Dr.Rosemaria Regy Mathew
Lecturer in English, Department of M&DS
Office Address:
Faculty Cabin:224
Academic Qualifications
Education:
Ph.D
PhD in English Literature (Gandhigram Rural Institute)
M.Phil
M.Phil English Gandhigram Rural Institute)
MA
MA English (St. Berchmans College, M G University)
MA Sociology (Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras)
BA
BA English Language and Literature (Assumption College/ M G University)
Awards / Honours
Awarded Gandhigram Rural Institute Gold Medal for M.Phil English 2017-18
Awarded UGC Junior Research Fellowship (2020-23)
Qualified UGC NET-JRF in English (November 2017, June 2019) and K-SET in English (December 2017)
Secured second position in BA English CBCSS Exam in MG University, 2012-15.
Awarded Mar Mathew Joseph Kalapurackal Memorial Cash Award for the Best Student in BA English for the academic year 2015-16
Publications / Projects
Research papers in Journals:
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “School Uniforms and the Menstrual Stain Dilemma.” Clothing Cultures, Vol. 10, Oct. 2024, pp. 39-52.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy and S. Balasundari. “Can Comics Help in Busting MenstrualTaboos?” Shanlax International Journal of English, vol. 10, no. 2, March 2022, pp. 26-33, doi:10.34293/english.v10i2.4711.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Menstrual Matters in Malayalam Movies.” Chalachitra Sameeksha, vol. 3, no. 31, March 2021, pp. 88-97.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy and S. Balasundari. “On Writing The Angel’s Beauty Spots.” Singularities, vol. 8, no. 2, 2021, pp. 29-36.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy and S. Balasundari. “My Food Says It All: Dietary Desires and Feminine Boundaries.” International Journal of English and Studies, vol. 2, no. 7, 2020.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy and S. Balasundari. “To Her Belongs All That is Beautiful,” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 11, no. 3, 2020, pp. 193-204.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Bonsais and Woodroses: Revisiting the Stories of Abburi Chaya Devi.” American College Journal of English Language and Literature, 2019, pp.98-100.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Haunting Shadow of Violence: A Study of Domestic Violence in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus.” The Journal for English Language and Literary Studies, Special Edition – Literatures of the Marginalised: Dreams, Voices and Challenges of the Subaltern, Dec. 2018, pp. 277-286.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Educating Silence, Submission and Servitude: A Study of Culture Industry in The White Tiger.” Language in India, vol. 18, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp.297-301.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “A Bloody Fight: An Overview of Menstrual Activism.” Global Journal of Advanced Research, vol. 5, no. 5, May 2018, pp. 197-199.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “The Crimson Journey from Taboo to Etiquette.” Language in India, vol. 18, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 398-406.
Book Chapters:
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy and S. Balasundari. “Let’s Bleed Free: From Taboo to Etiquette to a Free Space”, in Udal: Rashtreeyavum Prathinidhanavum (Gender Study) edited by Dr. Anu Kuriakose, Chintha Publishers, ISBN: 978 -93- 94753-56-3, pp.91-99.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Let Our Stories Speak: Personal Narratives and the Hegemonic Menstrual Discourse,” in Re-Spacing Menstrual Narratives edited by Razeena P R, ISBN: 9798849485577, pp. 172-80.
- Mathew, Rosemaria Regy. “Five Point Someone and the Indian Middle Class,” in Portraying Continuance: Essays on Social Life edited by Nowfal N, Pravda Books, ISBN: 9788193926833, pp. 45-50.
Books
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Period: Taking the Dialogue Forward (2024) edited by Rosemaria Regy Mathew and S.Balasundari,
Truecopy Think.
Conference Papers
- “School Uniforms and the Menstrual Stain Dilemma” at the Fifth Symposium of the University of New England’s Pop Culture Research Network, PopCRN – The Uniform: Symbols of Power, Propaganda and Organisation in Popular Culture – held on 20th and 21st April 2023
- “Beautiful Blood and Bloody Art” in the International Conference on Re-Imagining the Menstrualscape organised by the PG and Research Department of English Deva Matha College in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Kerala on 8-10 February 2023
- “Let Our Stories Speak: Personal Narratives and the Hegemonic Menstrual Discourse” in the Two Day National Webinar titled Re-Spacing Menstrual Narratives organized by the Post Graduate Department of English, Sri. C. Achutha Menon Govt. College, Kerala on 11 and 12 December 2021
- “Silence, Ignorance or Shame: Menstrual Motifs in Malayalam Cinema” in the Three Day National Webinar on Film Studies titled The Genetics of Cinema: Art, Culture, Technology jointly organized by the Department of Malayalam and Department of Media Studies, St.George’s College, Kerala in collaboration with the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on 7 -9 September 2020
- “Away From All: Karukku as a Testimonio of Alienation and Oppression” in Two Day International Conference on Tamizhian Writing in English: New Directions and New Perspectives organized by Lavender Literary Club, Kanyakumari and Malankara Catholic
College, Tamilnadu on 9th and 10th March 2018 - “Bleeding Bodies: A Walk from Taboo to Etiquette” in National Conference on Literature of the Marginalized: Trauma to Triumph held at Sri Kaliswari College, Tamilnadu on 02.03.2018
- “Menstrual Muses: Towards a Bleeding Feminist Poetics” in National Seminar on Cultural Studies organized by Malankara Catholic College and Association for Cultural and Scientific Research (ACSR) at Kerala Sahitya Academy on 05.01.2018
- “Historical Adaptations and Patriarchy: Tracing the Gender Game in Select Bollywood Films” in Golden Jubilee National Seminar on From Text to Text: The Politics and Poetics of Transactions organized by Newman College (in association with M. G.University), Kerala, on 21st and 22nd 22 February 2018
- “The Mild/Wild Female Adulteress in Bollywood” in One Day National Seminar on Literary Theoretical Approaches to Films organized by the Research Department of English, St.Joseph's College (Autonomous), Tamil Nadu on 7 December 2018
- “Negotiating the ‘Self’ in Two Linguistic and Cultural Worlds: The Cultural Journey from Ente Katha to My Story” in One Day International Conference on Translation: Exploring the Nuances and Possibilities of Mediating Intercultural Texts organized by Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Tamil Nadu in association with Language in India (journal) on 27 December 2018 (won the Best Paper Award)
- “Resisting Phallocracy: A Reading of Bessie Head’s “The Collector of Treasures” in Two Day International Conference on Reminiscence of Revolutionary Reality of African Literature organized by the PG and Research Centre of English, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College (Autonomous), Tamil Nadu, on January 10 and 11, 2019
Teaching
Adhoc faculty at NIT Calicut (August 2024 to May 2025)
Assistant Professor (Temporary) at Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women (Deemed University), Tamil Nadu (August 2023 to May 2024)
Assistant Professor on Contract at Assumption College (Autonomous), Kerala (June 2018 to March 2019)
Assistant Professor (Temporary) at Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women (Deemed University), Tamil Nadu (August 2023 to May 2024)
Assistant Professor on Contract at Assumption College (Autonomous), Kerala (June 2018 to March 2019)
Contact Information
Address for Communication:
Dr.Rosemaria Regy Mathew
Lecturer in English, Department of M&DS
Faculty Cabin:224
