Dr. DEBJANI DAS

Dr. DEBJANI DAS

Assistant Professor
Department
HISTORY
Contact
+91 3222 298-300 / Centrex-300
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
Author' Name 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:
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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:
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Bhumika National Medinipur: Nana Chokhe edited Ajay Kumar Mandal Jan, 2015 Kabitika, Page Nos. 11-17, January 2015 Impact Factor:
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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:
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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 Impact Factor:
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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 Indexing:
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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