Author
Author Name (s) SHOBANA MATHEWS
Title of Article The Lives behind the Luxurious Threads: Beleaguered Sustainability of Kashmir?s Pashmina Artisans
Name of Journal Textile Cloth and Culture
Volume No 22
Issue No 2
Page No 462-480
URL https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rftx20
Date of Publication 11-Dec-2023
2 Nature's Lament : A comparitive Psychoanalytical Reading of Childhood trauma in select war narratives ECS Transactions 01-May-2022 107 / 1 / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Co-Author
Author Name (s) SHOBANA MATHEWS
Title of Article Nature's Lament : A comparitive Psychoanalytical Reading of Childhood trauma in select war narratives
Name of Journal ECS Transactions
Volume No 107
Issue No 1
Page No -
URL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/10701.16867ecst
Date of Publication 01-May-2022
3 Pink Floyd's Time: An aural metanarrative exploring time through form , lyric and musical arrangement Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 30-Nov-2020 12 / 5 / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Co-Author
Author Name (s) SHOBANA MATHEWS,VISHAL VARIER
Title of Article Pink Floyd's Time: An aural metanarrative exploring time through form , lyric and musical arrangement
Name of Journal Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Volume No 12
Issue No 5
Page No -
URL http://rupkatha.com/
Date of Publication 30-Nov-2020
4 Bob Dylan: Poet of Disruption, Dissonance and an Aesthetic of Dissent. Rupkatha Journalon Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 15-Jun-2017 IX / 1 / -

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Category Article in Research Journal
Sole Authored /Co Authored Sole
Author Name (s) SHOBANA MATHEWS
Title of Article Bob Dylan: Poet of Disruption, Dissonance and an Aesthetic of Dissent.
Name of Journal Rupkatha Journalon Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Volume No IX
Issue No 1
Page No -
URL http://rupkatha.com/
Date of Publication 15-Jun-2017

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

Sl.No. Type of Program Role Name of Program Title of Paper Date Organising Institution Level
1 Conference Presenter Mirroring Change : Literature and Social Transformation Unmuting the Text : An Interarts approach to Reading in a Digitised World 03/10/2024 University of Pondicherry International
2 Conference Presenter "The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place" International Conference From Pastiche to Palimpsest: Analysing the Geo-Cultural Transformations of the Urban Palimpsest through the Spatial Practices of Koshy's Coffee House 17/06/2022 London Centre forInterdisciplinary Research/ St Anne's , Oxford International
3 Conference Moderator/Chair The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place- International Conference 17/06/2022 LICR , St Anne's , Oxford International
4 Conference Moderator/Chair National Conference on Secularism , State and Interfaith Dialogue 24/09/2019 Christ Deemed to be University , DVK&National Foundationfor Communal Harmony ( Ministry of Home Affairs) National
5 Seminar Keynote Speaker UGC Sponsored National Seminar : Women in Literature Anna Akhmatova ,Keening Muse : Retelling History by Reformulating Poetry 23/02/2019 JA COllege for women, Autonomous , Affiliated to Mother Theresa University , TN National
6 Conference Presenter In Serach of Heroes Within and Beyond The Joker, The Thief and the Sultans of Swing : Reading some of Dylan and Knopfler's characters as Socio-Spatial practitioners in Rock Audiotopias 23/02/2018 Banaras Hindu University International
7 Conference Panelist Best Practises: Service Learning Srujana : Service Learning as Enlightened Self Interest 06/07/2017 Christ University National
8 Seminar Presenter Forests And Literature Reading the Forest as a Space of self Discovery in British Children's Literature : Enchanted Woods and the Disenchantment of the Jungle 24/02/2017 CUSAT & ACSR / Cochin International
9 Participant Emerging Trends in Research Methodology Emerging Trends in Research Methodology - Centre for Research Christ University Regional
10 Participant Thinking Subjectivities Thinking Subjectivities - Dept Of English,Christ Univerity Regional
11 Seminar Presenter Including Aurality as Cultural Mode in Humanities : Song in Performance as Text - International

Invited Talks

Sl.No. Title of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 How liberal is the Liberal Arts ? Let's CHat Meet 22/09/2019 Let's Chat
2 Rock and Roll Music and its Influence on American Literature and Culture Guest Lccture 27/06/2019 St Paul's College, Bangalore
3 An Evening with Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler Tuesdays with the Bard 26/03/2019 Urban Solace
4 Portrayal of Women in Indian Art Generation UK India 20/07/2016 Christ University
5 Myths in our lives Laguages department 19/02/2015 Christ University / dept of Languages

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

Sl.No. Title Name of Student Institution Month Year
1 . VARUN VAIDYANATHAN V Christ University January 2022
2 Poetry of Witness as Narrativizing the History of Kashmir: A Semiotic Study of Agha Shahid Ali's A Country Without Postoffice SIDRA NAZIR Christ University January 2022
3 Weaving a Narrative of Kashmiri Heritage: Reading the Pashmina Shawl as a Culturual Artefact and Repository of Social and Personal Memory TASKEEN BHAT Christ University January 2022
4 Art history K SHARATCHANDRAN Christ University August 2023
5 Visual Arts as a Form of Inter art Analogy in the Select Postmodern American Novels SREESHMA K VENU Christ University August 2023
6 CULTURE, MATERIALITY AND CURATORIAL PRACTICES: A STUDY ON INCLUSION OF GLAM IN HUMANITIES CURRICULA NILEEMA PHILIP Christ University March 2024
7 . JAGADEESWARAN SAI GOVARDHAN Christ University May 2024
8 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS ARCHIVES OF MATERIAL MEMORY: A CRITICAL STUDY OF CULTURAL AND NARRATIVE OBJECTS IN THE SELECT WORKS OF EARLY WOMEN AUTOBIOGRAPHERS OF PUNJAB PRIYANKA THAKUR Christ University August 2024
9 . ANTONY SAMY J Christ University November 2024

Research Project

Sl.No. Name of the Research Project Investigator(s) Sponsors Internal/External
1 Making Sense of Sound/ MApping An Aural Narrative of Christ University Christ University Internal
2 Making sense of sound: Mapping an Aural Narrative of locations on Christ University campus through sound SHOBANA MATHEWS Internal

Workshop/FDP/Training programme Attended

Sl.No. Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme Name of Oraganiser Level Date
1 Challeneges and Avenues in English Studies (Underthe aegis of UGC autonomous grant) Dept of EnglishSSRNMCollege,Sattur in collaboration with CHRIST (Deemed to be University ) Bangalore Regional 20/08/2019
2 CUFOHSS DOHSS Institutional 15/03/2018
3 Service Learning Embedded Curriculum Meet CSA , United Board, Lady Doak College and CU Institutional 10/03/2017
4 Career Counselling Workshop-Path Ahead Centre For Academic and Profesional Support Institutional 17/12/2016
5 Service Learning CSA Institutional 16/11/2015

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