Mr.Salman Riyas

Assistant Professor

Salman Riyas has been working as an Assistant Professor since October 2021 in the Dept. of English, Al Azhar College of Arts and Science. He bagged a First Class M.A in English and Comparative Literature from the Central University of Kerala. His qualifications also include GATE in Humanities and Social Sciences (All India Rank 39), and UGC JRF and NET in English. He has been actively presenting research papers in International/National conferences organized by various colleges/universities across South India. He has also attended a number of workshops on Research in the Humanities, Critical Theory, and Cultural Studies. His MA dissertation titled as “Virginity Myths as Patriarchal Sexual Apparatuses: A Symptomatic Reading of Priya Thuvassery’s Documentary Essay My Sacred Glass Bowl” was shortlisted for the final round of a National Level MA Dissertation Competition organized by SB College in the year 2020. During his undergraduate years at SB College, he twice received the proficiency award for academic excellence in the years 2017 and 2018. He was also awarded Fr. Martin Vazhachira Memorial Endowment for being the best outgoing undergraduate student of the Dept. of English, SB College for the year 2017-18. Papers Published •"Changing Consciousness in the Trans-human Era: Analysing Black Mirror as the Manifestation of ‘The Society of Influxes’” (Book Chapter), in Framing Perspectives; Thinking Cinema, edited by Dr. Vimal Mohan John, Berchmans Press, ISBN number 978-81-935403-3-6. •“Exoticization of Subaquatic Spaces: Interrogating the Environmental Politics in Select Mainstream Films”, in NAVAJYOTI: An International Multi-Disciplinary Bi-annual Online Journal, ISSN number: 2456-3781. •“From Control to Influx: Reading Black Mirror as the Representationof a Tragedy in the Age of Dystopian Technocracy”, in NAVAJYOTI: An International Multi-Disciplinary Bi-annual Online Journal, ISSN number: 2456-3781. •“Padminiyum Meerayum: Padmarajan Durantha Krithikalile Sthreesathvam” (Book Chapter), in Aavishkaarangalile Sthreepaksham, Editor: K. K Midhun Raj, Mazhathulli Publications, ISBN number: 978- 81-944883-8-5. •“Gendered Nationhood and the Cricketing Female: Analysing Women’s Sporting Spaces through Cricket Narratives” in a Conference Proceedings Volume (REVA University; iSPELL; and Liverpool John Moores University, England), ISBN 978-81-931101-8-8, Published by Eswar Publications, TN, India. Workshops/Seminars/Conferences Attended •Attended an intensive training program/theatre workshop under the guidance of five times Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award winner Manoj Narayanan. •Participated in “The Berchmans Autumn School of Critical Theory 2020” conducted by the Department of English, St. Berchmans College, Changanassery, Kerala in collaboration with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter, United Kingdom from 27th October to 8th December 2020. •Attended the International Webinar Series on “Reading Cricket”, organized by the Department of English and the IQAC, St John’s College, Anchal, Kerala from 28th November 2020 to 15th December 2020. •Attended an International 5 Day E-Learning Workshop on “Language, Literature and Theory” (June 6, 2020 − June 10, 2020), organized bythe Department of English and Cultural Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh. •Participated in the International seminar on “Culinary Narratives, Discourses and Representations”, conducted by the Department of English, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore on 8-9 March 2019. •Participated in the International Workshop (24th February 2021- 11th March 2021) on “Research in the Humanities in Twenty First Century”, conducted by CPRACSIS (Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia). •Participated in the National Symposium “DecaLect-2 Culture”, organised by the Department of English, PSMO College, Tirurangadi from Nov 6, 2021-March 11, 2022 (a series of ten lectures on Culture).