Karthika Bhavan, Vazhamuttom East, Pathanamthitta.

• PhD (2019 to 2024)- Submitted PhD dissertation, awaiting open defence
• MA English- 2017
• UGC NET & JRF- 2018

Life writing, Historiography, Film Studies, Gender studies

Publications

• Paper titled ‘Articulation and Mediation of Trauma in the indigenous memoir Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia in the UGC care listed journal Ishal Paithrkam (Issue 32, March 2023)
• Paper titled ‘The Quest for Self: Reading T.P. Rajeevan’s KTN Kottoor: Ezhuthum Jeevithavum as a Fictional Autobiography’ in the UGC care listed journal Malayalam Literary Survey. (Vol.42 Issue 4, October – December 2022)
• Paper titled ‘Part History, Part Memoir: Fariba Nawa’s Migrant Memoir Opium Nation as a Counter Narrative’ in the UGC care listed journal Ishal Paithrkam (Issue 30, September 2022)
• Published a paper titled ‘Writing Body: Disability Life Narrative as Counter Discourse’ in the UGC care listed journal Shodha Prabha (Vol. 47, issue 2, July 2022)
• Published a short story in the college magazine section in the Mathrubhumi Weekly (Issue-2015 August 30-September 5).
• Published a book review in the Kalakaumudy weekly (Issue 2023 June 18-25).

Paper presentations in seminars/conferences

• ‘Indigenous Memoir: Reading Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia as Mediation of Traumatic Experiences’ in an international webinar organised by Jyoti Nivas college Autonomous, Bangalore.
• ‘Autopathography: Reading Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty First Century as a Counter Discourse’ in a national conference organized by Chandigarh university, Mohali.
• Self, Memory and History: An Exploration of the biographical movie A Beautiful Mind at an International Virtual Conference conducted by Post graduate and research department of English, Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla.
• ‘History of Self: An Interrogation of Margaret Thatcher’s Autobiography’ at the National Seminar organized by Govt. College, Ambalappuzha.
• ‘Toxic Landscapes and Poisoned Lives in Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal’ at the three-day national seminar organized by post graduate department of English, Govt. College for women, Trivandrum.
• ‘Human Despoliation of Nature and its Consequences: A Study of Select Movies as Eco-Narratives’ at a national seminar organized by Mar Thoma College Thiruvalla.
• Raj Rao’s The Boyfriend: Intersection of class and caste in the life of homosexuals at the state seminar conducted by PG department of English, Christian College, Chengannur.