Publications

1. Ashok, Rajarajeshwari. “Visual Chronicles: An Analysis of Illustrative Narratives in Malayalam Film Publicity.” Journal of Moving Image, Vol. 14, Jan. 2024, pp. 126–147.
2. Ashok, Rajarajeshwari. “Theatrical Landscapes: Exploring Single-Screen Theatres in Ernakulam as Urban Icons and Indicators.” Claims on the City: Situated Narratives of the Urban, edited by Yamini C Krishna et al., Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, 2023, pp. 199–217.
3. Ashok, Rajarajeshwari. “In retrospect: the spatial shift of the film publicity industry in Kerala during the 1980s.” South Asian History and Culture, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 2020, 113-135.
4. Ashok, Rajarajeshwari. “Listening to the Silent Man’s Testimony: A Reading of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue.” Caesurae, Volume 3:1, December, 2018, 1-17.
5. Aiyappan, Arya and Rajarajeshwari Ashok. Reading Cinema: Theories and Techniques. New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Print
6. Krishna, C. Yamini, Rajarajeshwari Ashok and Vishnu Vijayakumar. ‘“Adaptation, the Film, the Process and the Dialogue.” Caesurae Spring 2016, 1-13.
7. Ashok, Rajarajeshwari. “Revolution 2020.” Teresian Journal of English Studies 4. 0975 – 6302 (2012): 123- 25. Print

Invited Speaker

Was an Invited speaker at the annual seminar Archives to Arguments: Unseen Lives of Indian Cinema, conducted by the Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University Kolkata on the 14^th and 15^th of November, 2022.

Fellowships

1. Received KSCA (Kerala State Chalachithra Academy) Fellowship, 2020. Was awarded the P.K Nair Fellowship (3^rd Rank), Kerala Chalachithra Academy Fellowship, 2020.
2. Received the KCHR (Kerala Council for Historical Research) PhD Fellowship from November 2016- October 2019. 

Papers Presented

1. “Film Publicity in Kerala: Nature, Location and Designers” at the Two- Day National Seminar on Malayalam Cinema: Contested Screens, Contending Economies organised by the Institute of English, university of Kerala (UGC-SAP DRS II Programme) on the 14^th and 15^th of March, 2019.
2. “Ernakulam: Location and Identity of Malayalam Film Publicity” at City Narratives: From Landscapes to Mindscapes, a UGC sponsored National Conference organized by the Department of English, Jyothi Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru on the 25^th of February, 2019.
3. “The Spatial Shift of the Film Publicity Industry in Kerala during the 1980s” at International Conference Print Modernities organized by The Department of English and The Department of Media Studies St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous) Thrissur, Kerala on the 5^th of January, 2019
4. “Dismantling of Gender Stereotypes in Ang Lee’s Films”, at Protean Frames, International Conference on Contemporary Discourses of Gender, organised by Christ University, Bangalore and Liverpool Hope University, UK in January 2016
5. “Listening to the Silent Man’s Testimony”, at Media Meet 2015 Power of Visuals, a National seminar organised by the Department of Media Studies, Christ University, Bangalore in August 2015
6.  “A Critique on the use of the Ten Commandments in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue”, at Film, Film Studies and Ideology, a UGC sponsored National Seminar conducted by the Department of English, Sree Kerala Varma College, Trissur in August 2014