English

Name
Ms. Reely Raphael

Address:

Head of the Department

Assistant Professor, Department Of English

Little Flower College, Guruvayoor

Email:
reelyraphael@gmail.com
Profile

Completed Masters Degree in English Language and Literature from University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Cleared UGC NET in June 2008.Has been working as Assistant Professor in English at Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, Kerala, India since  22nd December 2010 Till Date. Teaching and Research interest include Gender Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Eco criticism etc. Have completed a Minor Research Project entitled REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SOCIAL AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL ETHNICITY” funded by UGC – XI plan. Has completed nearly six years of teaching experience both in Post graduate and Under Graduate levels in reputed colleges, and has  presented papers in various National and International conferences. Has published articles in Peer reviewed, and referred Journals and seminar proceedings.

Educatinal Qualification

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->Qualified UGC NET in June 2008.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->M.A in English Language and Literature under Calicut University from St.Thomas’ College, Thrissur  in 2007.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->B.A in English Language and Literature under Calicut University from Vimala College, Thrissur in 2005. 

Work Experience
  •       Has worked as Guest Lecturer at St. Thomas’ College, Thrissur, Kerala, India from July 2009 to  November 2010.

    ·       Has worked as Guest Lecturer at Vimala College, Cheroor, Thrissur, Kerala, India from July 2008 to March 2009.

    ·       Visiting Professor At School of Drama, Aranattukara.

    ·       Currently working as Assistant Professor in English at Little Flower College Guruvayoor, Kerala, India since 22nd December 2010 Till Date.



    Positions Held at Little Flower College, Guruvayoor

     

    *     Returning Officer , Union in Charge of Little Flower College, Guruvayoor (2017-2018).

    *     SSP Co ordinator  (2018-2019).

    *     Student advisor

    *     Co ordinator of Placement Cell for Arts

    *     Member of IQAC

    *     Has organized and was the Co ordinator of  On and Of  Theory State level workshop conducted on November 5th.

    *     Has organized and chaired Research Forums for PG and UG studens.

    *     NAAC Steering Committee Member.

    *     Has led the discussion and was the co ordinator of National Seminar Colour and 3rd International Film Fest.

    *     Has chaired a session and was the co ordinator of National Seminar Traversing Gender Identity

     Has conducted a Certificate Course on A Survey of English Literature

    2023-2024

    HOD

    Student Advisor

    College Magazine Staff Editor

    YIP Co-ordinator

    Research Forum Co-ordinator



     

Area of Interest
  • Climate change and climate fiction
  • Gender studies
  • Ecology
  • Film Studies
  • Literary Theory
  • Dalit Writing
Research Projects

 Minor Research Project in Humanities  for the project entitled : “REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SOCIAL AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE   CONTEXT OF GLOBAL ETHNICITY” funded by UGC – XI plan.- completed.

Paper Presented
  • ·       Has presented a paper entitled Beyond the Margins: From Oppression to Resistance, An analysis of Mahaswetha Devi’s Water  in the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Dept. of English, N. S. S College, Ottapalam on 25th and 26th august 2011.

    ·       Has presented a paper entitled: The Re- reading of Thenali Rama Tales in the context of socio linguistics at the UGC sponsored National seminar arranged by the Dept. of Malayalam,  Little Flower College on 29th and 30th November 2012.

    ·       Has presented a paper by the title The process of Trans creation: From the Gendered Subalterns to the Empowered Selves in the National seminar sponsored by the Govt. of Kerala, hosted by the Post Graduate Department of English, Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad on 3rd and 4th January 2013.

    ·       Has presented a paper titled From an Expatriate to an Immigrant: The Indian Diaspora in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasminein the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by the PG Department of English, St. Aloysius college, Elthuruth on 22nd and 23rd February 2013.

    ·       Has presented a paper titled The Kali Myth Reincarnated: Indian Mythological perspectives in Bharathi Mukherjee’s Jasminein the UGC sponsored National Seminar arranged by the Dept. of English, Sri Vyasa N. S. S. College, Wadakanchery on 3rd and 4th September 2013.

