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 The Home and the Hero Film International: Journal of World Cinema / 21 / 3 / 50 - 61 2040-3801 20-Sep-2024
2 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
3 Padmarajans Enigmatic and Enduring Relationships Film International / 18 / 1 / 66 - 73 1651-6826 26-Jun-2020
4 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
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
Sl.No. Title Author Names(s) ISBN No. Month Year
1 The Routledge Handbook of Indian Indie Cinema ARYA AIYAPPAN (720) 978-1-032-22500-5 /
2 Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media: Representations and Responses ARYA AIYAPPAN (720) 978-1-032-25683-2 /
3 Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century ARYA AIYAPPAN (720) 978-981-99-7802-1 /
4 Gender and Popular Visual Culture in India: 'Benevolent' Sexism and Disguised Discrimination ARYA AIYAPPAN (720) 978-1-032-56144-8 /
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 Asia?s Maritime History and Identity at Cultural Crossroads Conference Kochi Water Metro: A Geospatial Remapping Presenter) Kristu Jayanti College in collaboration with University of Auckland, New ZealandBengaluru 23/01/2025
2 Urban Contemplations: Exploring Cities as Sites of Narrativity, Meaning and Action Conference Organizer) Christ UniversityBengaluru 20/01/2025
3 International Conference on Film Studies: Identity and Otherness in Film Conference Truncating the 'Other' through Select Malayalam Horror-Comedies Presenter) London Centre for Inter-disciplinary Research, London, UKOnline (London) 05/02/2022
4 From Screening to Streaming: Ideology, Aesthetics and Historiography of New Cinema Seminar 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
5 Towards New Visions: Women in Films, Media and Beyond Virtual Conference Conference #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
6 Towards New Visions: Women in Films, Media and Beyond Virtual Conference Conference Moderator/Chair) University of Guelph, Canada and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)Online 11/03/2021
7 Art & Culture: Intricacies on Research and Publishing Seminar Moderator/Chair) Government KNM Arts & Science College and Kerala Lalithakala AcademyWebinar in Kerala 04/03/2021
8 National Webinar on "Classic versus New Hollywood" Seminar "Classic versus New Hollywood" Panelist) Centre for Cinema and Screen Studies, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala Virtual 05/06/2020
9 National Seminar on Exploring Ecological and Cultural Consciousness: A Vision of Equitability Seminar Organizer) Christ UniversityBangalore 27/02/2020
10 Contemporary Coherence in British Literature and Language Conference Evolving Taste Publics in Contemporary Hindi Cinema Presenter) Erode Arts and Science College Erode 25/01/2019
11 Cosmopolitan Spaces:Indian Literature and Counterpoints of Modernity Seminar Participant) Christ UniversityBangalore 03/11/2016
12 Media Meet 2016 - Breaking the 4th Wall Seminar Food as Symbolic capital in salt n Pepper and Usthad Hotel Presenter) Christ UniversityBangalore 04/08/2016
13 Other The Urban/Rural Divide: Gender Politics in Middle Cinema in Hindi Presenter) -
14 National seminar on Women's Writing National seminar on Women's Writing Participant) Samyukta -
15 National seminar on Women's Health: New Paradigms National seminar on Women's Health: New Paradigms Participant) Samyukta -
16 Twelfth International Conference on The Political Twelfth International Conference on The Political Economy of social Division: Race, Gender, Class, and Caste as Fetishized/ Fetishizing Borders Participant) Samyukta -
17 National Symposium on Thinking Subjectivities National Symposium on Thinking Subjectivities Participant) Christ University -
18 English Language in Higher Education: Exploring Le English Language in Higher Education: Exploring Learner-Centered Approaches Participant) Chirst University -
19 Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of indian Cinemas Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of indian Cinemas Participant) Department of English, Christ University -
20 Other Reminiscing a Spring Gone By Presenter) Christ University, Bangalore -
21 Other "Middle Cinema in Hindi and the Politics of Representation" Presenter) Christ University, Bangalore -
22 National seminar - Narrating Centers and Peripheri National seminar - Narrating Centers and Peripheries: Minority Discourses in India Participant) Department of English, Christ University -
23 Conference Hindi Cinema: Ek Naya Daur Presenter) Bangalore -
24 Seminar The Dynamics of Relationships in Padmarajan's Select Films Presenter) Christ University Bangalore -
25 Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals Participant) Department of Media Studies, Christ University, Bangaluru -
26 Conference Emerging Taste Publics and Contemporary Middle Cinema in Hindi Presenter) Kolar -
27 Conference Intersecting Maps of Nature and Human Nature in select Malayalam Films Presenter) Goa -
Invited Talks
Sl.No. Titel of the Program Name of the Program Date Name of the Institution
1 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
2 Aqua Vitae: Blue Humanities and Cinema Webinar 23/01/2025 St. Josephs College (Autonomous) Devagiri
3 S(p)licing the Scene: Interventions / Intrusions MacGuffin International Film Festival 28/10/2023 Christ, Lavasa
4 Positioning Docufiction: Cinema-Literature Interface Special lecture for the Training and Placement Division 06/03/2023 Bishop Heber College
5 Experience of Cinema: Research Interventions Certificate Course in Research Methodology and Academic Writing 17/01/2023 Bishop Moore College
6 Borderless World: Negotiating Appreciation, Research and Criticism Undergraduate Orientation 06/10/2021 Mar Ivanios College, Kerala
7 Decoding Research: Perspectives, Problems and Possibilities Keynote Address for the Inauguration of the Research Forum 29/09/2021 St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry. Kerala
8 Introduction to Reading Films Guest Lecture 02/03/2017 Christ University, Bannerghatta Road Campus
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 Christ University Supervisor Ongoing
2 Representing the Effects of the Bhopal Tragedy: A Study of Select Fiction in English Karthika Balachandran Christ University 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 Madurai Kamaraj University Examiner
5 The Saga of Muziris: Mapping Histories Christin Shaji University of Kerala 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 Calicut University Examiner
16 Of Gods, Men and the Politics of the ?Chosen?: Competing Masculinities and Nationalism in Religio-Mythological Hollywood Epics, 2010-2016 Jyoti Mishra IIT Madras Examiner
17 Of Gods, Men and the Politics of the Chosen: Competing Masculinities and Nationalism in Religio-Mythological Hollywood Epics, 2010-2016 Jyoti Mishra IIT Madras 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 IIT Madras Examiner
20 NAMITHA MERIN THOMAS Christ University Supervisor Ongoing December 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 External
2 Padmarajan ARYA AIYAPPAN 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 May 2005
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 May 2005
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 May 2005
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 February 2009
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 August 2015