Dr ARYA AIYAPPAN
MA, MPhil, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Articles in Journals
Sl.No. Title Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos ISSN No. Date Published
1 When a Rudaali raises a Bawandar: The Marginalised get a Voice Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific / / 28 / - 1440-9151 26-Apr-2013
2 Padmarajans Enigmatic and Enduring Relationships Film International / 18 / 1 / 66 - 73 1651-6826 26-Jun-2020
3 Yakshi at the Crossroads: Gendering Horror and Trauma in Malayalam Horror-Comedies Quarterly Review of Film and Video / 38 / 6 / 1 - 18 1543-5326 29-Jun-2021
4 The Home and the Hero Film International: Journal of World Cinema / 21 / 3 / 50 - 61 2040-3801 20-Sep-2024
5 Stitching the Threads of Change: Malayalam Actor Indrans as the Multifaceted ‘Tailor’ Studies in Costume & Performance / 10 / 2 / 261 - 278 2052-4021 19-Dec-2025
6 Movie within a Movie: Review of the Film One Cut of the Dead Media Asia / / / 1 - 9 2377-6277 24-Oct-2025
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
Sl.No. Title Author Names(s) ISBN No. Month Year
1 Gender and Popular Visual Culture in India: 'Benevolent' Sexism and Disguised Discrimination ARYA AIYAPPAN,FRANCIS PHILIP BARCLAY AND KAIFIA ANCER LASKAR 978-1-032-56144-8 /
2 Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media: Representations and Responses ARYA AIYAPPAN 978-1-032-25683-2 /
3 Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century ARYA AIYAPPAN,JOSEPH C C, MADHUMATI DESHPANDE,PAUL HONG 978-981-99-7802-1 /
4 The Routledge Handbook of Indian Indie Cinema ARYA AIYAPPAN,ANIK SARKAR, JAYJIT SARKAR 978-1-032-22500-5 /
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 The Urban/Rural Divide: Gender Politics in Middle Cinema in Hindi PRESENTER) 26/04/2013
2 National seminar on Women's Writing National seminar on Women's Writing PARTICIPANT) Samyukta 26/04/2013
3 National seminar on Women's Health: New Paradigms National seminar on Women's Health: New Paradigms PARTICIPANT) Samyukta 26/04/2013
4 Twelfth International Conference on The Political Twelfth International Conference on The Political PARTICIPANT) Samyukta 26/04/2013
5 National Symposium on Thinking Subjectivities National Symposium on Thinking Subjectivities PARTICIPANT) Christ University 26/04/2013
6 English Language in Higher Education: Exploring Le English Language in Higher Education: Exploring Le PARTICIPANT) Chirst University 24/09/2013
7 Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of indian Cinemas Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of indian Cinemas PARTICIPANT) Department of English, Christ University 26/04/2014
8 Reminiscing a Spring Gone By PRESENTER) Christ University, Bangalore 10/10/2014
9 "Middle Cinema in Hindi and the Politics of Representation" PRESENTER) Christ University, Bangalore 10/10/2014
10 National seminar - Narrating Centers and Peripheri National seminar - Narrating Centers and Peripheri PARTICIPANT) Department of English, Christ University 01/03/2015
11 CONFERENCES Hindi Cinema: Ek Naya Daur PRESENTER) Bangalore 01/03/2015
12 SEMINARS The Dynamics of Relationships in Padmarajan's Select Films PRESENTER) Christ University Bangalore 01/10/2015
13 Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals PARTICIPANT) Department of Media Studies, Christ University, Bangaluru 01/10/2015
14 CONFERENCES Emerging Taste Publics and Contemporary Middle Cinema in Hindi PRESENTER) Kolar 11/03/2016
15 CONFERENCES Intersecting Maps of Nature and Human Nature in select Malayalam Films PRESENTER) Goa 11/03/2016
16 Media Meet 2016 - Breaking the 4th Wall SEMINARS Food as Symbolic capital in salt n Pepper and Usthad Hotel PRESENTER) Bangalore 04/08/2016
17 Cosmopolitan Spaces:Indian Literature and Counterpoints of Modernity SEMINARS PARTICIPANT) Bangalore 03/11/2016
18 Contemporary Coherence in British Literature and Language CONFERENCES Evolving Taste Publics in Contemporary Hindi Cinema PRESENTER) Erode Arts and Science CollegeErode 25/01/2019
19 National Seminar on Exploring Ecological and Cultural Consciousness: A Vision of Equitability SEMINARS ) Bangalore 27/02/2020
20 National Webinar on "Classic versus New Hollywood" SEMINARS "Classic versus New Hollywood" PANELIST) Centre for Cinema and Screen Studies, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Central University of KeralaVirtual 05/06/2020
21 Art & Culture: Intricacies on Research and Publishing SEMINARS MODERATOR) Government KNM Arts & Science College and Kerala Lalithakala AcademyWebinar in Kerala 04/03/2021
22 Towards New Visions: Women in Films, Media and Beyond Virtual Conference CONFERENCES #MeToo and Time's Up: Slippage of Face-work in Malayalam Cinema and Industry PRESENTER) University of Guelph, Canada and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)Online 11/03/2021
23 Towards New Visions: Women in Films, Media and Beyond Virtual Conference CONFERENCES MODERATOR) University of Guelph, Canada and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)Online 11/03/2021