    ·       Has presented a paper entitled: Film Induced Tourism: The New Vistas of Destination Marketingin the 13th International Conference organized by Research Development Association and Research Develpoment Research Foundation ( IC- GBMTI) at Goa on 28th and 29th  September 2013.

    ·       Has presented a paper entitled: Humour and the Children’s world: The Unrestrainable Laughter in Dany Devito’s film Matildai n the International Humour Conference organized by Littcrit and UGC Area study Center for Canadian studies, University of Kerala on 6th to 8th December 2013.

    ·       Has presented a research paper entitled: Filming the Painting: An Ekphrastic perspective of Peter Webber’s film Girl with a Pearl Earring at the UGCsponsored International Seminar organized by the PG Dept. of English , Vimala College, Thrissur on 9th and 10th January 2014.

    ·       Has presented a paper by the title: The Significance of the cultural Souveniers of Kerala in Show casing Ethnicity at the UGC sponsored National Seminar hosted by the Dept of Malayalam, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 23rd and 24th January 2014.

    ·       Has presented the research Paper entitled “Showcasing of Dolls: Women Empowerment through the festival BommaKolu.” in the 21st International Conference organized by Research Development Association (RDA) on 11-12th November 2017 at Goa.

    ·       Has Led the discussion and Co ordinated  the National Seminar & 3rd International Film Fest Colour  organized by the Dept of English and Functional English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, on 13th& 14th December 2017.

    ·       Has chaired a session  and Co ordinated the National Seminar Traversing Gender Identity organized by the Dept of English and Functional English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 12th February 2018.

    ·       Has organized, led the discussion and was the Co ordinator of the State Level workshop On & Of  Theory organized by the Dept of English and Functional English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 5th November 2018.

    ·       Has presented the research Paper entitled “ From Los Angeles to Wilderness: The Post Apocalyptic Dystopian California and climate change” at the International conference , ICEC 2018on Ecology and Culture jointly hosted by the Department of English and FSLE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India on 15th-17th December 2018.

    ·       Has chaired the session in the One Day National seminar on Intellectual Property Rights hosted by the Dept of History, Little Flower College in collaboration with Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women, Periyakulam, Theni on 24thJanuary 2019.

    ·         Has attended the Second Prof K T Sebastian Scholar-in-Residence Programme 2022 online with Prof.Jacqueline Rose, Professor of Humanitoe, Birkbeck Instituite for the Humanities. University of London at Department of English, S Berchmans College, Changanassery, held on 7th and 9th June 2022.

     

Paper Published

Has published an article entitled “Beyond the Margins: From Oppression to Resistance the shifting Paradigms in Dalit writing: An analysis of Mahaswetha Devi’s Water, in the Peer Refereed Quarterly Inter Disciplinary Research Journal ,Vol.III No. III September, 2013, ISSN 2249-6696.

 

Has published an article entitled “Aesthetics of Dalit Articulation in Omprakash  Valmiki’s Joothan , in the Peer Reviewed Literary Journal, The Quest, Vol. 29, Number 2, December 2015, ISSN 0971-2321.

 

                Has published an article entitled “ Filming the painting: An Ekphrastic Perspective of Peter Webber’s Film The Girl With a Pearl Earring, in the Vimala International Research Journal for Humanities & Social Sciences, Vol:1, Issue 2, June 2014, ISSN 2348-4837.

 Has published an Article entitled “ From Subjugation to Empowerment: The Evolution of Femininities in Chitra Divakaruni’s Arranged Marriage “in the Peer Reviewed International Journal, TJES (Teresian Journal of English Studies) VOL.10, No.2 December 2018, ISSN 0975-6302.

Preface of  Matiz: Flottila of Colours, Sooryagadha Publishers, Cochin, ISBN 9788172550899, December 2017.

Has published An Abstract entitled From Los Angeles to Wilderness: The Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian California and Climate Change in Ecological and Cultural Cognizance: A Boulevard of Sustainable Amiability, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN 978-9-8827-352, December 2018.

