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Faculty facts of Dr. Rituparna Basu

Teacher’s Profile

1.Name- Dr.Rituparna Basu

2.Highest Degree- Ph.D in History from CU. [2009]

Fulbright Post Doctoral Fellow [2011-12] at UPENN, Philadelphia,USA.

3.Designation- Associate Professor.

4. Experience- i]UG-  24 YEARS  6MONTHS at Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah.

                         ii] PG- 1YEAR AT Rabindra Bharati University.

5.Teaching Interest- Greek history, Early Medieval and Modern European History,  Modern Indian History , Intellectual history,  Cultural History with particular interest in Art , Crafts and Museums.

6. Research Interest –Intellectual and Institutional History during the Nationalist and Post Colonial period in India; Art history, Material culture, Histories of art and folk art collection in Museums ; The Rediscovery of Folk Arts and Crafts of Bengal: A Reappraisal of a Twentieth century Endeavour; The history of Kantha Art; Colonies and the Museums of India and Bangladesh. Histories of the transfer of Indian Art to the United States in late nineteenth and early 20th century; Life and activities of Stella Kramrisch as art collector, teacher and author. Gender studies with an interest in the revival of Kantha art and empowerment of women. Regional histories and the revival of folk arts in the colonial and post colonial period.

7. Nos of Publications-20

8. Top 5 publications-

1] “History of the Asutosh Museum and the Imaging of a Bengali Art Tradition”, Archaeology in India:Individuals, Ideas and Institutions;” ed. Gautam Sengupta& Kaushik Gangopadhyay, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, 2009, pp-289-309. ISBN-978-81-215-1202-2.

2] “Gurusaday Dutt: A pioneering Folk Idealogue and Collector,” Folk ,Folklore and Folkloristics:Interpenetration of Society and Folklore, ed.B.Chakrabarty, Mitram, Kolkata, 2010, pp.352-373. ISBN:978-93-80036-19-9.

3]A study of the Kantha Art of Bengal: Contesting claims of Tradition and Modernity, Journal of Bengal Art, Vol-15, International Centre for Bengal Art, Dhaka, 2010,pp-73-93.

4] “In search of Eternal India ; Stella Kramrisch and her reading of Indian religion and mythology,” Eternal India Harmony and Peace ed . K.Sarkar &S.Guha, Aveneel Press, Kolkata, 2018, pp 100-112. ISBN:978-93-80736-96-9.

5] Dolls, Display and Changing Discourse : A micro study of fairs in Howrah, Journal of Bengal Art , Vol-24, International Centre for Study of Bengal Art , 2019, pp-113-122. ISSN : 1607-1344

9.Rewards and Achievements

Chandra Narayan silver medal for best result in History in MA at Presidency college,CU.

Rotary International Fellowship to N.Wales and N. England for Leadership Training and Vocational Education in 1999.

Teacher Fellowship,UGC 2000-2002- 2YEARS.

Fulbright –Nehru Post Doctoral Fellowship at Philadelphia Museum of Art and Visiting Scholar at South Asia Studies,University of Pennsylvania,USA.

 I was invited to participate in the Selection Committee of Fulbright Scholars in 2013 at USEFI.

Invited to speak at the Stella Kramrisch conference at Courtauld Institute in London  in 2012.

Invited to speak at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art, New Delhi in 2013.

 External examiner of MPHIL in History AT Calcutta University-2018

Resource person at Womens Study Centre at JU IN 2018.

Resource person at Womens Study Centre, BKGC- 2019

Resource person at Value Education Course ,BkGC  in 2019.

Participated in several International and national conferences on History and Art History at Bangladesh [1999, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015], Philadelphia [2011], London [2012], and Macao [2013] and New Delhi [2008], and Kolkata.

 Hosted History Conferences  and Edited 2 History conference proceedings of BKGC.

Invited as Guest speaker on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of All India Crafts Council to speak on the History of the Art of Kantha Revival at Birla Academy in 2019.

I have written several forewords  AND introduction  for painting exhibitions published by  CIMA Gallery , Kolkata and wrote on art exhibitions and museum collection for the art periodical-MARG , 2003-2009.

EMAIL ID- rituparna.basu12@gmail.com

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