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Kiran Keshavamurthy 

Kiran Keshavamurthy 

Assistant Professor 
Education: PhD
English
kirank@iitg.ac.in
+91 361 2582586 Personal Website

Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Caste Studies, Modern Indian Literatures

Journal Publications

1. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "Action, Habit and Literature: Sundara Ramasami's J.J: Some Jottings", Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature., Jadavpur University [2014]

2. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "Violence And The Dalit Woman", Journal of Tamil Studies [2012]

3. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "The Figure of the Prostitute in the works of G.Nagarajan and Dandapani Jeyakantan", Mattruveli, ISBN.978-0199467457 [2010]

Conference Proceedings

1. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "The Violence of Caste and Sexuality: P Sivagami", Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture, vol.XVI, Issue no.1 [2016]

2. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "Gender, Sexuality and Caste in Tamil Literature", Vidyasagar University Journal [2015]

Books

1. Kiran Keshavamurthy, "Beyond Desire: Sexuality in Modern Tamil Literature", OUP [2016]

Sl.No Course Code Course Title Level
1 HS 783 The Frankfurt School of Literary Theory and Criticism
2 HS 139 The Short Story: Theory and Perspectives
3 HS 245 Race in the American and South African Novel B.Tech
4 EN 002 Preparatory English II B.Tech
5 HS 704 Crossing Cultures Ph.D Programme
6 HS 560 Race and the Novel MA in Liberal Arts
7 HS 250 Introduction to the Indian Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata B.Tech
8 HS 567 Cultural studies: key concepts and theories MA in Liberal Arts
9 HS 556 Introduction to Literary Studies MA in Liberal Arts

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Sl.No Name Thesis Title PhD Status
1 Shibashish Purkayastha Selfhood and Narrative Agency: A study of Indian life-writing and fiction on physical disability and mental illness Completed
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1 SHRUTI SHIVDATTA 2024 TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN GUWAHATI, ASSAM

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Attended

Title: Translating Subramania Barati and Tamil Modernism

Name of Conference: American Comparative Literature Association

Georgetown University, Washington DC Mar 19, 2007 - Mar 19, 2010 International
Title: Tanjai Prakash: Between Desire and Politics

Name of Conference: Society and Sexuality

Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla Sep 11, 2014 - Sep 12, 2014 National
Title: Gandhi and Ambedkar

Name of Conference: Public Lecture

Jadavpur University, Kolkata Sep 14, 2016 - Sep 14, 2016 National
Title: Marginal Sexualities

Name of Conference: Marginalities

Jadavpur University, Kolkata Sep 24, 2015 - Sep 24, 2015 National
Title: Narratives of Sexuality and Health: Karichan Kunju’s Hungry Humanity

Name of Conference: Sexuality, Health and Cultural Narratives

Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Aug 17, 2016 - Aug 18, 2016 National
Title: Ismat Chughtai and Sundara Ramasamy: Nationalism and its Discontents

Name of Conference: On Ismat Chughtai

Department of English, Jadavpur University in affiliation with ICSSR and MAKIAS, Kolkata Jan 10, 2016 - Jan 10, 2016 National
Title: P Sivakami: Caste and Sexual Violence

Name of Conference: Cast(e)ing Gender in Dalit Literature

Department of English, Savitribai Phule University under the aegis of Nottingham Trent University, , Pune Dec 17, 2015 - Dec 18, 2015 International
Title: Can Men Contribute to Feminist Thinking?

Name of Conference: Men and Feminism

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata Dec 18, 2014 - Dec 19, 2014 National
Title: The Transformative Potential of Desire in Tanjai Prakash’s Novels

Name of Conference: South Asia by the Bay

Stanford University, Stanford Apr 18, 2012 - Oct 19, 2017 International
Title: Gender and Caste in P. Sivagami’s Fiction

Name of Conference: Tamil Studies Conference

University of Toronto, Toronto May 22, 2010 - Oct 23, 2017 International
Title: Rape/Consent: Transcending Sexual Abjection in Dandapani Jeyakantan’s Fiction

Name of Conference: Modern South Asia Workshop

Yale University, Yale Apr 28, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011 International
Title: Gender, Family and Friendships in Sundara Ramasamys Fiction

Name of Conference: Tamil Studies Conference

University of Toronto, Toronto May 28, 2009 - Oct 31, 2009 International
Title: The Relative Marginalities of Friendship and Marriage in Jeyakantans Fiction

Name of Conference: South Asia Conference

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison Oct 15, 2009 - Oct 16, 2009 International
Title: Desire, Pleasure and Seduction: On Jeyakantans The Construction Worker who went to the Cinema

Name of Conference: Tamil Studies Conference

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Apr 29, 2008 - Apr 30, 2008 International

Organised

Title: ICSSR

Name of Conference: Orientation Programme on Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe communities

Mar 28, 2016 - Mar 29, 2016 No.of Partcipants: Conve National
Title: ICSSR

Name of Conference: Orientation Programme on Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe communities

Nov 15, 2013 - Nov 17, 2013 No.of Partcipants: Conve National

Attended

Title: Fluid Genders in Mauni’s Fiction

Name of Invited Lecture: National Seminar, UGC on Gender

Sivnath Sastri College, Kolkata Dec 20, 2016 - Dec 20, 2016 National
Title: Modern Tamil Literature

Name of Invited Lecture: Public Lecture

IIT Bombay, Mumbai Nov 9, 2016 - Nov 11, 2016 National
Title: Modern Tamil Literature

Name of Invited Lecture: Public Lecture

Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Mohali Sep 17, 2015 - Sep 17, 2015 National
Title: Social Justice and Literary Affect

Name of Invited Lecture: Public Lecture

Teen Murti, New Delhi Sep 10, 2015 - Sep 10, 2015 National
Title: Desire and Love in KP Rajagopalan’s Stories

Name of Invited Lecture: Staff Seminar

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata Oct 19, 2014 - Oct 19, 2014 National
Title: Caste, Gender and Sexuality in Tamil Literature

Name of Invited Lecture: SC/ST Orientation Programme

Vidaysagar University, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur Mar 3, 2014 - Mar 3, 2014 National

Attended

Title: Modern Tamil Literature

Name of Symposium: Modern Indian Literatures

Manipal University, Manipal Nov 23, 2016 - Nov 25, 2016 National
Title: Between Desire and Disease: Karichan Kunju’s Hungry Humanity

Name of Symposium: International Seminar on De-colonizing Theories of the Emotions

Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Nov 19, 2015 - Nov 20, 2015 International

Attended

Title: Literary Methods

Name of Workshop: Research Methods

IIT Bombay, Mumbai Nov 9, 2016 - Nov 11, 2016 National

Organised

Title: CET

Name of Workshop: Digital Humanities

May 28, 2019 - May 29, 2019 No.of Partcipants: 20 National View
Title: ICSSR

Name of Workshop: Cultures of Violence

Mar 30, 2016 - Mar 31, 2016 No.of Partcipants: Coord National
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