RENU ELIZABETH ABRAHAM
MA, MPhil
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MA, MPhil
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | Agency and Self Expression: Fan Writing as Life Writing | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities / 13 / 2 / 1 - 13 | 0975-2935 | 27-Jun-2021 |
| 2 | The Politics of Cultural Homogenization and Territorialization: An Analysis of the Representation of the Northeast in Tinkle?s Wing Star Series | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities / 14 / 2 / - | 0975-2935 | 01-May-2022 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century | RENU ELIZABETH ABRAHAM,JOSEPH C C, MADHUMATI DESHPANDE,PAUL HONG | 978-981-16-9859-0 | / |
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 | Thinking Subjectivities: National Seminar | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Christ UniversityChrist University, Bangalore | 09/02/2011 | |
| 2 | Reading Indias: Narratives Discourses Imaginings | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Christ UniversityChrist University, Bangalore | 21/02/2012 | |
| 3 | English Language in Higher Education | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Christ UniversityChrist University, Bangalore | 29/01/2013 | |
| 4 | Diasporic Writing: Themes and Concerns | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Jyoti Nivas CollegeJyoti Nivas College, Bangalore | 18/03/2011 | |
| 5 | The Politics of Popular Culture: Current Trends in Popular Culture | SEMINARS | "The Implied Reader-Viewer Vs. the Real Reader-Viewer: A Study of the Construct and the Constructed in Amar Chitra Kathas" | PRESENTER) | Marthomma College, Thiruvalla, KeralaThiruvalla, Kerala | 10/09/2013 |
| 6 | Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 Years of Indian Cinema | SEMINARS | MODERATOR) | Christ University, Department of EnglishChrist University, Bangalore | 19/02/2014 | |
| 7 | Narrating Centers and Peripheries: Minority Discourses in India | SEMINARS | MODERATOR) | Department of English, Christ UniversityChrist University, Bangalore | 12/01/2015 | |
| 8 | Protean Frames: International Seminar on Contempor | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Christ UniversityChrist University, Bangalore | 12/01/2016 | |
| 9 | Language Teaching and Literature | CONFERENCES | "Amar Chitra Kathas and the Popular Culture Industry" | PRESENTER) | Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain First Grade CollegeSri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain First Grade College | 25/02/2016 |
| 10 | Cosmpolitan Spaces: Indian Literature and Counterpoints of Modernity | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Sahitya Akademi and BGR, Christ UniversitySchool of Business Studies and Social Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru | 03/11/2016 | |
| 11 | A Big Little World: Perspectives on Children's Literature in India | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru | 21/02/2017 | |
| 12 | Christ University Forum of Humanities and Social Sciences | SYMPOSIUM | Gender Constructions in Amar Chitra Kathas: A Perspectives | PRESENTER) | Christ University | 27/08/2011 |
| 13 | Synthesise: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Management and Social Sciences | CONFERENCES | PARTICIPANT) | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, Bannerghatta Road Canpus | 10/03/2017 | |
| 14 | Mayabazaar: Re-framing the Hero in the Cinemas of India | SEMINARS | MODERATOR) | Department of English, Christ University, Bengaluru | 16/03/2017 | |
| 15 | Consuming Cultures: Representations and Discriminations | SEMINARS | PANELIST) | Christ University, Bengaluru | 18/03/2017 | |
| 16 | Creative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | SEMINARS | Children's Edutainment Magazines and Holistic Development: A Study of the Acquisition of Social and Cultural Capital in Children | PRESENTER) | Department of English, Sullamussalam Science College, AreacodeSullamussalam Science College, Areacode | 12/12/2017 |
| 17 | Macaulay to Globalization: Shifting Perspectives of English classrooms in Indian Higher Education in the 21st century | CONFERENCES | Practicing Cultural Studies in English Studies Classrooms | PRESENTER) | Christ Universirt, Bengaluru | 10/11/2017 |
| 18 | Life Writing as Social History: Reading Across Cultures | SEMINARS | Fan Writing as Life Writing: A Deliberation | PRESENTER) | Kuvempu UniversityKuvempu University, Shivamogga | 12/04/2018 |
| 19 | Synthesize: An Interdisciplinary Conference | CONFERENCES | Fan Writing and Identity Formation: A Reading of Digital Fan Writing as Life Writing | PRESENTER) | Bengaluru | 18/12/2018 |
| 20 | Rethinking English Studies: The Cultural Turn and Its Possibilities | SYMPOSIUM | PARTICIPANT) | Bengaluru | 14/02/2019 | |
| 21 | National Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature and Cultural Studies | CONFERENCES | Fan Writing and Identity Formation: A Reading of Fan Writing as Life Narratives | PRESENTER) | RIESI, Bengaluru and ELTIF, ThalasseryBengaluru | 28/12/2018 |
| 22 | Synthesize Interdisciplinary Conference | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 11/12/2019 | |
