Dr SUSHMA V MURTHY
MA, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Interstices of Space and Memory : Retelling Metropolitan Chronotope | SUSHMA V MURTHY,RENUKA SHYAMSUNDAR BELAMKAR ,SREEDEVI SANTHOSH ET AL | 9781003606666 | / |
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 | Two Day National Conference on Blending Boundaries and Transforming Literary Landscapes | Conference | A Man among Men: Masculinities and the Social Construction of Gender Relations | Keynote Speaker) | Periyar University Salem, Tamilnadu | 28/10/2025 |
| 2 | Dialogica :Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature, Language and Cultural Studies | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 27/06/2025 | |
| 3 | Young Sociologist Conference | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 28/02/2025 | |
| 4 | Melange | Conference | Organizer) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 20/01/2025 | |
| 5 | International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women | Seminar | Dialogic Approaches to Violence against Women | Keynote Speaker) | Centre for Women's Studies, Periyar University Online | 10/12/2024 |
| 6 | Two Day National Seminar on Prisms of Psychology in the Literary Realm | Seminar | 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 |
| 7 | 3 Day National Seminar on Religion and Gender in Representation of Northeast India | Seminar | Moderator/Chair) | ICSSR and TETSO College, Nagaland | 16/10/2024 | |
| 8 | National Conference on The Confluence of Literature, History and Culture | Conference | Institutionalised Invisibility : Materialising Male Bodies through History, Race and Gender | Keynote Speaker) | St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai Palayamkottai | 24/01/2024 |
| 9 | Yonder Gender : New Approaches to Texts and Contexts of Femininity and Masculinity | Conference | National Conference on Literary Horizons of Gender : An Exploration | Keynote Speaker) | V V Venniaperumal College for Women Virudhunagar | 29/09/2023 |
| 10 | 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies | Conference | 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 |
| 11 | National Seminar on Nature and Nurture: Ecology in Literature | Seminar | Reverberating EC(h)O: Nature and Nurture in the Literary Imagination | Keynote Speaker) | Global College of Arts and Science Veppur, Tamilnadu | 01/03/2023 |
| 12 | National Conference on Modern Advances in Teaching and Learning | Conference | Rainbows in Refraction: Integrative and Expansive Approaches to Pedagogy and Learning in English Studies | Keynote Speaker) | Christopher Arts and Science College Online | 25/02/2023 |
| 13 | International Conference on Reimagining the Menstrualscape | Conference | 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 |
| 14 | National Seminar on Cultural Studies | Seminar | Between the Looking Glass and the Rabbit Hole: Re-visioning Women in Popular Culture Narratives | Keynote Speaker) | St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli | 27/05/2022 |
| 15 | International Conference on " The Mirror of Life: Representations of History, Culture and Environment in Literature" | Conference | Tinsel Doves and Lapis Lazuli: Cartographic Anxiety and Multiculturalism in Southeast Asian Feminist Literature | Presenter) | St. Xavier's College Palayamkottai Palayamkottai | 06/05/2022 |
| 16 | International Conference on " The Mirror of Life: Representations of History, Culture and Environment in Literature" | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | St. Xavier's College Palayamkottai Palayamkottai | 06/05/2022 | |
| 17 | National Webinar Series on Postcolonial Literatures: Contexts and Concerns | Seminar | Interlocking Skeins of Resistance and Sisterhood: Intersectional Approaches to South -East Asian Feminist Literatures | Keynote Speaker) | Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai Online | 11/03/2022 |
| 18 | International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Perspective | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of technology Online | 25/10/2021 | |
| 19 | International Virtual Conference on Disciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary research | Conference | Psycho-cultural Elements in Triveni's Fiction | Keynote Speaker) | Research India Foundation Online | 14/10/2021 |
| 20 | International Conference on The Impact of Conflict on the Humanities | Conference | Palpable Histories: Embodying the Visceral Abject as Historiographic Subject in Select Works of Chimamanda Adichie and Jean Arasanayagam | Presenter) | St. Paul's College Bangalore | 25/06/2021 |
| 21 | Melange 2020 | Seminar | Moderator/Chair) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 27/02/2020 | |
