Category: Department Events
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Department Football Tournament: Day 2
There were four matches played on the second day of the Department Football Tournament – second years vs. research scholars, third years vs. fifth years, second years vs. fourth years and first years vs. fifth years. The tournament began around 7.30pm and went on for over four hours. The teams fought hard in the first Read More
3–4 minutes
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Department Football Tournament Day: 1
The first day of the Humanities Department Football tournament consisted of two matches – the first years vs. the third years and the fourth years vs. the PhD scholars. The games were held at Sangam ground. The first match was between the first years and the third years, which started around 8.40pm. The first half Read More
1–2 minutes
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R&D TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES: 20th SEPTEMBER 2016 – A FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
About the Film – Tirupur aka Dollar City, well known for its thousands of export oriented garment hosiery units and millions of migrant workers, symbolizes a development model where the state machinery, exporters, small and big entrepreneurs, commission agents, trade unionists and workers converge to prioritize export and to earn dollars by ignoring, marginalizing and eventually breaking the laws Read More
2–3 minutes
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Book Launch: The Great Gatsby edited by Prof. Evangeline Manickam
On the crisp crimson evening of 13th September, the air in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department was one of joy and celebration. The occasion was the Book Release by one of our Department’s senior-most faculty, Prof Evangeline Manickam. Orient Blackswan Publishers has brought out the critical edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Read More
2–3 minutes
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The Story of Secularism: Book Launch and a Panel Discussion
Professor Nalini Rajan’s book “The Story of Secularism” was launched on the 9th of September 2016 in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The panel present was composed of Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Professor Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Professor Sudarshan Padmanabhan. The event was well-attended by professors and students from the department as well as Read More
3–4 minutes
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Ethnic Day 2016
The much awaited Ethnic Day was the first department event to take place this year. For many, it was just another day but for some, it is the day they have been waiting for so long. The day they get new profile pictures. DSLRs were brought and Selfies were taken. A hot and humid day, Read More
1–2 minutes
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R & D Lecture: Arundhathi Subramaniam
About the Speaker – Arundhathi Subramaniam is an award-winning poet and prose writer who has worked over the years as a critic, poetry editor and curator. Winner of the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry, the Raza Award for Poetry and the International Piero Bigongiari Prize in Italy, she is the author of ten volumes Read More
3–4 minutes
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