FACULTY PROFILE
Dr.SHEEBA K.M.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, KALADY
Designation
Professor
Profile Summary
*M Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University *PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University *Professor of History and Head of the Department *Coordinator, Dakshayani Velayudhan Centre for Women's Studies * Resource person on Gender at Kerala Institute of Local <br /> Administration<br /> *Resource Person on Gender at the HRDC of <br /> University of Kerala, Calicut and Kannur for the past twenty <br /> years<br /> * Former Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Programme in Gender, Ecology<br /> and Dalit Studies
Experience
*Offering Courses for Post Graduate, M Phil and Ph.D. Programmes on <br /> History and Theory, History and Philosophy and Women's History <br /> * Conducted an Interdisciplinary Short Term Course on 'Intersectionality Studies' for students and the general public *Co-ordinated a UGC Innovative Post Graduate Programme in Gender <br /> ,Ecology and Dalit Studies<br /> *Conducted Interdisciplinary Short Term Course on 'Introduction to Gender Studies' for <br /> students from different Departments of the University<br /> * Engaging classes as Visiting Faculty at many Colleges affiliated to the <br /> Mahatma Gandhi University for their prescribed Course in Gender <br /> Studies
Courses Taught
* Historiography and Social Theory: Approaches and Perspectives * Intersectional Histories * Writing Women’s History in India * Perspectives on Historical Writing on India * Colonial Apparatuses and Trajectories of the Nation-State * Research in History: Methodologies, Methods and Writing
Achievements
* Recipient , Wiscomp Saahas National Award for Fostering Gender <br /> Equity Practices in Higher Education Institutions<br /> * Member, Samaagati Report on Gender Justice on Campuses, Kerala <br /> State Higher Education Council<br /> *Executive Committee Member,Indian Association of Women's Studies<br /> * Executive Committee Member, Inter University Centre for Social <br /> Science Research and Education,Mahatma Gandhi University<br /> *Executive Committee Member,Kerala Council for Historical Research
Number of Ph.D’s produced
| Name of the scholar | Tittle of the Phd thesis | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|
| Anas E. | Spiritual Orders to Political Formations: Hadhrami Sayyids in Malabar,1852-1948 | 06-12-2019 |
Research Topics
Modern Kerala History,Philosophy of History, Women's History
Chapter in Books
| Sheeba K.M.. Development, State and Mobilization: Reflections from the Margins. Deliberative Democracy: Understanding the Indian Experience. Teresa Joseph and Siby K. Joseph edited. Manohar. New Delhi. 2018. 183-196. |
| Sheeba K.M.. Vatra-akshepam: Marumaraykal Samaravum Keralathile Jatisrenikalude Sareeravinyasangalum. Kerala Navothanam: Puthuvayanakal. Ajay Sekher and S.R.Chandramohan . Raven. Kottayam. 2017. 44-53. |
| Sheeba K.M.. Laingikathavicharanaparisarangal: Chila Tatreepaksha Chintakal . Samskarapadanam: Puthiya Sankalpanangal . V.C.Harris and P.S.Radhakrishnan edited. National Book Stall. Kottayam. 2018. 354-64. |
| Sheeba K.M.. Cast(e)ing Bodies: Jati, Rajya and Women’s Sexuality in Keralam . Zooming In: Historicising the Religious Spaces of Women in Keralam. P.S. Manoj Kumar and Sandhya M.Unnikrishnan edited.. Meena Book Publications. New Delhi. 2019. 37-53. |
| Sheeba K.M.. Clothing Matters: Visiting the Melmundusamaram in Keralam . Plural Perspectives: Readings on Gender. Rakhi Raghavan edited.. Macmillan. Chennai. 2019. 80-84. |
Conference Proceeding
| Title | Year | Conference publication name | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interrogating Cultural Nationalism: Imagining the 'New' Indian Woman | 2017 | Kerala History Congress | Kottayam |
Additional Details
Paper Presentations Paper titled Introduction to Women’s Studies: A Kerala Perspective at the International Seminar of Semester at Sea Programme, St.Teresa’s College, Ernakulam on 28 February 2018 Paper titled Aadhunikathayude Streeroopangal: Malayaliyude Lingabheda Parinamangal at the National Seminar on ‘The Role of Women in Social Modernisation of Kerala’ at the International Kerala Studies Centre, Kerala University on 13 December 2017 Paper titled Introducing Gender at the National Seminar on ‘Libertas-Contesting the Politics of Gender’ at St.Mary’s College, Manarcaud on 12 December 2017 Paper titled Bodies for the Nation: Discourses of State and Sexuality at the National Seminar on ‘Paradigms of Gender: Ideological Discourses in Times of Crisis’ at Government Arts and Science College, Palakkad on 03 November 2017 Paper titled Scripting Everyday Negotiations: Locating ‘Agency’ in ‘Oppressed’ Women’s Lives at the National Seminar on ‘Transformation of Kerala Women into Modernity’ at Government College, Tripunithura on 02 November 2017 Paper titled Genders Redefined: A Relook at Wives and Mothers in Keralam at the National Seminar on ‘Social Changes in Kerala: The Last Five Centuries’ at Kerala Historical Research Society, Thrissur on 21 October 2017 Paper titled Engaging with the Feminine Mystique: Wives and Mothers in Modern Keralam at the National Seminar on ‘Saampathika Bandhangal, Kudumbam, Lingaprasnangal’ at Malayalam University, Tirur on 19 September 2017. Paper titled Bodies of the State: Articulating Discourses of Sexuality and Nationalism at the National Seminar on ‘Lingapadavi, Linganeethi: Samakalika Sandarbhavum Prathisandikalum’ at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Trivandrum Centre on 29 June 2017. Resource Person in Workshops Paper titled Gendered Histories and Epistemological Questions at Research Methodology Workshop , Farook College on 18 January 2018 Paper titled Gender Justice on Campuses at Workshop on ‘Sexual Harassment as violation of Human Rights: Issues and Challenges’,SSUS,Kalady,22 September 2017 Paper titled State of the Art in History Learning at Workshop on ‘New Contours of Histories: New Possibilities of Doing History’ on 05 April 2017.