24 International Conference on Film Studies: Identity and Otherness in Film CONFERENCES Truncating the 'Other' through Select Malayalam Horror-Comedies PRESENTER) London Centre for Inter-disciplinary Research, London, UKOnline (London) 05/02/2022
25 From Screening to Streaming: Ideology, Aesthetics and Historiography of New Cinema SEMINARS Home and the Hero: Re-defining the Constructs through Malayalam Films in OTT Platforms PRESENTER) Association for Film Studies in South AsiaOnline 03/12/2021
26 Asia?s Maritime History and Identity at Cultural Crossroads CONFERENCES Kochi Water Metro: A Geospatial Remapping PRESENTER) Kristu Jayanti College in collaboration with University of Auckland, New ZealandBengaluru 23/01/2025
27 Urban Contemplations: Exploring Cities as Sites of Narrativity, Meaning and Action CONFERENCES ) Bengaluru 20/01/2025
28 The 19th International and 55th Annual Conference of ELTAI on Lessons Taught, Lessons Learnt: Teacher and Learner Narratives CONFERENCES Teaching Literary History through Literary Biopic: A Conceptual Framework CO_PRESENTER) English Language Teachers' Association of India Bangalore 12/11/2025
Invited Talks
Sl.No. Titel of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 Introduction to Reading Films Guest Lecture 02/03/2017 Christ University, Bannerghatta Road Campus
2 Decoding Research: Perspectives, Problems and Possibilities Keynote Address for the Inauguration of the Research Forum 29/09/2021 St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry. Kerala
3 Borderless World: Negotiating Appreciation, Research and Criticism Undergraduate Orientation 06/10/2021 Mar Ivanios College, Kerala
4 Experience of Cinema: Research Interventions Certificate Course in Research Methodology and Academic Writing 17/01/2023 Bishop Moore College
5 Positioning Docufiction: Cinema-Literature Interface Special lecture for the Training and Placement Division 06/03/2023 Bishop Heber College
6 S(p)licing the Scene: Interventions / Intrusions MacGuffin International Film Festival 28/10/2023 Christ, Lavasa
7 Ways of the Water: Exploring Blue Humanities through Cinema Webinar 30/09/2025 Saraswathi College of Arts and Science (Affiliated to University of Kerala) Vilappil
8 Aqua Vitae: Blue Humanities and Cinema Webinar 23/01/2025 St. Josephs College (Autonomous) Devagiri
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
Sl.No. Title Name of Student Institution Role Status Month Year
1 Representation of the Ten Commandments in Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalog Rajarajeshwari Ashok SUPERVISOR Ongoing
2 Representing the Effects of the Bhopal Tragedy: A Study of Select Fiction in English Karthika Balachandran SUPERVISOR Ongoing
3 Characterisation of Women in Hindi Film Adaptations of Select Shakespearean Tragedies Ojha Kritika Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded February 2017
4 Cultural Hybridity and Hyphenated Identity in the Select Diasporic Works of Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai N Naga Jothi EXAMINER
5 The Saga of Muziris: Mapping Histories Christin Shaji EXAMINER
6 Reading Duality of Existence in Kerala of teh 1980s through select films of P Padmarajan Kalyani Nandakumar Christ University SUPERVISOR Notification Issued October 2018
7 Dynamics of Fantasy-Realism Exchange in The Game of Thrones Jain Mary Sajeev Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded February 2019
8 Film Geographies of Kochi: Sense of Place in Contested Cultural Landscapes REMYA R Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing January 2022
9 THE SOCIO-CULTURAL POLITICS OF DIEGETIC SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY MALAYALAM CRIME THRILLERS (2010-2022) SNEHAPRIYA PIUS Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing July 2022
10 Lijo Jose Pellissery's Diegetic World: Socio-Cultural Markers and the Politics of Representation RESHMA MERLIN JOSEPH Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing July 2021
11 MAPPING CITYSCAPES: INTERROGATING THE CULTURAL SPACES IN THE SELECT NOVELS OF BAPSI SIDHWA S N KIRAN Christ University SUPERVISOR Awarded March 2023
12 Cultural Politics and the Changing Representation of Living Spaces and Characterization in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema (2010-2020) ANNIE ANTHONY Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing February 2023
13 Reviewing Stardom in the New Wave Malayalam Cinema: An Intersectional Reading GREESHMA HANNA RAJAN Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing April 2023
14 The Literary Biopic in a World of Cinemas: Interrogating Screen Representations of the Author ANA MANUELLA VIEGAS Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing October 2024
15 Representation of Power: A Cultural Reading of Selected Films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan Anu Antony EXAMINER
16 Of Gods, Men and the Politics of the ?Chosen?: Competing Masculinities and Nationalism in Religio-Mythological Hollywood Epics, 2010-2016 Jyoti Mishra EXAMINER
