'A Long Time Coming: Narrating the Australian Anthropocene' at the International Conference on “Who Started the Bushfires?: Australian Culture, Economy and Polity in the Post-truth Era” organised by Postgraduate & Research Department of English University College, Thiruvananthapuram, in collaboration with Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala, Littcrit, An international peer reviewed literary half yearly journal and IASA, Indian Association for the Study of Australia, on September 15-17, 2021
‘Exploring Spatial Relations in Select Trans Life Narratives’ at the Intersectional Webinar on Gender, Theory and Literature organized by the Department of English, Seacom Skills University, Birbhum, West Bengal on 20 October 2020
‘Laughing their Heads Off: The Disruptive Comedy of Queer Stand-Ups’ at the Three Day National Seminar on Humour Traditions in Australia and Canada organized by the Centre for Australian Studies and Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala on 14 – 16 November 2019
‘Bombai and Bombay’ at the One Day National Seminar on Towards Indica Literaria? The Contours of Contemporary Indian Literature in English organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam on 06 March 2019
‘Reading Indian Sexual Mores through Transgender Autobographies’ at the International Seminar on Multicultural India: Inclusiveness and New Humanities, organized by Department of English, Pondicherry University on 22-23 February 2016
‘Kahaani of the Dirty Picture: An Analysis of Female Protagonists in Select Contemporary Indian Cinema’ at the National Conference on Gender Perspectives and Women’s Empowerment, organized by Department of English and Women’s Studies Cell, Women’s Christian College, Chennai on 05 – 06 March 2015
‘Because English is a Phunny Language: Use of English in Bollywood- an Anaysis’ at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Responses to a Changing World: English language, Literature and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century organized by Department of English, MMNSS College, Kottiyam on 12 – 13 Febrauary 2015
‘Kangaroos with Leather Jackets: Cooking the Nation through Aborigine Cuisine’ at the National Seminar on Understanding Aboriginal Australia organised by Centre for Australian Studies, Institute of English, Trivandrum 8 – 9 January 2015
‘Lalitha Pawar to Angry Maushi: India in Select Graphic Narratives’ at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on India in the Creative Spaces: Politics of Representations organised by the Department of English, St. John’s College, Anchal on 15 October 2014
‘Gender Crossings in Contemporary Indian Cinema’ at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Politics of Popular Culture: Current Trends in Mass Media and Popular Fiction, organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla on 11 – 12 September 2013
‘Oz Through Telly: The Temptations of Life, Food and Culture presented through Select Australian Series’ at the National Seminar on Cross – Cultural Paradigms: Australia and India, organized by Centre for Cultural Studies and Centre for Australian Studies, Institute of English, Trivandrum on 25 – 26 March 2013.
Presented a paper titled ‘Dalit Interlocutions in Cyber Space: The Politics of Nomenclature and Social Function’ at the International Seminar on Dalitality as a Global Paradigm: Theorizing Indigenous Studies, organized by Department of Studies in English, Kannur University in 21 – 23 March 2013
‘Sexual Rewritings in South Indian Temple Festivals - Koovagam and Kottankulangara Chamayavilakku’ at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Creativity in the Era of Globalization, organized by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin on 13 – 14 March 2013.
‘The Politics of Gender Interplay in South Indian Temple Festivals Koovagam and Kottankulangara Chamayavilakku – A Study’ at the International Seminar on Threshold 2013: Changing Ethical Perceptions in Literature, Society and Politics, organized by the Department of English , Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai on 18 February 2013
‘Whose Cinema? The Politics of the Other Malayalee and New Generation Films in Malayalam’ at the National Students’ Conference on Literary and Cultural Studies, RAW-CON 2012, organized by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad on 25 – 27 September 2012
‘Reading the Nation Through Contemporary Interpretations of Cartoons for Children’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Remapping Reality Through Visual Technology – Intradisciplinary Engagements organized by the Department of English and Centre for Research, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam and Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kerala on 28 -29 June 2012
‘Gay Spaces and Performance: Culture and Interplay in Memories in March and Boys Don’t Cry at the National Seminar cum Workshop on Queer Theory organized by the Department of English, St. Berchmans College, Changanasserry held on 9 – 10 December 2011
‘Re-Visioning Macbeth: The Maqbool Story’ at the International Seminar on Revisiting Shakeapeare: Post Theory Reflections organized by the Department of English, Aquinas College, Edakochi in October 2011
‘Transgender Festivals: Problematizing Gender at Koovagam and Kottankulangara’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Globalization and Marginalization, organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Vellalar College for Women, Erode on 9 – 10 December 2010
