ELIZABETH VARKEY
MA, M.Phil
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MA, M.Phil
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | Borne dreamily along the River of Stories: polyphony, anthropoharmonism and the search for indigenous epistemologies in Orijit Sens graphic novel | Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics / / / 1 - 26 | 2150-4857 | 02-Sep-2025 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
| Sl.No. | Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium | Type of Program | Title of the Article | Role | Venue/Place | Date |
| 1 | Mélange- International Seminar on Culinary Narratives, Representations and Discourses | SEMINARS | Food, Asia and the Empire: A Brief Journey of the Humble Curry | PRESENTER) | Bangalore | 08/03/2019 |
| 2 | International Virtual Conference on Subaltern Studies | CONFERENCES | The Kashmir Conflict: A Subaltern Visual Historiography | PRESENTER) | AVP College of Arts and Science, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India | 18/02/2023 |
| 3 | Beyond Borders, 2nd International Comic Arts Conference | CONFERENCES | Between Borders: Exploring the Interstices in Malik Sajad's Munnu | PRESENTER) | Montreal Comic Arts Festival (MCAF) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM) | 19/10/2023 |
| 4 | Access Works! ELO Unconference | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) | 18/01/2024 | |
| 5 | ELO 2024 Conference ELO 2024 Conference ? ELO (un)Linked | CONFERENCES | Seeing/Reading Comics and Graphic Narratives through a Digital Lens | PRESENTER) | University of Central Florida | 18/07/2024 |
| 6 | First International Symposium on Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene | CONFERENCES | First International Symposium on Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene | PARTICIPANT) | Amity University | 15/01/2025 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Reading Between the Panels: The Graphic Transformation of a Genre | keynote Address at Students' Seminar on The Graphic Novel: Pop Culture or Subversively Profound | 24/01/2024 | St. Mira's College for Girls, Pune |
| 2 | Refugee Studies: A Literary Introduction | 03/04/2025 | Nucleus of Learning and Development | |
| 3 | Mastering Communication Skills: Learn by Doing | Campus Connect programme with St. Joseph?s College, Moolamattom, Kerala, India | 21/09/2024 | Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus |
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Navigating the Grant Maze: Strategies for Successful Research Funding Proposals | School of Business and Management in association with the Centre for Research, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, | Institutional | Participant | 31/07/2025 |
| 2 | Refugee Studies: A Literary Introduction | A.P.C. Mahalaxmi College for Women, Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development, A.P.C. Mahalaxmi College for Women and NLD | National | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 26/06/2025 |
| 3 | User Awareness and Education for Generative AI | Coursera, Coursera | International | Participant | 03/02/2025 |
| 4 | Precarity and Human Life: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence in Literature and Popular Culture | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna in association with University of Northampton (UK), University of Toronto (Canada), University of York (UK) and Aarhus University (Denmark), Indian Institute of Technology Patna | International | Participant | 11/11/2024 |
| 5 | 2024 Jean Monnet Summer School in Migration and Refugee Studies | Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Brookes University | International | Participant | 02/09/2024 |
| 6 | Emerging Teaching Learning Trends, Tools, and Techniques | Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics', | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 03/06/2024 |
| 7 | Mastering Innovative Online Course Development | Centre for Digital Learning (CDL) and Centre for Professional Development (CAPS), | Institutional | Participant | 18/03/2024 |
| 8 | Publishing Edited Book with International Collaborations | Research and development Cell, CHRIST Bangalore, | Institutional | Participant | 13/03/2024 |
| 9 | One Week Online Faculty Development on ?Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis? | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Trichy in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies, University of Hyderabad, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT | International | Participant | 22/01/2024 |
| 10 | Young Climate Authors: Educator Training Program | Cogitation Club and North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), Cogitation Club and North American Association for | International | Participant | 01/01/2024 |
| 11 | Online One Week National Faculty Development Program on Graphic Novels and Comics as a New Pedagogical Approach | Gokul Global University (GGU), Siddhpur ? Career Development Cell In Collaboration with Top Education Centre, Gokul Global University (GGU), Siddhpur | National | Participant | 01/01/2024 |
| 12 | Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics', | Institutional | Participant | 12/09/2023 |
