University of Calcutta History Department
 

When was the University of Calcutta History Department got established please provide me information about it

Re: University of Calcutta History Department
 

The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established on 24 January 1857.

It was the first institution in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western-style university.

The Department of History University of Calcutta was upgraded as Centre for
Advanced Study by the University Grants Commission in May 2007

Programs

M. A
M. Phil.
Ph.D.

Research Work

Major thrust areas where Research is being actively pursued:

History of Indian Nationalism

Women’s History

Identity Politics

Agrarian, Business and Environmental History

Media History

Modern European History

Indian Foreign Policy

International Relations since 1945

Economic and Social History

Cultural and Intellectual History

History of Education

Contemporary History

History of Science and Technology

Dynamics of syncretistic traditions in colonial and Post-colonial Bengal

Academic Exchange Programme With

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK

Maison des Sciences de I'Homme,Paris, France

Uppsala University,Sweden

De Montfort University, UK

University of Rome, La Sapienza

Contact Detail
University of Calcutta
Senate House, 87/1, College Street,
Kolkata, West Bengal 700073

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