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20/06/2025

In light of the UGC NET exam, the Research Methodology course will be begun from 2nd July instead of 22nd June. So, we are extending the deadline of registration till 30th June. Kindly spread the word.

We are organizing a 15-day online course on Social Science Research Methodology. Registration Link: https://forms.gle/qK...
06/06/2025

We are organizing a 15-day online course on Social Science Research Methodology.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/qK8QwN8K7RDFcBN2A

Course Overview: This 15-day intensive course will explore the foundational debates in social science research methodology, with a particular focus on the philosophical binaries of truth-falsity, right-wrong, and correct-incorrect propositions. It will then move into the core principles and practices of social science research, equipping students with the necessary tools to conduct rigorous, ethical, and impactful research.
The course is designed to introduce both theoretical and practical components of research, making it suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional independent researchers looking to refine their methodological approach.

Registration Fee:
UG&PG: Rs. 1000
Phd/Others: Rs. 1500
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For the full course description or any other query, please whatsApp us at 7629027144 or 6009394454.
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Topic: Fraught Fields: Doing Sociology in/from the MarginsRegistration link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC...
12/08/2024

Topic: Fraught Fields: Doing Sociology in/from the Margins

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❗❗Abstract: What inflection does the context of living in the shadows of the AFSPA regime bring to the discipline of sociology? I use this field site of ongoing violence (usually and conveniently read as ethnic violence rather than a mode of governance) to reflect and pose a new perspective that expands what is regarded as the foundations of the discipline of sociology/ social anthropology. In a national workshop reflecting on the disciplinary history of Sociology organized at the Institute of Economic Growth in 2000, Nandini Sundar and Aradhya Bharadwaj tabulated the articles submitted in the last 40-50 years in Sociological Bulletin and Contributions to Indian Sociology and came to the conclusion that the northeast is a research gap. I look at my field in conversation with the disciplinary history to understand whether ‘regional sociology/ies’ can be used as a way to reflect on particular sites, especially as the theory and perspective that were framed were founded on such absences. What does a study of violence framed from the lens of being founded on ethnic identities do to the understanding of the field? What are some of the useful conceptual frames as well as redundant ones that the northeast as a field has inherited.

❗❗About the Speaker: Soibam Haripriya is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology- Delhi. She was a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow at the South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin. She was an FWO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla. She taught at the Centre for Sociology and Social Anthropology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati campus, and Gender Studies Programme, Ambedkar University. Zubaan, New Delhi published her (edited) book Homeward (2022). Her key areas of interest are Gender, Violence, Northeast India, and Poetry and/in Ethnography.

❗Join our next colloquium on "Imprints of Geopolitics on Northeast since Colonial Days" by Pradip Phanjoubam, a senior j...
24/07/2024

❗Join our next colloquium on "Imprints of Geopolitics on Northeast since Colonial Days" by Pradip Phanjoubam, a senior journalist and renowned intellectual based in Manipur.
Date: 28th July, 2024 I Sunday I 2pm

❗Registration link: https://forms.gle/dShAxgoWAQHs68P17

❗Abstract: The trouble in Myanmar is showing no signs of respite. For the country’s neighbours, the concern is of the anarchy spilling over into their territory. The current troubles in Manipur and in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts are evidences of the legitimacy of this apprehension. There are however deeper concerns. One of these comes from the understanding that China has deep interest in Myanmar and is ready go to any length to have whoever is in power in the country on its side. China’s game to negotiate the current Myanmar crisis to ensure it remains relevant to the powers that be, is adding to these concerns. India’s recent decision to cancel the Free Movement Regime, FMR, agreement along the 1643km India-Myanmar border as well as to fence it, were surely influenced by this China anxiety, although they were attributed to the Manipur trouble. I intend to revisit the profound influence geopolitics has always had on the making of the Northeast since the colonial era.

About the Speaker: Pradip Phanjoubam is the Editor of Imphal Review of Arts and Politics and is based in Imphal. He was also formerly the editor of Imphal Free Press. He began his journalism career in 1986 as a sub-editor at The Economic Times, New Delhi. He has authored two notable books: Shadow and Light: A Kaleidoscope of Manipur (Hachette India, 2016) and The Northeast Question: Conflicts and Frontiers (Routledge India, 2017). He has written extensively on affairs of the Northeast for many reputed publications, both in the mainstream media as well as academic journals. Phanjoubam was a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2012–14).

