Department of Languages
Dr. Rincy Saji
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification : Ph.D
Email-ID : rincy@rajagiri.edu
Rincy Saji is the Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Languages of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous). She holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University,Kerala. Her research areas encompass cultural studies, film studies, war studies, post-humanism, and literary theory. She has earned her postgraduate and undergraduate degrees from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, and Vimala College, Thrissur, respectively. Known for her dedication to academic excellence, she qualified for the UGC NET in 2018 and secured the UGC-NTA NET with JRF in 2020. As a researcher, she has authored numerous publications in esteemed international and national journals, including UGC-CARE listed journals. Apart from her academic pursuits, she has also worked at Mathrubhumi, Kappa TV as an Assistant Producer for a fashion-oriented program.
- Ph. D in English Language and Literature - Mahatma Gandhi University- January 2019-2024.
- M.A. in English Language and Literature - Mahatma Gandhi University- March 2017.
- B.A. in English Language and Literature - Calicut University- April 2012.
- Resource Person at Vimala College (Autonomous) for UGC-NTA NET aspirants- “NET/JRF Exam: A Strategic Move” on 24.04.2021.
- Assistant Producer at Kappa TV, Mathrubhumi from November 2016 - March 2017.
- Cultural Studies
- Post-Humanism Studies
- War Literature
- Psychological Realism
- Memory and Trauma
- Holocaust Literature
- Film Studies
- Diasporic Studies
- “Of Death and Democide in Frances Harrison’s Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War”, Literary Voice: A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Studies, ISSN 2277-4521, UGC Care Listed Journal, March 2024.
- “Recontextualizing God and Holocaust Writing through Elie Wiesel’s Night”, Margins: A Journal of Literature and Culture, ISSN:2250-0731, UGC Care Listed Journal, February 2024.
- “Drawing the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict: An Analysis of Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock’s Ethnographic Novel Vanni”, Ishal Paithrkam, ISSN 2582-550X, UGC Care Listed Journal, Issue no: 32, March 2023.
- “Problematizing Gender: Strategies of Domination in Sharmila Seyyid’s Ummath”, Drishti: The Sight, UGC Care Listed Journal, April 2022.
- The Art and Politics of Polyphony in Tamil Women Representation: A Reading of Meera Kandasamy’s Prose The Orders were to Rape You”, Ishal Paithrkam, ISSN 2582-550X, UGC Care Listed Journal, Issue No: 29, June 2022.
- “Understanding Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict as Faultline War: A Cultural Ethnographic Reading of Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy”, Applying Theory: Paradigms, Practices Faultlines, MESMAC International Conference, MES Mampad College (Autonomous) Malappuram,2020 January 14,15,16.
- “Writing the Hidden Histories: A Study of Svetlana Alexievich’s Chernobyl Prayer”, International Journal of Research in English, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN Online: 2664-8725, Volume-5, Issue-2, pp.78-82; 2023.
- “Traversing with the Spectre of Ethnic Conflict in Post-War Sri Lanka: A Study of Romesh Gunesekera’s Noontide Toll”, International Journal of Trends in English Language and Literature (IJTELL), An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal, ISSN: 2582-8487, Volume-3, Issue-2; 2022.
- “Chronicle and Conflict: Re-Reading Sri Lankan Chronicles in Understanding the Civil War”, Research Journal of English, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN:2456-2696, Vol no:6, 2021.
- “The Study of Childhood Trauma in Conflict; Analysis of Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict Through Ru Freeman’s On Sal Mal Lane”, LangLit, An International Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN 2349 – 5189, Vol no:7, Issue 4, May 2021.
- “The Journey of the “Victim” From Padmarajan to Amal Neerad: A Study Through Malayalam Film Industry”, Journal of Critical Reviews, ISSN- 2394-5125, Vol no: 7, Issue 08, 2020.
- “Constructing the ‘Other’ in Contemporary Indian Cinema: An Enquiry of Censorship and its Sociocultural Implications”, An International Conference on Images of Self and the Other: Exploring Identity and Alterity organised by the P.G & Research Department of English, St. Aloysius College, Elthuruth on 12th &13th January 2018.
- “Understanding Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict as Faultline War: A Cultural Ethnographic Reading of Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy”, Applying Theory: Paradigms, Practices Faultlines, MESMAC International Conference, MES Mampad College (Autonomous) Malappuram in association with the Kerala State Higher Education Council, 2020 January 14,15,16.
- “Understanding Identity and Socio-Culture Milieu in Sri Lankan Refugee Camp: A Study of Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage” An International Seminar on Refuge and Resistance: Literary, Historical and Socio-Political Discursive Structures, at Maharaja’s College (Government Autonomous), Ernakulam sponsored by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala on 17& 18 September 2019.