Ms. Uma kasthuri, M.A., M.Phil., NET
Assistant Professor
Umakasthuri is an Assistant Professor of English at Asan Memorial College. She earned her master’s degree in English from Madras Christian College, Chennai, and completed her MPhil at Ethiraj. Her primary research interests include Gender and Subaltern studies.
Paper Presentations
- ‘Challenging Brahmanical Dominance’ at the International Conference ‘Tamilil Dalit Ilakkiyam’ held in Presidency College on October 31, 2023.
- ‘Lakshmi Ennumpayani: Gender and Communism’ at the International Virtual Conference on Voices from the Margins at St Berchmans College, Changanacherry, Kerala, on September 8, 2021.
- ‘Transcendentalism in Jon Krakauer’s ‘Into the Wild” at the International Conference on Social Consciousness in Literature organized by Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts and Science.
- ‘Bridging the Private and Public – The Sharp Knife of Memory’ at the Virtual International Conference on Language, Literature, Linguistics & Culture organized by Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women on December 18, 2021.
Publication
– ‘What Drishyam Gets Wrong About Women’s Body & Honour’ published in Feminism In India on December 4, 2020.
