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The Research Centre of the English Department at Kannur University marks a significant advancement in the institution’s commitment to academic excellence. Officially inaugurated on March 1, 2024, by Professor Bijoy S. Nandan, the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University, this centre is dedicated to advancing research and intellectual inquiry in the studies in English. The inauguration ceremony highlighted the university’s dedication to creating a dynamic research environment. Professor Nandan’s address emphasized the importance of such initiatives in driving scholarly excellence and encouraging innovative research practices. The centre provides a structured environment for both faculty and students to engage in rigorous research. It is supported by a team of 4 research guides who will offer mentorship and ensure adherence to high academic standards. Currently, the centre is home to 15 active research scholars, each pursuing diverse and innovative projects in English literature and related fields. In addition to its core research functions, the Research Centre hosts a vibrant Research Forum designed to foster intellectual exchange and collaboration. This forum features monthly talks and presentations by faculty members and research scholars, covering a broad spectrum of topics such as literary theory, critical analysis, and interdisciplinary studies. These events facilitate valuable dialogue and provide feedback opportunities, enriching the academic community.
Research Facilities
English
Research Supervisors
Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh
Professor
Dr. A C Sreehari
Assistant Professor & HoD
Dr. Shyma P
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sindhu Thamban
Assistant Professor
Research Publications
| Title of paper/article | Name of the author/s | Name of Book/journal | Calendar Year of publication | ISBN/ISSN Number |
| The Missing People: A Critique of Dalit Representations in Films | Dr A C Sreehari | LITTCRIT | 2016 | 0970-8049 |
| “Which English Do You Mean, Sir? Reflections on the Variety of English in Postcolonial Classrooms” | Dr Santhosh V M | Journal of ELTIF | 2016 | 2230-7710 |
| Traditional Myths in the Construction of a New Kerala Space: Cyber Imagining of Kerala and the Play of Power | Dr Aiswarya P K | Singularities | 2016 | 2348-3369 |
| Cyber Communities and Ethical Resistance: A Study of Select Cyber Kerala Communities | Dr Aiswarya P K | The Investigator | 2016 | 2454-3314 |
| Cyber Attappadi and Spatial Imaginings: A Study of Cyber Regional (Re-) Creations | Dr Aiswarya P K | Global English Oriented Research Journal | 2016 | 2454-5511 |
| Translation as Transference: A Case Study of N.V.’s Translation of Robert Frost | Dr A C Sreehari | Malayalam Literary Survey | 2017 | 2319-3271 |
| The Taledanda of the Annihilation of Caste | Dr Premachandran Keezhoth | Edu World | 2017 | 2319-7129 |
| Designing Cyber Communities: A Virtual Ethnography of Select Cyber Kerala Communities | Dr Aiswarya P K | IJELLH | 2017 | 2321-7065 |
| Cyber Kerala Imagining: A Study on The Virtual Making of Kerala Communities | Dr Aiswarya P K | Singularities | 2017 | 2348-3369 |
| Articles in Malayalam | Dr A C Sreehari | Apakeraleekaranam: Sahithyam, Samskaram, Cinema (De-Keralisation) | 2018 | 978-93-84110-73-4 |
| Articles in English, Dept. of English, Payyanur College | Dr A C Sreehari | Locating the Local: In Literature and Films | 2018 | 978-93-84110-60-4 |
| Book Published by Dept. of English, Payyanur College | Dr A C Sreehari | Kerala And the Crises of Modernity (Edited) | 2018 | 978-93-84110-61-1 |
| A Backward Reading of the Multiple Manifestations of Malayalam Poetry | Dr A C Sreehari | The Literary Criterion | 2018 | 0024-452X |
| Makers of Indian Literature: Kamala Das (Book Review) | Dr A C Sreehari | Littcrit | 2018 | 0970-8049 |
| “Popular Jokes as Triggers in Translation Classrooms” | Dr Santhosh V M | Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) | 2018 | 2349-5162 |
