ACADEMIC


International Seminars/Conferences
  • Fourth ASAA International Conference on “Conflict and change in Australasia” at Kandy, Sri Lanka from 2 – 5 December, 2008 and presented a paper and chaired a session.

  • Presented a paper at the International Workshop organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University Singapore, Singapore on 9 and 10 February 2009.

Conferences Organized
  • Co-ordinated Two National Conferences on Translation and Identity and Translating India into English in Collaboration with the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Ministry of Human Resources, Government Of India, Mysore.

  • Co-ordinated a Refresher Course in Cultural Studies at the UGC Academic Staff College, Kariavattom from 15 September 2008.

  • Co-ordinating a National Conference on “Imagining Cultures Beyond Disciplines” to be held at the University of Kerala  on 19 and 20 March, 2009.

Inaugural / Keynote Addresses / Chairing Sessions
  • Keynote Address at Fathima College, Madurai at the Nationsl Conference on Literary Theories on 16 December 2011.

  • Keynote address on Queer Theory at the National Seminar on Queer Studies at SB College, Changanacherry on 9 Dec 2011.

  • Chaired a session in the National Conference on “Charting New Territories: Cartographies of Pop Media and Culture” at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 19 August 2011.

  • Plenary Lecture on Masculinities in the National Conference on “Charting New Territories: Cartographies of Pop Media and Culture” at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 18 August 2011.

  • Chaired a session at the IACLALS Seminar on Comparative Cultural Studies on 28 January 2011.

  • Keynote Address on Cinema and Literature at the Holy Cross College, Nagercoil on 11 October 2010.

  • Memorial Lecture on Cinema and the Nation in Govt. College, Trichur on 13.11.2010.

  • Plenary Lecture at The International Conference on Postcoloniality at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut on 7 April 2010.

  • Ayyappa Panikker Memorial Lecture at NSS College, Pandalam on 19 February 2010.

  • Keynote Address on Gender and New Horizons of Research at the National Conference on New Horizons of Indological Research at the University of Sanskrit, Kalady 15-17 January 2009.

  • Keynote Address at the Tripura Central University, Agartala for the “National Conference on Translation – Lending Audibility” held from 16-18 February 2009.