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Dr. DEBJANI DAS
Assistant Professor
Employee Code:
Fac-HIST-154
Department
HISTORY
Contact
+91 3222 298-300 / Centrex-300
Email
debjani@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
Biographical Sketch
Academic Interest
Educational Qualification
Degree Name
Institute
Year of passing/awarded
PH.D
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2012
M.Phil.
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2005
MA
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2002
Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
Houses of Madness: "Insane"Women and Asylums in Nineteenth Century Bengal
Career Profile / Teaching Experience
Description of Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Vidyasagar University since 30 April 2012
Specialization/Research Area
Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)
Detailed Description
Field of Specialization
Insanity and Asylums of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century
Research Area/ Areas of Interest
Gender History
Research Area/ Areas of Interest
History of Psychiatry; History of Mental Health
Field of Specialization
History of Medicine in India
Research Area/ Areas of Interest
History of Pharmacy in India
Course/ Subject Taught
Course Name
Socio Religious Reform Movements in Colonial India (M.A History Department)
Women in Colonial India (M.A History Department)
History of Medicine in Colonial India (M.A History Department)
An Introduction to Women’s History (M.Phil & PhD History Department)
Tribal History in Colonial India: A Historiographical Survey (M.Phil. & PhD History)
Research Methodology in History (M.Phil & PhD History Department)
Feminism: Theories and Debates (Women's Center)
Women in Indian History (Women's Center)
Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper
Title
Publication Type
Published in
Published on
Publisher's Name
Role
Details
Contributed two Chapters in the District Gazetteer of Purba Medinipur on ‘History’ and ‘Medical and Public Health Services’
National
District Gazetteer of Purba Medinipur (Forthcoming)
Jan, 2019
Government of West Bengal
Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Gender and Insanity: Situating Asylums in Nineteenth Century Bengal
International
Society, Medicine and Politics in Colonial India, Mark Harrison and Biswamoy Pati eds.
Jan, 2018
Oxon: Routledge
Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Bhumika
National
Medinipur: Nana Chokhe edited Ajay Kumar Mandal
Jan, 2015
Kabitika, Page Nos. 11-17, January 2015
Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Book review: Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century: An Archival Exploration
National
Journal of History, Volume III
Jan, 2015
Department of History, Vidyasagar University
Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Is Insanity a Female Malady? Lunatic Women in the Asylums of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century
National
Social Scientist, Volume 39, Numbers 5-6, pp 23 - 47, May - June
Jan, 2011
Social Scientist
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Book Published
Title of the Book
Published by
Published on
Role
Details
Houses of Madness: Insanity and Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century India
New Delhi: Oxford University Press
Jan, 2015
Author
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Research Project
Worked as
Funding Agency
Amount in Rs.
Duration
Period
Status
Principal Coordinator
UGC Innovative Project
274000
2 years
2015-2017
Complete
Joint Coordinator with the Department of Santhali
ICSSR
3000000
2 years
2014-2016
Complete
Invited Lectures
Title
Organized By
Venue
Date
‘Methods in Asylum History and History of Mental Hospitals in 19th Century Bengal’
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
NIMHANS, BANGALORE
Jan, 2016
Book discussion on Houses of Madness: Insanity and Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century India
Wellcome Trust Documentation Centre on History of Medicine in collaboration with the Department of History, Calcutta University
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY
Jan, 2016
‘Space, Architecture and ‘Cure’: Military Hospitals in Nineteenth Century India’
Department of History, Jadavpur University
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
Jan, 2014
‘Moral Treatment and Architecture: Asylums of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century’
Welcome Trust Documentation Centre on History of Medicine in collaboration with the Department of History, Calcutta University
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY
Jan, 2014
‘Within a Boundary of Their Own: The Lunatic Hospitals of Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century’
Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training, Eastern India on Archaeology of Greater Calcutta
NANDAN, KOLKATA
Jan, 2014
Discussant at a workshop on Social History of Medicine
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti
TEEN MURTI, NEW DELHI
Jan, 2013
‘Insane Women in the Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century’
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti
TEEN MURTI, NEW DELHI
Jan, 2011
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended
Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop
Date
Role
Held at and Organiser
“Labour of the ‘Insane’: Therapy or Affliction?”
Jan, 2014
PAPER PRESENTER
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE, CHICAGO
‘From Moral Treatment to Psychological Therapies: Psychotherapeutics from the York Retreat to the Present Day’
Jan, 2013
PAPER PRESENTER
Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, University College London, London
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised
Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop
Date
Role in the Event
Funding Agency
Issues in Environmental History in India: Pre colonial and Colonial Times
Jan, 2014
Joint Co ordinator
ICHR
Historicising the Peripheries: Ethnicity, Science, Gender, and Environment
Jan, 2013
Joint Co ordinator
UGC Unassigned Grant
State, Society, and, Economy in Pre colonial and Colonial India
Jan, 2013
Joint Co ordinator
State University Network, Kolkata and UGC Unassigned Grant
Awards
Award Name
Awarded by
Date
Fulbright Nehru Award
Fulbright
Jan, 2017
Charles Wallace India Trust Award
Charles Wallace India Trust
Jan, 2010
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