SHREYA ROY, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor

Educational Qualification:

B.A. - University of Calcutta

M.A. - University of Calcutta

M.Phil. - University of Kalyani

Teaching Interest / Courses Taught:

  1. Select themes of Early India
  2. Appreciation of Indian Art
  3. Life and Thought in 19th century Bengal

Teaching Experience (UG): 05 Years

Area of Research Interest: 

Histories of Women and Gender, Social and Cultural History of Modern India, History of Human Rights and Movement Politics, Contemporary History, History of Modern Europe.

Awards: 

  • Bethune College, Kolkata awarded a Memento for being First Class First in B.A. (History Hons.) Examination, 2016 from University of Calcutta (18th Feb, 2017).
  • Bethune College, Kolkata awarded Nibedita Ghosh Memorial Prize for Most Promising Student of the Department of History of Bethune College in the final year (Session 2015-2016).
  • Bethune College, Kolkata awarded Aditi Nag Choudhury Memorial Prize for highest proficiency in B.A., Part-I Examination (History Hons.) from University of Calcutta (Session 2015-2016).
  • West Bengal Government School Teachers’ Association awarded ‘Merit Award’ for highest proficiency in the Higher Secondary Examination from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, 2013. 

 

Academic Membership

  1. Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad
  2. Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata
  3. The Asiatic Society

Papers Published: 

Monographs/Books

  • Authored

a)     State, Law and Gender: Debating the Age of Marriage in India, 1872-1978, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024, ISBN: 978-81-19139-36-1 (South Asian Edition).

b)    State, Law and Gender: Debating the Age of Marriage in India, 1872-1978, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2024, ISBN: 978-1-83765-143-6 (Global Edition).

  • Co-authored                                                                                                      

Banglar Itihas 1757-1905 (‘History of Bengal 1757-1905’), Kolkata: Mitram, August, 2022, ISBN: 978-93-94935-06-8.

Research Publications (Articles in Journals and Chapters in Edited Volumes)

A.   Articles in UGC Care listed Journals

1.     “Rediscovering Indian History: The Inter-Relationship of Archaeology and the Notion of Cultural Heritage, 1831-1926”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society, Vol. LXIII, No. 3, The Asiatic Society, October 2021, ISSN: 0368-3308.

2.      “The Political Self: Gender and Politics of Identity in Sarala Devi’s Autobiography – A New Perception”, Journal of People’s History and Culture, Vol. VI, No. 2, Garia Society for Studies of Marginal People, Kolkata, December 2020, ISSN: 2395-7379.

3.      “Atmakathaner Stree Parba: Unabingsha O Bingsha Shatabdir Koyekjon Nirbachita Narir Atmajibani O Smritikathar Ekti Bishes Adhyayan” (“Feminine Episode of Autobiography : A Special Study of Some Selected Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century”), in Itikotha, Vol. VII, No. 2, Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata, July 2019, ISSN: 2320-3447.

B.   Articles in Referred Journals

1.     “Rashtra, Aain O Bibaha: 1891’r Sahabas Sammati Aain Ebong Banglar Samaj” (“State, Law and Marriage: Age of Consent Act of 1891 and Society of Bengal”) in Subhasree, February, 2022-2023, ISSN: 2320-4141.

2.     “Saraladebir Atmakathane Jatiyatabad, Linga-Rajneeti Ebong Atmaparichitir Swarup Sandhan” (“Nationalism, Gender-Politics, and the Search for Identity in the Autobiography of Saraladevi”), in Samaj Jijnasa, Vol. XIII, No. 1 & 2, Vidyasagar Centre for Social Sciences, Medinipur, 2020, ISSN: 2321-158X.

3.     “The Interface Between Private and Public in Rokeya’s Aborodhbasini : A Journey From ‘Feminine’ Helplessness to ‘Female’ Authority”, in Shodhak: A Journal of Historical Research, Vol. 50 Pt. A Sr. 148/Basant 2076/January-April, 2020, ISSN: 0302-9832.                                                                                                                

C.   Chapters in Edited Volumes

1.     “Bharate Nari Andoloner Khandachitra: Pratirodh, Samskar Ebong Uttoradhikar” (“Fragments of the Women’s Movement in India: Resistance, Reform and Legacy”) in Itihas Eshana 5, (ed.), Soumitra Sreemani, Kolkata: Bangiya Itihas Samiti, 15 March 2024, ISBN: 978-81-970482-0-3.

