ELDHOSE A. Y

Assistant Professor
M. A, M. Phil, Ph. D

Profile

Dr. Eldhose A. Y. assumed the role of Assistant Professor in English at Mar Athanasius College (Autonomous), Kerala, India, on June 6, 2019. He earned his Ph.D. in "Theatre of Terror and Trauma" from the Central University of Kerala, India in 2017. Additionally, he completed his MA and MPhil in English and Comparative Literature at the same institution. Eldhose A. Y. is the author of the book titled "Acts on the Street: Exploring Alternative Theatrical Struggles in Kerala" (2021). His scholarly contributions extend to various publications, including articles in Research in Drama Education (Routledge), Theatre and Performance Design (Routledge), Economic and Political Weekly, Journal of South Asian Studies, among others.

Research

Research Interests

Drama & Theatre Studies, Kerala Literary and Arts History, Literary Theory, Cultural Studies

Projects

Publications

2024

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    P.K. Sreekumar & A.Y. Eldhose (01 Jul 2024): Text and Tradition: The Dynasty of Villarvattom among Syrian Christians in Kerala, India, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies [Scopus and Web of Science Q1]
     
     

    Eldhose, A. Y. and Raghavan, Vellikkeel (2024), ‘Body as a testimony of resistance: Reading Kathryn Blume’s theatrical activism’, Performing Ethos: An International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance [Scopus]

    https:// doi.org/10.1386/peet_00061_1

2023

  • A.Y. Eldhose. "Let’s Chat with a Perfect Stranger: Multiple Literacy and Learning the Pandemic through Whatsapp Theatre." Miranda 28. 2023. {Web of Science Indexed}Publisher: University of Toulouse, France. https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.55979

    A. Y., Eldhose and V. Raghavan. “Listening to Terrorists: Importance of Inclusive and Polyphonic Discursive Space”. Literary Voice. Sept. 2023. {Web of Science Indexed} https://www.literaryvoice.in/LV%20SEPT%202023.pdf 

2021

  • A.Y, Eldhose. “The unfolding of theatrical and agrarian activities in Organic Theatre.” Theatre and Performance Design 7.3. (2021): 220-226. [Publisher: Routledge/ Taylor and Francis]{Scopus Indexed Q1 journal}https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2021.2003157 

2020

  • Gopiks, S and Eldhose A.Y. “Experiments in Organic Theatre.” Research in Drama Education 25.1 2020. ISSN: 1356-9783 (Print) [Published by: Routledge, London (promoted by Taylor and Francis)]{Scopus and Web of Science Indexed Q1 journal} https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2020.1748000

    A.Y, Eldhose. “Verbatim Theatre: Charithravum Rashtreeya Chalanatmakathayum”. Vijnanakairali. September 2020. 58 - 64. Print. [Published by Kerala Bhasa Institute] {UGC Care List}  

2017

  • A.Y, Eldhose. “Theatrical Counter Publics: A Reading of You Made Me a Communist and Its Rewritings.” Economic & Political Weekly LII 10: 2017. 60-67. Print. {Scopus Indexed Q2 journal} https://www.jstor.org/stable/26695528 

2016

  • AY, Eldhose and Subin Scaria. “Act to Learn: Kinaesthetic Method in English Language Teaching.” Journal of English Language Teaching 58.5 (2016): 3-8. ISSN 0973-5208 [Published by: The Society for the Promotion of Education in India] {UGC Care List} 

2015

  • A.Y. Eldhose and Neethu Das “Theatre for Re-education: experimenting with documentary form in Kerala.” Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance 20:4 (2015): 490-500. ISSN: 1356-9783 (Print) [Published by: Routledge, London (promoted by Taylor and Francis)]{Scopus and Web of Science Indexed Q1 journal}https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2015.1076333

    AY, Eldhose. “Traumatic Citizenship in Black Watch: Exploring the Victimizers’ Plight.” Singularities 2.1 (January 2015): 17-22. ISSN 2348 – 3369 [Published by: Unity Women’s College] 

2014

  • A. Y. Eldhose. “Political Conscientization through Street Theatre: A Study with Reference to Kalyanasaugadhikam.” Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance 19.4 (Nov 2014): 340-354. Print ISSN 1356-9783 [Published by: Routledge, London (promoted by Taylor and Francis)]{Scopus and Web of Science Indexed Q1 journal} https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2014.954811

    AY, Eldhose. “Is Comparative Literature Only an ‘Ideal World’?” The Philosopher 1.2 (2014): 73-78. ISSN 2319-8311