| 13 | International Faculty Development Program on Introduction to Digital Humanities | Inter-Disciplinary Research Platform of Digital Humanities, IIT Jodhpur, and Scottish Church College, Kolkata, IIT Jodhpur and Scottish Church College, Kolkata. | International | Participant | 19/08/2023 |
| 14 | Faculty Development Programme: Innovation and Creativity | CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics', | Institutional | Participant | 31/07/2023 |
| 15 | Digital Humanities Approach to Literature and Language | Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics', | Institutional | Organiser & Participant | 30/06/2023 |
| 16 | Quality Improvement Programme on Expanding Teaching & Research Horizons through Digital Humanities | Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics'., | Participant | 02/05/2023 | |
| 17 | Digital Humanities: Humanities Research in The Digital Age | The Open University, UK on Open Learn Platform; funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership, The Open University | International | Participant | 01/04/2023 |
| 18 | Women?s Leadership in Asia (WoLA):Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation (Online Leadership Course) | Ewha Institute for Leadership Development, Ewha Woman's University (Seoul), Scranton Women?s Leadership Center (Korea), United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, Wesley Foundation (Japan), Ewha Womans University, Seoul , South Korea | Participant | 06/03/2023 | |
| 19 | Online National Level Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods | Nodal Office, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, | National | Participant | 28/01/2023 |
| 20 | Two Week Refresher Course in English | Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, | Participant | 02/01/2023 | |
| 21 | Feminist Teaching and Research in Higher Education | University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, University of Delhi | Participant | 23/07/2021 | |
| 22 | iHumanities College Summer School of Literary Theory and Philosophy | University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, in Collaboration with St. Berchmans College, Kerala, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, | Participant | 02/07/2021 | |
| 23 | Entrepreneurship, Incubation and Innovation | University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, University of Delhi, Ramanujan College | National | Participant | 23/06/2020 |
| 24 | Open-Source Tools for Research | University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, University of Delhi, Ramanujan College | National | Participant | 08/06/2020 |
| 25 | Faculties in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions of Higher Education | University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi | Participant | 04/06/2020 | |
| 26 | Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS:2.0 | University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi | National | Participant | 18/05/2020 |
Awards/Achievements/Others
| Sl.No. | Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others | Description | Organisation | Month/ Year |
| 1 | Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE) scholarship | Bar-Ilan University International Summer Program in Identity-Based Conflict Resolution | Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE) | 25 May 2016 |
| 2 | WoLA scholarship | The WoLA Scholarship is supported by United Board for Christian Higher Education(United Board), Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and Wesley Foundation. It covers all expenses of the WoLA course. | United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia | 07 February 2023 |
| 3 | HASTAC Scholars Fellowship Program 2023-2025 | The HASTAC Scholars fellowship program is an innovative student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students. Each year, around 100 new scholars are accepted into a new 2-year cohort of the program. Scholars come from dozens of disciplines and have been sponsored by over 200 colleges and universities- ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large research institutions. | HASTAC Committee | 11 December 2023 |
| 4 | 1 year ELO membership and Scholarship to attend the Conference titled "Access Works: ELO UnConference" | Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1999, the ELO now has a presence across North America and in South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The members hail from a wide array of disciplines and areas of study, including Art, Literature, Communication, Computer Science, Humanities, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Women Studies, and Comparative Media. | Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) | 17 December 2023 |
| 5 | Full Scholarship to attend Young Climate Authors Educator Training Program | The Young Climate Authors (YCA) is a book authoring program that teaches children how to write and publish storybooks on climate change for a global audience. The 12-week, fully online educator training equips adults to implement the Young Climate Authors Program with children and youth. | Cogitation Club and NAEEE | 02 January 2024 |