Dr SUSHMA V MURTHY
MA, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Articles in Periodicals
Sl.No. Title Name of Periodical Periodicity Date
1 When #MeToo Struck the Nobel Deccan Herald DAILY 26/05/2018
Articles in Journals
Sl.No. Title Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos ISSN No. Date Published
1 Prob(e)abilities for Enhanced Research and Interdisciplinarity: An Exploration of Innovative Practices in English Studies, Languages, and Media IUP Journal of English Studies / 15 / 4 / 142147 - 142147 0973-3728 01-Dec-2020
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
Sl.No. Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium Type of Program Title of the Article Role Venue/Place Date
1 National Conference on Trends in Indian English Literature SEMINARS "Gender and Space in Anita Nair's Ladies'Coupe" PRESENTER) CMR college BangaloreBangalore 08/02/2013
2 International Conference on Translation and the Accomodation of Diversity: Indian and Non-Indian Perspectives CONFERENCES Trans-Elating Woman: Feminist Translation in Nicole Brossard PRESENTER) Universite de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, FranceUniversite de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, France 10/11/2010
3 International Conference on India-Canada Relations CONFERENCES The Relevance of Nicole Brossard's Feminist Politics to Indian Feminist Thought PRESENTER) Shshtri-Indo Canadian InstituteShastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi 24/04/2008
4 Dharma: Interface between secular and sacred CONFERENCES "Littoral Drift: Intertidal Corporeal and Spiritual Selves in Akka Mahadevi" PRESENTER) DVKBengaluru 04/01/2015
5 Media Meet SEMINARS "Shut-Eye Shadows: (Dis)locating Hegemonic Masculinity in Lucia's Visual Dream Narrative" PRESENTER) Bengaluru 29/12/2015
6 National Seminar on Literature of the Transgenders SEMINARS Looking Queer: Critical Frameworks for Transgender Aesthetics PRESENTER) The Gandhigram Rural InstituteGandhigram 30/01/2017
7 National Conference on "Texts as Con-Texts: The Hermeneutic Circle Today" CONFERENCES From the Dialectic to the Dialogic: contemporary contexts for Feminist Research PRESENTER) Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu 06/02/2017
8 One Day National Conference on "A Multidimensional Approach to Women Empowerment: Voice and Visibility CONFERENCES From a Space of Absence: Female Psyche and Psychogenic Percipience in Triveni's Fiction PRESENTER) Bangalore 07/03/2018
9 Revolutionary Reality of African Literature CONFERENCES From Abjecthood to Inclusion: Intersectional Feminist Approaches to Women and Nationalism in Adichie's 'Half of a Yellow Sun' PRESENTER) Mannar Thirumalai Naicker CollegeMadurai 10/03/2019
10 Transnational & Transcultural Trending in Contemporary South Asian Literatures CONFERENCES PANELIST) Madurai 14/02/2019
11 National conference on Extending Postcolonialism CONFERENCES Incoherent Truths: the 'Mad' woman in Triveni's Psychoanalytical Fiction PRESENTER) Bangalore 04/02/2019
12 National Seminar on Feminism in Indian context SEMINARS PANELIST) Annai Fathima CollegeMadurai 25/02/2019
13 Revolutionary Reality of African Literature CONFERENCES MODERATOR) Mannar Thirumalai Naicker CollegeMadurai 10/01/2019
14 National Conference on Gender Politics in Literature CONFERENCES MODERATOR) Kongu Arts and Science CollegeErode, Tamilnadu 03/10/2019
15 Two Day International Seminar on South Asia in Transition SEMINARS MODERATOR) Bangalore 14/02/2020
16 National Level Seminar on Short Stories of the World in English SEMINARS Beyond the Threshold of Femininity: Feminist Resistance and Women's Short Stories in India PRESENTER) VHSN CollegeVirudhunagar, Tamilnadu 20/09/2019
17 Melange 2020 SEMINARS MODERATOR) Bangalore 27/02/2020
18 International Conference on The Impact of Conflict on the Humanities CONFERENCES Palpable Histories: Embodying the Visceral Abject as Historiographic Subject in Select Works of Chimamanda Adichie and Jean Arasanayagam PRESENTER) St. Paul's CollegeBangalore 25/06/2021
19 International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Perspective CONFERENCES MODERATOR) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of technologyOnline 25/10/2021
20 International Virtual Conference on Disciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary research CONFERENCES Psycho-cultural Elements in Triveni's Fiction KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Research India FoundationOnline 14/10/2021
21 International Conference on " The Mirror of Life: Representations of History, Culture and Environment in Literature" CONFERENCES Tinsel Doves and Lapis Lazuli: Cartographic Anxiety and Multiculturalism in Southeast Asian Feminist Literature PRESENTER) St. Xavier's College PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai 06/05/2022
