FIFTH CRITICAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
“Accumulation under Post-Colonial Capitalism”
(21-23 August 2014)
Inauguration of the Conference
August 21, 2014 (Thursday)
06.00pm-06.15pm
Welcome address
Paula Banerjee, President, Calcutta Research Group, & Associate Professor, Department of South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta
06.15pm-06.30pm
Introducing the theme
Ranabir Samaddar, Director, Calcutta Research Group
06.30pm-07.45pm
Inaugural lecture by
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, independent journalist and educator
- Samita Sen, Vice-Chancellor, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal
- Parimal Ghosh, Professor,Department of South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta
Chair: Ranabir Samaddar, Director, Calcutta Research Group
07.45pm -08.00pm
Vote of Thanks by Atig Ghosh, Honorary Researcher, Calcutta Research Group & Assistant Professor, Department of History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
08.00pm onwards
Reception & Dinner