EFLU

Department

Comparative Literature and India Studies

School

Literary Studies

Contact Details

: sherin@efluniversity.ac.in

Academic Details

Academic qualifications: S.No.

Degree/Diploma

University

1

Ph.D in English

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala

2

M.Phil in English

3

MA in English and Comparative Literature
Brief bio note: Sherin B.S. is Associate Professor, in the Department of Comparative Literature and India Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University. Her academic interests include Gender Studies, Secularism and Religion in India, Comparative Studies, Regional Cinema, Contemporary Art, Urban Studies and Malayalam Literature. Comparative Feminisms, Women’s Autobiographies, Indian Literary Traditions, Nation in Narration, Literature and Other Arts and Cities, Space and Culture are some of the courses she teaches. Her PhD is on “Islam and Women in Kerala,” from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. She is a recipient of the fellowships, “The Study of the U.S. Institutes” at University of California Santa Barbara (2015) British Academy Fellowship for the workshop Global Southern Epistemologies ( 2018,) and Charles Wallace Fellowship at University of Cambridge (2023-24.) A bilingual scholar, she has published in English and Malayalam with peer-reviewed journals and also in non- academic platforms on topics of contemporary relevance. Her monograph on Women and Islam is published by Orient Blackswan, titled Gendering Minorities: Muslim Women and the Politics of Modernity (2021). She is also the author of Feminism, Desheeyatha, Muthalaq: Prathi Vyavahaarangalude Raashtreeyam (Feminism, Nationalism and Triple Talaq: The Politics of Counter Discourses) 2018, in Malayalam.
Thrust areas of interest and research: Primarily specialized in Comparative Literature, Gender and Minority Studies, Sherin’s research focuses on Comparative Studies, Regional Cinema and Literature, Gender in India and Secularism and Religion. At present, she is also working on Urban Studies as part of the spatial turn in literature, and Feminist Art as a key area related to literature and other arts. The trans-medial, trans-national and trans-cultural nature of comparative literature facilitates an interdisciplinary methodology in her research. She has supervised theses of scholars on Visual Culture, Gender and Queer Studies, Masculinity Studies, Mappila Studies, Art History, and Urban Literature and Culture
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no.: ⚽ “Reconciling Faith, Modernity and Nation: A Study of Early Muslim Women’s Journals from South India" in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies (forthcoming: Volume 46, Issue 2, 2024) Scopus indexed

⚽ “The Vicissitudes of Modern City: The Spatial Hierarchy in Contemporary Malayalam Cinema” Ishal Paithrkam, Issue 32, 30.03.2023, (UGC Care Listed Journal) ISSN: 2582-550X. https://www.ishalpaithrkam.info/2023/03/the-vicissitudes-of-modern-city-spatial.html

⚽ “Between Modernity and Faith: Muslim Women and the Reform Movements” in Keralam in Malayalam Research Journal vol (14) 2 May 2021. (UGC Care Listed Journal) ISSN : 0974-1984

⚽ “Framing Feminist Research: Critical Impasse and Paradoxes” in Malayala Pachcha vol.1, No.13. February 2021 (UGC Care Listed Journal) ISSN: 2454-292X

⚽ “Death by Water of the Skilled Swimmer” translation of Uma Rajiv’s Poem in Indian Literature 25(2) Sahitya Akademi 2018. (UGC Care Listed) ISSN: 0019-5804

⚽ “Intersections of Justice: Gender, Law Reform and the Muslim Question in India”, in Women’s Link vol. (25)2, June 2018 ISSN 2229 6409. ISSN 2229-6409(UGC Approved)

⚽ “Kunan Poshpora and Women’s Struggles” in Anveshi Broadsheet on Contemporary Politics feb 2017, vol3 no.1, ISSN 2278-3423 (Peer Reviewed)

⚽ “Muslim Feminism: Vyathyasthathayude Sthreevaadam” (Muslim Feminism: The Feminism of Difference) in the Journal Malayala pachcha: A Refereed Research Journal vol.5 2017, pp 66-76 ISSN 2454-292X (UGC Care List)

⚽ “Counter Histories of Modernity in Kerala: Reading not so Ideal Women’s Autobiographies.” Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture 22.2 2012 .24-40. ISSN: 2583-4347 (UGC Approved)

⚽ “The Poet and the Farmer,” Indian Literature 53(5) 2009: 96-99. Trans. of the Malayalam short story “Kavayathriyum Krishikkariyum “by Sithara S. ISSN: 0019-5804 (UGC Approved)
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no.: ⚽ Gendering Minorities: Muslim Women and the Politics of Modernity. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2021.ISBN: 978-93-5287-669-3

⚽ Feminism, Desheeyatha, Muthalaq: PrathiVyavahaarangalude Rashtreeyam. (Feminism, Nationalism, Triple Talaq: The Politics of Counter Discourse) Kerala: Open Read, 2018. (Book in Malayalam) ISBN: 978-81-936065-6-8

Book Chapters

⚽ “Counter Histories of Modernity in Kerala: Reading ‘not- so good’ Women’s Autobiographies” in Samyukta India Series: Gender Studies. Women and Culture Vol 3. Kerala: Samyukta India Press, 2022. https://samyuktaresearchfoundation.org/samyukta-india-press/

⚽ “Desha Rashtram, Nyoonapaksham, Prathyeka Avakaasham” [ Nation State, Minority Identity and Personal Law] in Adhikaara Bhoopadangal: Maatti Varayum Vaayanayum [ Cartographies of Power: Re-writing and Reading] ed. K. P. Ravichandhran. Calicut: Mudra Books, 2021. ISBN 978-81-950954-2-2

⚽ "Muslims And the Reform Movements in Kerala" in T Muhammedali (Ed.), Histories Unbounded, Selected Papers of Third Kerala History Congress, Kottayam: DC Books,2019, PP 200-220. ISBN: 978-93-5282-747-3

⚽ “Muttalaque Charchayil Idam Nashtappettathu”[ The Ones who lost Space in Triple Talaq Debate] in the book Uniform Civil Code, Hindu Code and Triple Talaq ed. V.A. Kabeer, Kozhikode: Pratheeksha Books, 2017. ISBN- 81-8271-851-1

⚽ “Muslim Feminism: Vyathyasthathayude Sthreevaadam” [ Muslim Feminism: The Feminism of Difference] in the book Islamophobia: Counter Thoughts. Kerala: Islamic Publishing House, 2017 ISBN 81-8271-906-2.

⚽ “Gender and Uniform Civil Code Debates in India” in International Symposium Proceedings, In-house publication, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 2015
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Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,): ⚽ Comparative Literature Association of India ( CLAI)

⚽ Indian Association of Women’s Studies ( IAWS)
Awards and recognitions: ⚽ Charles Wallace Fellowship, 2023-24, Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge.

⚽ British Academy awarded Flexi Grant of £19815 for international writing workshop titled “Global Southern Epistemologies” 2018 (Co-Applicant with Prof. Rebecca Gould, Birmingham University)

⚽ Study of the US Institute for scholars: Religious Pluralism & Public Presence (SUSI) sponsored by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, at University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015.