22 International Conference on " The Mirror of Life: Representations of History, Culture and Environment in Literature" CONFERENCES MODERATOR) St. Xavier's College PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai 06/05/2022
23 National Webinar Series on Postcolonial Literatures: Contexts and Concerns SEMINARS Interlocking Skeins of Resistance and Sisterhood: Intersectional Approaches to South -East Asian Feminist Literatures KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Ethiraj College for Women, ChennaiOnline 11/03/2022
24 National Seminar on Cultural Studies SEMINARS Between the Looking Glass and the Rabbit Hole: Re-visioning Women in Popular Culture Narratives KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) St. Joseph's College, TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalli 27/05/2022
25 National Conference on Modern Advances in Teaching and Learning CONFERENCES Rainbows in Refraction: Integrative and Expansive Approaches to Pedagogy and Learning in English Studies KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Christopher Arts and Science CollegeOnline 25/02/2023
26 International Conference on Reimagining the Menstrualscape CONFERENCES Breaking the Cycle : Narratives of Menstruation and Feminist Counter-narratives to the Abject PRESENTER) Devamatha College and Women and child development department, Government of KeralaKuravilangad 09/02/2023
27 National Seminar on Nature and Nurture: Ecology in Literature SEMINARS Reverberating EC(h)O: Nature and Nurture in the Literary Imagination KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Global College of Arts and ScienceVeppur, Tamilnadu 01/03/2023
28 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies CONFERENCES Beyond the Halo: Holographic Image and Queer Text in Nicole Brossard?s Picture Theory PRESENTER) Department of English, Chandigarh University and University of Acala, Spain 14/07/2023
29 Yonder Gender : New Approaches to Texts and Contexts of Femininity and Masculinity CONFERENCES National Conference on Literary Horizons of Gender : An Exploration KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) V V Venniaperumal College for WomenVirudhunagar 29/09/2023
30 National Conference on The Confluence of Literature, History and Culture CONFERENCES Institutionalised Invisibility : Materialising Male Bodies through History, Race and Gender KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) St. Xavier's College, PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai 24/01/2024
31 International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women SEMINARS Dialogic Approaches to Violence against Women KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Centre for Women's Studies, Periyar UniversityOnline 10/12/2024
32 Two Day National Seminar on Prisms of Psychology in the Literary Realm SEMINARS Shut-in and Shut-out : A Psycho-cultural Approach to Women's Mental Health and Feminist Ethics in Triveni's Select Fiction PRESENTER) Karnataka State Open UniversityMysore 29/11/2024
33 Two Day National Conference on Blending Boundaries and Transforming Literary Landscapes CONFERENCES A Man among Men: Masculinities and the Social Construction of Gender Relations KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) Periyar UniversitySalem, Tamilnadu 28/10/2025
34 Young Sociologist Conference CONFERENCES Young Sociologist Conference MODERATOR) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore 28/02/2025
35 3 Day National Seminar on Religion and Gender in Representation of Northeast India SEMINARS MODERATOR) ICSSR and TETSO College, Nagaland 16/10/2024
36 Melange CONFERENCES MELANGE 2025 PRESENTER) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore 20/01/2025
37 Dialogica :Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature, Language and Cultural Studies CONFERENCES Dialogica :Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature, Language and Cultural Studies MODERATOR) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore 27/06/2025
38 SAMANVAYA 2026 CONFERENCES SAMANVAYA 2026 CHAIR) MES COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE AND SCIENCEBANGALORE 20/02/2026
39 SAMANVAYA -2026 CONFERENCES SAMANVAYA -2026 PARTICIPANT) MES COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCEBANGALORE 20/02/2026
40 HEARTIAN RESEARCH CONGRESS CONFERENCES RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL MARKERS OF LONELINESS: A STUDY OF DEVDAS OVER THE YEARS CO_PRESENTER) SACRED HEART COLLEGEKOCHI 14/01/2026
41 HEARTIAN RESEARCH CONGRESS CONFERENCES EMBODIED RESISTANCE AND COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS IN YELLAMMA DEVI JATRE PERFORMANCES CO_PRESENTER) SACRED HEART COLLEGEKOCHI 14/01/2026