| 23 | Writing for Media and Research Heuristics | SEMINARS | PANELIST) | Acharya Institute of Graduate StudiesBengaluru | 14/10/2019 | |
| 24 | Recontextualizing Gender | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Marivanios College, TrivandrumGoogle meet / Online | 01/07/2020 | |
| 25 | Rethinking South India: Cultural Traditions and Knowledge Structures | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Manasa Trust and Kateel Ashok Pai Memorial College, ShimogaGoogle Meet / Online | 11/09/2020 | |
| 26 | Translation and the Glocal: Texts, Identity, Politics and Cultural Survival | CONFERENCES | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English, Karim City College, Jamshedpur, JharkhandOnline | 27/08/2020 | |
| 27 | Journeying through Wonderlands: What's so Popular about Alice and Tintin | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Department of English and IQAC, Shyamprasad College, CalcuttaOnline | 21/08/2020 | |
| 28 | International e-Conference on Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities | CONFERENCES | Decentred Fandoms: Theorising of Online Hindi Television Fandoms in India | PRESENTER) | New Literaria; Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and Department of English, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, IndiaVirtual | 22/10/2021 |
| 29 | NEP: The Road Ahead - "Transforming Higher Education in India" | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | Christ University, Bangalore | 27/01/2022 | |
| 30 | Research Colloquium on 'New Approaches to Children's Literature' | SYMPOSIUM | PANELIST) | Shreemati Nathibhai Damodar Thackeray Women's University, MumbaiShreemati Nathibhai Damodar Thackeray Women's University, Mumbai | 28/01/2022 | |
| 31 | International Conference on Children and Childhood: Imaginaries in Children's Literature and Films in India and Other Asias | CONFERENCES | ) | Online | 11/11/2021 | |
| 32 | Lumiere O Lit A Seminar on Exploring Cultures and Society in the 21 Century Literature | SEMINARS | PANELIST) | Bangalore City UniversityBangalore City University, Bangalore | 12/09/2022 | |
| 33 | Wonderland of Pictures and Conversations: Reimagining Children in/and of Graphic Narratives from East Asia | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 27/10/2022 | |
| 34 | Vachana 23: Fol-verse: Exploring Folk Cultures in the 21st Century | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 10/01/2023 | |
| 35 | Cinematic Cultures: Intersection of Film and Society | SYMPOSIUM | PARTICIPANT) | Bangalore | 25/03/2023 | |
| 36 | A Seminar on A Prelude to Indian English Literature | SEMINARS | PANELIST) | St Phiomena's College, MysuruSt Philomena's College, Mysuru | 07/09/2023 | |
| 37 | Translation in the Indian Scenario: Practices and Promises in the Twentieth Century | SYMPOSIUM | PARTICIPANT) | Christ University, Bangalore | 09/10/2023 | |
| 38 | Posthumanism: Towards a U/(Dys)topia | SEMINARS | Generative AI and the Postanthropocentric: A Posthumanist Reading of Technocentric Creativity | PRESENTER) | University of CalicutKozhikode | 14/11/2023 |
| 39 | Ecospective: Ecological Discourses in South Asia | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Christ University, Bangalore | 11/01/2024 | |
| 40 | Modernities Redefined: Perspectives from South Asia | CONFERENCES | Creating a Sustainable Eco-verses: Negotiating Climate Emotions through Eco-Storytelling | PRESENTER) | Gitam UniversityBangalore | 22/02/2024 |
| 41 | Urban Labyrinths: Cultural Perspectives on City Spaces | SEMINARS | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 16/03/2024 | |
| 42 | International Conference on Litetarture, Society and Global Media | CONFERENCES | Generative AI and the ?Postanthropocentric?: A Critical Reflection on the Post-literary and Technoutopian Digital Media | PRESENTER) | Jain UniversityBangalore | 13/09/2024 |
| 43 | Illness, Wellness & Fitness: Rethinking Medical Humanities in the Age of Precarity | CONFERENCES | Illness, Wellness & Fitness: Rethinking Medical Humanities in the Age of Precarity | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 20/01/2025 |
| 44 | ?Lost Found in Translation: Transcreation, Adaptation, and Interpretation? | CONFERENCES | ?Lost Found in Translation: Transcreation, Adaptation, and Interpretation? | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 04/03/2025 |
| 45 | Contemporary Discourses on Displacement and Identity | CONFERENCES | Contemporary Discourses on Displacement and Identity | PARTICIPANT) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 13/02/2025 |
| 46 | National Conference on Fan Studies | CONFERENCES | National Conference on Fan Studies | KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) | Sree Shankara College, KaladyKalady | 20/01/2026 |
| 47 | Libernium 2026: | CONFERENCES | Libernium 2026: | PARTICIPANT) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 21/01/2026 |
| 48 | Food and Food Cultures in the Global South: Aesthetics, Intersections and Mediations | CONFERENCES | Food and Food Cultures in the Global South: Aesthetics, Intersections and Mediations | CHAIR) | Bangalore University and IACLALSBangalore | 12/02/2026 |
