India, Women and Motherhood: Research in Progress
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Jasodhara Bagchi is a retired Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies, a leading Indian feminist and the founder of the School of Women’s Studies in Jadavpur University, Calcutta. Her focus areas of research include women’s studies, women’s writing, 19th century English and Bengali literature, the reception of Positivism in Bengal, nationalism and motherhood and the Partition of India. Her writings include “The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal 1970-2000: The Challenges Ahead” (2005), and the editing the seminal anthologies “From Trauma to Triumph:Gender and Partition in Eastern India” (2003), and “Indian Women, Myth and Reality” (1997).
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