AR 2009-10 - Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

The workshop provided the young researchers an opportunity to sharetheir work with senior scholars in the field.Apart from the 23 participants, 14 senior resource persons attendedthe workshop. Among them, Dr. Pradip K Dutta, Dr. Udaya Kumar, Dr.Sanjay Srivastava, Dr. Prathama Banerjee, Dr. G. Arunima and Dr.Samantak Das joined the workshop as external resource persons and fromthe CSSSC’s faculty Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Dr. Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, Dr.Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Dr. Anjan Ghosh, Dr. Manas Ray, Dr. RosinkaChaudhuri, Dr. Anirban Das and Dr. Bodhisattva Kar were engaged asresource persons at the workshop.Muslim Situation in India: Contemporary QuestionsThe Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSSC) and the Indian Councilof Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Eastern Regional Centre (ERC),Kolkata, organized a three-day Seminar on Muslim Situation in India:Contemporary Questions on February 24-26 2010.The inaugural addresswas delivered by Dr. S.S.Z. Adnan, Chairperson, West Bengal MinoritiesCommission. Amitabh Kundu, Centre for the Study of RegionalDevelopment, JNU delivered the Keynote Address. The five sessions werechaired by Manabi Majumdar, Jyotsna Jalan, Anjan Ghosh and KeyaDasGupta of CSSSC and Raziuddin Aquil of Delhi University. Papers werepresented by M. G. Valenta, University of Amsterdam, Yoginder Sikand,National Law School, Bangalore, Sachidanand Sinha, JNU, Rahim Mondal,North Bengal University, Abdul Shaban, TISS, Amaresh Dubey, JNU,Pranab Kumar Das, Saibal Kar and Madhumanti Kayal, CSSSC, ZakirHusain, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi, Arup Saikia, IIT,Guwahati, Zarin Ahmed, Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi, RafiulAhmed, Deshkal Society and Sohail Ahmed Jagiroad College, Morigaon,Assam, V. Ramaswamy and Amina Khatoon (Kolkata), Raziuddin Aquil,Delhi University and Sohel Firdos, CSSSC. A special lecture was given byAsghar Ali Engineer.Workshop on Contesting the Indian City: State, Space and Citizenshipin the Global EraGuhathakurta, Professor, CSSSC. Ten papers were presented anddiscussed. The introductory speech was given by Gavin Shatkin, Universityof Michigan at Ann Arbor. The participants are, Jonathan Anjaria, BardCollege, New York, Ratoola Kundu, University of Illinois at Chicago, SanjeevVidyarthi, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rupali Gupte, CollectiveResearch Initiatives Trust, Mumbai, John Harriss, Simon Fraser University,Vancouver, Neha Sami, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Gautam Bhan,University of California at Berkeley, Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Studyof Developing Societies, Delhi, Prasad Shetty, Collective ResearchInitiatives Trust, Mumbai and Neema Kudva, Cornell University,DOCTORAL PROGRAMMEThe Doctoral Programme of the CSSSC includes both ICSSR Fellowshipholders and others working with the faculty of the CSSSC. Prof. JanakiNair has been coordinating the programme and giving it a new institutionalstructure.The following scholars submitted their Ph.D. degree during the period underreport:Name of Scholar UniversityRitajyoti Bandyopadhyay(Jadavpur University)Title, SupervisorRumblings of the Street: The Hawkers on thePavement of Kolkata as Informal Actors in UrbanHistories(Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya and Samita Sen)Sraman MukherjeeUnearthing the Pasts of Bengal, Bihar and(University of Calcutta) Orissa, 1861-1936(Tapati Guha-Thakurta)The following scholars, enrolled in the Doctoral Programme of CSSSC,are supported by scholarships from the ICSSR.CSSSC organized jointly by the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor aworkshop on Contesting the Indian City: State, Space and Citizenship inthe Global Era at the Centre on March 5-6, 2010.Keya Dasgupta wascoordinator of the workshop. The Inaugural address was given by TapatiName of Scholar UniversityRuna Das Chaudhury(Jadavpur University)Title, SupervisorThe Interplay of the ‘Uncanny’ and the ‘Everyday’:Towards Sociology of ‘Ghost Stories’ written for32 33