| 49 | PRISM - International Conference Anthropology of Technology (AoT): Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives on the Human–Technological Interface | CONFERENCES | PRISM - International Conference Anthropology of Technology (AoT): Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives on the Human–Technological Interface | CHAIR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 24/02/2026 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Academic Writing | QIP | 31/03/2015 | Department of Hotel Management, Christ University |
| 2 | Children's Literature and its Social Implications | Inter-disciplinary Knowledge Sharing Session | 11/03/2016 | Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ University |
| 3 | Popular Culture: An Overview | Consuming Cultures 2017 | 18/03/2017 | Christ University, Department of ENglish |
| 4 | The New English Student: Transgression and Creation | English Studies Orientation | 22/06/2018 | Department of English, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) |
| 5 | Modalities of the Popular: Popular Culture as Dialectics of Class Conflicts and Resolutions | Stuart Hall Memorial Lecture Series | 11/02/2019 | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, CHRIST( Deemed to be University) |
| 6 | Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism | Guest Talk | 22/07/2019 | St Claret College |
| 7 | Basic Techniques in Report Writing, Editing and Proofreading | Guest Talk - Workshop | 26/08/2019 | St Claret College |
| 8 | Feminisms in India: Theory as Praxis | Invited Talk | 10/03/2025 | Chankaya University |
| 9 | Moving from Andragogies to Heutagogies in the Humanities Classroom | FDP on Bridging Theory and Practice: Effective Teaching in English Studies | 06/02/2025 | Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies |
| 10 | Portfolio Making and Childrens book creation as a LCA | FDP: Learner Centred Approach | 09/11/2024 | Christ University |
| 11 | Critical Reading: The Writer's Edge | Inauguration of the Writing Centre | 10/09/2025 | CAPS, CHRIST University |
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Student | Institution | Role | Status | Month Year |
| 1 | "Appropriation and Commercialization of Mythology: A Reading of Amish Tripathi's Shiva Trilogy" | Lakshmi Dileep | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | May 2016 | |
| 2 | "The Deified Celebrity: Understanding Representations of Celebrity Worship in India" | Vidya Balakrishnan | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | May 2016 | |
| 3 | "Emerging Feminist Perspectives in Select Novels of Kavita Daswani" | Sreejata Paul | EXAMINER | Ongoing | ||
| 4 | A Textual Study of Angst in Jean-Paul Sartre?s Nausea and Franz Kafka?s The Trial | Vipin George | Christ University | CO_SUPERVISOR | Awarded | May 2013 |
| 5 | Globalisation and Indian Popular Fiction: A Select Study of the Works of Chetan Bhagat | Ashna Mary Jacob | Christ University | CO_SUPERVISOR | Awarded | May 2014 |
Research Project
| Sl.No. | Name of the Research Project | Investigator(s) | Sponsors | Internal/External |
| 1 | Indian Children?s Magazine Fiction in English: Evolution and Development | RENU ELIZABETH ABRAHAM | Internal | |
| 2 | Indian Children's magazine fiction in English: Evolution and Development | RENU ELIZABETH ABRAHAM | Internal |
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Digital Humanities in Practice: Tools, Methods and Applications (DHP?25) | National Institute of Technology, Calicut + Anusandhan National Research Foundation, NIt, Calicut | National | Participant | 08/11/2025 |
| 2 | Recent Trends of Aritificial Intelligence (AI) in Humanities and Social Sciences | Amity University, Chattisgarh, Amity University | International | Participant | 11/08/2025 |
| 3 | Explore: Endless Possibilities | Christ University Higher Education Leadership Institute, | International | Participant | 22/01/2025 |
| 4 | Learner Centred Approach: Portfolio Making and Children?s book creation as a LCA | Christ University, Bangalore, | Institutional | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 05/11/2024 |
| 5 | Digital Humanities: Bridging Traditions and Technologies in Liberal Arts | Jain University, Jain University, Bangalore | International | Participant | 14/10/2024 |
| 6 | Advancing Excellence in Higher Education: Vision, Curriculum, and Quality | Christ University, Bangalore, | Institutional | Participant | 16/09/2024 |
| 7 | Graphic Novels and Comics as a New Pedagogical Approach | Gokul Global University, Siddhpur, | National | Participant | 01/01/2024 |
| 8 | Research Methodology | Department of English and Other Indian and Foreign Languages, VFSTR Deemed to be University, Vadlamudi, Guntur, | National | Participant | 05/12/2023 |
| 9 | Faculty Development Programme - 1 | Christ University, Bangalore, | Institutional | Participant | 26/06/2023 |
| 10 | Curriculum Design and Revision | Academic Staff College and Department of English and Cultural Studies, | Institutional | Participant | 05/12/2022 |
| 11 | Research Tools and Methodologies | Academic Staff College and Department of English and Cultural Studies, | Institutional | Participant | 01/08/2022 |
