Abhijith Radhakrishnan has been teaching English language and literature since 2018. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate classes at various private and government-aided colleges in Kerala. He joined the department in 2022. He is a bestselling author (title from Amazon India) of three works of fiction and an editor of three literary collections. He has also translated Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Franz Kafka’s select short stories into Malayalam. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English language and literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and has also cleared UGC-NET. He has completed diplomas and short-term courses offered by premier national and foreign institutions. His research interest principally lies in Film Studies and his research articles have appeared in national and international journals. He has been the guest speaker and resource person for several seminars and conferences.
Research/Specialization/Interest
- Film and Media Studies
- Gender Studies
- Postcolonial and Subaltern Studies
(Research Article) “A Fair Judgment of the Bestial/Oriental Man: Neo-colonial Subtexts of Jallikattu’s International Acclaim.” TJES: Teresian Journal of English Studies; Peer-reviewed International Quarterly of St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Kochi. Vol XIV. No. III. July-Sept. 2022. ISSN 0975-6302.
(Research Article) “A Labyrinth for Liberation: Carnivalesque Tendencies in Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Churuli.” Discourse: Xaverian Research Journal: Peer-refereed Interdisciplinary Journal of St. Xavier’s College for Women, Aluva. Vol VIII. No II. 2021. ISSN 2321-0214.
(Popular article) “Mukundan Unni Associates (2022) – A Metamodern (?) Replica of The Tragedy of Macbeth.” High On Films e-magazine, January 2022.
(Fiction) “Kari, a Prologue to Arikomban” Indian Literature (a UGC-Care listed Sahitya Akademi journal), 2023. ISSN 0019-5804.
(Fiction) The Lion’s Minister. Bodhi Centre for Literary Studies, 2022. ISBN 9798887727561.
(Fiction) Kill the Girl. Xpress Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9781696131056.
(Translation) Kilimanjaroyile Manj. Bodhi Centre for Literary Studies, 2023. ISBN 9784084906946.
(Translation) Franz Kafkayude Theere Cheriya Kathakal. Pencil Books, 2022. ISBN 9789356100954.
(Editor) Mélange: A Collection of Contemporary Poetry and Prose. Bodhi Centre for Literary Studies, 2023. ISBN 9798395759689.
(Editor) Montage: A Collection of Contemporary Poetry and Prose. Bodhi Centre for Literary Studies, 2021. ISBN 9798885301640.
(Editor) Poe in Quarantine: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Xpress Publishing, 2021. ISBN 9781685547455.
Invited Talks/Lectures
- Plenary Speaker – Glocal Conference on Women in/and Visual Media: Theory and Praxis at the Department of Communicative English, St. Xavier’s College for Women, Aluva (30 November 2022).
- Chief Guest and Resource Person – Inauguration of “Pauline English Nexus: The English Association” at the Postgraduate Department of English, St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery (6 August 2020).
- Resource Person – “The New Prose: Scrolling, Clicking and Typing as Political Praxis” at E-Colloquium Talk Series at the Postgraduate Department of English, Naipunnya School of Management, Cherthala (12 September 2020).
- Guest Speaker – Media Conference with Lal Goel (Live on Global TV) – Spoke on the topic “The Role of Youth in Women Empowerment” (7 December 2020).
- Guest Speaker – “Post-Truth Praxis” at AKademy, Kochi (26 March 2022).