The Department of English Language and Literature, Adamas University organized a 5-day intensive career training workshop on Editing and Publishing, from 17th – 21st March 2025. SAMPARK Publishing House, Kolkata was invited to conduct this workshop. SAMPARK is a literary-academic press (since 1998), they publish fiction and poetry; biographies and academic works in the social…
The workshop titled Archive Case Files, a collaboration between DAG Museums, Kolkata and Department of English Literature and Language, Adamas University involved a core-group of 30 students in an interactive workshop on DAG’s existing module on India and the first World War. Between 20 and 30 August 2024, participants were introduced to a curated selection…
Department of English Language and Literature, Adamas University Date: 26th March, 2025 As part of their Experiential Learning initiative, MA students of the DSE courses—Film Adaptation, City in Contemporary Indian Writing, and Food and Literature—embarked on a vibrant field exploration across Central and North Kolkata. The journey wasn’t just about sightseeing—it was an immersive attempt…
Department of English Language and Literature, Adamas University Date: 22nd April 2024 On April 22nd, 2024, the Department of English and MEL hosted a full day of student paper presentations by our MA Semester II students. As part of their Experiential Learning component for Discipline-Specific Electives (DSE), students showcased their research and insights across seven…
The Department of English Language and Literature, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, in collaboration with The Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures (CENTIL), Jadavpur University, organized a workshop on Bengali to English Translation of Dalit Poetry. The event began with a welcome note from the conveners and collaborators, setting the tone…
Words and Bodies: Texts, Performances, Intersections, Interactions The workshop was conducted for three days with the solo performance by the multimedia artist-scholar Shruti Ghosh of the celebrated short story “Khol Do,” by the renowned Urdu writer Sadaat Hossain Manto. The performance was accompanied by a two and a half day long workshop that Ms. Ghosh…
Student Performance by the Department of English Language and Literature Breathes Life into Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests The performance of A Dance of the Forests by the students of M.A. English Language and Literature, Semester 2, was a compelling interpretation of Wole Soyinka’s complex and symbolic play. With a deep understanding of the…