Calcutta Research Group

10/08/2026

Nazes Afroz, eminent journalist, writer and photographer in India, will speak on the Kabuliwalahs of Kolkata in the Twenty-first century. Please come to the seminar hall of the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre (10 Lake Terrace, Kolkata-29).

Please register to attend the lecture:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnNRFAXNPldkUTjlVIl5dVYWSl0pGs0fhZDi4bVfK36zs0vw/viewform?usp=header

For details about Nazes Afroz's presentation, please visit the MCRG website:
https://mcrg.ac.in/Urban_Feture_CIFAR_2025/Nazes_Afroz_lecture_abstract.pdf

21/07/2026

Professor Manoranjan Mohanty, eminent social scientist and Retired Professor, University of Delhi, will deliver the MCRG-RLS public lecture on 31 July 2026 at 5:00 PM. Professor Ranabir Samaddar, Emeritus Professor, CRG, will chair the lecture.

Interested scholars, researchers and students, please register to attend the programme using the Google registration link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-9NtQe3Mcf_IcyolMlPmIjrBqpaQpl1qHlTs68-1a1hV4xQ/viewform

Kindly note that registration is compulsory to attend the lecture in person.

28/04/2026

Deadline Extended up to 10 May 2026!

Calcutta Research Group will organise a Conference on "Insecurities and Securities: Life, Livelihood and Planetary Concerns" from 28-30 September 2026.
The sub-themes of the Conference are:
1. Insecurities of Life, Population on the Margins and Rights in Flux 2. Livelihoods, Resource Allocation and New Forms of Governance 3. Urban Regulations, City Planning and Sustainable Development 4. Laws, Conventions, Ecology and Climate Concerns
5. Labour, Solidarities and Ways to Security
6. Gender and Caste as Faultlines in the Map of Urban Security
Interested people can visit the CRG website (http://www.mcrg.ac.in/.../CRG%20Conference%202026%20Call...) for detailed advertisement and fill out the Google form. The link of the form is given below.

https://forms.gle/UA7iewjzEko7uLht5

22/04/2026

CRG is organising a formal worldwide release and discussion on "A Manifesto for Our Urban Future" on 2 May (Saturday) 2026 at 7:00 PM IST. The programme will be held online. Please register online to attend the formal release and discussion.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BCd2lVUcR-SU88_NPGuLCw

Those who haven't had a chance to read the manifesto, please read it from the link given below
http://www.mcrg.ac.in/

12/04/2026

Professor Ravi Arvind Palat, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University, USA will deliver an online lecture titled "briCs+, War and Rupture: Global South in a World in Transition," on 17 April 2026 (Firday) at 7:00 PM (IST). CRG will invite all of you to attend the lecture. This lecture is a part of CRG's research initiative on BRICS.

The Zoom Registration link of the lecture is given below
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xa4YBwshSOeW_sHHqSMubw

07/04/2026

We are delighted to share "A Manifesto for Our Urban Future" by Professor Ranabir Samaddar.

The manifesto begins with these words...
"Humanity's urban future will depend on the way urban futures in the Global South will be forged. The global southern urban is the urbanism of our time. The general trends and characteristics of Southern cities of the world will influence and shape the overall urban condition of the world today...."

Please find the link to the Manifesto here, and feel free to circulate it among friends, colleagues and students.
http://www.mcrg.ac.in/Urban_Feture_CIFAR_2025/Manifesto%20for%20Our%20Urban%20Future-%20Ranabir%20Samaddar.pdf

26/03/2026

Gentle Reminder:

Krishna Trust and Calcutta Research Group invite you to the
Thirteenth Krishna Memorial Award Ceremony 2026
& Thirteenth Krishna Memorial Lecture 2026
Speaker: Swati Bhattacharjee, Eminent Journalist and Writer
Chair: Ruchira Goswami, NUJS, Kolkata and Member, CRG.
Title of the Lecture: "Amra Chhara Cholbe Na": Paschimbange Shramajibi Meyeder Katha.
Venue: Hotel the Sojourn, KB-23, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata- 700098.
Date & Time: 27 March, 2026; 5:30 - 8:00 PM
All are welcome

12/03/2026

Calcutta Research Group will organise a Conference on "Insecurities and Securities: Life, Livelihood and Planetary Concerns" from 28-30 September 2026.
The sub-themes of the Conference are:

1. Insecurities of Life, Population on the Margins and Rights in Flux 2. Livelihoods, Resource Allocation and New Forms of Governance 3. Urban Regulations, City Planning and Sustainable Development 4. Laws, Conventions, Ecology and Climate Concerns
5. Labour, Solidarities and Ways to Security
6. Gender and Caste as Faultlines in the Map of Urban Security

Interested people can visit the CRG website (http://www.mcrg.ac.in/Security_Studies_2026/CRG%20Conference%202026%20Call%20for%20Applications.pdf) for detailed advertisement and fill out the Google form.

Last date of application: 30 April 2026.

27/02/2026

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (www.mcrg.ac.in) and Pastconnect (https://www.pastconnect.net/) jointly organised a Book talk titled “Stories from the Hills”, where authors and publishers will discuss their recent publications and share their experiences.
The talk has been scheduled on 6 March 2026 at Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre (JBMRC) from 5:00 PM onwards.

We invite you all to attend the programme.
Registration is not required.

27/01/2026

Tomorrow at 5:00 PM.
All are welcome.

Calcutta Research Group invites you all to a book discussion on Oishik Sircar's Ways of Remembering: Law Cinema and Collective Memory in the New Media. Please come and join us for the conversation with the author.

Date: 28 January (Wednesday), 2026

Venue: Meeting Hall, Calcutta Research Group (IA-48, Ground Floor, Sector-3, Salt Lake, Kolkata-97, Near IA Market Gate no.2)
Time: 5:00 PM (IST)