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Dr. DEBJANI DAS

Assistant Professor
Department
HISTORY
Contact
+91 3222 298-300 / Centrex-300
Email
debjani@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
Biographical Sketch
Academic Interest
Educational Qualification
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
PH.DJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi2012
M.Phil.Jadavpur University, Kolkata2005
MAJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi2002
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 SpecializationInsanity and Asylums of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century
Research Area/ Areas of InterestGender History
Research Area/ Areas of InterestHistory of Psychiatry; History of Mental Health
Field of SpecializationHistory of Medicine in India
Research Area/ Areas of InterestHistory 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
TitlePublication TypePublished inPublished onPublisher's NameRoleDetails
Contributed two Chapters in the District Gazetteer of Purba Medinipur on ‘History’ and ‘Medical and Public Health Services’NationalDistrict Gazetteer of Purba Medinipur (Forthcoming)Jan, 2019Government of West Bengal Impact Factor:
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Gender and Insanity: Situating Asylums in Nineteenth Century BengalInternationalSociety, Medicine and Politics in Colonial India, Mark Harrison and Biswamoy Pati eds.Jan, 2018Oxon: Routledge Impact Factor:
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BhumikaNationalMedinipur: Nana Chokhe edited Ajay Kumar MandalJan, 2015Kabitika, Page Nos. 11-17, January 2015 Impact Factor:
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Book review: Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century: An Archival ExplorationNationalJournal of History, Volume IIIJan, 2015Department of History, Vidyasagar University Impact Factor:
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Is Insanity a Female Malady? Lunatic Women in the Asylums of Bengal in the Nineteenth CenturyNationalSocial Scientist, Volume 39, Numbers 5-6, pp 23 - 47, May - JuneJan, 2011Social Scientist Impact Factor:
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Book Published
Title of the BookPublished byPublished onRoleDetails
Houses of Madness: Insanity and Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century IndiaNew Delhi: Oxford University PressJan, 2015AuthorIndexing:
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Research Project
Worked asFunding AgencyAmount in Rs.DurationPeriodStatus
Principal CoordinatorUGC Innovative Project2740002 years2015-2017Complete
Joint Coordinator with the Department of SanthaliICSSR30000002 years2014-2016Complete
Invited Lectures
TitleOrganized ByVenueDate
‘Methods in Asylum History and History of Mental Hospitals in 19th Century Bengal’Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, BangaloreNIMHANS, BANGALOREJan, 2016
Book discussion on Houses of Madness: Insanity and Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century IndiaWellcome Trust Documentation Centre on History of Medicine in collaboration with the Department of History, Calcutta UniversityDEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITYJan, 2016
‘Space, Architecture and ‘Cure’: Military Hospitals in Nineteenth Century India’Department of History, Jadavpur UniversityDEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITYJan, 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 UniversityDEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITYJan, 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 CalcuttaNANDAN, KOLKATAJan, 2014
Discussant at a workshop on Social History of MedicineNehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen MurtiTEEN MURTI, NEW DELHIJan, 2013
‘Insane Women in the Asylums of Bengal in Nineteenth Century’Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen MurtiTEEN MURTI, NEW DELHIJan, 2011
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended
Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRoleHeld at and Organiser
“Labour of the ‘Insane’: Therapy or Affliction?”Jan, 2014PAPER PRESENTERAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE, CHICAGO
‘From Moral Treatment to Psychological Therapies: Psychotherapeutics from the York Retreat to the Present Day’Jan, 2013PAPER PRESENTERCentre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, University College London, London
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised
Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRole in the EventFunding Agency
Issues in Environmental History in India: Pre colonial and Colonial TimesJan, 2014Joint Co ordinatorICHR
Historicising the Peripheries: Ethnicity, Science, Gender, and EnvironmentJan, 2013Joint Co ordinatorUGC Unassigned Grant
State, Society, and, Economy in Pre colonial and Colonial IndiaJan, 2013Joint Co ordinatorState University Network, Kolkata and UGC Unassigned Grant
Awards
Award NameAwarded by Date
Fulbright Nehru AwardFulbrightJan, 2017
Charles Wallace India Trust AwardCharles Wallace India TrustJan, 2010