17 Of Gods, Men and the Politics of the Chosen: Competing Masculinities and Nationalism in Religio-Mythological Hollywood Epics, 2010-2016 Jyoti Mishra EXAMINER
18 THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTING AND HISTORICISING PANDEMIC SPACES IN TAMIL ANTHOLOGY FILMS SOURAV KARTHIKEYAN Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing October 2024
19 Cinematic Ethnicities: Costume and Cultural Identities in Contemporary Malayalam Movies Viju V V EXAMINER
20 NAMITHA MERIN THOMAS Christ University SUPERVISOR Ongoing December 2025
Patents
Sl.No. Title of Invention Inventor(s) Filing Date
1 A System and Model for Analysing Literary Sense of Place ARYA AIYAPPAN 26-Aug-2025
Research Project
Sl.No. Name of the Research Project Investigator(s) Sponsors Internal/External
1 The En-gendered Body: Issues of Representation in Contemporary Middle Cinema ARYA AIYAPPAN External
2 Padmarajan NFAI, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India External
3 Remapping Kochi: A Geopolitical Study into the Sustainability of the Water Metro ARYA AIYAPPAN Internal
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
Sl.No. Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme Name of Organiser Level Role Date
1 Cinematic Wisdom: Exploring Indian Knowledge Systems through Indian Cinema Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Gokul Global University, Gujarat in collaboration National Participant 03/03/2025
2 Reflexive Humanities Samyukta Research Foundation, Samyukta Research Foundation International Organiser & Participant 03/03/2024
3 National Faculty Development Program on Eco-Criticism and Environmental Literature: Engaging Students in Sustainable Thinking Department of English and Cultural Studies,  National Invited Resource Person/Trainer 13/07/2023
4 Workshop on Indexing Samyukta Research Foundation, Samyukta Research Foundation National Organiser & Participant 17/12/2022
5 Faculty Development Program Staff Development College,  Institutional Participant 05/12/2022
6 Curriculum Design and Revision with Special Focus on OBE Staff Development College,  Institutional Participant 05/12/2022
7 Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies University of London,  International Participant 02/06/2020
8 Learnign to Teach Online Coursera, University of New South Wales International Participant 21/04/2020
9 Reading Cinema as an Audio-visual Text Sri Krishna Adithya College of Arts and Science, Sri Krishna Adithya College of Arts and Science Regional Invited Resource Person/Trainer 12/02/2020
10 Vitascope School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jain University, Jain University Regional Invited Resource Person/Trainer 18/01/2020
11 PhD supervisors Training Centre for Research,  Institutional Participant 18/01/2018
12 Quality Improvement Program on Research and Publication Academic Staff College, Christ University,  Participant 23/05/2016
13 Gendering Moving Frames Department of English, Crhist University and Suchitra Film Society,  National - 09/01/2016
14 English Language and Literature in India: Approaches, Themes and Concerns Christ University, Academic Staff College,  - 22/05/2015
15 Quality Improvement Programme - Research Concerns and Methods in Contemporary English Studies Academic Staff College and Department of English, Christ University,  - 18/05/2014
16 Film Appreciation Workshop Department of English, Christ University,  National - 15/02/2014
17 Workshop - Developing Learning Centered Curriculum Department of English, Christ University,  National - 18/01/2014
18 Orientation Programme Christ University Academic Staff College,  - 22/04/2013
19 Film Workshop with Dr. Peter Zimmermann on The New German Film Wave and the Berlin School Max Mueller Bhavan,  International - -
Awards/Achievements/Others
Sl.No. Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others Description Organisation Month/ Year
1 Pappadi P. R. Parameswaran Panikkar Gold Medal Secured the highest percentage of marks in English Language and Literature Main at the M.A. Degree Examination held in 2002 University of Kerala 24 September 2013
2 Prof. Samuel Mathai Gold Medal Secured the highest percentage of marks in English Language and Literature Main at the M.A. Degree Examination held in 2002 University of Kerala 24 September 2013
3 Prof. C. V. Chandrasekharan Prize Secured the highest percentage of Marks in English Language and Literature main at the M.A. Degree Examination held in 2002. University of Kerala 24 September 2013
4 Prof. K. P. K. Menon Prize Secured the prize for the Best Outgoing student of the M.A. course from the Institute of English, University of Kerala in 2002. Alumni Association, Institute of English, University of Kerala 24 September 2013
5 Best Paper Award Best Paper Award at Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals for research paper presentation on the topic, "The Dynamics of Relationships in Padmarajan's Select Films" Department of Media Studies, Christ University 01 October 2015