| 12 | Workshop on Research Writing and Documentation | Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies , Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies | Institutional | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 18/07/2022 |
| 13 | FIRST SEMESTER OPTIONAL ENGLISH SYLLABUS AS PER NEP 2020 | IQAC & Department of English, SFS College in Association with Bangalore University English Teachers? Association & Government First Grade College, Vijayanagar,Bangalore, | Regional | Participant | 14/01/2022 |
| 14 | International FDP on Recent Trends in Professional and Research Writing | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, ITER and Rupkatha Journal, Siksha ?O? Anusandhan and Rupkatha Journal | International | Participant | 15/04/2021 |
| 15 | Erudite Lecture Series-1 | Department of History, Union Christian College, Aluva | Participant | 05/09/2020 | |
| 16 | An International Web Lecture Series | IQAC & the Department of English, Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College | Participant | 23/06/2020 | |
| 17 | Forum for Active Involvement in Research | Government Arts and Science College, Kondotty, Government Arts and Science College, Kondotty | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 13/03/2020 | |
| 18 | Writing for Media and Research Heuristics | Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies , Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies | National | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 14/10/2019 |
| 19 | Capacity Building for Constructive Alignment | Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 03/10/2019 |
| 20 | Instilling Research Rigour in Students | Christ University-Media Studies , | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 21/05/2019 | |
| 21 | Enhancing Pedagogic Practices, Research and Consultancy | Christ University, | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 20/05/2019 | |
| 22 | Promoting Research Among Students | Christ University-BGR, | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 20/05/2019 | |
| 23 | National Workshop on Developing learning Resources for Rural and Disadvantaged Learners | RIESI, Bengaluru and ELTIF, Thalassery, RIESI< Bengaluru and ELTIF, Thalassery | National | Participant | 28/12/2018 |
| 24 | Phenomenology and Grounded Theory | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, | National | Participant | 02/10/2018 |
| 25 | The Story Studio: Masterclasses in Storytelling and Writing for Children | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences , | National | Organiser & Participant | 14/02/2018 |
| 26 | Multidsciplinary Research and Academic Engagements | School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 23/05/2016 |
| 27 | Gendering Moving Frames | Department of English and Suchitra Film Society, | Regional | Participant | 09/01/2016 |
| 28 | English Language and Literature in India: Approaches , Themes and Concerns | CU-Academic Staff College, | Participant | 22/05/2015 | |
| 29 | Routledge Editorial Workshop 2014 | Christ University and Taylor and Francis Group, | Regional | Participant | 25/09/2014 |
| 30 | Jabberwocky | Department of English, Christ University, Bangalore-29, | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 13/08/2014 |
| 31 | Research Concerns and Methods in Contemporary English Studies | Department of English, Christ University, | Participant | 18/03/2014 | |
| 32 | "Corpus: A Workshop on Gender Discourses" | Deapartment of English, Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 26/02/2014 |
| 33 | Developing Learning Centred Curriculum | Department of English, Chirst University, | Institutional | Participant | 18/01/2014 |
| 34 | Jabberwocky: A Literary Carnival | Department of English, Christ University, | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 20/08/2013 |
| 35 | How to Write and Get Published in Scientific Journals and Publish Manuscripts | Springer, Christ University and Edanz, | Regional | Participant | 28/01/2013 |
| 36 | Towards Quality Research for Research supervisors | Department of English, Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 18/08/2012 |
| 37 | Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Higher Education | Christ University, Academic Staff College, | Participant | 25/04/2012 | |
| 38 | Effective Classroom Communication and Teaching Skills | Christ University, | National | Participant | 12/11/2009 |
| 39 | Effective Classroom Communication and Teaching Skills | CEDBEC, Christ University, | National | Participant | 12/11/2009 |
Awards/Achievements/Others
| Sl.No. | Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others | Description | Organisation | Month/ Year |
| 1 | UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) | University Grants Commission | 13 June 2011 | |
| 2 | Publication | Publication of a Postcard review in a Scopus indexed Journal Vol. 59, Iss. 4, p. 68 | Ibby | 20 January 2022 |
| 3 | Membership in English Language Teacher's Association | ELT@I is the English Language Teacher's Association of India | ELT@I | 01 February 2022 |