Ms. Prarthana Manoj
Assistant Professor

• • RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Memory Studies, Minority Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies, Women’s Studies, South Asian Studies

• • PUBLICATIONS

  1. Published a chapter/paper titled, “Representation of the ‘Madwoman’: A Reading of the character, Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea” on the book titled Contemporary Contemplations, Language, Literature, and Culture, by Emerald Publishers. ISBN: 9789390677764 - (2023)
  
  2. Published a short story titled, “Aamaya” in the anthology titled, “Rainbow Narratives published by Ukiyoto, in association with Pachyderm Tales. ISBN: 9789390237128 - (2020)

• • PAPER PRESENTED

  1. Presented a paper titled, “Forgotten Narratives, Forgotten Memories; A Study of the Ao Community in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone” at the National Conference on Re-imagining Northeast Writing and Narratives: Literature, Border, Ethnicity, and Cultural Imagination” conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, on 9th - 11th November, 2023.
  
  2. Presented a paper titled, “Politics of forgetting the Dalit food Culture; Exploring the role of Dalit food culture, and the deliberate forgetting to represent.” at the National Conference on Food and Culture: Transforming Perspectives and Paradigms, conducted by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, on 13th - 15th December 2023.
  
  3. Presented a paper titled, “Memories of a Lost History; A Study on the Collective Memory in Temsula Ao’a These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone.” at the Two-day International Seminar on "Literature as Discourse" organised by the Department of English, Pondicherry University, on the 5th and 6th of October, 2023.
  
  4. Presented paper titled, “Stream of Body and Memory: Exploring the Relationship between the Female Body and Female Memory through the Works of K.R Meera”, for the International Conference on Literary and Language Studies in New Millennium, conducted by the Department of English, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, India on 9th and 10th March 2023.
  
  5. Presented paper titled, “Reaction to Reaction Videos; A Study of the Reaction Videos on Instagram”, for the National Conference on Writing World, Worlds Writing: New Textualities and their Online Lives, conducted by St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru on 20-25th March 2023.
  
  6. Presented a paper titled, “Understanding the Politics of Food and Caste; Exploring the Role of Caste in the Indian Food Culture”, for the Seminar titled, 'Culinary Narratives', for the Department of English (Shift II), Stella Maris College, Chennai on 21 September 2023.
  
  7. Presented a paper titled, "When will each of us be able to hear the forest weep? Understanding the Narratives of the Indigenous Communities through the Novel “Valli” written by Sheela Tomy”, at the National Conference on EcoSpective: Ecological Discourse in South Asia conducted by Christ ( Deemed to be University), Bangalore, on January 11th - 12th, 2024.
  
  8. Presented paper titled, “Representation of the ‘Madwoman’: A Reading of the character, Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea”, for the National Seminar on Emerging Perspectives in English Language, Literature, and Culture, conducted by P.G. Department of the Dwarka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai on 24th February 2023.

• • CONFERENCE ATTENDED

  1. Attended an International Conference “Ecological Migrations and Transcultural Ethics” and Tinai Ecofilm Festival 2019, International Conference, conducted by the Department of English, Madras Christian College (21 and 22nd March 2019)
  
  2. Attended an International Conference “Writing World, Worlds Writing: New Textualities and their Online Lives”, National Conference, St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru (15-18 June 2022)
  
  3. Attended a National Seminar on Emerging Perspectives in English Language, Literature, and Culture, conducted by P.G. Department of the Dwarka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai on 24th February 2023.
  
  4. Attended a National Conference on EcoSpective: Ecological Discourse in South Asia conducted by Christ ( Deemed to be University), Bangalore. (2023)
  
  5. Attended a National Conference on Re-imagining Northeast Writing and Narratives: Literature, Border, Ethnicity, and Cultural Imagination” conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, on 9th - 11th November 2023.
  
  6. Attended a National Conference on Food and Culture: Transforming Perspectives and Paradigms, conducted by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, on 13th - 15th December 2023
  
  7. Attended an International Seminar on "Literature as Discourse" organised by the Department of English, Pondicherry University, on the 5th and 6th of October, 2023.
  
  8. Attended an International Conference on Literary and Language Studies in New Millennium, conducted by the Department of English, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, India on 9th and 10th March 2023.
  
  9. Attended a National Conference on Writing World, Worlds Writing: New Textualities and their Online Lives, conducted by St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru on 20-25th March 2023.
  
  10. Attended a National Seminar titled, 'Culinary Narratives', for the Department of English (Shift II), Stella Maris College, Chennai on 21 September 2023.

• • AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

  1. Received Best Paper Award for the paper titled, “Representation of the ‘Madwoman’: A Reading of the character, Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea”, for the National Seminar on Emerging Perspectives in English Language, Literature, and Culture, conducted by P.G. Department of the Dwarka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai on 24th February 2023.