❗Dr. Malemnganbi argues Manipur's encounter with modernity was substantially driven by the hegemonic literary discourse ...
14/06/2024

❗Dr. Malemnganbi argues Manipur's encounter with modernity was substantially driven by the hegemonic literary discourse predominant in the early 20th century whereas modern Meetei identity was constructed as essentially Hindu subjects for which she analyzes Chaoba's Labangga Lata (1934), Dr. Kamal's Madhabi (1930) & Anganghal's Khamba Thoibi.

❗Registration Link: https://forms.gle/CR5WTbzjVVrBf4Tp7

❗Date of the Colloquium: 17th June, 5pm via Zoom

Abstract: In the realm of literature, culture and even politics, Hinduism occupies a sanctified space in the Manipuri consciousness. A normative status is accorded to it in today’s Modern Manipur. The present study is an attempt to intervene and examine the nature of Hindu hegemony in modern Manipur tracing its origin in literature. Three of the most notable works of Chaoba, Kamal and Anganghal viz. Madhabi (1930), Labangga Lata (1934), and Khamba Thoibi Seireng (1940) are selected and analyzed to draw out certain common elements which canonized and consecrated them as the epitome of modern Manipuri Literature. Five shared key elements which define a modern Manipuri text are identified and discussed: i) to be in the written form, ii) being attributed to an author, iii) identification of Meeitei characters as Hindu subjects, iv) Hindu epics as referential points, and v) using Indo-Aryan cultural lexicon as formal registers. The framework for modern Manipuri Literature was set within the paradigm provided by colonial education via Bengali/Sanskrit Literature. It argues that Manipur’s encounter with modernity was substantially driven by the hegemonic literary discourse predominant in the early 20th century where a modern Meetei identity was constructed as essentially Hindu subjects.

About the Speaker: Dr. Akoijam Malemnganbi is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Basic Sciences at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur. She received her PhD in Translation Studies from University of Hyderabad in 2023. She also worked as a guest faculty in the Department of English at The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus prior to joining IIIT Manipur. Her research interests include machine translation, cultural translation, modernity, intersectional feminism and indigeneity.

Kihomrol 4.0Topic: Analyzing Manipur's General Elections: Trends, Dominance, and Electoral DynamicsSpeaker: Dr. Homen Th...
05/04/2024

Kihomrol 4.0
Topic: Analyzing Manipur's General Elections: Trends, Dominance, and Electoral Dynamics
Speaker: Dr. Homen Thangjam

Registration link:
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On this day, Feb 6, 1922, Maharaj Kumari Binodini, widely known as 'Imasi by the people of Manipur was born. Beyond her ...
06/02/2024

On this day, Feb 6, 1922, Maharaj Kumari Binodini, widely known as 'Imasi by the people of Manipur was born. Beyond her royal lineage as the youngest daughter of Maharaj Sir Churachand Singh, she emerged as a distinguished writer and cultural activist.

In 1965, Binodini embarked on her writing career with "Asangba Nongjabee," her first radio play. This marked the beginning of her literary journey, later published as a collection of plays in 1967. The turning point came with her second collection of short stories, "Nungairakta Chandramukhi," which garnered acclaim, including the Jamini Sundar Guha Memorial Gold Medal in 1966.

In 1976, she published her magnum opus "Bor Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi," her only novel based on the life of a Manipuri Princess, daughter of Maharaj Surchandra Singh. This work received various awards, from the Sahitya Akademi Award to the State Kala Akademi Award, Manipur. In the same year, she was honored with the Padmashree by the Indian Government for her contributions to literature and the arts though she returned the award to the President of India in protest against the brutal killing of Thangjam Manorama by the Assam Rifles in 2004.

Binodini had made significant contributions to Manipuri cinema. She wrote lyrics for a song in the first Manipuri Film Matamgi Manipur titled Lapna Lotna Leiyu. She wrote the scripts for memorable films like "Olangthagee Wangmadasoo," "Imagi Ningthem," and "Eshanou," which received international recognition. She also scripted for the non-feature films such as Orchids of Manipur, Sangai, the Dancing Deer of Manipur, Rajashree Bhagyachandra of Manipur & Laa.

She also served as a lifetime Patron member of the All Manipur Polo Association and played a crucial role in establishing the Manipur Film Development Council. She also founded "Leikol," a women's literary group in Manipur, and served as its lifetime President. Her last novel, "Maharaj Churachandgi Imung," was published in 2008.

Maharaj Kumari Binodini passed away on Jan 17, 2011, leaving behind a legacy of literature, cultural preservation, and activism in Manipur.

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