42 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON "Reimagining Tribal Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches" SEMINARS Reimagining Tribal Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches, PARTICIPANT) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)BANGALORE 20/02/2026
43 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESILIENT PATHWAYS TO SDGs CONFERENCES SUSTAINABLE ECO-TOURISM PRACTICES AT YELLAMMA DEVI JATRE PRESENTER) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)BANGALORE 23/01/2026
44 MELANGE 2026 CONFERENCES Slanting Reality towards the Light”: Queer Eco-Poetics and Feminist Resistance to the Anthropocene in Nicole Brossard’s Works PRESENTER) CHRIST (Deemed to be University)BANGALORE 27/02/2026
45 ANNUAL ELTAI CONFERENCE CONFERENCES ANNUAL ELTAI CONFERENCE CHAIR) CHRIST (Deemed to be University) BANGALORE 12/11/2025
46 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRUM OF VOICES CONFERENCES NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRUM OF VOICES KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGEPALAYAMKOTTAI 21/07/2025
47 SOCIO-POLITICO-ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF SOUTH-ASIAN REGIONS CONFERENCES SOCIO-POLITICO-ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF SOUTH-ASIAN REGIONS KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) THE MADURA COLLEGEMADURAI 02/09/2025
Invited Talks
Sl.No. Titel of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 Impact of Advertisements on Youth Yuva Vani 03/07/2013 All India Radio
2 "Writing beyond the Dialectic: Feminist Postcolonial Aesthetics in Select Long Stories of Mahasweta Devi" National Seminar on "Postcolonial Aesthetic Experience: Exploring the Dialectical Nature of Postcolonial Texts" 27/02/2015 Teresian College
3 Dis/Embodied Aesthetics: Reading Feminism as Social Consciousness in Mahasweta Devi's Breast Stories Literati 22/09/2016 St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science
4 Deconstruction in Progress: Signifying Post-Derridean Contexts International Conference on Literary Theories 17/12/2016 Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College
5 Vertices and Vortices: Theoretical and Literary Approaches beyond the Gender Matrix Vidyamritam Extra Mural Lecture Series 12/09/2023 Amritha Vishwa Vidyapeetham
6 Vertices and Vortices: Literary and Theoretical Approaches beyond the Gender Matrix Guest Lecture 12/09/2023 School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetam
7 Addressing Gendered Violence 18/12/2024 Department of English and Cultural Studies, Yeshwantpur Campus, CHRIST University
8 Guest Lecture on Queer Theory Guest Lecture for students of 2 BA English Honours 10/04/2024 Department of English and Cultural Studies, BGR Campus, Christ University
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
Sl.No. Title Name of Student Institution Role Status Month Year
1 Characterisation of Women in Hindi Film Adaptations of Select Shakespearean Tragedies Krithika Ojha Christ University EXAMINER
2 The Dialectic between Individual Identity and Social Conformity: Reading Hair as a Symbol in Select Adaptations of Rapunzel Suchismita Dattagupta Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2017
3 Utilitarian and Sublime Purpose in Emerson?s Nature: A Transcendental Analysis Subashree Vijayadev Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2017
4 The Personal and The Political: Gender Identities in Khaled Hosseini?s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Farha Naz Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2017
5 Use of Focalization in Shashi Deshpande: A Reading of Moving On and In the Country of Deceit Priyambada Singh Christ University EXAMINER
6 Narrativising Gender Performativity: Analysis of Select Transgender Autobiographies from India Arundhati Dey Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2018
7 Rites of Passage: Women's Reforms in Autobiographies of Sunity Devi, Cornelia Sorabji and Indira Goswami Esha Gaurish Nadkarni Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2018
8 The Caged Bird Sings: Themes and Concerns of Select Women Prison Writers from India Sharon Abraham Christ University CO_SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2012
9 Representation of Women in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace and Elizabeth Costello Arul Gaspar Christ University CO_SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2012
10 Lores in Time: A Folkloristic Approach to the Cultural History of Manipur Yaisna Rajkumari EXAMINER
11 Cultural Politics of Sports and Nationalism in Popular Indian Cinema. Padmakumar M.M Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing June 2014
12 Ritualization and Performance of Halumatha Kuruba Identity in Mailaralinga Jatre Yashaswi M. Maadesh Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2019
