1 SABUJ SARKAR Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda. Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07602743859 / 09434518398 Invited Lectures: “‘In the Shadow of your Wings’: Women Question in the poems of Tennyson and Browning” at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Representation of Women in English Literature, organized by the department of English, Ramnagar College, Depal, Purba Medinipur on 13 & 14 May, 2013. Papers presented: ‘Connoisseur Vivekananda: Gastronomy and Indian Consciousness’ at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Vivekananda and the Making of Indian Consciousness, organized by department of Bengali and English, Dumkal College, Basantapur, Dumkal, Murshidabad, West Bengal, in collaboration with Sripat Singh College, Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal on 13 & 14 August, 2013. ‘Unmasking the mask: A Case Study of Mask Artistes and Artisans of North and South Dinajpur’ at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Folk Culture, Folk Artistry and Artisan Society in North East India, organized by the department of Bengali, Vivekananda College, Alipurduar in Collaboration with Geographical Society of North Bengal, Alipurduar, on 06 & 07 September, 2013. 2 ‘Style is the Man: A Study of Rabindranath Tagore’s idiosyncrasies in his creative Journey’ at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Nanan Ranger Rabindranath, organized by Department of Bengali, Hiralal Bhakat College, Nalhati, Birbhum, West Bengal, in Collaboraton with Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya, Sainthia, Birbhum, West Bengal, on 24 & 25 September, 2013. ‘Nature’s Silent Tears: A Study of Ipuwer Papyrus’ at a National Level Seminar on Environment and Folklore: Emerging Dimensions, organized by Folklore Congress Association of India in collaboration with Gurusaday Museum, Joka, Kolkata on 28 September, 2013. ‘Diamond of Blood and Tears: A Study of Gender, Nation and Partition in the short stories of Sadat Hasan Manto’, at a UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Aspects of Partition of India in 1947, organized by Post Graduate Department of History, Malda College, Malda on 28 March, 2014. ‘Gendered Time: Indian Woman and the Struggle for a Time of her own’ at a one-day International Seminar on Women’s Empowerment or Power Equity: A Challenge to 21st Century India in the context of Human Rights, organized by the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, on 10 April, 2014. Chaired Sessions in Seminars/ Conferences: UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Folk Culture, Folk Artistry and Artisan Society in North East India, organized by the department of Bengali, Vivekananda College, Alipurduar in Collaboration with Geographical Society of North Bengal, Alipurduar, on 06 & 07 September, 2013. Attended Workshop: One-day Workshop on Relating to CAS of University and College Teachers, organized by IQAC, University of Gour Banga, Malda, on 29 May, 2014. 3 One-day Workshop on Biyer Gaan (Marriage Songs), organized by Folklore Congress Association of India, in collaboration with Gurusaday Museum and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata on 13 April, 2014. Orientation/ Refresher Course attended: UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in English, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, from January 08, 2014 to January 28, 2014. Appointments: Appointed as a Programme Officer, NSS Unit-I, University of Gour Banga, Malda since 05.10.2013 .