| 22 | Two Day International Seminar on South Asia in Transition | Seminar | Moderator/Chair) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 14/02/2020 | |
| 23 | National Conference on Gender Politics in Literature | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | Kongu Arts and Science CollegeErode, Tamilnadu | 03/10/2019 | |
| 24 | National Level Seminar on Short Stories of the World in English | Seminar | Beyond the Threshold of Femininity: Feminist Resistance and Women's Short Stories in India | Presenter) | VHSN CollegeVirudhunagar, Tamilnadu | 20/09/2019 |
| 25 | Revolutionary Reality of African Literature | Conference | 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 |
| 26 | National Seminar on Feminism in Indian context | Seminar | Panelist) | Annai Fathima CollegeMadurai | 25/02/2019 | |
| 27 | Transnational & Transcultural Trending in Contemporary South Asian Literatures | Conference | Panelist) | Christ UniversityMadurai | 14/02/2019 | |
| 28 | National conference on Extending Postcolonialism | Conference | Incoherent Truths: the 'Mad' woman in Triveni's Psychoanalytical Fiction | Presenter) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 04/02/2019 |
| 29 | Revolutionary Reality of African Literature | Conference | Moderator/Chair) | Mannar Thirumalai Naicker CollegeMadurai | 10/01/2019 | |
| 30 | One Day National Conference on "A Multidimensional Approach to Women Empowerment: Voice and Visibility | Conference | From a Space of Absence: Female Psyche and Psychogenic Percipience in Triveni's Fiction | Presenter) | Christ UniversityBangalore | 07/03/2018 |
| 31 | National Conference on "Texts as Con-Texts: The Hermeneutic Circle Today" | Conference | From the Dialectic to the Dialogic: contemporary contexts for Feminist Research | Presenter) | Christ UniversityPalayamkottai, Tamilnadu | 06/02/2017 |
| 32 | National Seminar on Literature of the Transgenders | Seminar | Looking Queer: Critical Frameworks for Transgender Aesthetics | Presenter) | The Gandhigram Rural InstituteGandhigram | 30/01/2017 |
| 33 | Media Meet | Seminar | "Shut-Eye Shadows: (Dis)locating Hegemonic Masculinity in Lucia's Visual Dream Narrative" | Presenter) | Christ UniversityBengaluru | 29/12/2015 |
| 34 | Dharma: Interface between secular and sacred | Conference | "Littoral Drift: Intertidal Corporeal and Spiritual Selves in Akka Mahadevi" | Presenter) | DVKBengaluru | 04/01/2015 |
| 35 | National Conference on Trends in Indian English Literature | Seminar | "Gender and Space in Anita Nair's Ladies'Coupe" | Presenter) | CMR college BangaloreBangalore | 08/02/2013 |
| 36 | International Conference on Translation and the Accomodation of Diversity: Indian and Non-Indian Perspectives | Conference | Trans-Elating Woman: Feminist Translation in Nicole Brossard | Presenter) | Universite de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, FranceUniversite de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, France | 10/11/2010 |
| 37 | International Conference on India-Canada Relations | Conference | 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 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Addressing Gendered Violence | 18/12/2024 | Department of English and Cultural Studies, Yeshwantpur Campus, CHRIST University | |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Vertices and Vortices: Theoretical and Literary Approaches beyond the Gender Matrix | Vidyamritam Extra Mural Lecture Series | 12/09/2023 | Amritha Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Deconstruction in Progress: Signifying Post-Derridean Contexts | International Conference on Literary Theories | 17/12/2016 | Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | "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 |
| 8 | Impact of Advertisements on Youth | Yuva Vani | 03/07/2013 | All India Radio |
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 | University of Madras | 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 | Mercy College, Palakkad, Calicut University | Examiner |
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 | April 2009 |
| 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 | July 2007 - Jan 2008 |
| 3 | Co-Editor | Artha, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 30. Published by Christ University, Bengaluru | Christ University, Bengaluru | September 2014 |
| 4 | Member, Editoral Advisory Board | Member of the Editorial Advisory Boardd, Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 3, 3rd Edition, ISSN 2319-2925) | Tetso College, Nagaland | 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 | Jan 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 |