13 Revisioning Women's Voices from the Ramayana: A Feminist Analysis of Volga' s The Liberation of Sita and Sara Joseph's Ramayana Stories Silpa Joy Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded April 2019
14 CULTURAL POLITICS OF SPORTS AND NATIONALISM IN INDIAN POPULAR CINEMA PADMAKUMAR M.M. Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded March 2022
15 Queering Embodied Frames: A Study of Select American Queer Graphic Memoirs ANJITHA TOM Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing October 2021
16 REDEFINING SELF: ADDICTION MEMOIRS AS FEMINIST RESISTANCE NARRATIVES JOYASMITA BANERJEE Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing February 2022
17 AUTOPATHOGRAPHIES OF CANCER: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PATIENT-AUTHORS' EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS AND HEALING RENUKA SHYAMSUNDAR BELAMKAR Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded May 2025
18 Adrift from Home: Conflict and Displacement in Dear World and A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea Sania Wahid Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded March 2022
19 Folk Narratives Celebrating the Spirits and the Village Deities through Somana Kunitha and Bhoota Kola YASHASVI M MAADESH Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing July 2021
20 Exploring the aspects of womanhood through patriarchy and matriarchy in two North Eastern Indian states: A comparative ethnographic study between the Kachari tribe of Assam and the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya ANWESHA BARUAH Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing July 2022
21 The Politics of Representation of Devadasis in Select Indian Novels ANINDITA DAS Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing January 2021
22 A GENEALOGICAL STUDY OF SELECT POLICE MEMOIRS IN INDIA MOULINA BHATTACHARYA Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing September 2023
23 The "Lonely Child" in Select Bildungsroman of George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay JANNET JOHNY Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing August 2023
24 Perspectives on Gender Fluidity in Select works of Kate Bornstein Sneha Sebastian EXAMINER
Patents
Sl.No. Title of Invention Inventor(s) Filing Date
1 TRIALECTICS OF GRAPHIC SPACE (TOGS); SPATIAL CONSUMPTION MODEL (TOGS-CONSUMPTION) AROCKIA LICY MONIKA C, SUSHMA V MURTHY 28-Nov-2025
Research Project
Sl.No. Name of the Research Project Investigator(s) Sponsors Internal/External
1 Female Psyche and Feminist Identity: Analyzing Triveni?s Integration of Psycho-cultural and Material Approaches to Women in Fiction SUSHMA V MURTHY Internal
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
Sl.No. Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme Name of Organiser Level Role Date
1 Approaches to Study Media Content and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis Gokul Global University, Gujarat , Gokul Global University, Gujarat National Participant 21/04/2025
2 Effective Teaching in English Studies Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies , Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies Institutional Invited Resource Person/Trainer 07/02/2025
3 Research Methodology and Academic Writing Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies , Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies Institutional Invited Resource Person/Trainer 09/10/2024
4 Enhancing Excellence Department of English and Cultural Studies ,  Institutional Participant 03/07/2024
5 Educating Ethical Technologists: Humanistic Perspectives in the AI Era Department of English and Cultural Studies, BGR Campus, CHRIST University ,  National Participant 05/04/2024
6 National Level FDP on Cultural Studies : Indian Perspectives in Literary and Social Contexts Gokul Global University , Gokul Global University National Participant 19/02/2024
7 Certificate Training Course in Gender and Mental Health Impact and Policy Research Institute , Impact and Policy Research Institute National Participant 13/02/2024
8 5 Day workshop on capacity building for whole person education in higher education in India United Board and Christ University ,  Institutional Participant 06/03/2023
9 Panel Discussion on Gender Inclusivity and Exclusivity Department of Professional Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Research Department of English, St. Xavier's Colle National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 27/04/2021
10 International Women's Day Teresa's College, Ernakulam, Teresa's College, Ernakulam National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 08/03/2021
11 Dr. V. John Endowment lecture series Research Department of English, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Research Department of English, St. Xavier's Colle Invited Resource Person/Trainer 05/03/2021