| “Augmenting Discourse-Level Writing Competency Using Fluid Instructional Materials in English Language Teaching: An Experimental Study” | Hasbulla E & Dr Santhosh V M | Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) | 2018 | 2349-5162 |
| “Construction of the Colonised Self and the Context of Its Postcolonial Interrogations” | Dr Santhosh V M | International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) | 2018 | 2349-5162 |
| Owning Muthappan: The Lumpen Thiyya Negotiations of Modernity | Dr Shyma P | Social Orbit: Journal of Social Sciences | 2018 | 2395-7719 |
| Undoing Gender Stereotypes:Re-visiting Fairy Tales | Dr Amritha Vydoori | Journal of English Teachers’ Interaction Forum | 2018 | 2230-7710 |
| Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Paradigm: A Study of Select Narratives | Dr Amritha Vydoori | Notions | 2018 | 0976-5247 |
| The Role of Mirror Neurons in Readers’ Connection with Characters | Dr Sindhu Thamban | International Education & Research Journal | 2018 | 2454-9916 |
| Construction of Tradition through Narratives: reflections on Early Malayalam Novels | Dinesan V, Dr Santhosh V M | Think India Journal | 2019 | 0971-1260 |
| Remembering a forgotten Liberator: Savitribai Phule and the Bahujan Culture of Dissent | Dr Shyma P | Indian Literature | 2019 | 195804 |
| Exploring the Popular Culture of Street Food: A Journey into the World of Taste | Amritha Vydoori | CASS | 2019 | 2581-6403 |
| Crossing Boundaries of Body and Mind: A Close Reading of Rituparno Ghosh’s Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish | Dr Amritha Vydoori | Journal of English Teachers’ Interaction Forum | 2019 | 2230-7710 |
| Re-inventing Identity in Gloria Anzaldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera | Dr Amritha Vydoori | Research Journal of Englsih Languiage & Literature | 2019 | 2395-2636 |
| Crossing the Threshold of Liminality: A Study on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story | Dr Amritha Vydoori | International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities | 2019 | 2321-7065 |
| Veendedukkendunna Pradesangal [Regions to be Recovered] | Dr A C Sreehari | Sahithya Lokam | 2020 | 2319-3263 |
| Transgendering Individuals | Dr A C Sreehari | A Word to Mother Poems by Vijayarajamallika | 2020 | 978-93-90459-88-9 |
| Transgender Subjectivity of Ludovic in Ma Vie en Rose as Re-articulation of Gender Dysphoria and Narcissism | Ummer K C, Dr Santhosh V M | Our Heritage | 2020 | 0474-9030 |
| The Postcolonial Turn in English Studies in India | Dr Santhosh V M | Research and Reflections on Education | 2020 | 0974-648X |
| The Paranoid Existence: The Muslim Diaspora Britain with Reference to Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire | Dr Suhana P A, Manju A J | IJRAR | 2020 | 2348-1269 |
| Kavithayute Apakeraleekaranam [De-Keralisation of Poetry] | Dr A C Sreehari | Malayalabhavanayum Kerala Sahithyameemamsayum (Ed.) Dr M.A. Siddeek | 2021 | 978-93-84110-37-6 |
| Confluence of Water and Feminine Narratives in Sarah Joseph’s Aathi [Gift in Green] | Sujatha A V, Dr Santhosh V M | Wesleyan Journal of Research | 2021 | 0975-1386 |
| Of Hunting and the Hunted: Vayanattukulavan Theyyam and the Enunciation of Being Backward | Dr Shyma P | Nidan | 2022 | 2414-8636 |
| The Caste of Casting: Thilakan and ‘Backward Articulations’ in Malayalam Cinema | Dr Shyma P | BioScape | 2022 | 0974-9276 |
| Translation of “Keetuvaanghara” by Srikandan Karikkakam | Dr Shyma P | Malayalam Literature Survey | 2022 | 2319-3271 |
| Empowering Learners: The Dogme Approach’s Impact on Autonomy & Communication Skills | Dr Sindhu Thamban | IOSR Journal of Humanities & Social Science | 2022 | 2279-0845 |
| Singling out from the Many: Tribal Autobiography and the Appropriation of the Self | Dr A C Sreehari | Malayalam Literature Survey | 2023 | 2319-3271 |
| “The Politics of Othering: Constructed Images of High Range People in Contemporary Malayalam Films.” | Anand and Dr A C Sreehari | Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities | 2023 | 2249-250X |
| The syllabus for sympathy: A critique of the Albeist Versions of Disability | Mani K P | Journal of English Teachers’ Interaction Forum | 2023 | 22310-7710 |
