For those who have the CULTURAL STUDIES option

Alright, first things first, we will have class on Friday, 20 March 2008 at 2:00 PM.

The following is the schedule for the Cultural Studies classes, till mid-April. Nothing, of course, is set in stone, but this is more or less what we can expect for the nest month or so.

16th & 20th March: CULTURAL STUDIES (Nilanjana Gupta)

23rd & 27th March: RAYMOND WILLIAMS (Nilanjana Gupta)

30th March & 3rd April: THE VICTORIAN BEST SELLER (Prodosh Bhattacharya)

6th April: SOCIOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY (Dalia Chakraborty)

10th April: SCIENCE & CULTURE (Kunal Chattopadhyay)

13th & 17th April: CULTURES OF PRINT (Swapan Chakravorty)


We will be informed about the remaining lectures at a later date.

Also, please see previous post.

Schedule --- 2008-09

A. General Theory (Wednesdays 2:00PM-4:00PM)
1. Representation: Dr. Santanu Biswas
2. Genre
3. History: Professor Amlan Das Gupta
4. Text

B. General Background (Fridays 2:00PM-4:00PM)
1. The Renaissance: Professor Swapan Chakravarty
2.The Enlightenment: Dr. Chandreyee Niyogi
3. Romanticism: Professor Malabika Sarkar
4. The Victorian Period: Professor Shanta Datta
5. Modernism: Professor Shobha Chattopadhyay
6. Post-Colonialism
7. Post-Modernism
8. The Film Age
9. Gender Studies
10. Theatre Studies

C. Special Theory
1. Principles of Scholarly Research, Writing and Publication

D. Special Background (To be announced)