Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
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| Type | Premier social science research institute. |
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| Established | 1973 |
| Affiliation | Jadavpur University, ICSSR |
| Chairman | Jawhar Sircar |
| Director | Prof. Rosinka Chaudhuri |
| Location | 22°28′27″N 88°23′32″E / 22.4743°N 88.3923°E |
| Campus | urban |
| Website | Official website |
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) is a social science and humanities research and teaching institute in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1]
History
Established in 1973 jointly by the
Academics
Centre
The centre specializes in post-colonial, subaltern studies and cultural studies research.
Museum
The museum, called Jadunath Sarkar Resource Centre and Museum, houses an extensive collection of vernacular medium primary and secondary literature.
Administration
The Centre is administered by a chairman, director and registrar.
Location
Initially located in Jadunath Bhavan, the former residence of Sir Jadunath Sarkar at 10, Jadunath Sarkar Road (earlier Lake Terrace), Calcutta, the research centre is now located in a new building in Patuli, Calcutta. The resource centre and museum continue to remain in the historian's former residence.
Notable faculty (past and present)
- Amiya Bagchi
- Partha Chatterjee
- Dipesh Chakrabarty
- Barun De
- Amitav Ghosh
- Ramchandra Guha
- Sugata Marjit
- Gyanendra Pandey
- Surajit Chandra Sinha
- Tapati Guha-Thakurta
References
- ^ "About The Centre". cssscal.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Whole gamut of Social Sciences". The Hindu. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Sharique Hasan. "Social science research productivity rankings of Indian institutes". stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Top 25% Institutions and Economists in India, as of September 2010". cssscal.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Ion Pohoaţă; Ionel Bostan; Radu Constantinescu (February 2014). "The rise towards excellence of social science in India : a 'Nobel' confirmation of the value of economics and further implications" (PDF). Current Science. 106 (3): 368–373. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Janaki Nair (3 January 2017). "JNU in 2016: It was the worst of years. It was the year of a new vice chancellor". scroll.in. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Historian Barun De passes away, in 'The Hindu', 18 July 2013