DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Reju George Mathew
Dr. Reju George Mathew

Assistant Professor Grade II

Office Address:

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus Post, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Pin 673601

Contact no:

0495 2286085

Email ID:

rejugm@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

  • PhD English (Comparative Literature) from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana- 2014

  • MA English (English Literature) from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana- 2008

  • BA English Language & Literature from St. Berchmans College, Changanasserry, Kerala- 2006

  • Educational Qualifications

    • PhD English (Comparative Literature) from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana- 2014

    • MA English (English Literature) from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana- 2008

    • BA English Language & Literature from St. Berchmans College, Changanasserry, Kerala- 2006

    Conferences

    International

    • Paper titled “Privileges of Caste Heritage: A Study of Syrian Christian Identity Constructions in Kerala” at the international conference on Heritage and History in South Asia that was co-organised by Presidency University, Kolkata and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London on 20-21 February 2017 at Presidency University, Kolkata.

    • Paper titled “Reconfiguring Identities: Dalit Christian Struggles on the Margins” at International Conference on Diversity, Margins and Dialogue: Local, National and Transnational Cultures organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Pune, Pune in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and University Grants Commission (UGC) on 2-4 January 2014.

    • Paper titled “Caste, Conversion and Christianity: Dalit Christian in Malayalam Fiction and Translations” at International Conference on New Dimensions in Contemporary Commonwealth Literature organized by Department of English, Telangana University, Nizamabad in collaboration with Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies (ISCS), New Delhi on 3-4 April 2013.

    • Paper titled “Disciplining Religion: European Missionaries amongst Dalits” at the conference, Captivity and Culpability: The Disciplining Subject in the Literary and Cultural Imagination co-organised by Alex Adams (Newcastle University) and Cornelia Wächter (University of Paderborn & Bielefeld University) in collaboration with University of London’s Institute for English Studies and Human Rights Consortium (both part of London University’s School of Advanced Study) at Senate House, University of London on 14-15 December 2012.

    • Paper titled “Ambedkar and Conversions into Christianity” at International Interdisciplinary Conference on “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Ideology and Socio Political Movements in Asia” organized by Department of History, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune on 1-3 March 2012.

    • Paper titled “The Birth of an Untouchable Christ: Dalit Christianity in India” at The Ninth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities organized by  Common Ground Publishing and Universidad de Granada, Spain on 8-11 June 2011.

    National

    • Paper titled “Ambedkarite Religious Conversion in Times of Gharwapasi” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Contributions for Empowerment of Deprived Classes organized by Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune on 10-11 March 2016.

    • Paper titled “Why couldn’t Christ be a Dalit? A Critique of the European Missionary Discourse” at the National Seminar Vanishing Traditions: ‘Erasure’ of Dalit Oral and Folkloric Expressions? sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala and organized by the PG Dept. of English, Government College, Tripunithura, Kerala on 17-18 November 2014.

    • Paper titled “Dalit Christian Resistance and Theology: Struggles for Religious and Social Justice” at Dalit Issues: Strategies for Inclusive Growth and Development organized by the Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Pune, Pune on 3-4 January 2014.

    • Paper titled “Beyond the Commonwealth and the Postcolonial: Dalits in the Short Stories of C. Ayyappan and T. K. C. Vaduthala”  at Two Day National Seminar on Revisiting Commonwealth Literature organized by PG Department of Studies & Research in English, Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur on 26-27 February 2013.

    • Paper titled “Dalit Theology: Questions of Relevance and Representation” at the three day National Students’ Conference, RAW.CON 2012 organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad on 25-27 September 2012.

    • Paper titled “Civilising the Slaves: European Missionaries in Kerala” at UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Cultural Studies: Towards a New Critical Paradigm organized by the Post Graduate Research Department of English, Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla on 16-17 January 2012.

    • Paper titled “ Dalit Theology: Towards a Contextual Indian Christian Theology” at the National Seminar on Cultural Studies: Sites of Resistance organized by the Post Graduate Research Department of English, Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla on 23-24 September 2010.

    • Paper titled “Representation of Dalit Christians in Malayalam Novels: A Study of Pullelikunju and Othappu” at the National Conference on Language and Literature organized by the Department of English, Karunya University, Coimbatore on 28-29 November 2008.