 

                Has published an Article entitled “ Humour and Children’s World: Speculating the Spectrum of seamless Laughter in Danny Devito’s Film Matilda, in Erudition The Research Compendium, Interdisciplinary & Multilingual, Narthitha Publications, Thiruvananthapuram, ISBN 9788193864647, March 2019.

             

                 Has published an Article entitled “ Bommagolu: A Celebration and Awakening of  Feminine Energy, in Erudition The Research Compendium, Interdisciplinary & Multilingual, Turn Books, Kottayam ISBN 978-93-87709-89-8, March 2023 .

                  

Book Published

Books Edited

Elior, An anthology of Poems, ( Edited), Sooryagadha Publishers, cochin, ISBN No 9788172550882, December 2017.

 Horizon of Hope: Can Survive ( Edited), Sooryagadha Publishers, Cochin, ISBN 9788172550998, 2018.

                Traversing Gender Identity, ( Edited), Sooryagadha Publishers, Cochin, ISBN 9788172550974, 2018.

                Lives Unmapped: Representations of the Refugee ( Edited), Sooryagatha Publishers, Cochin, ISBN 9788172551063.


Orientation/References/shortterm courses Attended

·        Has Participated in the Special Winter School Programme organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Calicut at Dr. John Mathai Centre, Aranattukara from 27th November  to 17th November 2013.

·       Has participated in the 84th Orientation Programme Organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, Calicut from 5th June 2014 to 2nd July 2014.

·       Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of  Scholar  Support Programme organized by the New Initiatives in Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 13/09/2018 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

·         Has Participated in the UGC Sponsored 22nd Refresher Course in English Language and Literature conducted by the UGC- HRDC, University of Calicut from 08.03.2019 to 28.03.2019.

·         Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of Scholar Support Programme organized by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 14/06/2019 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

·         Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of Scholar Support Programme  for finalizing Guidelines of SSP organized by the New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 07/08/2019 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

 ·         Has Participated in the One Week Faculty Development Programme on Edu. Tech Hands-on Online Workshop conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of The Kerala Higher Education Council KSHEC, Thiruvananthapuram from 23rd to 28th June 2021.

·         Has Participated in the i Humanities Summer School of Critical Theory and Philosophy 2021conducted by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampter, UK in collaboration with St. Berchmans College, Changanassery from 02/07/2021 to 31/072021.

·         Has completed Online Inter-Disciplinary Two-Week Refresher Course on Managing Online Classes &Co- creating MOOCS 15.0 organized by Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Mission on Teachers and Teaching from 06/06/2022to 20/06/2022.

·         Has completed the Faculty Development Programme Indian Poetry in English of 8 Weeks in through MOOCS Mode conducted by NPTEL-AICTE funded by the MoE, Govt of India from February to April 2023.

 

Training Attended

·         Has Participated in the Special Winter School Programme organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Calicut at Dr. John Mathai Centre, Aranattukara from 27th November  to 17th December 2013.

·         Has participated in the 84th Orientation Programme Organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, Calicut from 5th June 2014 to 2nd July 2014.

·         Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of Scholar Support Programme organized by the New Initiatives in Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 13/09/2018 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

·         Has Participated in the UGC Sponsored 22nd Refresher Course in English Language and Literature conducted by the UGC- HRDC, University of Calicut from 08.03.2019 to 28.03.2019.

·         Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of Scholar Support Programme organized by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 14/06/2019 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

·         Has attended a One Day Orientation Programme for the Coordinators of Scholar Support Programme  for finalizing Guidelines of SSP organized by the New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, on 07/08/2019 at the Loyola College, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum.

 ·         Has Participated in the One Week Faculty Development Programme on Edu. Tech Hands-on Online Workshop conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of The Kerala Higher Education Council KSHEC, Thiruvananthapuram from 23rd to 28th June 2021.

·         Has Participated in the i Humanities Summer School of Critical Theory and Philosophy 2021conducted by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampter, UK in collaboration with St. Berchmans College, Changanassery from 02/07/2021 to 31/072021.

·         Has completed Online Inter-Disciplinary Two-Week Refresher Course on Managing Online Classes &Co- creating MOOCS 15.0 organized by Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Mission on Teachers and Teaching from 06/06/2022to 20/06/2022.

