Dr. Sreejith Varma R

Designation : Assistant Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : School of Social Sciences and Languages
Department : English

Educational Details

University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala

B.A., (English)
English Language and Literature
Graduated in 2008

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

M.A., (English)
English
Graduated in 2010

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

M.Phil.,
Comparative Literature
Graduated in 2011

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Ph.D.,
Ecocriticism
Graduated in 2018

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Ecocriticism
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Indian literatures


Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Mayilamma: The Life of a Tribal Eco-Warrior Orient Blackswan 2018
A chapter titled “The Possibilities of a River and a Dance: An Ecoethnographic Analysis of Kuttan Vayali’s Bhagavathy aattu” (co-authored with Swarnalatha Rangarajan) in Ecodocumentaries: Critical Essays Palgrave MacMillan 2016
A chapter titled “The politics of land, water and toxins: reading the life-narratives of three women oikos-carers from Kerala” (co-authored with Swarnalatha Rangarajan) in Women and Nature?: Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment Routledge 2018
A chapter titled, “The Plachimada Struggle: A David-and-Goliath Story” (co-authored with Swarnalatha Rangarajan) in Nature Anthem: A Textbook of Environmental Studies Orient Blackswan 2019

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Co-winner of ASLE-USA Translation Grant in 2015
  • Winner of Poorna-Uroob award for the best short story in Malayalam in 2007

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Co-editor of the forthcoming book titled, Contagion Narratives: The Society, Culture and Ecology of the Global South (under contract with Routledge)