Events

Conferences, Workshops and Memorial Lectures constitute a significant part of the academic activities of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Eminent scholars as well as young researchers regularly participate in such events. Conferences and workshops are usually inter–disciplinary in temper and multi–focused in approach. Apart from these the Centre organizes Cultural Studies Seminars, Economics Study Group Seminars, General Seminars and Staff Seminars on an on–going basis. Holding General Discussions on Current Affairs is a regular feature of the Institute. Some of these lectures and seminars are now available on our YouTube Channel.

• Memorial Lectures
• Conferences
• Workshops

Memorial Lectures

The Centre runs three series of annual lectures by eminent academics, the S.G. Deuskar lecture on Indian History and Culture, the R.C. Dutt lecture on Political Economy, the Buddhadeva Bose Memorial Lecture and the Tarun Chandra Dutt Memorial Lecture.

Some of the past R.C. Dutt Lectures :

* These lectures have been published and are available with Orient Longman, 17 Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta– 72.

Some of the past S.G. Deuskar Lectures :

* These lectures have been published and are available with K.P. Bagchi & Co, 286 B.B. Ganguly Str., Calcutta– 12.

The Buddhadeva Bose Memorial Lectures :

* These lectures have been published on our YouTube channel.

The Tarun Chandra Dutt Memorial Lectures :

Conferences

A wide cross–section of national and international scholars are brought together at conferences held from time to time at CSSSC. The Centre's conferences on the West Bengal economy and society, on Indian industry, or on tribal governance, are still remembered as outstanding academic events. We continue to host these gatherings and facilitate the international exchange of up–to–the–minute research. See the announcements for current and upcoming conferences.

Some past themes of CSSSC conferences

In addition, two major 25th anniversary conferences were held in the winter of 1998–99, on ‘Development, Displacement and Disparity: India in the Last Quarter of the Century’ and ‘History and the Present’.

Workshops

Scholars, students and researchers find valuable meeting ground for the exchange of ideas at the Centre’s workshops. Informal readings, discussion groups and workshops on a variety of subjects are held round the year.

The Centre is also organizing a series of international Cultural Studies Workshops funded under the ENRECA, SEPHIS and FORD FOUNDATION schemes. These workshops involve young researchers from all over India, from Denmark, and from Uganda and other countries of the South, and have turned out to be very innovative and stimulating. At present no other institution in India runs anything comparable.

Themes for the past Culture Studies Workshops include :