Since 2019, the department of English, Providence Women’s College, has been recognised as an approved research centre affiliated to the University of Calicut. The centre conducts regular Research Forums, in which experts in various inter-related academic fields and disciplines deliver talks, followed by work-in-progress presentations by the research scholars of the department. 

Research Guides: 

Dr. Shanthi Vijayan 

Specialisation: Gender and Film Studies

shanthiv@providencecollegecalicut.ac.in

Dr. Surya K. 

Specialisation: Gender and Cultural Studies 

suryak@providencecollegecalicut.ac.in

Dr. Aparna Nandakumar 

Specialisation: Cultural Studies 

aparnan@providencecollegecalicut.ac.in

Research Scholars: 

Divya Menon, “Ethnic Strife and its Ramifications in Diasporic Literature: A critique of Select Sri Lankan Narratives” (ongoing) 

Anuradha P.R., “Guarding the Galaxy: The Cultural Dynamics of the Contemporary Superhero” (ongoing) 

Sreekuttan S. “Relocating the Second Wave: Political Resistance and Ethno-Specificity in Contemporary Tamil Cinema” (ongoing) 

Y. M. Minisha, “Criminal representation : An analysis of mediated crimes in indian crime films/web series” (ongoing) 

Bindya Sasidharan, “Mapping female spaces of fear: A geocritical approach to female Geographies in short stories by select contemporary malayalam writers” (ongoing) 

Sukanya Sugathan, “Techno-futures and the Crisis of the Human: Utopias and Dystopias in Contemporary Cultural Texts” (ongoing) 

Aparna B., “Slow Violence and Environmentalism : An Ecocritical Study of Select Indian Texts” (ongoing) 

Rashida Muneer Chalikalath, “Maternal Ambivalence and Disability : A Study of Select Popular Fiction” (ongoing) 

Ananya G., “Cricket masculinity and Neocolonialism in Indian popular culture – A study of select cultural texts” (ongoing)