Department of History
About The Department
The department of History, Vidyasagar College currently has five faculty members, four substantive post teachers and one SACT. The department offers three year and four year undergraduate courses. Current student strength is about 200 including CBCS and CCF courses.
History of Department
The department of History was one of the earliest departments of the College. It was set up along with the establishment of the College in 1872. Till 1981 the department admitted only male students. In 1982 along with some other social sciences departments, the department of History started admitting female students. Some eminent teachers of the department were Sir Jadunath Sarkar, NarahariKabiraj, RanajitGuha, Sailendranath Sen, Ramakanta Chakraborty and Sumit Sarkar among many others.
Teachers' Profile
Ishita Chakravarty
Associate Professor, MA,
Gender & Social History of 20th Century Bengal
Bhaswati Chatterjee
Associate Professor, PhD,
Gender History, Social history of Bengal, Legal History
Shekhar Bhowmick
Associate Professor, PhD,
Social History
Shelly Saha
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Women in Indian History
Kingsuk Dasgupta
SACT(II), PhD,
Social History of Colonial India, Masculinity Studies
Departmental Activities
Seminar
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024) - NA
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/12/2024)
Special Project
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025) - NA
Field survey
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025) - NA
Educational Excursion
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
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Course name for which the excursion is held |
Duration |
Venue and objective |
Number of participants |
Semester |
Accompanying Faculty members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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SEC Museums and Achieves |
20th January 2024, 11am-3pm |
Indian Museum Field study trip |
About 50 |
1V (CBCS) |
Ishita Chakravarty, Bhaswati Chatterjee, Kingsuk Dasgupta |
Excursion (other than mentioned in syllabus)
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025) - NA
Research collaboration
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
PhD Student
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
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Name of Department |
Name of Faculty who is a PhD supervisor |
Name of the scholar under faculty |
Number of scholars registered as PhD student under faculty |
Name of the awarding Institution or registering institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
History |
Shekhar Bhowmick |
Arindam Chakraborty |
01 |
University of Calcutta |
Departmental magazine
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Departmental Library
The departmental library was set up in 2008. Currently the library has about 100 text and reference books borrowed from the central library of the college as well as about 30 complimentary copies of text books and reference books donated by former and present teachers of the department. Books are issued to students only for use inside the campus. We don’t provide home lending fecility.
Departmental Lab - NA
Special Achievements (Co-curricular/Academic)
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)
Year : For Faculty members
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|
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2024 |
|
Kingsuk Dasgupta |
Obtained PhD from Jadavpur University |
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2024 |
Publication of Book namely Banglar Rani : Debi Chaudhurani Theke Swarnamoyee |
Shekhar Bhowmick |
Publication of Book namely Banglar Rani : Debi Chaudhurani Theke Swarnamoyee |
Year : For Students
Special Achievements (Extracurricular)
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)
Year : For Faculty members
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2024 |
Annual College Sports |
Dr. Bhaswati Chatterjee |
2nd prize in musical chair |
Year : For Students
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Semester |
Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2024 |
Annual College sports |
Debapriya Chandra |
1st |
2nd prize in 100 meter race and 3rd prize in long jump |
Research & Publication