| Analyzing Dreams of the Visually Impaired | Mani K P | Littscape | 2023 | 2349-414X |
| Body as a Site of Memory: An Analysis of Hiroko Tanaka from Burnt Shadows | Dr Suhana P A, Manju A J | International Journal of English & Studies | 2023 | 2581-8333 |
| When the Canker Turns Inwards: Remembering and Forgetting in Kartography | Manju A.J., Dr Suhana P.A. | International Journal of English & Studies | 2023 | 2581-8333 |
| A Post-Colonial Perspective on Film Viewing: Reversing the Cultural Inferiority | Dr Aiswarya P. K. | International Journal of Research in Social Sciences | 2024 | 2249-2496 |
| Visual Words: A Critical Analysis of Chithrapusthakathile Yathrikar | Dr Aiswarya P. K. | International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) | 2024 | 2320-2882 |
| Gender Equations Patterning Biracial Identity Development: An Analysis of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted | Dr Resmi R. | JETIR – Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research | 2024 | 2349-5162 |
Research Scholars
| Sl. No. | Name | Specialization | Supervisor | Mode | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REMYA M. | Travel Studies | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 2 | RAKHEE RAGHAVAN | Post-Apartheid Fiction | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Part Time | Ongoing |
| 3 | VINEETHA VIJAYAN N. | Trauma Studies | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Part Time | Ongoing |
| 4 | AARDRA V. S. | Memory Studies | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Part Time | Ongoing |
| 5 | ANAND R. | Area Studies | Dr. A C Sreehari | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 6 | POOJA R | Gender Studies | Dr. A C Sreehari | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 7 | AISWARYA K | Dalit Studies | Dr. A C Sreehari | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 8 | VIDYA K. | Regional History | Dr. A C Sreehari | Part Time | Ongoing |
| 9 | SREESAKHI K. | Life Writings | Dr. A C Sreehari | Part Time | Submitted |
| 10 | Reshma A | English Language Teaching | Dr. Sindhu Thamban | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 11 | Sreepriya R. | Film Studies | Dr. Sindhu Thamban | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 12 | Anu Devadas | Film Studies | Dr. Shyma P | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 13 | V Asisha | Food Studies | Dr. Shyma P | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 14 | Hannah Parveen | Postcolonial Studies | Dr. Shyma P | Full Time | Ongoing |
| 15 | Anjaly Paul | Posthuman Studies | Dr. Shyma P | Full Time | Ongoing |
PhD Awardees
| Sl. No. | Name | Supervisor | Topic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AISWARYA P. K. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Malabar in Cyberspace: A Study of Spatial Imaginations | 2019 |
| 2 | UMMER K. C. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Biopolitics of Intersex Lives: A Study of Select Fictional and Self Narratives | 2021 |
| 3 | SUJATHA A. V. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Liberative Appropriation of Indigenous Imaginaries: An Ecofeminist Reading of the Novels of Leslie Marmon Silko and Sara Joseph | 2021 |
| 4 | HASBULLA E. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Validating Functional Linguistic Competency in English Using Fluidity of Instructional Materials | 2019 |
| 5 | SARISHA K. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Modes of Resistance: An Ecocritical Reading of Select Indian Novels | 2023 |
| 6 | VINODKUMAR K. V. | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | Political Discourse of Kerala Renaissance: Surveying Kumaran Asan’s Works as a Site of Alternative Modernity | 2023 |
Seminars/Workshops
Projects
| Sl. No. | Title | Year | Type | Faculty | Funding Agency | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 2012 | Minor | Dr. A C Sreehari | UGC | Completed |
| 2 | English | 2015 | Minor | Prof (Dr.) V M Santhosh | UGC | Completed |
| 3 | English | 2023 | Minor | Dr. Shyma P | ICSSR | Ongoing |
| 4 | English | 2007 | Minor | Dr.K.C.Muraleedharan | UGC | Completed |