2.     “Manikuntala Sen: Rajneetir Andare O Bahire” (“Manikuntala Sen: In Politics and Beyond”), in Banglar Abismaranio Nari (“Unforgettable Women of Bengal”), (ed.), Parvin Jolly, Dhaka: Abosar Prakashana Sangstha, January 2024, ISBN: 978-984-8801-18-5.

3.     “Bharate Nari Itihascharchar Bibhinno Dhara O Tar Sonkhipto Itibritta” (“Different Trends of Women’s Historiography in India and Its Brief History”), in Itihas Eshana 4, (ed.), Soumitra Sreemani, Kolkata: Bangiya Itihas Samiti, 25 March 2023, ISBN: 978-81-953260-9-9.

4.     “Understanding Kamala Dasgupta’s Venture in Indian Nationalist Movement through the Looking Glass of Gender” in Her Story: Essays on Women’s History in Honour of Professor Geraldine Forbes, (Eds.) Aparna Bandyopadhyay and Bhaswati Chatterjee, Kolkata: Sampark Publishing House, March 2022, ISBN: 9788177680812.

5.     “Needle and the Pen: Reading Line between Lines of Kalpana Dutt’s Reminiscence”, in Eshana, (ed.) Siddhartha Guha Ray, Kolkata: Bangiya Itihas Samiti, 25 March 2022, ISBN: 978-81-929386-8-4.

6.     “Antaralbartinir Andolon: Snehalatar Lekhay Narir Lorai”(“Movement From Livinig Behind the Screen: Women’s Struggle in the Writings of Snehalata”), in Itihas Anusandhan 35, Kolkata: Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, 2022, ISBN: 978-81-956544-1-3.

7.     “Atmakathaner Stree-Parba : ‘Smritikatha’y Haimabati Sen – Ek Uttaraner Itihas” (“Feminine-Episode of Autobiography : Haimabati Sen in ‘Memoir’ – History of a Passage”), in Itihas O Sahitya Probondhomala-4 (Part I), Banglar Puratattva Gabeshana Kendra, Kolkata, 6 February 2021, ISBN: 978-81-947292-5-9.

8.     “Unabinsha Shatabdir Kolkatar Loksamskritir Adiparbo : Kalighater Patachitrer Aloy Tatkalin Samaj O ‘Barbanita Samskriti’”(“Early Folk Culture of Nineteenth Century Calcutta : Contemporary Society and ‘Prostitute Culture’ in the light of Kalighat Painting”), in Itihas Eshana 2 Anchalik Itihas, Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata, August 2019, ISBN: 978-81-929386-6-0.

9.     “The Making of Colonial Lucknow: The City of “Tehzeeb” or the City of “Illusion” in Redefining India, edited by Rahul Kumar Mohanta, Kumud Publications, New Delhi, 2019, ISBN: 978-93-82885-59-7.

10.  “Private Values and Public Lives in India: A Reading of Bina Das’s Memoir” in Inventing History & Beyond, edited by Rahul Kumar Mohanta, Rudra Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2019, ISBN: 978-93-88361-28-6.

11.  “Rokeyar Biplabi Manan O Unabinsha Shatabdir Prekkhapote Narir Artha-Samajik Adhikarer Ek Ananya Upanyas ‘Padmarag’”(“Revolutionary Notion of Rokeya and ‘Padmarag’, A Unique Novel on the Socio-Economic Rights of Women in the Context of Nineteenth Century”), in Itihas Eshana 1 Bharater Artha-Samajik Itihas, Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata, 2018, ISBN: 978-81-929386-4-6.

12.   “Itihaser Adibasi: 1855-r Santal Bidroho O Tatkalin Samaj Jiban”(“The Aborigines of History : The Santhal Rebellion of 1885 and the Social Life of That Time”), in Itihascharcha: Prasanga Radhbangla, Vol. II, Pashchimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Loksamskriti Charcha Kendra, 2018, ISBN: 978-81-934244-7-6.

Email Id.: shreyagreat17@gmail.com
 
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