PROGRAMMES ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Workshop on Research Methodology by PG Department of English, Payyanur College, Payyanur.
The PG Department of English, Payyanur College, Payyanur, organised a workshop on Research Methodology on 19th January 2023. Ms. C Labeeba, Research Scholar in Kannur University was the Resource Person. Dr Aiswarya PK, Faculty, Payyanur College introduced the speaker and welcomed the gathering.
The audience responded actively with comments and queries. Devapriya EV and Chithralekha of 3rd DC English along with Ashley David of PG department of English shared their doubts. Having commenced at 10.a.m, the lecture spanned over an hour and ended with Revathi of 2nd PG proposing the vote of thanks. Dr V M Santhosh, Principal, Payyanur and Mani K P, faculty of English Department were also present.The session was indeed inspiring and a huge success.
Vantage Lecture on” Matching up to the Machines: Cognification, AI and the Future of Human Creativity”
As a part of the Vantage Lecture Series organised by the PG Department of English, Payyanur College , Sreetilak Sambhanda, the Executive Vice President, Viva Books and Viva Education, Delhi and an alumnus of the department delivered a lecture on ” Matching up to the Machines: Cognification, AI and the Future of Human Creativity” on 5 th January 2023 at the College Seminar Hall. Mr. Sreetilak spoke about the every day applications of AI with interesting examples and prompted the audience to analyse the opportunities and challenges AI offers to creative arts. Dr. A C Sreehari, Assistant Professor, welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest to the audience. Meghna of final year BA English extended the vote of thanks. All the faculties and the students of the department attended the programme.
“Realise your Mind’s Strength”: A Different Take on Drug Abuse
The PG Department of English, Payyanur College conducted a unique Anti Drug Abuse program ” Realise Your Mind’s Strength” on the 16 th of December 2022 at the Park in the college at 2.00pm. Sarang P P. of final year BA English, who is also a mentalist, demonstrated how human mind can be controlled through his mentalist experiments for which two volunteers from the audience assisted him. Through his experiments Sarang proved that it is not impossible to completely control human mind. Therefore, it is always possible to stay away from drugs and to come out of its influence even if one falls prey to it. He asked all those present to spread the message and help those who struggle with the issue. Dr Premachandran Keezhoth, HOD, Department of English, presided over the function. Dr Sindhu Thamban, Assistant Professor, Department of English welcomed the gathering. Dr.V.M. Santhosh, the Principal and Mani K P, Assistant Professor, Department of English felicitated the function. All the teachers and students of the department attended the programme. Suhana P A, Assistant Professor, Department of English delivered the vote of thanks.
SEMINAR ON GENDER, SEXUALITY AND QUEER POLITICS
The Post Graduate Department of English, Payyanur College, Payyanur organized a one day seminar on the topic “Gender, Sexuality and Queer Politics”, in connection with the Vantage lecture series, on 02/12/2022. The seminar focused on addressing and analyzing the LGBTQI+ community from the perspectives of an insider and outsider. The resource persons were Esha Kishore, an indigenous transgender activist from Kanhangad and Shilpa Parthan, research scholar at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
The keynote address was given by Ms. Esha Kishore, the first transgender news reader of Kerala.
The programme wasmoderated by Dr AC Sreehari and the introductory speech was made by Mr. Mani K P, both being faculties of the department. Aparna M.P., English Association Secretary, gave a feed back to the sessions and Aswathy of First year M.A. English proposed vote of thanks.
The PG Department of English, Payyanur College, Payyanur, arranged a class by Ms Aiswarya Sureshan, Research Scholar, NIT Warangal and an alumna of the Department to celebrate the Teachers’ Day. She handled a session for the students of the Department ( both PG and UG) on the topic “From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism : Evolution of Eco Centric World in the Context of Covid 19”.
The session started at 7:30 pm with a welcome speech by Devadathan EV, 3rd DC English student. Nandana Prakash, 3rd DC English student, introduced the resource person.
A pertinent and engaging interactive session followed the lecture. Questions and doubts were raised by Keerthana, Devadathan EV, Devadathan TM, Shivani and Nandana. Ms Meghana from 3rd DC English proposed the vote of thanks.
Over 90 members including the faculty members and students of the department attended the programme.
Technical support was given by Sarang PP and Adithyan MT. Devapriya EV compered the programme.
The whole session was handled by the 3rd DC students of the department.
By arranging a class by an alumna on this Teachers’ Day and by entrusting the students to organise the technical session, the students and former students were given the opportunity for taking the lead role in the teaching-learning process. Such a role reversal would definitely boost the morale of the students and this is what a teacher wants too.
Sivashankar Rajmohan A.K. interacted with the students
First lecture of the “Vantage: Critical Idiom Lecture Series” for this academic year, organised by the PG Department of English, Payyanur College was conducted on 03/08/2022. Sivashankar Rajmohan A.K., former UGC Senior Research Fellow at Kannur University Dr.Janakiammal Campus delivered the lecture on the topic “Literary Theory and Academic Research: Engaging with the Basics. Devapriya E V of third year BA English welcomed the gathering. Dr Aiswarya P K, Assistant Professor, Department of English introduced the resource person. Around 110 people attended the program. The resource person opened up new arenas of theoretical insights for the students. The session was quite engaging. After the two-hour lecture there was an interactive session in which the students raised their queries. The session was concluded with a vote of thanks by Raniyah K. of second year BA English
Department Activities 2019-20 [Click here to view]
16 December 2017
Dr K. Satchidanandan, eminent poet, translator and academician, delivers a speech on Indian Literature: Diversity in Unity (ഇന്ത്യൻ സാഹിത്യം: ഒരുമയിലെ പലമ). The venue also witnessed the launch of the blog English Made Easy by Sri Satchidanandan. The blog was designed by the students of BA English language and Literature 2015-18 batch, Payyanur College, as a guide to the book Green Voices, English Common Course text prescribed for the second semester undergraduate students of Kannur University.
15 December 2017
Dr Vipin Kumar, former students and presently Asso. Prof at EFLU, Lucknow campus, interacted with the students of English on how translation is not a secondary activity and how untranslatability needs to be understood as moments of creativity. In the afternoon, Dr Jyothi Arayambath spoke to the students on Mental Health.
