Department of History

Ms. Monideepa Bhattacharjee Designation Assistant Professor Qualification M.A., M.Phil E-mail id bhattacharjeemonideepa@yahoo.com & monideepa@seramporecollege.ac.in

Area of Specialisation :

History of Women within Religious Traditions

Research Interests:

1. Position of women within the religious traditions of Bengal.
2. Growth of religious centres associated with Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

Selected Publications:

1. Navadvipa: The Rise of a Religious Centre in Medieval Bengal in Ratnabali Chatterjee edited Urbanity and Economy-The Pre-modern Dynamics in Eastern India, Kolkata, SUCHI, 2014 (ISBN- 978-93-80677-47-7)

2. Sitadevi-Bangiya Vaishnava Dharma Andolaney Anyatama Gurutvamayi Nari (Sitadevi-a leading personality of the Bengal Vaishnava Movement) in Itihas Anusandhan-28 Kolkata, Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, 2014 (Peer Reviewed Volume ISBN- 978-81-910874-4-4)
3. Silent Sufferers: Images of Women during the Partition as Presented in Saadat Hasan Mantos Writings in The Proceedings of the International Conference on Partition Literature: Memory and Inheritance of Self, Kolkata, NSOU, 2014(ISBN-978-93-82112-11-2)
4. Vaishnavism and the Growth of Female Education in Bengal in Debasri Das edited at Bangabasi Evening College Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, 2015(ISBN- 81 -922-920-4-5)
5. ‘Bangiya Vaishnava Dharme Narir Sthan o Hemlata Thakuranir Bhumika (Position of women within the Vaishnava movement of Bengal and the role played by Hemlata Thakurani) in Kathakatha-1: Banglar Samaj o Sanskriti, Kolkata, SUCHI, 2015 (ISBN- 978-93-80677-82-8)