Bio Sketch

Personal Details:

Name	:	Rev. Fr. Mathew Alapattumedayil
Department	:	English
Designation	:	Asst. Professor
Address	:	Christu Raj Hostel House , Arunapuram P.O , Kottayam , Kottayam , Kerala ,India - 686574
Email	:	mathew.eng@stcp.ac.in , alapattumedayil@gmail.com
Date of Birth:	:	20-09-1977
Date of Joining:	:	01-06-2017
Personal Website	:	Nil

Education:

Sl. No	Course	Institution	Period	Achievements
1	Licentiate in Sacred Theology	Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome	2002-04	Summa cum laude
2	MA in English Literature	Loyola College, Chennai	2005-07	First Rank

Area of Specialization / Research Interests:

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION / RESEARCH INTERESTS
Religion and the Public Sphere, Postcolonial Historiography, Theology and Literature

Career Profile:

Sl.No	Name of the Institution	Designation	period
1	Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Vadavathoor	Teacher on Probation (English, Dept of Philosophy)	2007-12
2	Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad	Assistant Professor	2013-17

Publications:

Research Publication:

Sl.No	Publication	Publication Year
1	Ecclesia Docens according to Cardinal Newman: A Licentiate Thesis in Dogmatic Theology	2004

Books:

Sl.No	Name of the Book	Year of publication	Name of Publisher	ISBN No	Nature of Contribution
1	Satyathil Sneham: A Translation, with Introductory Studies and a Glossary, of the Encyclical Caritas in Veritate	2009	OIRSI Publications	978-81-88456-40-6	Editor and Principal Translator
2	Sabhayude Saamuhika Prabodhanam: A Collection of Essays on the Social Doctrine of the Church	2011	OIRSI Publications	978-81-88456-64-2	Co-editor

Details of Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars/ Symposia Attended/ Papers Presented / Talks Given:

Sl. No	Title of the seminar/ conference etc.	Invited / Contributed /Partic-ipation	Venue/ Agency	Dates	Inter-national/ National/ Regional	Title of the Paper
1	Greening Knowledge: Eco-Textuality and its Textual Echoes	Contributed	Thekkady/STC Pala	1-3 March 2006	National	Ecocrisis as a Crisis of Saints: Gandhian Way as a Way out of the Crisis
2	Envisioning Postcolonial Theologies to Decolonizing the Body of Christ	Contributed	UTC, Bangalore/ Lincoln Theological Institute, Manchester	21-23 January 2010	International	Postcolonial Historiography and the Catholic Church in Kerala
3	Critical Theory and Spiritual Practice	Contributed	Faculty of Theology, Oxford/International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture, Glasgow	23-26 September 2010	International	Identity Politics among Syrian Catholics of Kerala: A Postcolonial Critique
4	Identity, Difference and Conflict: A Postcolonial Critique	Contributed	Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune/ACPI	26-29 October 2012	National	The Sacred and the Secular in Identity Politics

International /National/ State - Level Workshops /Conference Organized:

Sl.No	Title of the seminar/ conference etc.	Funding Agency	Venue/Agency	Dates	International/ National/ Regional
1	Futuring the Past: The Ecclesial Heritage of Kuravilangad	Kuravilangad Parish	Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad	12 September 2015	International

Positions held or holding if any:

Sl.No	Position	Year
1	Asst Director, Alphonsian Academy of Religious Sciences, Pala	Since 2014
2	Member, Commission for Doctrine, Diocese of Palai	Since 2016
3	Member, Presbyteral Council, Diocese of Palai	Since 2017
4	Member, Pastoral Council, Diocese of Palai	Since 2017
5	Warden, Christu Raj Hostel	Since 2017

Membership in Scientific/Professional Societies if any:

Sl.No	Name of the Society	Nature of Membership
1	Association of Christian Philosophers of India	Annual

Editorial and Referee Positions:

Sl.No	Name of the Journal	Position held
1	Sastrapadham Science Magazine	Chief Editor

Courses attended for Professional Developments:

Sl.No	Name of the Course	Organizing institute	Period
1	Orientation Course	Mizoram Central University, Aizawl	18 Nov. - 15 Dec. 2015
2	Refresher Course in English	North Bengal University, Darjeeling	2-22 March 2017