2024 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 6th February, 2024 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Disasters and the "Other Gender": Experiences of the Hijra Community in Disasters in India | Ms. Aditi Sharan Researcher, University of Auckland |
2023 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
7th February, 2023 | Monthly Research Colloquium | E-Governing through Speculative Infrastructures: Health and Well-Being in Datafied States in India | Sreya Dutta Chowdhury Universitat Leipzig |
| 11th February, 2023 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Economic Exchanges of Middle Class Siblings in India
| Dr. Nazli Kibria Professor Boston University, USA |
| 27th - 28th February, 2023 | Annual Inter-college Fest: Verstehen '23 and Launch of Departmental Journal: "Young Sociologist" | The two-day festival focused on the theme of "˜Education and Inclusivity, with segments including a panel discussion, student paper presentations and a sociology quiz. | Panelists:
Mr. Pawan Dhall Queer Activist and Writer
Dr. Abdul Matin Assistant Professor, Jadavpur University
Dr. Sarbani Bandyopadhyay Assistant Professor, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) |
| 20th July, 2023 | Monthly Research Colloquium | In Pursuit of Happiness : Queer Movements in Kolkata, India (1980-2000) | Mr. Pawan Dhall Queer Activist and Writer |
| 18th September, 2023 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Tour Packages in Contemporary West Bengal: Practices, Entanglements, and Paradoxes
| Ms. Shamayeeta Ghosh Assistant Professor, Sociology, Jhargram Raj College. |
2022 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 26th February, 2022 | National Webinar | Introduction to Single Studies | Dr Ketaki Chowkhani Manipal Centre for Humanities |
| 7th April, 2022 | National Webinar and Launch of the Departmental Journal: "Young Sociologist" | Familiarizing the Unfamiliar: Facets of Urban Ethnographic Research. | Dr Debapriya Ganguly Assistant Professor of Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| 2nd August, 2022 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Performing Silence: Feminist History and the Field of Performance Studies | Dr. Trina Nileena Banerjee Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS) |
| 13th August, 2022 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Infectious Social Movements: Sex work in the time of Pandemics | Dr. Toorjo Ghosh Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
| 20th September, 2022 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Of Discipline and Interdisciplines: Situating the Indian University in the shadow of NEP 2020 | Dr. Debaditya Bhattacharya Assistant Professor, Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal, India |
| 24th September, 2022 | International Conference | Caste in Bengal | Dr. Shekhar Bandyopadhyay
Emeritus Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
Dr. Sarbani Bandyopadhyay Assistant Professor, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous)
Prof. Maroona Murmu Professor, Jadavpur University
Prof. Manosanta Biswas Professor, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
Mr. Kumar Rana Guest Faculty, Institute of Public Health, Kalyani
Ms. Kalyani Thakur Dalit Feminist Poet
Mr. Rajat Roy Presidency University |
2021 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 17th March, 2021 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Gender and Generation in the Indian Diaspora | Prof. Aparna Rayaprol Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad |
| 12th April, 2021 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Reimagining Urban India | Prof. Amita Bhide Professor, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, TISS, Mumbai |
| 23rd August, 2021 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Situating Plurality of Knowledge: Local Health Traditions in India | Prof. Arima Mishra Professor, Development Studies Programme, Azim Premji University |
| 4th October, 2021 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Covid 19, Science vs Anti-Science and the Colonial Present | Dr, Amit Prasad, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 18th November, 2021 | International Webinar | Using Intersectionality | Dr. Bandana Purkayastha Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut |
2020 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 8th January, 2020 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Nature of the Problems of Indian Muslim Women : An Intimate Analysis | Dr Miratun Nahar Retd Prof of Philosophy, Victoria College |
| 27th February, 2020 | Monthly Research Colloquium | Contested Moral Geographies and the Violence of the Worlding Cities : A Case Study of Redeveloping Kamathipura, Mumbai's Red Light District | Dr Ratoola Kundu Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, TISS Mumbai |
| 7th October, 2020 | National Webinar | Privilege and the "New Normal" of Covid-19 in India | Prof U. Vindhya TISS Hyderabad
Prof Rekha Pappu TISS Hyderabad
Dr Urmila Bhirdekar Shiv Nadar University, UP
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2019 | |||
Date | Nature of Event | Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 31st October-2nd November, 2019 | International Conference in collaboration with Ambedkar University, Delhi, Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata, Victoria University of Wellington, Nagorik Uddyog, Dhaka. | Contemporary Caste, Gender and Minority Questions in West Bengal and Bangladesh: Some Explorations | Speakers and participants were from India, Bangladesh, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, UK and USA |