Category: Department Events
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Conference 2020 | Panel 2 | Violence and Space
The second panel was on the theme ‘Violence and Space’ and was moderated by Dr. Solomon J. Benjamin. Unfortunately, the first two presenters were absent due to personal reasons. The third presenter, Mansa’s paper on ‘Mapping Space and Gender in Nihal Vihar: Young Women’s Aspirations and Experiences of Violence in the Lower Middle Class Neighbourhood Read More
2–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Keynote Lecture | Everyday Violence and Ethical Loneliness
The keynote lecture on the second day of the DoHSS Conference 2020 was delivered by Dr. Mahuya Bandyopadhyay, titled “Everyday Violence and ‘Ethical Loneliness’: Narratives from Prison”. The speaker used two main narratives recollected by prison inmates as punctums (a concept borrowed from Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida) to explore the various kinds of violence experienced Read More
4–6 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Panel 1 | Violence, Subjectivity and Marginality
Panel 1 of the Conference was moderated by Professor Kalpana. Of the three speakers, only one was able to present her paper as the other two were unable to make it to the conference – Sulthana Nasrin, a Masters student of EFLU. Sulthana’s paper was titled “Reflections on Death as an Ability: Questioning the ‘Body’, Read More
3–5 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Children’s Books as Change Agents | Lecture by Ms. Praba Ram
The second lecture of the DoHSS Conference was by storyteller and founder of Saffron Tree, Ms Praba Ram. Her creation, Saffron Tree, is a blog known for reviewing and listing new and diverse forms of children’s literature. In her lecture on Children’s Books as Change Agents, she focused on the need for diversity in children’s Read More
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence | Lecture by Dr. Mayilvaganan
The Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was kickstarted by a series of talks on various topics by renowned researchers as well as representatives from the main sponsor of the event, the International Justice Mission. The first talk by a guest speaker was on ‘The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence’, by Read More
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Inaugural Ceremony
The 9th Annual Academic Conference organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, was held from January 23, 2020-January 25, 2020. The theme of the Conference was ‘Rethinking Violence’. Across three days, nine panels and six lectures were held on various subjects such as gender and sexuality, literature, language, history, disability, memory, Read More
3–5 minutes
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Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Katha Storytelling Workshop
The Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences kicked off with the first pre-conference event on 25th October. After the customary tea and snacks, the students gathered at HSB357 for the Storytelling workshop by Deepa Kiran. The welcome address was delivered by Gayathri, the events head, who introduced the speaker of Read More
6–10 minutes
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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | Convocation 2019
The department convocation began at 2:20 pm on the 30th of September in the Aryabhatta hall, to happy graduates and enthusiastic freshie volunteers, all clad in white. It started with the volunteers singing Vande Mataram to the crowd, following which Professor Umakant Dash welcomed the gathering to the 56th convocation of the department. He congratulated Read More
6–9 minutes
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Alumni Talk | Anwesha Pathi
On 2nd October 2019, the first alumni talk of the year was kickstarted by Anwesha Pathi. Scheduled on a holiday and at 11 AM, HSB 357 saw the rolling in of lazy students who did not want to miss an opportunity to explore their future prospects. Anwesha is a student of the HS14 batch, who Read More
3–4 minutes
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Department Freshie Night | Batch of 2019
The 2019 department freshie evening was held on 20 September at Mahatma Hall, which had been transformed for the occasion with fairy lights and dimmed lighting. As the hall filled with people from different batches (the freshies had been inviting seniors to attend from the previous day itself), the lights were turned back on as Read More
3–4 minutes
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