    AY, Eldhose. “Political Theatre and the Evolution of Public Sphere in Kerala.” Lux Montis 2.1 (2014): 75-84. ISSN 2321-8053

    “Eldhose A Y interviews Kathryn Blume, playwright, performer and environmental activist” Teresian Journal of English Studies 6.1 (October 2014): 48-54. Print. ISSN 0975-6302. Published by : St. Teresas College, Ernakulam 

2013

  • A.Y, Eldhose. “Theatrical Ripostes in the Time of Terror: Global Paranoia in Dennis Kelly’s Osama the Hero.” Humanities Circle 1.1 (Jan 2013): 121-137. ISSN 2321-8010 [Published by: Central University of Kerala]

    AY, Eldhose. “Politics behind Humanizing Ravana: A Study with Special Reference to the Film Ravanan by Mani Ratnam.” The Literati 3.2 (December 2013): 38-43. ISSN: 2248-9576 [Published by: DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab] 

Books

A.Y, Eldhose. Acts on the Street: Exploring Alternative Theatrical Struggles in Kerala. Notion Press, 2021. Print. ISBN – 978-1-63806-414-5 

Book Chapters

A.Y, Eldhose and Manju VV. “Women’s Body as a Site of Dissent.” Contemporary Indian Theatre: Theatricality and Artistic Crossovers. Eds. Ravi Chaturvedi and Tapti Gupta. New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2017. Print. https://www.rawatbooks.com/drama/contemporary-indian-theatre-theatricality-and-artistic-crossovers

AY, Eldhose. “Paranoiac Testimonies of Sexual Exploitation an Post-Traumatic-Stress- Disorders in Erakalodu Mathramalla Samsarikendathu.” Event, Memory and Literature: Trauma Narratives of the Indian Subcontinent. Eds. Febu George Mathai and Annie George. Pathanamthitta: Prasakthi-The Publishing People, 2015. Print.

 

others

Creative Works

A.Y, Eldhose. “Cross Lines”. Contemporary Visions: An Anthology of Poems. Ed. Ram Avadh Prajapati. New Delhi: Perception Pbulishing house, 2022, ISBN 9789392189401

A.Y Eldhose. “Anjum Anjoorum”. Kalakaumudhi 30 October 2022.

AY, Eldhose. “Unknown Happenings Unknown Citizens.” The Challenge: International Journal of Art, Culture, Language and Literature 22. 2 (July – Dec 2013): 122-34. ISSN: 2278 – 9499.


General Essay

A.Y, Eldhose. “Ayyappan Nadakam Kalikkumbol.” Bhoothabhavanayude Saudharyasasthram. Ed. K. M. Sudhakaran. SSV College, Airapuram, 2022.ISBN -978-9357804615

AY, Eldhose “Chirakodiyenda Kinakkal” (Dreams that would Die). Azhimukham May 8 2015. 

Seminar/Conference Presentations

Invited lectures

  • Has conducted a workshop on “Research Methodology” at the Department of English, Henry Baker College, Melukavu, Kerala, on 23 Aug 2022.
  • Invited lecture at DECL Alumni Lecture Series -2022, Central University of Kerala, titled “Rest in Peace: Tracing the Trajectories of Leisure Studies” on 4, Feb. 2022, via Google Meet.
  • Invited Talk: “Nedumudi Venu: Acting and Life”, organized by Film Club St. Peters Collage, Kolenchery on 16-10-2021.
  • Invited lecture at Department of English, Parul University, Gujarat titled "Introduction to Theatre Studies: Tracing the Trajectories of Theatre Studies in India" on 18-08-2021, via Google Meet.
  • Invited lecture at Department of English and Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod titled "Understanding Verbatim Theatre: A Study with reference to Talking to Terrorist" on 17 July 2021, via Google Meet.
  • Lecture Title: “The History of Theatre” at Department of English, Basalious College, Kottayam, 16 January, 2021.
  • Lecture Title: “Listening to Terrorists: Importance of Inclusive Discursive Space” at Department of English and Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, on 25 February 2020.

