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Department of History
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- Established in 1947.
- Four Full-Time Faculty Members.
- Takes innitiaue in organising inter - college students seminar, special lectures - to improve the academic perfarmance of the department.
- Audio- Visual lectures as part of teaching programme.
- Well - equipped departmental library.
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The Department of History, Women’s Christian College, was established in 1947, two years after the inception of the College in 1945. It was initially entrusted with the responsibility of preparing students for the B.A. Pass Course Examination under the University of Calcutta, to which the college is affiliated. The department was at first manned by Smt. Sudhira Nag, later helped by two other faculty members.
After more than three decades, during which the department continued with its dedicated efforts to promote women’s education, there came an opportunity to expand. In the year 1981, with sanction from the Government of West Bengal and approval from the University of Calcutta, the History Department opened its Honours Course in addition to the Pass Course. At that point of time, Sm Jhuma Chakraborty and Sm Joyshree Ghosh joined the department in 1981 and 1982 respectively in the two new posts that were now sanctioned. The number of students taking up honours courses increased steadily and the academic records improved too.
From the very beginning, the faculty members have taken personal interest and initiative in building up a well-equipped reference library suited to the needs of the students. Excursions to places of historical interest were also organized regularly. After the superannuation of Sm Jyotsna Biswas and Sm Sathi Roy, Sm Chandrima Mondal and Sm Nabanita Mitra have joined the department further adding too its strength.
The Department of History takes pride in the fact that the faculty members not only contribute towards the academic improvement of the students but also take special care to help the students in need, providing them with financial assistance and looking into various problems as faced by them. Counseling in extra-academic matters and sympathetic handling of students’ affairs help in the development of healthy teacher-student relationship. Parent-Teacher meetings (PTMS) are held regularly with a view to appraise the guardians about the progress of their wards.
The Department of History
A seminar library catering to the needs of the honours students has been set up containing more than 250 books and two journals has been set up with contributions from faculty members and students .Audio visual shows are organized as teaching aids to give students a wider perspective on the subject.
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| Dr. Jhuma Sanyal |
Reader. M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
| Dr. Joyshree Roy |
Reader,
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
Sm Chandrima Mondal |
M.A., Selection Grade Lecturer |
| Sm Nabanita Mitra |
M.A., Lecturer, NET-98, SLET-98 |
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EVENTS |
Session |
Participating Members / Speaker |
| 'Inter-College students' Seminar |
November 30, 2006 and February 22, 2006 |
Women's Christian College, Kolkata and Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur |
| 'Inter-College students' Seminar |
March 28, 2008 |
Women's Christian College, Kolkata and Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur at the college premises. |
A special lecture on History writing in 19 th century India – its divergent orientations and motivations was organized. |
August 22, 2007 |
Dr. Tapti Roy |
A special lecture on Indian Cricket teams 'Pakistan Goodwill Tour of 2004'. |
September 22, 2008 |
Dr. Kaushik Bandhopadhyay (MACAIS) |
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| Students |
Achievements |
Satabdi Chakraborty Sharmilee Roy
Tani Majumdar
Paromita Mondal |
Students of IIIrd year honours presented papers on ‘Renaissance and Roman Slavery' accompanied with an audio-visual presentation. |
Sayani Das
Manimala Mitra
Rinki MAndal
Priyanki Shaw |
Students of 2nd year honours presented papers on ‘Women's Participation in Indian Freedom Movement' at the 60 years of Indian Freedom Movement Commemorative Program me through an audio visual presentation at RKM Residential College, Narendrapur. |
Sumana Dutta Banik
Peali Hazra |
Students of 1st year honours presented papers at the National Seminar held at Loreto College, Kolkata on September 25, 2008 on Cross Cultural currents : India and the ancient world. |
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| Teacher |
Achievements |
| Smt. Nabanita Mitra |
Presented a paper entitled ‘All India Radio : Politics and Culture' in a two day National conference on August 29-29, 2008 sponsored by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies in collaboration with the University of Calcutta. |
| Presented a paper ‘All India Radio : A case study of Akashbani Kolkata' at the University of Calcutta on March 30, 2009. |
| Smt. Chandrima Mondal |
Delivered a lecture on ‘Unish Sataker Jati Andolan O Samajik Uttoran' as part of the Inter-Disciplinary lecture series in the college. |
| Received release order from the college for Ph.D. program under FDP for 2 years on March 4, 2009. |
| Dr. Jhuma Sanyal |
Delivered a lecture on ‘Transition from Roman republic tp principate : a constitutional evolution on September 13, 2005 at Ramkrishna Mission Residential College , Narendrapur. on April 12, 2006. |
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| Dr. Jhuma Sanyal |
Article ‘Chinnamul Manush O Shyamaprasad' was published in the book Shyamaprased Janma Shatabarshe edited by Professor Nikhilesh Guha, Pandulipi Calcutta, 2000. |
| Published a book Making of a New Space : Refugees in West Bengal, Ratna Prakasan, Calutta 2003. |
| Published an article ‘Bangabhanga theke bibhajan – Kichu prashana kichu uttar' in the book Bangabhanga 1905, edited by Ariun Goswami, Chavanika, Kolkata 2005. |
| Smt.Chandrima Mondal |
Article ‘Mahishya Jatir Samajik Andolan o Mahishya Nari' was published in the journal Aitihashik in April-June 1981. Mukhia's Crit. |
| Smt. Nabanita Mitra |
Article ‘Harbans Mukhia's Critique of Indian Feudalism' was published in the proceedings of the first UGC sponsored national level seminar on Historical Aspects as revealed in Sanskrit literature organized by the Department of Sanskrit of the college on March 18, 2005. |
| Dr. Joyshree Roy and Smt. Nabanita Mitra |
Working papers of the department containing articles entitled ‘Trends in 19th century Russian Literature : the group around Chekhov' and ‘Socio-political aspects of Indian Broadcasting respectively and the students of the department along with contributions from the students of RKM Residential College, Narendrapur were published. |
Lectures are organised as a Teaching Aid to acquaent the students with broader perspective of the subject.
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Educational Toure are regular feature of the department . An educational tour was jointly organized by the departments of History and English to Chintamoni Kar Pakshi Abhayaaranya at Narendrapur and Bhaskar Bhavan Samgrahasala at Narendpur on February 3, 2009.
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The department of history encourages the students to constantly improve their academic performance as well as seek an outlet in various extra-curricular activities. The students have participated in Inter College Youth Parliament competition.Participation in Debate competitions and Dance and Music competitions are also encouraged in order to channel the student’s creative expressions. A sense of responsibility has also been inculcated in them through visits to charitable organizations.
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As an incentive towards better performance in the field of academics, seueral prizes are awarded to students,both at Honours and General category.The department is grateful to those persons who have generously douated the Memorial Prizes Such as Renuka Pande Memorial Prize,N.B. Shome Memorial Prize and Parul Banerjee Memorial Prize.
Success rate of the Students in B.A.Part II (Hons.)Examination ( 2+1system) in the year 2007 and B.A. Part III (Hons.) Examination in the year2008 and 2009is 100%.
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