1 Department of Bengali Centre of Advanced Study Publication Year of About the Courses Faculty of the Contact Syllabus Establishment Department Offered Members faculty Members Some Alumni Some Seminar Seminar Research Research of the Research work resource Library & Department Projects Fellow conducted persons Puthi Shala Contact Golapbag, Burdwan, 713104 West Bengal, India Phone: (0342)2656566 Extn. 434(O) Mail Id: [email protected] 2 Year of Establishment 1960 About the Department The Department of Bengali of The University of Burdwan has been recognised as the Centre for Advance Study by the University Grants Commission. It is the only Bengali Department of our State aided in Universities that had been honoured for the first time. After passing out from this Department many students have earned great reputation in the field of Higher Education and Research. Courses Offered M.A. 203 (one Semester) Field of Studies of the approved Course contents: A) MEDIAVAL BENGALI LIT. B) FICTION & SHORT STORIES C) TAGORE LIT. D) DRAMA M.phil 25 Ph.D Vacancy to be declared at the time of admission. Syllabus Back to the University Website. Faculty Members Head of the Department: Ramen Kumar Sar M.A., PhD Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience No. of Ph.D/M.Phill students guided for last 04 years 1.Sibabrata Chattopadhyay M.A., Ph.D Professor Tagore Lit & 31 years 05 + 01 Drama-Stage 3 2.Arun Kumar M.A., Ph.D Professor Linguistics 24 years 08 + 03 Ghosh 3. Uday Chand M.A., Ph.D Professor Tagore Lit & 25 years 08 + 02 Das Modern Fiction 4. Amitava Das M.A., Ph.D Professor Stylistics 17 years 04 + 01 5.Arindam M.A., Ph.D Associate Drama 25 years 05 + 0 Chattopadhyay Professor 6.Anindita 07 + 02 Bandyopadhyay M.A., Ph.D Associate Modern Fiction 21 years Professor 7.AlokKumar 08 + 01 Chakraborty M.A., Ph.D Associate Modern Fiction 17 years Professor 8.Ramen Kumar Sar M.A., Ph.D Associate Medieval 15 years 08 + 06 Professor Bengali & 19th Century Bengali Lit 9.Srabani Basu M.A., Ph.D Assistant Modern Fiction 10 years Professor Name of the non Teaching Employee Dr. Kalyan Kishore Chattopadhyay Manuscript Keeper Tarun Kumar Bandhopadhyay S.T.A Ashoke Kumar Raja Asst. Librarian Grade-I Swapan Kumar Karmakar Junior Assistant Kalyan Kr. Chattarjee Junior Assistant Sisir Kumar Roy Sr. Sorter Nishi Kanta Nandy Sr. Peon 4 Publication of the faculty Members SIBABRATA CHATTOPADHYAY Professor of Bengali, B.U. Ph : (0342) 2656915, 09474778401 (M) e-mail : [email protected] Paper (s) published during 01.06.2010-31.05.2014 : 1. A collection without aim : Tagore’s Sanchaita (Sahityacharcha, Burdwan University, 2010) 2. An appreciation on Tagore’s short story ‘Kankal’ (published in a collection named I am greater than Death, 2012) 3. Book review on the book Letters vol II, published by Visvabharati, ( Desh, 2012) 4. Tribitute to the Bengali playwright Girishchandra (Bohurupee, 118, 2012) 5. -awayGitanjali Quest : (Rabindrabiksha,A Far Visvabharati, 2013) 6. Khirodprasad : A Playwright (Bohurupee, No 120, 2013) 7. Dwijendralal : A Playwright (Parichoy, 2013) 8. Homage to Binodini Dasi in her 150th birth anniversary (Bohurupi, No 121, 2014) Arun kumar Ghosh Professor of Bengali, B.U. Mobile: + (91) 9434180571 e-mail : [email protected] (ICCR Tagore Chair, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany) Book: 1. Upabhasha-charcharsekaalekaal. (edited) Kollkata: BangeeyaSahityaParishad. (forthcoming) Some of the important articles published: In Bengali: 1. Bhasha-bipannata, Bipannatabhasha O bharateeyaprekshapaT. Published in an Anthology on Endangered languages in India by the Department of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar, 2014. 2. KamalkumarMajumdarerGalpabiswa: Lekhak-paThaksamparka. Published by the ICBS, Dhaka. 2014. 5 3. Naribishverantarpaath: Ashapurnar 'PrathamPratishruti'. SahityaParishadPatrika, v.117:1, pp. 24-32. Published in Ashar, 1419 BS, July 2012. 4. ‘Charyaapad o Banglabhasharudbhavprasanga.’ In: Saahityacharcha. Burdwan: BardhamanBiswavidyalay, 2010, pp.202-13. In English: 1. Community Based Communication System: A Conventional Approach among SANTALS. In: Rajesh das & Dr. P K Bandyopadhyay (eds.)Mass media & Society in Post Globalization period: Issues & approaches. Union Bridge Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company India Limited (WPCIPL), UK. 2013, pp. 241-254. 2. Promotion of Tribal Languages in Education: Santali- A Case Study. Language Forum, v. 37:2, July-December, 2011, pp. 41-62. 3. Goal-Marking in Munda with special reference to the Lower Munda languages. In:Austroasiatic studies. Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, Special Issue No. 2, 2011, pp. 52-68. Edited by SophanaSrichampa and Paul Sidwell. Published concurrently by: Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University; Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, NakhonPathom, Thailand and SIL International 7500 West Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, Texas, USA. 4. Argument-marking in Lower Munda. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, v. 40:2, pp. 61-87, June, 2011. 5. Traditional Systems of Communication and Information Dissemination among the Santals. Global Media Journal—Indian Edition, winter issue/ December 2010, pp. 1- 13.http://www.caluniv.ac.in/Global%20mdia%20journal/globalmedia.html. Foreign Fellowship: 1. ICCR Tagore Professorship at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg-Agust University Goettingen, Germany, from October 2013-February 2015. 2. Visiting Researcher, Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, April 2010-June 2010. Conferences/Seminars/Symposia/Workshops/ Special lectures attended/ delivered talks: 1. Seminar talk on Argument-marking in Lower Munda delivered at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany on 8 June, 2010. 2. Paper titled Universal Primary Education and Minority language speakers: the Indian Scenario presented at the South Asian Languages Analysis Rountable 29 at CIIL, Mysore on 6 January 2011. 3. Invited talk on the contribution of Prabhatranjan Sarkar in Bangla grammar,14 August, 2011. 4. Invited talk on Relationship of Santali with other languages and education in Santali delivered at the National Seminar on Santali language, Literature and Culture organized by SahityaAkademi, Kolkata, on 3 September, 2011. 5. Talk titled “Contribution of the non-Santals scholars to the Development of Santali Language and Culture” delivered at the National Seminar on“Contribution of non-Santal Scholars to the Development of Santali Language & Culture, organised on the eve of 146th Birthday Celebration of Rev. P. O. Bodding by the Department of Santali, VidyasagarUniversity on 9 November, 2011. 6. Invited talk on “ StrilingerNabanirman: RabindranatherChotogalpa” delivered at the National Seminar on RabindrasahityeNarirmanobhumi O 6 NarimanerBahumatrikataorganised by Khatra Adivasi Mahavidyalaya on 19 November, 2011. 7. Paper titled “ KamalkumarMajumdarerGalpabisva: Ektiantaranga path” presented at the 2nd International Congress of Bengal Studies, 2011 organised jointly by the University of Dhaka and Bangla Academy, Dhaka on 17-20 December, 2011. 8. Talk delivered and chaired a session at the All India Conference of Bihar Bangla Academy organised by Bihar Bangla Academy and the Department of Education, Government of Bihar on 21-22 January, 2012. 9. Invited lecture titled “ RabindranatherBharatcetana: Nrtyer tale tale” delivered at the National seminar on Rabindranath O Bharatiyatvaorganised jointly by the Department of History and Bengali, Sripat Singh College, Murshidabad on 18 February, 2012. 10. Keynote address delivered at the National Seminar on Education Policy of Rabindranath and its relevance in Modern Age organised by the Department of Bengali, Government Women’s College, Patna on 19 March, 2012. 11. Delivered a lecture on “P.R. Sarkar: A linguist and phonetician by experience” at the Seminar organised by the Renaissance Universal, New Delhi and the VyakaranaBibhag of LalBahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi at LalBahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi on 28 March, 2012. 12. Invited lecture delivered at the Workshop on “ ItihaseSahitya and SahityeItihas” organised by the Department of Bengali and Department of History of Tarakeswar Degree College on 29 March, 2012. 13. Talk delivered and chaired a session at the International Seminar on “Sambadmaadhyam o Banglasangskriti” at the University of Kalyani on 4 May, 2012. 14. Delivered three lectures at the Refresher Course in Bengali at the UGC Academic Staff College, North Bengal University on 19, 20 and 21 July, 2012. 15. Delivered a lecture at the Refresher Course of Comparative Literature “Environment and Literature” at the UGC Academic Staff College, University of Burdwan on 27 July, 2012. 16. Invited talk delivered at the National seminar under SAP-DRS-I on Language, Literature and Society: Evolution, Problems and Prospects on 12-13 March 2013 organized by the Department of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar. 15. "Bangla GadyerBikash O Swami Vivekananda" Talk delivered at the National Seminar organized by Kamarpukur College on the occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on 28 September, 2013. 16. Linguistic Situation in India and the position of Bangla therein. Talk delivered at Georg- August University Goettingen, Germany on 1 November 2013. 17. Talk delivered on “Linguistic