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Faculty

Professor:

Vacant - 01

Associate Professor:
Assistant Professor:

Faculty

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh

Assistant Professor

tirthankar.ghosh@knu.ac.in

+91-7319100343

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Dr. Manas Dutta (On Lien)

Assistant Professor

manas.dutta@knu.ac.in

+91-09883026952

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Dr. Priyanka Guha Roy

Assistant Professor

priyanka.guharoy@knu.ac.in

+91-9674660351 /9830922633

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Dr. Sk. Maidul Rahaman

Assistant Professor

maidul.rahman@knu.ac.in

+91-9083367871

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Dr Arpita Mitra

Assistant Professor

hist.arpita@knu.ac.in

+91-8377826551

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Dr. Pradip Kumar Das

Associate Professor & H.O.D.

pradip.kumar.das@knu.ac.in

+91-08670704755/ 07001478969

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Dr. Amitava Chatterjee

Professor

amitava.chatterjee@knu.ac.in

+91-9831293168

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Research Programmes

Thrust Area

  • Social and Cultural History
  • Sports History
  • Military History and Strategic Studies
  • Environmental History
  • History of Medicine and Veterinary Science

Research Fellows / Research Scholars / Research Associates / Projects Fellows 

Sl. No.

Name

Designation

Supervisor/PI

Research Programme

Remarks

1.

Agni Sinha

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

2.

Md. Anwarul Haque

PhD Scholar

Manas Dutta

PhD

Enrolled

3.

Subhasish Ghosh

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

4.

Suman Bhowmick

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

5.

Chiranjit Gorai

PhD Scholar

Dr. Priyanka Guha Roy

PhD

Enrolled

6.

Santanu Ghosh

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

7.

Bivas Biswas

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

8.

Rituparna Sarkar

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

9.

Nasir Uddin Mollah

PhD Scholar

Prof. Amitava Chatterjee

PhD

Enrolled

10.

Sujit Das

PhD Scholar

Dr. Manas Dutta

PhD

Enrolled

11.

Samim Rahaman Mollah

PhD Scholar

Dr. Manas Dutta

PhD

Enrolled

12.

Biswadip Nag

PhD Scholar

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh

PhD

Enrolled

13.

Lakshmi Kanta Das

PhD Scholar

Dr. Sk Maidul Rahaman

PhD

Enrolled

14.

Rubaika Tehseen

PhD Scholar

Dr. Priyanka Guharoy

PhD

Enrolled

15.

Bidyut Hari

PhD Scholar

Dr. Priyanka Guharoy

PhD

Enrolled

16.

Rajeshree Dutta

PhD Scholar

Dr. Priyanka Guharoy

PhD

Enrolled


Major Research Project/ Ongoing Individual Research Project in Department

  • Project Title: Invoking Masculinity through Medical Sciences: The Case of Tonic in Colonial Bengal Principal Investigator: Professor Amitava Chatterjee Funded by: INSA Commencement year: 2016 Grant: 5 lakhs
  • Project Title: New Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India: Paradigm Shift in Public Protest and Political Mobilization Co-Project Director: Dr. Manas Dutta and Sri Tirthankar Ghosh Funded by: ICSSR Commencement year: 2016 Grant: 21 lakhs
  • Project Title: The Native and Coloniser’s War: Exploring the Indian Soldier’s Contribution in the Great War (1914-1918) Principal Investigator: Dr. Manas Dutta Funded by: ICHR Commencement year: 2018 Grant: 1.5 lakhs

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ Symposium Organized

Sl No.

Title

Duration

Sponsored by

Level

Remarks

1.

Ambedkar and Nation Building

17th December 2015

Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal

National

Proceeding has been published

2.

Dalit, Dirt and History: Issues on Society, Politics and Contemporary India

19th June 2015

Kazi Nazrul University

State-Level

 

3.

Research Week by Dr. Y. Chinna Rao (Professor, Centre for the Study Discrimination and Exclusion, School of Social Science, JNU, New Delhi)

March, 2017

Department of History, KNU

National

-

4.

International Seminar on Exploring the History of Bengal of 19th& 20th Century

29th& 30th January, 2019

Department of History, KNU & Social Science Institute of Research and Studies, Durgapur

International

-

5.

International Interactive Workshop on Anglo Indians in Bengal: With Special Reference to Asansol

26th March,2019

Centre for Studies of Society and Culture in Bengal & Department of History, KNU

International

-

6.

Webinar on Socio-Economic Situation of the Tribes of South-Asia in Twentieth Century: Special Reference to the Santal

23rd June, 2020 (10:30 AM - 5: 30 PM)

Dept. of History and Dept. of Bengali, KNU (Jointly)

International

-


Facilities

a. Departmental Library

b. Cultural events organised by the Department:

The Department celebrated the Independence Day, Teacher’s Day, Fresher’s Welcome, Farewell and also organised a two-day educational excursion to Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Department has also published the Departmental Wall Magazine consecutively in the year 2017 and 2018.


Cultural events organised by the Department

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