Dr SHOBANA MATHEWS
MA, MPhil, PhD
PROFESSOR
MA, MPhil, PhD
PROFESSOR
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | Bob Dylan: Poet of Disruption, Dissonance and an Aesthetic of Dissent. | Rupkatha Journalon Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities / IX / 1 / - | 0975-2935 | 15-Jun-2017 |
| 2 | Pink Floyd's Time: An aural metanarrative exploring time through form , lyric and musical arrangement | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities / 12 / 5 / - | 0975-2935 | 30-Nov-2020 |
| 3 | Nature's Lament : A comparitive Psychoanalytical Reading of Childhood trauma in select war narratives | ECS Transactions / 107 / 1 / - | 1071-6867 | 01-May-2022 |
| 4 | The Lives behind the Luxurious Threads: Beleaguered Sustainability of Kashmir?s Pashmina Artisans | Textile Cloth and Culture / 22 / 2 / 462 - 480 | 1751-8350 | 11-Dec-2023 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Learning Environments | DANIEL GNANARAJ S,ANUPAMA NAYAR C V, SHOBANA MATHEWS, SREELATHA R,JOSEFINA F. GÁMEZ, KARINA BECERRA-MURILLO | 9781668436325 | / |
| 2 | Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century | JEHOSON JIRESH J,JOSEPH C C, MADHUMATI DESHPANDE, MITHILESH KUMAR , SHOBANA MATHEWS,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 | Emerging Trends in Research Methodology | Emerging Trends in Research Methodology | PARTICIPANT) | Centre for Research Christ University | 27/04/2013 | |
| 2 | Thinking Subjectivities | Thinking Subjectivities | PARTICIPANT) | Dept Of English,Christ Univerity | 27/04/2013 | |
| 3 | SEMINARS | Including Aurality as Cultural Mode in Humanities : Song in Performance as Text | PRESENTER) | University of Pondicherry | 16/03/2016 | |
| 4 | Forests And Literature | SEMINARS | Reading the Forest as a Space of self Discovery in British Children's Literature : Enchanted Woods and the Disenchantment of the Jungle | PRESENTER) | CUSAT & ACSR / CochinThrissur , Kerala | 24/02/2017 |
| 5 | Best Practises: Service Learning | CONFERENCES | Srujana : Service Learning as Enlightened Self Interest | PANELIST) | 06/07/2017 | |
| 6 | In Serach of Heroes Within and Beyond | CONFERENCES | The Joker, The Thief and the Sultans of Swing : Reading some of Dylan and Knopfler's characters as Socio-Spatial practitioners in Rock Audiotopias | PRESENTER) | Banaras Hindu UniversityBanaras | 23/02/2018 |
| 7 | UGC Sponsored National Seminar : Women in Literature | SEMINARS | Anna Akhmatova ,Keening Muse : Retelling History by Reformulating Poetry | KEYNOTE_SPEAKER) | JA COllege for women, Autonomous , Affiliated to Mother Theresa University , TNJA COllege , affiliated to Mother Theresa University , Periyakulam , TN | 23/02/2019 |
| 8 | National Conference on Secularism , State and Interfaith Dialogue | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Christ Deemed to be University , DVK&National Foundationfor Communal Harmony ( Ministry of Home Affairs)Bangalore | 24/09/2019 | |
| 9 | "The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place" International Conference | CONFERENCES | From Pastiche to Palimpsest: Analysing the Geo-Cultural Transformations of the Urban Palimpsest through the Spatial Practices of Koshy's Coffee House | PRESENTER) | London Centre forInterdisciplinary Research/ St Anne's , OxfordOxford, UK ( online ) | 17/06/2022 |
| 10 | The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place- International Conference | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | LICR , St Anne's , OxfordOxford,UK | 17/06/2022 | |
| 11 | Mirroring Change : Literature and Social Transformation | CONFERENCES | Unmuting the Text : An Interarts approach to Reading in a Digitised World | PRESENTER) | University of PondicherryPondicherry | 03/10/2024 |
| 12 | International Memory Studies Conference “Memory, Narrative Designs, and Strategies of Preservation” | CONFERENCES | Flanerie as a Research Practice | PRESENTER) | Centre for Memory Studies, IIT MadrasChennai | 27/10/2025 |
| 13 | Aesthetica 2026 | CONFERENCES | Aesthetica 2026 | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 05/02/2026 |
| 14 | 19th International and 55th Annual Conference of ELTAI | CONFERENCES | 19th International and 55th Annual Conference of ELTAI | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)bangalore | 12/11/2025 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Myths in our lives | Laguages department | 19/02/2015 | Christ University / dept of Languages |
| 2 | Portrayal of Women in Indian Art | Generation UK India | 20/07/2016 | Christ University |
| 3 | An Evening with Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler | Tuesdays with the Bard | 26/03/2019 | Urban Solace |
