Department of History

Faculty Profile - NANDINI JANA

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NANDINI JANA
NANDINI JANA
Associate Professor & Head of the Department


Educational Qualification
Degree Pass out from
Ph.D. Jadavpur University
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Previous College Served
College Name Served From Served Till
Darjeeling Government College August, 2001 September, 2005
Barasat Government College September, 2005 April, 2012
Durgapur Government College April, 2012 2014
Lalgarh Government General Degree College 2014 September, 2014
Durgapur Government College September, 2014 August, 2024
Government Girls’ General Degree College, Kolkata August, 2024 Till date
Research Area/Projects

 

  • Gender History and Social History of Colonial Bengal.
Field of Specialization

 

  • Economic History of India.
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Attended:

  • International Webinar on Global Heritage movement and Cooch Behar, from 18/06/21-20/06/21.
  • Webinar on Defining India as a Nation: Its Idea and State in the Eyes of some medieval Indian Writers delivered by Prof. Ali Nadeem Rezavi on 01/11/21.
  • Curriculum-Syllabus workshop conducted by Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol on 22/11/21 and 27/11/21.
  • Special lecture on Caste and Census in Colonial India, delivered by Dr. Swagata Sarkar, Associate Professor in History, Kulti College at Bidhan Prekshagriha, Durgapur Government College, on 22/12/21.
  • Webinar titled Rabindranather Vishwabodhe Rammohuner Prabhab organised by Society for Understanding Culture and History in India on 28/01/2022 at 07:00 P.M.
  • Webinar titled ‘Birds Uncaged: Travel and Bengali Women’ organised by Women’s History Conclave on 27/02/2022 at 07:00 P.M.
  • Attended and presented a short talk on the ‘Book release ceremony of the festschrift volume titled Her Story: Essays on Women’s History in honour of Professor Geraldine Forbes’ on 27/3/2022, at 06:00 P.M. IST on Google Meet.
  • Attended International seminar by renowned historian Dipesh Chakrabarty of Chicago University, at Kanyashree College, Behala, Kolkata, on 13/02/2023.
  • Participation in seminar entitled “Women and Partition”, delivered by Dr. Anwesha Sengupta, Assistant Professor in IDSK, Kolkata on 25/03/2023 in Durgapur Government College.
  • Attended National symposium on Addressing Sustainability in the VUCA World organized by Faculty of Management Studies, Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, on 01/01/2024.
  • Attended the two-day international seminar on Tales of Timelessness: Understanding the Heritage of Bengal on 21/03/2024 & 22/03/2024 organized by Panchakot Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with Kazi Nazrul University.

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Paper Presented:

  • Invited lecture in State level Webinar on ‘Gender Issues’ where paper was presented as resource person on Awareness about Gender Sensitization, organized by Department of History, Raniganj Girls’ College on 19/06/2021.
  • Participated as a discussant on Gender Studies webinar-3, organized by Jana Itihas Anusthan Mala-77 in “Oupanibeshik Banglay Naribadi Chinta Chetana” on 22/08/2021.
  • Delivered a PPT presentation on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 at ‘An Interactive Session on Rights and Empowerment’ in Kabi Jagadram Roy Government General Degree College, Mejia on 09/03/2024.
  • Presented a paper on Heritage Brahmo Temples in Calcutta and its Vicinity in two-day international seminar on ‘Tales of Timelessness: Understanding the Heritage of Bengal’ organized by Panchakot Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with Kazi Nazrul University on 21/03/2024 & 22/03/2024.
Articles Published
  • An article titled ‘Teaching Morality in Colonial India’ in the journal Bharata Vidya, Volume: XII, December, 2021.
Books Published/Chapters in book Published

 

  • “Baidhabya Prashne Brahmo Samaj O Katipay Bidhaba Unish Shataker Prekshapate”, in Mukhopadhayay, M. and Bandyopadhyay, A. (eds.), Nahi Samanya Nari: Itihase, Samaje O Chintay, Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2018, pp. 96-106, ISBN 978-93-80677-96-5.
  • Book chapter titled ‘A Sinful Body? The Question of Sexuality and Conjugality within the Nababidhan Brahmo Samaj’ in the book Her Story: Essays on Women’s History in honour of Professor Geraldine Forbes, ed, by B. Chatterjee & A. Bandyopadhyay, pub, Sampark Publishing House, Kolkata, on March, 2022 (p. 431-455).
  • Contributred a book chapter titled, ‘Jyotirmoyee Ganguly-r Sikkhok Jiban’ in the book Nari O Banglar Itihas: Samay, Samaj O Sanskriti, edited by Nandini Jana, Kaushik Saha & Ratnabali Chattopadhya, Setu Prakashani, Kolkata, April, 2024, ISBN 978-81-972168-5-5.
  • Jointly edited the book along with Kaushik Saha & Ratnabali Chattopadhya, Nari O Banglar Itihas: Somoy, Samaj O Sanskriti, published by Setu Prakashani, Kolkata, April, 2024, ISBN 978-81-972168-5-5.
  • Jointly edited and annotated the book along with Aparna Bandyopadhyay, Aghore-Prakash by Prakashchandra Ray, published by Ravan, Kolkata, June, 2024, ISBN 978-81-940257-2-6.
Membership in the Society

 

  • Life Member of “Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad”.
  • Life Member of “Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata”.
  • Annual Member of “The Asiatic Society, Kolkata”.
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