VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
Faculty Information System
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Self Declared Document
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Prof. Ujjayan Bhattacharya
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Professor , Head
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HISTORY
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+91 3222 298-303 / Centrex Extn. 303
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ujjayanbhattacharya@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
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9609362539
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| Personal Website |
http://vidyasagar.ac.in/history/
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Department of History, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102
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| Degree Name | Institute | Year of passing/awarded |
| Ph.D. | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2002 |
| M.PHIL | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 1989 |
| M.A. | Jadavpur University | 1985 |
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| Joined Goa University, Panaji, Goa, as Lecturer in the Department of History on 8th July 1991. On lien from the post for one year since 21st October 2003 (A.N.). Taught at Raidighi College till 01.04.2004 |
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| Social and Economic History of Early Modern India. |
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| The agrarian society of India with focus on eighteenth century; Indo-Portuguese History; water history |
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| State Formation in Ancient India |
| Early Modern Indian State and Economy. |
| Regional History of South-West Bengal. |
| History courses Department of Sociology, Jadavpur University, 2016-17 and 2017-18 |
| Historical Method and Historiography |
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| International Publication |
| Title | Published in | Year | Published by |
| Rivers, inundations and grain scarcity in early colonial Bengal | A Cultural History of Famine: Food Security and the Environment in India and Britain. Edited by Ayesha Mukherjee | 2019 | Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York. |
| Continuities in Bengal’s Contact with the Portuguese and its Legacy: A Community’s Future Entangled with the Past (chapter title) | Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia 1511-2011 Vol.I, The Making of the Luso-Asian World: Intricacies and Engagements, edited by Laura Jarnagin | 2012 | Institute of South-East Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore |
| Continuities in Bengal’s Contact with the Portuguese and its Legacy: A Community’s Future Entangled with the Past (chapter title) | Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia 1511-2011 Vol.I, The Making of the Luso-Asian World: Intricacies and Engagements, edited by Laura Jarnagin | 2012 | Institute of South-East Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore |
| Evolution of an Early Colonial Policy towards inland commerce and market in late 18th century Bengal | The Economic History Society,New Researchers’ Papers, Annual Conference 2004 | 2004 | The Economic History Society Royal Holloway College University of London. |
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National Publication
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| Title | Published in | Year | Published by |
| Eighteenth Century Biographies and Histories: Review Essay | Journal of History, ISSN 2321-0834 vol. V 2016-17, pp. 128-131 | 2017 | Department of History, Vidyasagar University |
| “Luso-Indians in British India: Home, Exile and Nationality” | Hispanic Horizon, Journal of the Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.No. 32 Year 2015. | 2015 | Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. |
| Worthies And The Worth Of Their Land: Revenue Farmers And The Company’s State In Early Colonial Bengal (chapter title) | Rethinking a Millennium: India from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Centuries Delhi, Rajat Datta Ed. | 2012 | Aakar Publications Delhi |
| Internal Trade Revenue and Markets in Pre-colonial Bengal (chapter title) | History, Economy and Culture in Eastern India, edited by Basanta Kumar Mallik, | 2012 | Bhuvaneswar |
| Terms of Reference and Teaching of Indian History (chapter title) | Educational Institutions in Goa, S.K.Mhamai (ed.) | 2012 | Directorate of Archives, Panaji, Goa. |
| Asian states and Mercantilism in the Indian Ocean Economy: Bengal Nizamat and the English Company in Eighteenth century (chapter title) | The Portuguese, Indian Ocean and European Bridgeheads: Festschrift in Honor of Prof. K.S.Mathew, P. Malekandathil and T. Jamal Mohammad, (ed.) | 2001 | Fundacao Oriente, Lisbon & Goa. |
| Instruments of Control and Enforcement of Law under the Early Colonial Regime in Bengal (1765-1793) | Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Kolkata. | 2000 | Indian History Congress, New Delhi |
| Structure of Internal Trade and Political Authority in Mid-Eighteenth Century Bengal (chapter title) | Society, Culture and Polity in eastern India, S.C.Padhy and S.K.Panda (ed.). | 1999 | Berhampur University, Orissa. |
| The Portuguese Maritime Strategies and Options in Eastern Indian Ocean Region (1515-1526) | Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Madras. | 1996 | Indian History Congress, New Delhi |
| The Portuguese in Bengal: Their Trade and Settlements in the Sixteenth Century”. | Journal of History, vol. XV, Jadavpur University, Calcutta. | 1995 | Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
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Other Publication
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| From Surveys to Management: The Early Colonial States Intervention in Water Resources of Bengal. | Indian Historical Review, No. 2, December 2017, pp. 225-269 | 2017 | SAGE publications |
| Book Review: Rila Mukherjee (ed.), Vanguards of Globalization: Port-Cities from the Classical to the Modern. | Indian Historical Review, 42(1) 1–3 © 2015 | 2015 | SAGE Publications |
| Purbabharater Mahasagariya Anchale Portugueseder Samudrik Karjokalap (1515-1526) | Ajo Anveshon, October issue | 2007 | Ajo Anveshon. |
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Books Published
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Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Complete in Year |
