Department of History, Presidency University

We are overjoyed to announce that Dr Soumen Mukherjee has been honoured with the esteemed 2024-25 Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) Visiting Fellowship at the University of Cambridge (Michaelmas Term 2024).

His contribution to academia is truly remarkable, and we couldn't be prouder to see him receive such a well-deserved honour.

Dr. Mukherjee, your dedication to advancing knowledge and pushing the boundaries of research is an inspiration to us all. Your commitment to excellence shines brightly, and we have no doubt that you will make the most of this incredible opportunity at the University of Cambridge.

Wishing you all the best for this exciting journey ahead! Here is to many more achievements and successes in your academic career.

We are thrilled to announce and celebrate the outstanding achievement of our brilliant students from the Department of History at Presidency University, Kolkata, who have successfully qualified the UGC-NET and JRF exams! Your hard work, dedication, and passion for history have truly paid off. Well done, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours!

NET-LS:

Anik Biswas (UG Batch of 2017)
Anamitra Ghosh (UG Batch of 2017)
Shubhobroto Banerjee (UG Batch of 2018)
Snehashish Biswas (PG Batch of 2021)
Saukarya Samad (UG Batch of 2019)
Himadri Mukherjee (UG Batch of 2019)
Aditya Shankar Chattopadhyay (UG Batch of 2019)
Saikat Mondal (UG Batch of 2020)
Barnak Das (UG Batch of 2020)

Junior Research Fellow & LS

Sneha Goswami (UG Batch of 2016)
Shreya Saha (UG Batch of 2017)
Sayan Lodh (UG Batch of 2017)
Swarup Biswas (UG Batch of 2017)
Neellohit Roy (UG Batch of 2018)
Mridul Banik (UG Batch of 2018)
Aranya Chowdhury (UG Batch of 2018)

Making of a School of Architecture: Akbar & Fathpur Sikri by Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, held on 23.11.2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5QSdRAdVo&t=427s

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Dr. Soumen Mukherjee has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship (https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2023/october/the-annemarie-schimmel-fellowship-awarded-to-dr-soumen-mukherjee/).
This incredible honour not only recognizes Dr. Mukherjee's exceptional contributions to his field but also highlights his dedication and passion for his research. The Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship, bestowed by the Institute of Ismaili Studies, is a testament to Dr. Mukherjee's outstanding academic achievements and his significant impact on the scholarly community. We are delighted to share this momentous news and extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Mukherjee for this well-deserved recognition. His groundbreaking work continues to inspire and enrich the world of academia, and we eagerly anticipate the valuable contributions he will make during his fellowship.

Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship Awarded to Dr Soumen Mukherjee Dr Mukherjee explores the intersectionality of religion, philosophy, and mysticism in South Asia and beyond, with a particular focus on their global entanglements.

On behalf of the Department of History, Presidency University, we're very pleased to invite all of you to the Annual Kuruvila Zachariah Memorial Lecture, 2023.

Professor Rajat Kanta Ray (Former Professor and Head, Department of History, Presidency College; Former Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati University; Professor Emeritus, Presidency University) will deliver a talk on, "Hindutva and The Idea of India" on Thursday, September 7, 2023, 3 PM onwards.

Venue - P.C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University.

We hope to see you all there. Please find attached the poster for the event.

The video of the said lecture will be uploaded (same day i.e., 07.09.2023) on our departmental YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXfqIpeGJ-r0y7qmFoQXUrg

The 82nd session of the Indian History Congress is scheduled to be
held from 28th to 30th December 2023, at the Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana.
* Professor Thallapally Manohar, the Local Secretary of the Eighty-Second Session, will be sending his circular regarding the arrangements at Warangal and the Delegate fee by end of the September.
* The last date for receipt of the Enrolment Application Form and membership fee remittance for initial member for the 82nd session is 31st October 2023.
* The last date for receipt of the renewal fee for entitlement to voting rights at the 82nd session is 30 November 2023.
* Papers received by 30th November 2023 will get precedence and be accommodated on the first two days of the session.
* For other details please go through the attached file in the image form (Circular 1:https://indianhistorycongress.com/uploads/circular1.pdf ) and also visit our website: http://www.indianhistorycongress.com

On behalf of the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, I am very pleased to invite you all to the 8th Distinguished Lecture on Modern Indian History. This talk "Vivekananda: A New Vision", will be delivered by Professor Ruth Harris (Professor, All Souls' College, University of Oxford) on Wednesday, 1.02.2023, at 2 pm at the P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata.

Professor Ruth Harris is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls’ College and Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for research in French History and the Wolfson History Prize for her work. In 2011, Professor Harris was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. She has published widely in the history of science and medicine, the history of gender and religion, and the history of politics and emotion.

We hope to see you all there. Please find attached the poster for the event.

5th December 2022, 4 pm, Prof. Sushovan Chandra Sarkar Memorial Lecture, 2022, organized jointly by Presidency University, Kolkata, and Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, will be delivered by distinguished historian Prof. Shovanlal Dattagupta.
Venue: P C Mahalanobis Auditorium
Welcome, everyone.