| 4 | Rock and Roll Music and its Influence on American Literature and Culture | Guest Lccture | 27/06/2019 | St Paul's College, Bangalore |
| 5 | How liberal is the Liberal Arts ? | Let's CHat Meet | 22/09/2019 | Let's Chat |
| 6 | Session 1: Rethinking Research in the Humanities: ABER, an Interarts Approach to Text and Textuality | One-Day Workshop (Offline) In Collaboration with Centre for Educational Transformation through Tech | 13/08/2025 | Jain University |
| 7 | Mother Rose Endowment lecture | Mother Rose Endowment lecture | 30/09/2025 | Fatima College (Autonomous) PG & Research Department of English , |
| 8 | Keynote Address titled: “Beyond the Sound of Silence: Reading Song as Social Commentary” | Two Day Online National Conference on Rhythms of Resistance | 17/11/2025 | Rhythms of Resistance: Music, Literature, and Culture, conducted by PG and Research Department of En |
| 9 | Keynote Address Poetry as Prophecy | College Day Celebration | 28/02/2025 | United Theological College |
| 10 | 'Bangalore: A Heritage of Nostalgia and Anemoia’ | South Asian Heritage Month Talk at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.UK | 20/08/2025 | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) |
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Student | Institution | Role | Status | Month Year |
| 1 | . | VARUN VAIDYANATHAN V | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | 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 | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | January 2022 |
| 3 | WEAVING NARRATIVES OF KASHMIRI HERITAGE: READING THE PASHMINA SHAWL AS A CULTURAL ARTEFACT AND REPOSITORY OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MEMORY | TASKEEN BHAT | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | May 2025 |
| 4 | DESTABILISING THE DOMINANT VIA MUSIC STREAMING PLATFORMS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AUDIO VISUAL STREAMING IN SHAPING THE AESTHETIC OF RESISTANCE AND IDENTITY IN HIP-HOP | K SHARATCHANDRAN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | August 2023 |
| 5 | Visual Arts as a Form of Inter art Analogy in the Select Postmodern American Novels | SREESHMA K VENU | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | August 2023 |
| 6 | CULTURE, MATERIALITY AND CURATORIAL PRACTICES: A STUDY ON INCLUSION OF GLAM IN HUMANITIES CURRICULA | NILEEMA PHILIP | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | March 2024 |
| 7 | . | JAGADEESWARAN SAI GOVARDHAN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | 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 | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | August 2024 |
| 9 | SCRIPTED NARRATIVES BEYOND THE TEXT: A STUDY ON THE TRANSMEDIA AND INTERARTS ADAPTATIONS OF THE INDIAN FOLKTALE 'A FLOWERING TREE' | ANTONY SAMY J | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | November 2024 |
| 10 | EKPHRASTIC MODEL OF NARRATIVISATION: AN INTERARTS APPROACH TO READING VISUAL ARTS | DEVIKA B | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | August 2025 |
| 11 | Reading Intersectionality and Transhistoric Childhood Trauma in Select Fiction of Perumal Murugan, Uzodinma Iweala and Markus Zusak | ELIZABATH JANSY | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | April 2025 |
Patents
| Sl.No. | Title of Invention | Inventor(s) | Filing Date |
| 1 | Ekphrastic Model of Narrativisation for Reading Visual arts | DEVIKA B, SHOBANA MATHEWS | 30-Apr-2025 |
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 | SHOBANA MATHEWS | 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
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Words Spun out of Visuals: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan | Coursera , The University of Tokyo | International | Participant | 10/09/2025 |
| 2 | Adobe Photoshop for Beginners Generative AI images | Coursera , Coursera Project Network | International | Participant | 08/03/2025 |
| 3 | 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 , Shri S Ramasamy NAidu Memorial College, Sattur , T | Regional | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 20/08/2019 |
| 4 | CUFOHSS | DOHSS, | Institutional | Participant & Presenter | 15/03/2018 |
| 5 | Service Learning Embedded Curriculum Meet | CSA , United Board, Lady Doak College and CU, | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 10/03/2017 |
| 6 | Career Counselling Workshop-Path Ahead | Centre For Academic and Profesional Support , | Institutional | Presenter | 17/12/2016 |
| 7 | Service Learning | CSA , | Institutional | - | 16/11/2015 |
Consultancy
| Sl.No. | Faculties | Theme of Consultancy | Type |
| 1 | SHOBANA MATHEWS | recruitment process |