| Mita Biswas | Uponibeshik Banglar Muslim Samaj O tar Ogrogoti 1800 saal - 1947 saal | | Ongoing | |
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Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
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| Achintya Mandal | Politics and Governance of Bengal: 1935-47 | | Awarded | 2016 |
| Prasenjit Ghosh | Social and Ecological Aspects of the Jharkhand Movement c. 1930-2001 | | Awarded | 2015 |
| Tapan Hazra | Leadership and Masses: Strategies and Mobilization in the Left Wing political movement in Midnapore from 1930 to 1964 | | Awarded | 2015 |
| Shrubabati Chakrabarty | Changing Face of the Women in Colonial Bengal: Krishnabhabini Das and Sarala Debi Chaudhurani - Foremothers of Indian Feminism | Dr. Sarvani Gooptu | Awarded | 2015 |
| Malika Basu | Science, Colonialism and Pharmaceutical Industries: Case Stuides of Three Pharmaceutical Industries in Kolkata (1855-1947) | | Awarded | 2014 |
| Partha Pratim Roy | Flood Prevention and Embankments during the Colonial Period in South-West Bengal: Role of the State and Society. | | Awarded | 2014 |
| ABINASH SENGUPTA | Swadeshi Andolan o Samakalin Bangla Sahitya(1900-1911) | | Awarded | 2012 |
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| Title | Organized by | Venue | Year |
| River Ganga and the Science of Hydrology | Department of History, Benares Hindu University (BHU), 12th January 2019 | Department of History, Benares Hindu University | 2019 |
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| Life Member, Indian History Congress. |
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| Type of Professional Activity | Period |
| Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Philosophy and History, SCHOLINK INC, USA, ISSN 2576-2451 (Print) ISSN 2576-2435 (Online, | 2018 to 2018 |
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| Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop | Year | Role | Held at and Organiser |
| Narrating Local History: Community, Caste and Tribe in Odisha | 2019 | Keynote Speaker | PG Department of History, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. 25th January 2019 |
| International Seminar: Environment, Religion & Culture: research Methods and Perspectives on Precolonial South Asia | 2019 | Chair: Academic Session V, Environment and Material Culture | UGC DSA - 1 SAP, Department of History, Jadavpur University, 5th-6th February 2019 |
| River Ganga and the Science of Hydrology | 2019 | Special Lecture | Department of History, Benares Hindu University (BHU), 12th January 2019 |
| International Symposium of Indian and Indonesian scholars on “Thinking Social Sciences”. | 2016 | Presented paper on “Benedict Anderson and Social Science Thought” | Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on 11-12 July 2016. |
| "Food Security and the Environment in India and Britain" | 2015 | Presented a paper on “Rivers, inundations, and grain scarcity in early colonial Bengal” | Co-organised by the Smith School of Enterprises and Environment, University of Oxford and the University of Exeter,3-4th September 2015. |
| "Configuring Early Modern South Asia: An International Conference" | 2015 | Presented a paper on Early Colonial Experience in Management of Waters: Bengal 1760-1800 | Co-organized by Trinity College, Dublin, The University of Dublin & Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 12-13 November, 2015. |
| COMMODITIES AND CULTURE, 1851-1914: LEVERHULME TRUST INTERNATIONAL NETWORK WORKSHOP: ‘Commodities and Affect’, | 2011 | Paper on ‘The Cultures of Swadeshi’ | LEVERHULME TRUST and Department of English, Jadavpur University, H L Roy Memorial Auditorium, Jadavpur University, January 12, 2011 |
| International Conference on Portuguese History | 2010 | Presented paper on “Portuguese in Bengal in the early modern period”. | Institute of South-East Asian Stuides, NUS, Singapore & Malacca, 28-30 September 2010 |
| 5th International Water History Association (IWHA) Conference, Past and Futures of Water | 2007 | Management of Water Channels: Some Reflections on Colonial Projects and their Objectives | International Water History Association. Held at Tampere, Finland, 13-17 June 2007 |
| 1st World Congress on Environmental History | 2007 | Floods, local economy and the state in Bengal c. 1770-1820 | WCEH, Copenhagen, Denmark & Malmo, Sweden, 4th to 8th August, 2009. |
| International Seminar on History of Waters in South Asia : Climata, Ecology, Deforestation, Agriculture, Politics and the Management of Nature | 2006 | presented paper on "Water channel management and the role of colonial administrators" | K.P. Basu Memorial Hall, Department of History, Jadavpur University, in collaboration with MAKAIAS, Kolkata, March 3-4, 2006 |
| Annual meeting of the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies | 2006 | Paper presented “European Participation in the Making of a Plural World: Portuguese and the Eurasians in Early Modern Bengal”. | Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, U.S.A.28-30th September 2006 |
| ’Rethinking a Millennium: India from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Centuries’ | 2004 | Paper presented “Worthies and the worth of Their Land: Revenue Farmers And The Company’s State In Early Colonial Bengal”. | Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2-4 February 2004, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. |
| International Seminar on Globalization and Development | 2002 | Participant and Discussant | TERI and Goa University, Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula, Goa, 6th to 8th December, 2002 |
| International Conference on Maritime History, with special reference to the Portuguese (1500-1900). | 2001 | Paper presented “The Portuguese in Bengal: 17th and 18th Centuries | Goa University, 24-28th April 2001 |
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| Tribes of South-West Bengal: Polity, Economy and Society. | 2011 | Principal Project Investigator, MAKAIAS. | MAKAIAS and UGC Un-assigned grant through Vidyasagar University |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. | 2009 | Convener & Head of the Department. | Special UGC financial assistance for the celebration of birth anniversary of Maulana Azad. |
| Revolt of 1857: Regional Aspects | 2007 | Convener & Head of the Department. | Indian Council Of Historical Research & UGC Un-assigned grant through Vidyasagar University. |
| New Directions in the Study of Indian History | 2005 | Convener & Head of the Department. | UGC Un-assigned grant through Vidyasagar University |
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