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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 / -

Additional information

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

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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