12 Two Day Webinar on Discourse on Feminist Writings St. Mary's College, Thoothukudi , St. Mary's College, Thoothukudi National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 09/02/2021
13 Refresher Course on New Literatures Department of English, Pondicherry University, Department of English, Pondicherry University Invited Resource Person/Trainer 18/01/2021
14 Refresher Course in English for University and College Teachers UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Bharathiar University , UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Bharathiar Invited Resource Person/Trainer 12/12/2020
15 Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat , Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology International Invited Resource Person/Trainer 26/11/2020
16 International Webinar on New Trends: Art, Technology & Literature Bharathmatha College of Arts & Science, Palakkad, Bharathmatha College of Arts & Science, Palakkad International Invited Resource Person/Trainer 30/10/2020
17 International Webinar Series on Gender, Literature: Core Concepts and Perspectives Sri Parashakti College for Women, Coutrallam, Sri Parashakti College for Women, Coutrallam International Invited Resource Person/Trainer 24/08/2020
18 Anatomizing Gender Studies Annai Velankanni's College, Chennai, Annai Velankanni's College, Chennai National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 10/08/2020
19 International Webinar on Blurred Gender Binaries: Historical Perspectives & Future Dimensions Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalay, Lucknow, Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalay, Lucknow International Invited Resource Person/Trainer 21/07/2020
20 How to write and Publish Books Department of Social Work, Christ University,  Institutional Participant 16/07/2020
21 International Workshop on English Language Teaching and Literature Mannar Tirumalai Naicker College, Madurai, Mannar Tirumalai Naicker College, Madurai International Invited Resource Person/Trainer 08/07/2020
22 FDP on Outcome Based Education Sri Kaliswari College, Sri Kaliswari College National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 28/11/2019
23 National Workshop on Language and Literature Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Sri Parasakthi College for Women National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 21/09/2019
24 Challenges and Avenues in English Studies Sri S. Ramaswamy Naidu Memorial College, Sri S. Ramaswamy Naidu Memorial College National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 20/08/2019
25 National Workshop on Improving English Language Proficiency Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 05/08/2019
26 FDP on Communicative Skills Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi,  Institutional Invited Resource Person/Trainer 03/02/2018
27 FDP for PhD Supervisors Centre for Research,  Institutional Participant 18/01/2018
28 Journals Editorial Roundtable 2016 Taylor and Francis Group,  International - 08/03/2016
29 Author Workshop Springer and Edanz,  National - 22/08/2012
30 Towards Quality Research: Workshop for Research Supervisors Dept of English, Christ University,  Institutional - 18/08/2012
31 FDP on Strategic Planning TQMS, Christ University,  Institutional - 01/06/2012
Awards/Achievements/Others
Sl.No. Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others Description Organisation Month/ Year
1 Resource Person UGC sponsored Seminar on Gender on Campuses, St.Joseph's Evening College (Resource Person) St.Joseph's Evening College 27 April 2013
2 Shastri Doctoral Research Fellowship Was affiliated to the Department of Studies in English, University of Montreal as a doctoral research candidate and audited courses at Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Montreal and interacted with faculty of English and Women's Studies at Concordia, McGill & York Universities Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute & DFAIT, Canada 06 August 2013
3 Co-Editor Artha, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 30. Published by Christ University, Bengaluru Christ University, Bengaluru 21 February 2015
4 Member, Editoral Advisory Board Member of the Editorial Advisory Boardd, Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 3, 3rd Edition, ISSN 2319-2925) Tetso College, Nagaland 25 June 2015
5 Resource Person Chaired a session at International conference on "Contours of Postcolonial Studies: Mapping across Disciplines for Plurality and Humanism St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai 07 February 2016
6 External Member, Board of Studies Invited as external subject expert to the Board of Studies of Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore Jyoti Nivas College 21 June 2022
7 Best Paper Award Chandigarh University and University of Acala, Spain 15 July 2023