’Bodies Singing out of Silences: La Historia Oficiale, Boys Don’t Cry and Lajja at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Women’s Voices: A Critical Investigation organised by the Post Graduate Department of English and Research Centre, Government Brennen College, Thalassery on 12 -13 August 2010
‘The Emerging Avatar: The Indian Cartoons and the Hindu Right Wing’ at the National Seminar on Gender and Culture organized by Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and Women’s Studies Cell, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 21 – 22 January 2010
Part of the Conversion Series by Ahmedabad book club with author Arundhati Subramanian on her book, 'Women who wear only themselves' on 15 July 2021 https://www.facebook.com/groups/223739191067500/posts/4065171930257521
"Intersections: Queer Theory, Queering Theory" at the webinar organised by the Department of English and Centre for Research, St. Teresa's College (autonomous), Ernakulam on 01 July 2021
"Art, Literature and Aesthetics" at E-teach with Scholars organized by the Postgraduate Departmentof English, St. Joseph's College for Women,
Alappuzha on 11 June 2021
'Celebrating International Women's Day: Challenges for the Contemporary Times' at Freedom Talks: Lecture Series organised by NCC Army Wing, 2 (K) BTN, Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum on 09 March 2021
'Feminism' at the One Day National E-Conference on New Trends in History organized by Jaikranti Arts Senior College, Latur on 17 February2021 Gendering South Asia: Claiming and Reclaiming – Process and Praxix at the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Virginia on 25 February 2021
‘The Nobel Everydayness of Louise Glück’ as part of The Sophia – Nobel Oration Series organized by Sophia College, Mumbai on 11 Febraury 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG4u9UxB5qc
‘Performing Gender: A South Asian Perspective’ at the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Virginia on 17 September 2020
‘Gender Studies and the Academia at the SOGIESC Inclusive Education: A Session for Teachers organized by the Saathii Trust and Queerala on 25 July 2020
'Sexualities and Social Performances: An Introduction' at E-Discourses: An Online Lecture Series organised by the Department of English, Bishop Chulaparambil Memorial College, Kottayam on 07 May 2020
'Legacies Beyond Visual Boundaries' for the YouTube Channel 'Life Speaks' https://youtu.be/EGuG2IWfVvw
‘Sexuality and Colonial Law’ at the UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Kariavattom on 25 Novemeber 2019
‘To the Continent and Back: Hortus Malabaricus and the Cartographies of Colonial Knowledge’ at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library on 29 – 30 August 2019 https://www.facebook.com/NehruMemorialLibrary/videos/231253377762251
‘Career Opportunities for Humanities Students’ at Muslim Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Kaniyapuram on 20 November 2018
‘Career Opportunities for Humanities Students’ at Muslim Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Kaniyapuram on 09 Decemeber 2017
‘Gendering Contemporary Culture’ at the Two day Workshop on Literary Theory conducted by St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha on 14 November 2014
‘Marginality, Post-Coloniality and Value’ at Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil on 28 October 2010
‘A Research Scholar’s Perspective’ at the One Day Workshop on Research Methodology in English conducted by P.G and Research Department of English, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum on 20 November 2009
A talk on 'Inclusive Communication: The Nouns and Pronouns of Everyday Speech' by Mr. Vihaan Peethambar in association with the Young Communicators Club, All Saints' College, as part of the Young Communicators Club Lecture Series on 27 August 2021
International Webinar on UN Sustainable Development Goals organized by IQAC, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 01 October 2020
International Colloquium on Sexualtilies: Past, Present and Futures organized by Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and P.G and Research Department of English, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 27 – 28 February 2020
Two Day National Seminar on Ethics in Higher Education: Policies and Praxis jointly organized by All Saints’ College, Trivandum and Journal of Dharma and Globethics.net India on 29 – 30 July 2019
International Seminar on Thrice Told Tales: Reconfiguring the Canon organised by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 10 – 11 December 2018
UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Technologies of Self: Writing Lives, Making History held at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 09 – 10 October 2014
Symposium titled The Many Lives of Edward Said held at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 13 November 2013
UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Charting New Territories: Cartographies of Popular Media and Culture held at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 18 -19 August 2011
Publications in Journals, Books and Proceedings
'The Many Manifestations of Love' in the UGC CARE - listed Journal The Book Review Vol XLV, Number dated 8 August 2021, pg 57-58 (ISSN No. 0970-4175)
‘Laughing their Heads off: The Disruptive Comedy of Queer Stand up -Nannette’ in the book titled Humour Traditions in Australia and Canada published by Emerald Publishers, New Delhi, 2020 for the Centre for Australian Studies and Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala. Pp 125 – 137 (ISBN 978-93-89080-73-5)
