1, Reformatory Street,
Alipore Campus ( 3rd Floor & 4th Floor ), Kolkata - 700 027
Phone : 2439 8645
E-mail : doheu@gias101.vsnl.net.in
Year of Establishment
1919
UGC Department of Special Assistance since 1977
Courses Offered
|
Programme |
Level of Study |
Cut-off Mark at entry |
Intake Capacity |
| M.A. | Post Graduation | B.A. Hons. In order of Merit. | 150 |
| M.Phil. | Research | M.A. ( 50% ) | 24 |
| Ph.D. | Research | M.A. Degree | |
| Name | Phone | Specialisation | |
| Professors | |||
Suranjan Das |
2358 2389 | Suranjan2000@yahoo.co.in | Modern Indian Social and Political History,Contemporary World Politics |
| Hari Sankar Vasudevan | 2337 3659 | hsv@vsnl.net | Modern European and Russian History |
| Arun Bandyopadhyay | 2472 3238 | aruman@vsnl.com | Modern Indian Economic / Agrarian History/EnvironmentalHistory |
| Hasi Banerjee(nee Mukhopadhayay) | 2337 2348 | Modern Indian and Political History / National Movement | |
| Nirban Basu | 2400 6358 | Twentieth Century Indian Labour History | |
| Bhaskar Chakraborty | 2466 2504 | bchak53@rediff,ail.com | Modern Indian and European History / Nationalism and Contemporary History |
| Suparna Gooptu | 2359 9985 | suparna_caluniv@yahoo.co.in | Women's History and Gender Studies |
| Amit Dey | 2425 4645 | Mediaval Indian History/Islamic Thought | |
| Rachana Chakraborty | 033-24319948 9830280101 |
onlyrachana@gmail.com | History of Education, Gender Studies |
| Readers | |||
| Laxmi Subramanian | Modern Indian Economic History / Maritime and Commercial History, Modern Indian Cultural History | ||
| Sireen Maswood | 2417 5049 | Society and Economy in Mughallndia | |
| Samita Sen | 2247 9230 | Twentieth Century Indian Labour History and Women's History | |
| Lecturers | |||
| Sukla Sanyal | 2321 7133 | European History / Rural and Peasant History of France | |
| Madhumita Majumdar | 2412 3985/ 2483 6537 | History of Science in Modern and Contemporary India | |
| Ritwika Biswas | 2579 6860 | Contemporary History of India / Political Movements | |
| Santanu Chakaraborty | 2441 4509 | shanchak@vsnl.com | Contemporary History of India / Regional Cooperation / Case Studies and Conflict Resolution |
| Rajsekhar Bose | 2438 3067 | rajsekharbasu2001@yahoo.com | Modern Indian History/ Cast Movement/ History of Medicine |
| Sanjukta Dasgupta | 2461 1625 | sanjuktadasgupta@yahoo.com | Economic History of Modern India/ Pasants and Tribal History |
Major thrust areas in which Research activities are being actively pursued :
Crime Studies
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Environmental Studies
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Media History
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Modern European History
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Indian Foreign Policy
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International Relations Since 1945
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Economic and Social History
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Cultural and Intellectual History
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History of Indian Nationalism
Ongoing Research
Projects
|
Funding Agency |
Collaboration (if any) |
| University Grants Commission | DSA |
| University Grants Commission | ASHISS Programme |
| University Grants Commission Major Research Project By Professor S.Das |
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| University Grants Commission Minor Research Project. By Prof. Arun Bandyopadhyay |
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| The Ford Foundation |
Peace studies Group |
| International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam | SEPHIS Programme |
| UGC | Gandhian Studies Centre (Director - Dr. Suparna Gooptu) |
| UGC | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for International Understanding (Joint Directors - Professor Suranjan Das & Professor Basudeb Chattopadhyay) |
| UGC | Centre for Pakistan and West Asian Stuies (Joint Directors - Professor Suranjan Das & Professor Bhaskar Chakraborty) |
Acedemic Exchange Programme With
School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS), UK
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Maison des Sciences de I'Homme,Paris, France
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Uppsala University,Sweden
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De Montfort University,UK