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Faculty Dr Lekshmi Chandran C P

Dr Lekshmi Chandran C P

Assistant Professor

Department of History

Contact Details

lekshmi.c@srmap.edu.in

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Easwari School of Liberal Arts History Faculty Dr Lekshmi Chandran C P

Faculty Information

Education

2022
PhD
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
2017
MPhil
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhI
India
2013
MA
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
2010
BA
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
India

Experience

  • 06 Aug 21 to 30 June 2022- Guest Faculty – SRM University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
  • 01 June 2018 to 30 April 2020- Teaching Faculty- Rishi Valley School, Madanappalle, Andhra Pradesh

Research Interest

  • Analysing gender relations in society; the societal attitude towards women in general and the various instruments that were (and still are) used to control female sexuality by enforcing the social institutions of marriage, family, and motherhood in pre-colonial Kerala.
  • Understanding the nature of the caste and gender oppression in Medieval Kerala, with special reference to the practices of untouchability, unapproachability and the everyday lives of lower caste people.
  • Explore the literary traditions of medieval Kerala and how these literary works produced in the hybrid language called Maṇipravāḷaṃ were instrumental in propagating the brahmanical ideology.

Awards

  • 2018 – Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize for the best paper on Gender History – Indian History Congress.

Memberships

  • Indian History Congress
  • South Indian History Congress
  • Kerala History Congress

Publications

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Interests

  • Literary Traditions of Medieval Kerala
  • Matrilineal Inheritance and Non-normative Households in Pre-Colonial Kerala
  • Social History

Thought Leaderships

There are no Thought Leaderships associated with this faculty.

Top Achievements

Education
2010
BA
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
India
2013
MA
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
2017
MPhil
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhI
India
2022
PhD
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
Experience
  • 06 Aug 21 to 30 June 2022- Guest Faculty – SRM University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
  • 01 June 2018 to 30 April 2020- Teaching Faculty- Rishi Valley School, Madanappalle, Andhra Pradesh
Research Interests
  • Analysing gender relations in society; the societal attitude towards women in general and the various instruments that were (and still are) used to control female sexuality by enforcing the social institutions of marriage, family, and motherhood in pre-colonial Kerala.
  • Understanding the nature of the caste and gender oppression in Medieval Kerala, with special reference to the practices of untouchability, unapproachability and the everyday lives of lower caste people.
  • Explore the literary traditions of medieval Kerala and how these literary works produced in the hybrid language called Maṇipravāḷaṃ were instrumental in propagating the brahmanical ideology.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 – Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize for the best paper on Gender History – Indian History Congress.
Memberships
  • Indian History Congress
  • South Indian History Congress
  • Kerala History Congress
Publications
Contact Details

lekshmi.c@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Literary Traditions of Medieval Kerala
  • Matrilineal Inheritance and Non-normative Households in Pre-Colonial Kerala
  • Social History

Education
2010
BA
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
India
2013
MA
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
2017
MPhil
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhI
India
2022
PhD
Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
India
Experience
  • 06 Aug 21 to 30 June 2022- Guest Faculty – SRM University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
  • 01 June 2018 to 30 April 2020- Teaching Faculty- Rishi Valley School, Madanappalle, Andhra Pradesh
Research Interests
  • Analysing gender relations in society; the societal attitude towards women in general and the various instruments that were (and still are) used to control female sexuality by enforcing the social institutions of marriage, family, and motherhood in pre-colonial Kerala.
  • Understanding the nature of the caste and gender oppression in Medieval Kerala, with special reference to the practices of untouchability, unapproachability and the everyday lives of lower caste people.
  • Explore the literary traditions of medieval Kerala and how these literary works produced in the hybrid language called Maṇipravāḷaṃ were instrumental in propagating the brahmanical ideology.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 – Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize for the best paper on Gender History – Indian History Congress.
Memberships
  • Indian History Congress
  • South Indian History Congress
  • Kerala History Congress
Publications
Contact Details

lekshmi.c@srmap.edu.in

Scholars