Category: Department Events
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Conference 2019 | Panel 2 – Negotiating Gender
The second panel of Day 2 titled “Negotiating Gender” was moderated by Prof. Binitha Thampi. She began by making a few introductory remarks on intersectionality and the absence of a distinct category called “women”, and how political mobilization around such a category could be seen as problematic. The first paper was titled “Blazing Fire in Read More
4–6 minutes
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Conference 2019 | Panel 1 – Dialects and Doctrines
The first panel of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Academic Conference 2019 was titled Dialectics and Doctrines. Moderated by Dr Rajesh Kumar, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the department, the panel saw papers on the intersection of language, religion and politics. Utilization of the English Language by the Muslim Community of Hyderabad Read More
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2019 | Inaugural Ceremony
The inaugural ceremony of the 8th Academic Conference organized by the Department, was held on the 31st of January, 2019. The event commenced with the welcome address delivered by Prof. Umakant Dash who welcomed the audience which comprised the faculty, students and participants from various institutes across the country. He took note of the topical Read More
4–5 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Branch Councillor 2019
Article 19’s correspondent Swathi CS interviews the incumbent Branch Councillor Parthiv Kidangoor on his manifesto, his accomplishments so far, and his plans for the next semester. The manifesto of the HS Department Legislator-Branch Councillor consists of 23 points, including 5 Student Legislative Council (SLC) proposals. Of the 18 initiatives within the department, 6 have been Read More
6–10 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Department Secretary 2018-19
Article19’s own correspondent, Y.N. Simha interviews the present Department Secretary, Sourav Rames, to understand the progress made last semester, the challenges faced to date, and the initiatives planned for the upcoming semester. Upon a thorough review and an interview with the man himself – Sourav Rames, it becomes clear that his manifesto and plans weren’t Read More
4–6 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Department Conference Secretary 2019
Article19’s correspondent Meenakshi Viswanathan interviews the incumbent Conference Secretary, Upasana Bhattacharjee, on her manifesto, her plans for the ninth edition of this Conference, and the progress of her team in their preparations for the Conference. Prior to last year, the position of Department Conference Secretary did not exist and the Annual Department Conference was headed Read More
4–7 minutes
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Inter Department League 2018 (Frisbee) Qualifiers
The HS team’s run in the Inter Departmental League is nearing an end. Despite several impressive performances across different games, luck has given them the slip every time. Frisbee and Basketball remain the last two sports, and the former is of much interest. Frisbee is still a fledgling sport, and the IDL seems to Read More
2–3 minutes
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Lecture by Carl Malamud | Universal Access to Human Knowledge
A lecture on “Universal Access to Human Knowledge” by public domain advocate Carl Malamud was organised on October 15th at the department. Malamud is the founder of Public.Resource.org, a non-profit that digitizes public domain documents in order to make them accessible. An author of eight books, Malamud is also founder of the Internet Multicasting Service, Read More
2–3 minutes
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Aloo-gobi, Mangoes and a Small Aubergine | R & D Lecture | November 8th, 2018
It’s a Thursday evening and many of us gathered in HSB 356 for an ‘appetising’ R & D lecture titled, ‘Aloo-gobi, Mangoes and a Small Aubergine: Food, Foodscapes and Nostalgia’. The speaker was Dr. Anindya Raychaudhuri, a lecturer and academic from St. Andrews university, UK. With ‘diasporic identities and cultures’ as one among Read More
4–6 minutes
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Colloquium Lectures | In Honour of Professor Evangeline Manickam’s Retirement
In honour of Prof Evangeline Manickam’s retirement, colloquium lectures were organised at the department on the 1st of November. Prof Manickam has been a Professor of English at the department from 1982 till her retirement last year. She holds a PhD in American Literature (Southern Fiction) from the University of Madras and has been a Read More
7–10 minutes
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