Has completed the Faculty Development Programme Indian Poetry in English of 8 Weeks in through MOOCS Mode conducted by NPTEL-AICTE funded by the MoE, Govt of India from February to April 2023.

Ms. Reely Raphael has participated in the Workshop conducted under Board of

Studies in English UG held on 08/01/2024 and 09/01/2024 at University of

Calicut for framing Four year UG syllabus in connection with implementation of

Calicut University Four Year Degree Programme.

Ms. Reely Raphael has attended the meeting of Board of Studies in English [UG] for the implementation of Calicut University Four Year Degree Programme from 04/03/2024 to 11/03/2024 at Senat Hall, Calicut University.

Seminar/Workshops/Conferences Attended
  •  ·          Has attended a UGC supported Competence Building Programme for young college teachers at Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 28th February  & 1st March 2011.

    ·          Has participated in Workshop on General Informatics sponsored by Kerala State higher Education Council, Govt.  of Kerala organized by Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 18th, 19th and 20th August 2011.

    ·        Has attended National seminar on English language Learning and Information Technology conducted by the Research Centre, Department of English St.Thomas’ College, Thrissur on 13thMarch  2006.

    ·        Has attended UGC sponsored National Seminar on Indian Writing in English organized by Research Centre and Post Graduate Department of English, St. Thomas College Thrissur on 18th and 19th January 2007.

    ·       Has attended International Conference on Asian Theaters and the Western worlds: Culture, Alterity and Representation organized by C PRACIS and hosted by St.Thomas’ College, Thrissur on 12th an d13th January 2008.

    ·       Has attended UGC sponsored National Seminar on Environmental Crisis – Challenges to Social work organized by the Department of Social Work, Vimala College Thrissur on 5thand  6th August 2008.

    ·       Has compered and participated in the various sessions at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK) 2008, organized by the Sangeetha NatakaAcademi from 22nd December 2008 to 31st December 2008.

    ·        Has attended National Level Inter – Collegiate Seminar on Multimedia organized by Department of Computer Science, Vimala College, Thrissur on 22nd September 2008.

    ·        Has participated twice in the Group Discusssion conducted by Yuvavani, All India Radio on Hero Worship, The impact of Advertisement on Youth on 6th February 2009 and 10th January 2010 respectively.

    ·        Has attended the Film Workshop on Documentary and Community Radio organized by Chetana Film Institute under VIBGYOR Film Collective, Thrissur from 4th to 8th February 2009.

    ·       Has attended All India Seminar on Linguistics and English Languages Education in a Bilingual Context: Issues and Challenges organized by DCE in DIET, Thrissur on 13th and 14th February 2009.

    ·       Has attended Workshop on Research Methodology conducted by Department of Economics, Vimala College, Thrissur on 30th March 2009.

    ·       Has attended International Conference on Rethinking Humanities in the age of visual organized by CPRACSIS, Thrissur on 27th and 28th June 2009.

    ·       Has attended Workshop on Vocology conducted by the Research Committee, St.Thomas’ College, Thrissur on 15th March 2010.

    ·       Has attended the International Workshop on Flashes to Frames: Exploring the Dialectics of Films organized by the Dept of English and Dept of Virtual Communication & Creative Media, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 14, 15 &16th January 2011.

    ·       Has attended National Congress on Human Rights: Distinctive voices in Resistance and Survival conducted by St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakkuda, Thrisur on 22nd November 2017.

    ·       Has attended the International Seminar and 4th International Film Fest on Lives Unmapped: Representations of the Refugee hosted by the Dept of English and Functional English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 26th &27th July 2018.

    ·       Has attended a Three Day National Workshop on Scholastic Interrogations on New Methodologies of  NAAC organized by IQAC, The Dept of English & Functional English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 26, 27&28th March 2018.

    ·       Has participated in the State Level Seminar on Perspectives on Research Initiatives for Faculty Orientation organized by the Research Committee, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, March 2018.

    ·       Has attended State level Seminar on Digital Learning and Production: Massive Open Online Courses led by EMMRC, Calicut and  organized by  IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 28th January 2019.

     

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