Ms. Roshin T Roy Assistant Professor MA, NET roshin.t@marthomacollege.ac.in

Date of joining: 12 September 2018

Email: roshin.t@marthomacollege.ac.in

ACADEMIC PROFILE

• B. A. English Language and Literature (2013): Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla
• M. A. English Literature (2015): The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
• Qualified UGC-NET (2014)

PAPERS PRESENTATIONS 

1. “Determining Cultural Identity: Memory in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and The Black Book” in the International Conference ENGCONF 2015 on Transitions: Literature, Language and Culture – Post 1980 conducted by Garden City College, Bangalore. 7 February 2015.
2. “The Borderlines between Morality and Legality: A Reading of Bernard Schlink’s The Reader” in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Voices from the Borderlands: Emerging Literatures, Ignored Vioces, Silenced Uproars and Evolving Theoretical Perspectives organized by St. Stephen’s College, Pathanapuram. 16 October 2015.
3. “Nissim Ezekiel’s Poetry and the Politics of Belongingness” in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Transcending Borders and Cultures: Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Poetry organized by St. Cyril’s College, Adoor. 3 November 2016.
4. ““Blood for blood”: Malayalam Dalit Poetry and the Recurrent Images of Bloodshed.” In National Seminar on “Articulations of Alterity: Theorizing Dalit Movements” conducted by Sri C Achutha Menon Government College, Thrissur, on 19 and 20 Dec. 2017.
5. “Deviant Gender Identities and Homosocial Bonding in Jaishree Misra’s Rani.” In National Seminar on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Exploring Diversities of Queer Spaceconducted by CMS College, Kottayam,on 30th November and 1st December 2017.
6. “The Construction of Neocolonial Subjecthood in Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest.” In International Seminar on Reimagining the Past to Revitalise the Future conducted by Don Bosco College, Sultanbathery, on 22 and 23 November 2018.
7. Roshin T Roy and Denaha Eliz George. “Contesting Heteronormativity in the Music Industry: A Reading of “You Need to Calm Down”; by Taylor Swift”, in National Seminar on Mediating Gender Identities: Shifting Paradigms in the Indian Public Sphere, organised by St. Gregorios College, Kottarakara on 10, 11 January 2020.
8. Roshin T Roy and Amal Saleem. “The Construction of Spatial Binaries as an Irreconcilable Duality in Aquaman” in National Seminar on Space, Place and Textuality: Reading Spatial Codes, organised by Newman College, Thodupuzha on 6, 7 February 2020.

PUBLICATIONS 

Book Chapters:

• “Note on a Child’s Experience of Growing up in Confinement: Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl.” Approaches to Childhood: Issues and Concerns in Creative Representation. Ed. Rahul Kamble and Oindri Roy. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-5207-180-7
• “The Borderlines between Morality and Legality: An Analysis of The Reader.” Voices from the Borderlands: Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar, St. Stephen’s College, Pathanapuram, Oct. 15 and 16, 2015. Jolly Malayam, Nithya G. R. Pathanapuram: St. Stephen’s College, 2015. 69-78. ISBN 978-81-928481-1-6
• Roshin T Roy and Denaha Eliz George. “Contesting Heteronormativity in the Music Industry: A Reading of “You Need to Calm Down” by Taylor Swift”, Mediating Gender Identities: Shifting Paradigms in the Indian Public Sphere: Proceedings of National Seminar, St. Gregorios College, Kottarakara, 2020.

Journal Articles:

• “Determining Cultural Identity: Memory in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and The Black Book.” Luminaire1. (2016) ISSN: 2249-2542
• “Assertion of Dravidian Identity and the Retellings of the Ramayana in South India.”REYONO journal of interdisciplinary studies 1 (2016): 14-25. ISSN 2277-7652

ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES/REFRESHER COURSES/FDPs ATTENDED:

1. Completed online course on “English Literature of the Romantic Period: 1798-1832” conducted by NPTEL in SWAYAM platform, January 2020.
2. Participated in the Faculty Induction Programme organised by University of Mumbai, 19 December 2020 to 18 January 2021.
3. Participated in the Online Faculty Development Programme on Learning Management System organised by Kerala State Higher Education Commission from 1 to 7 October 2021.
4. Participated in the Online Faculty Development Programme organised jointly by MG University STRIDE and Department of English, Mar Thoma College for Women, Perumbavoor, from 9 to 15 November 2021.