Professional Training

  • Attended “One week Faculty Development Programme” organized by College Development Council, Mahatma Gandhi University from 17-10- 22 to 22-10-2022.
  • Attended "Two week online Refresher Course on Research Methodology” organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malvaiya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India from Sept. - 05 Oct. 2021.
  • Attended "iHumanities College Summer School of Literary Theory and Philosophy 2021" organized by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter in collaboration with St Berchmans College Changanacherry, Kerala, from 2 to 31 July 2021.
  • Harvard University Certificate course, via HarvardX and Edx, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Ghost, offered by Stephen Greenblatt, June 2020.
  • Yale University Certificate course, via Coursera, in “Introduction to Psychology”, May 2020.
  • Four week Induction/Orientation Programme for faculty in Universities and Colleges/ Higher Education from June 26 – July 24, 2020, organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malvaiya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India.
  • One week online short term course (ID) “Extrapolations through the Extraordinary: Broadening Perspectives on Magic and Magicality” organized by Sree Sankara vidyapeetom College,Valayanchirangara, in association with Mahatma Gandhi University, from 14th to 18th December 2020.
  • One Week Online National Workshop on “Interdisciplinary Research Methodology, ICT Application and Innovations in Teaching Learning Process” organized by St. Francis De Sales College, Nagpur, Maharashtra from 8 to 12 June, 2020.

Paper Presentations

  • Paper title: “Laughing as a Dissent: Post-drama and Digital Live Performance in the Age of Pandemic” presented at Virtual International Conference on Changing Perspectives on Live Performance held at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, U.K. on 8-9 October, 2021.
  • Paper title: “Politics of Retelling: Demystifying Sita in Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantment.” presented at the Virtual International Conference on Multiple Dimensions of South Asian Literary Imaginations: Classic to Contemporary organized by Yonphula Centenary College, Bhutan and Royal University of Bhutan on 10-12 September 2020.
  • Paper title: “Rehearsing the Testimonies: Resistance through Staging Trauma in Verbatim Theatre” presented at the International Conference on Space Spatiality and Performance, organized by Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia, on 7th and 8, Feb. 2015 at Thrissur, Kerala.
  • Paper title: “Problematique of Victimhood and Testimonies in the Plays of Kathryn Blume” presented at the X Annual International Conference organized by Department of Culture & Media Studies, Central University of Rajasthan & Indian Society for Theatre Research (ISTR) in association with International Federation for Theatre Research on Interdisciplinary Negotiations in Performing Arts: Indo-Global Praxis held at Central University of Rajasthan in January 2014.
  • Paper title: “Subaltern Counter Publics: A Reading of Bhasi’s You Made Me a Communist and Civic Chandran’s Whom Did You Make a Communist” presented at the International Conference on Dalitality as a Global Paradigm: Theorizing Indigenous Studies held at Kannur University on March 2013.
  • Paper title: “Plays and Counter Plays: A Study of Dissent towards Dissent” presented at the DCL-CLAI International Conference on Traditions of Dissent in Sub-Continental Literatures and Cultures held at Central University of Kerala on October 2012.

 

Achievements

Awards and Recognition

UGC - Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) 2013-2016 Research fellowship or doing PhD; wef- 1 April 2013. MANF ID: MANF-2013-14-CHR-KER-20335

Institutional Responsibilities

NSS Programme Officer, MA College, from June 2022 to present.

Member of IQAC Core Committee from June 2019 to present.

Faculty in charge of Criteria One for NAAC Acridictation

Coordinator, Students Support Programme, Govt. of Kerala, during the academic year 2020-21

Faculty member, Placement Cell, MAC from June 2019 to 2020

Faculty member, RUSA Workshop Cell, MAC during the academic year 2019-20

Faculty in Charge, UGC Student Induction programme, MAC from 2019 to 2021

Faculty in charge, Drama Club, MA College, from June 2020 to present.

Faculty member, General Discipline committee, from June 2022 to present.

 

Seminars coordinated:

Coordinator: International Webinar on “Poetry on the Street” by Christian Maat, Poet and Playwright, Germany, at Department of English, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, on 10 Dec. 2021

Coordinator: National Webinar on “Third Cinema” by Dr. Vellikkeel Raghavan, Central University of Kerala, at Department of English, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, on 01 Jan., 2021

Coordinator: National Webinar on “Is Love Gendered?” by Dr. Niladri Ranjan Chatterjee, University of Kalyani, West Bengal at Department of English, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, on 10 Oct, 2020

Coordinator: Webinar on “A discussion on A. Mangai's "Sirippu Thaan Varuthu"" by Drama Club, MA College, 11 Dec. 2020.

Joint Coordinator: RUSA Sponsored one-week Theatre Workshop, September 2019, at Mar Athanasius College.6. Organizing Committee: An Interaction With Madhu Neelakandan, by Department of English, MA College on 11-10-2021

Useful Links

Orcid id : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-073X

Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HSB-3059-2023

Scopus id : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56464210300

Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vGVW0JgAAAAJ&hl=en