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Events
A Workshop
to Reflect upon the State of Research on Emerging Non-metropolitan
Urbanity and Urban Activism in India and beyond is to be held on the
theme of
Towns
and Migrants: Explorations of an Urban Future between 26- 27
December 2017 at Swabhumi, Kolkata.
Conference:
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Sixth Critical Studies Conference:
The Conference is to be held on the theme of Refugees,
Migrants, Violence and the Transformation of Cities between
23-25 August 2017 at Swabhumi, Kolkata.
CLICK HERE
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Call for Paper
CLICK HERE
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A Report on the Meeting of the Organising Committee of the
Conference
CLICK HERE
Report
CLICK HERE
Public
Lecture:
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First Public Lecture:
The First Public Public Lecture under the project 'Cities, Rural
Migrants and the Urban Poor - Issues of Violence and Social
Justice' was held on July 31, 2014, at the University of
Calcutta. It was delivered by Simpreet Singh, an eminent social
activist and researcher from Mumbai. The title of his lecture
was 'The politics of the civil society and the civility of the
political society'.
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Second Public Lecture:
The Second Public Public Lecture under the project was held on
August 20, 2015, at the Rabindra Bharati University. It was
delivered by D. M. Diwakar, Director, A. N. Sinha Institute of
Social Studies, Patna. The title of his lecture was 'Migration
and Social Change in Bihar'.
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Third Public Lecture:
The Third Public Public Lecture under the project was held on
August 23, 2017, at the Swabhumi-The Heritage Plaza. It was
delivered by Subir Sinha, SQAS, London. The title of his lecture was 'Separation,
Mobility and the Ordinary City: On Migrants' Subjection and
Subjectivity'.
Research Workshop:
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First Research Workshop:
The First Research Workshop for the project took place in
Kolkata on August 1 and 2, 2014. The researchers associated with
the project from various parts of the country presented their
abstracts and plans of research during the workshop. The
presentations were followed by discussions by eminent scholars
and activists.
For Report
CLICK HERE
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Second Research Workshop:
The Second Research Workshop for the project took place in Kolkata
on August 21 and 22, 2014 where the participants presented their
findings accumulated in the last one year of research. The papers
were discussed by renowned scholars and activists from all over the
country.
For Report
CLICK HERE
Report Release:
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Calcutta Research Group (CRG) is releasing a Report comprising of
Research Briefs with Policy Implications entitled
‘Cities, Rural Migrants and the
Urban Poor: Issues of Violence and Social Justiuce’
to the press at
Swabhumi-
Sabhaghar-1
Kolkata, on
30 July, 2016 (Saturday) from
5-8pm.
For Report
CLICK HERE
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