’ The Tragedy of the Commons: Marine Debris from a Humanist Perspective’ in the book titled Marine Debris: Problems and Management published by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, 2020 , pp 63 – 73 (ISBN – 978-1-20-345680-3)
'Towards a Syllabus for Ethics in Higher Education Institutions: A Reflection' in the proceedings of National Seminar on 'Ethics in Higher Education: Policies and Praxis' organised by All Saints' College, Thiruvananthapuram 0n 29 - 30 July 2019 (ISBN: 978-81-930193-6-8)
'The Bovine and The Divine: Arun Kolatkar and the Pandu: Poetry and God in a Just- So Universe' in the special issue titled Poems on Resistance of the Peer Reviewed & UGC Approved journal Samyukta: A Journal of Gender & Culture, Vol. III, No. 2, dated July 2018 (ISSN: 2393-8013)
‘Reading Indian Sexual Mores through Transgender Autobiographies’ in the International Bi-Annual Refereed Journal Glimpses, Vol 7, Number 1, December 2017, pp 41 – 46 (ISSN – 2250-0561)
‘Kahaani of the Dirty Picture: An Analysis of Female Protagonists in Select Contemporary Indian Cinema’ in the Proceedings of the National Conference on Gender Perspectives and Women’s Empowerment, organized by Department of English and Women’s Studies Cell, Women’s Christian College, Chennai held on 05 – 06 March 2015 (pp 59 – 62)
‘Sexual Rewritings in South Indian Temple Festivals - Koovagam and Kottankulangara Chamayavilakku in the book titled Creativity in the Era of Globalization edited by Dr. Brinda Bala Sreenivasan, published by the Director, Directorate of Public Relations and Publications for the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin – pp 152 -161 (ISBN – 978-93-80095-42-4)
Gender Crossings in Contemporary Indian Cinema’ in the Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Politics of Popular Culture: Current Trends in Mass Media and Popular Fiction, organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla on 11 – 12 September 2013
‘The Politics of Gender Interplay in South Indian Temple Festivals Koovagam and Kottankulangara Chamayavilakku – A Study’ in the Proceedings of the International Seminar on Threshold 2013: Changing Ethical Perceptions in Literature, Society and Politics, organized by the Department of English , Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai held on 18 February 2013 (pp 49 – 54)
‘Reading the Nation Through Contemporary Interpretations of Cartoons for Children’ in the Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Remapping Reality Through Visual Technology – Intradisciplinary Engagements organized by the Department of English and Centre for Research, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam and Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kerala on 28 -29 June 2012 , pp 59 – 62
‘Transgender Festivals: Problematizing Gender at Koovagam and Kottankulangara’ in the Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Globalization and Marginalization, organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Vellalar College for Women, Erode on 9 – 10 December 2010
‘The Emerging Avatar: The Indian Cartoons and the Hindu Right Wing’ in the Proceedings of the National Seminar on Gender and Culture organized by Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and Women’s Studies Cell, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 21 – 22 January 2010 , pp 52 – 53
‘ ‘Affirmation and Subversion of Power through Langauge: Use of Latin in Harry Potter and Asterix’ in the book Latin Language and World Cultures edited by Fr. Dr. V. Y. Dasappan S J – pp 152-165 (ISBN 978-93-7495-480-5)
‘Transgendering Celebrations: The Politics of Sexuality in Koovagam and Kottankulangara Chamayavilakku’ in International Peer Reviwed Jounal Samyukta: A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 2, July 2009 – pp 83-96
Principal Investigator of the UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project titled From Time Out to Power-Play: The Indian Premier League Phenomena, approved in 2012
Duties carried out in college
Chairperson of the Public Relations Council of India, Thiruvananthapuram Chapter
Co- Coordinator of Communities of Practice – Towards Sustainable Livelihoods (CoP)
Member – IQAC 2018 - 2021
Co-ordinator – Ek Bharat Sreshth Bharat (EBSB) Club 2019 – 2021
Teacher in charge – Gender Equality Club, 2017 – 2018, 2019 – 2021, 2021 - 2022
Co-ordinator – SWAYAM – NPTEL, All Saints’ Chapter 2018 - 2021
Editor – Golden Jubilee Souvenir of All Saints’ College, Trivandum
Teacher in charge – Orientation for Students 2009 - 2012
Teacher in charge – College Magazine
Teacher in charge – Literary and Debating Association 2010
Additional Superintendent of Examinations 2012 – 2014
Creative Endeavours
Presented programmes for All India Radio as part of Yuvavani (English)
Editor-Curator – Samyukta Poetry www.samyuktapoetry.com
Festival director – Anantha- An International Festival of Poetry
Poet:
The Chakkar https://www.thechakkar.com/sonya-nair
The EKL Review https://eklreview.com/tag/sonya-j-nair/
The Kitchen Sink Magazine: https://608fd8e2-4ce0-4500-b792-e4195fe3dfa0.filesusr.com/ugd/d366e2_e6a77f44b7f7445c8663487b2445983a.pdf
Borderless Journal: https://borderlessjournal.com/2020/12/14/poems-of-hurt/
Rewriting Human Imagination : https://covidanthology.pressbooks.com/chapter/vishu-festival-of-the-equinox/
The Shimmer Spring Anthology by Hawakal Prokashana
Interview featured in May 2021 issue of the Borderless Journal
https://borderlessjournal.com/2021/05/14/samyukta-sonya/