Department of English, WBSU

We are extremely delighted to share the news that 𝗔𝗯𝗵𝗶𝗷𝗶𝘁 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘆𝗮 and 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗶 from the Department of English, WBSU, have received the highly prestigious award from Association for Asian Studies (AAS) entitled 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘊𝘏𝘚𝘚) 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 for their proposed projects. The award was first of its kind to open non-US students to participate in a non-level playing field of grants, which are mostly directed at US and EU students.

Abhijit is currently pursuing his PhD under the guidance of Prof. Sipra Mukherjee (H.O.D, the Department of English, WBSU). Kasir is a former PG student of our department who is presently working as a research assistant to Dr. Abhijeet Paul (Fulbright Nehru Fellow, UC, Berkeley).

It is a moment of great pride for the entire department as they competed with 3.5k (estimated) applicants from 17 countries globally and gloriously won. It is important to note that the acceptance rate was less than 1% this year. There is a possibility that the awardees will be able to mentor next year's applicants too.

The Department of English, WBSU, wholeheartedly congratulates Abhijit and Kasir for this huge achievement and wishes them all the very best for all their future endeavours. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Abhijeet Paul for his constant guidance and support without which the pinnacle of success would have been much harder to reach.

You know the class is going to be different when you see your professors eagerly joining you for Dr. Abhijeet Paul's lecture on Marxist Theory.

From treating every attendee with tea and singara to drawing critical theory out of literally anything, AP in his usual effortless style made the two-hour long interactive session a mind-boggling experience for many.

Dated: 13.12.2022

The Department of English, West Bengal State University, in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi is going to organize a two-Day national seminar on 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟵-𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 at the seminar hall, academic building.

Those who are willing to participate and/or present papers kindly go through the brochure carefully for detailed guidelines and instructions.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/Ha1cxVkG4dhbsyoDA

Sights and scenes of WBSU.

Pictures taken by: Kasir Ali, Madhusree Maitra

Photos from Centre for Studies in Gender, Culture and Media's post

A workshop on "Research Methodology and Migration Studies" held by the Department of English in collaboration with the Centre for Studies on Borders and Movements from 18th October to 21st October.

Glimpses from the first two days held in the university seminar hall.

"No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls." - Ingmar Bergman

A three-day long Film Festival (Aug 16 - Aug 18) was organized by the Department of English, West Bengal State University, encouraged and facilitated by Prof. Sipra Mukherjee.

The screenings of some of the most intriguing and thought-provoking cinemas all across the globe proved to be an exciting experience with the microscopic analysis of cinematic language by Prof. Sipra Mukherjee and her compelling intellectual observations as the cherry on top.

While the movie-buffs spent an euphoric time in front of the movie screen, others too were equally fascinated by the magic of cinema. The film fiesta not only came as a breath of fresh air in the lives of the students by making their academic life a bit relaxing, but also guided them towards a new perspective of the world.

Find below the list of films that were screened:
1. "Rashomon" by Akira Kurosawa
2. "Raise the Red Lantern" by Yi-Mou Zhang
3. "About Elly" by Asghar Farhadi
4. "Where is the Friend's House?" by Abbas Kiarostami
5. "Infernal Affairs" by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak

•Poster made by Kumardeep Sarkar•

Happy holidays to all the lovely people out there!✨

The Department of English,
West Bengal State University

Day 2: Marxist Critical Theory

REVISITING MARX IN THE ANTHROPOCENE || ESTRANGED LABOUR

Discussing and understanding Marxist critical theories over chaa and singara. A typical picture of our Visiting Fulbright Fellow, Dr. Abhijeet Paul from Berkeley University, breaking the shackles of a conventional classroom atmosphere and making it more interesting for the students in the coolest way possible.

Dated: 20.09.2022

First day of the special lecture series by our Visiting Fulbright Fellow, Dr Abhijeet Paul from Berkeley University on Marxist Literary Criticism/Critical Theory: "Marxism in the Light of Anthropocene".

An extremely enriching session attended by the students and scholars of the Department of English, WBSU.

Dated: 19.09.2022

The university which not only fuels the ambition of the students but also opens doors for them.

Glimpses from the outreach program to apprise students of opportunities of higher education in the US jointly organised by West Bengal State University and USIEF regional office, Kolkata.

Our Honorable VC ma'am, dear Prof. Chakrabarty, dynamic Librarian sir, and our cool fulbright scholar Abhijit Babu hosting the representatives of United States - India Educational Foundation.

Glimpses of some stunning performances by the students of our department.

Watch all these amazing performances only on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPIDXCaS3_BA6x2o46jnXKA, and encourage them by liking, sharing and subscribing to our channel.

An afternoon full of fun and laughter!
Professors and students during the game of dumb charades.

Students of semester 3 batch with their respected professors.

Students of outgoing semester 4 batch with their respected professors.

Dear Professors,
We all owe you so much.

With gratitude,
Students of the Department of English, WBSU

Dated: 07.09.2022

Welcome to the page of the Department of English, West Bengal State University. This page has been created and is managed by the student representatives of the English dept., WBSU to announce information about and share pictures and videos of seminars, webinars, events or/and cultural programs initiated and organized by the English department. It is also a platform to engage and connect the students of our department with each other through posting their own write-ups, poems, photographs, movie reviews, or any personal experience, and make them share moments of life as a family.