আগামী ৫ ই ডিসেম্বর, বিকাল ৪ টা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ইতিহাস সংসদ ও প্রেসিডেন্সি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের যুগ্ম উদ্যোগে আয়োজিত অধ্যাপক সুশোভন চন্দ্র সরকার স্মারক বক্তৃতা, ২০২২, প্রদান করবেন বিশিষ্ট ঐতিহাসিক অধ্যাপক শোভনলাল দত্তগুপ্ত।
সবাইকে স্বাগত।

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UGC’s new rules will plunge students into PhDs with no research experience:

University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022

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Applications are open for the CrossCulture Programme Fellowships 2023! Enjoy 2-3 months of practical training in a host organization in Germany or in a CCP partner country. The deadline is December 22nd, 2022.

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Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata
cordially invites you to the Annual Kuruvila Zachariah Memorial Lecture 2022
"Calcutta Docks, Indentured Labour Migration and the Girmitya experience: Stories from British Guyana and Fiji"
By
Professor Rajsekhar Basu
(Professor in History, Department of History, University of Calcutta)
on
Friday, 21 October 2022 at 02:00 pm (IST)
Venue: P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata

The Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata cordially invites you to the Second Subodh Kumar Mukhopadhyay Memorial Lecture, titled; "A Cultural and Cursive History of Scripts: Some Perspectives from Western India".

The Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Prachi Deshpande (Professor in History at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta)

Date and Time: Thursday 15 of September 2022 (IST) @ 04:00 pm onwards.

Venue: P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium (First floor, Baker Building), Presidency University, Kolkata

"Bengal's tortuous road to Partition: What do the historians say?" by Prof. Sekhar Bandyopadhay, Emeritus Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. delivered on 26.08.2022 at P P C Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata

Bengal's tortuous road to Partition: What do the historians say? by Prof. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay KPMT in collaboration with the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata organized the Inaugural Lecture (of the Annual Lecture Series).

In order to celebrate India's 75th year of Independence this August, Voyages into the Past (initiative by the students of the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata) is hosting a number of talks and lectures under the series On Nation and Narration over the month of August.
On Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 4 pm (16:00), Dr. Mridu Rai, Professor, Department of History, Presidency University, will be lecturing at the A K Basak Auditorium (Main Building, Ground Floor) at Presidency University.

The lecture is titled, "Whose Nation Does The History of Article 370 Narrate? Kashmir since India's Independence".

We will be delighted, and consider the event a success, if you would kindly grace the occasion with your presence.

Kolkata Partition Museum Trust in collaboration with the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata invites you to the Inaugural Lecture (of the Annual Lecture Series), titled "Bengal's tortuous road to Partition: What do the historians say?".

The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Sekhar Bandyopadhay, Emeritus Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Date & Time: Friday, 26 August 2022, 4:30 pm (IST)
Venue: P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata

The Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata cordially invites you to the Third Satadru Sen Memorial Lecture, titled; "Benoy Kumar Sarkar's Asian Odyssey".

The Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs,
Harvard University, Cambridge,

Date and Time: Monday 22nd of August 2022. IST 04:00 pm onwards.

Venue: P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University.

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Video recording of
"Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya?" a special lecture
By
Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi
Professor of Medieval Indian History, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India)
held on
Saturday, 14 May, 2022; Presidency University, Kolkata

Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya? Special Lecture by Prof. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, CAS, Department of History (AMU) at the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata hold on May 14...

Extremely grateful to Prof. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi (AMU) for delivering an exceptional talk on 'Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya'. Some memorable pictures.

Reminder to attend today's Special Lecture on

"Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya?"

By
Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi
Professor of Medieval Indian History, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India)

on
Saturday, 14 May, 2022; 3 PM (IST)
Venue: A K Basak Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata

Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata
cordially invites you to a Special Lecture on

"Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya?"

By
Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi
Professor of Medieval Indian History, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India)
on
Saturday, 14 May, 2022; 3 PM (IST)
Venue: A K Basak Auditorium, Presidency University, Kolkata

Research opportunities at the PhD program of the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata.
Follow the link for opening the notice and other related details for the application.
https://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/admission.php

https://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/Advertisment%20for%20Ph.D%20programme%202022-2023(July).pdf

www.presiuniv.ac.in

First Dr. Subodh Kumar Mukhopadhyay Memorial Lecture (Online) is scheduled to be delivered by Professor Mohammad Sajjad on 29th December 2021 at 4 pm.

The link to join the lecture on Google Meet is:
https://meet.google.com/rqu-tuoz-mby

You can also attend the lecture live on the official page (https://www.facebook.com/departmentofhistoryPUOfficial) of the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata.

Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata
cordially invites you to the
7th lecture under its Distinguished Lecture Series
"Economic Character of a Colonial Economy"
By
Professor Prabhat Patnaik
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi & Vice Chairman, Planning Board, Kerala
on
Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
at
4 pm (IST)

Please attend the lecture live on the official page of the department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata.

Kindly click on the poster below and zoom in to read Professor Patnaik's short biographical profile.

The Hindu Great Epic Translated in Persian as Razmnama and Illustrated for a Muslim King Kuruvila Zachariah Memorial Lecture 2021 by Prof. Asok Kumar Das in the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata

Traversing the Countryside through the Prophet-Oriented Folk Songs of Colonial Bengal"
By
Professor Amit Dey
Asutosh Professor of Medieval & Modern Indian History, Department of History, University of Calcutta
on
Saturday, 13 November, 2021

Traversing the Countryside through the Prophet-Oriented Folk Songs of Colonial Bengal-Prof. Amit Dey 5th Lecture under the History Dept's Web Series, Presidency University, Kolkata held on 13 November 2021