The Syllabus of Post Graduate Diploma in South Asian Studies has

been finalized in the meeting of the Board of Studies dated 11.08.2017.

Atish Dipankar Srijnana Centre for South Asian Studies

Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal

2017

Name of the Centre: Atish Dipankar Srijnana Centre for South Asian Studies

Introduction: The term ‘South Asia’ or ‘Southern Asia’ is used to denote the southern part of

the Asian continent. Although there are some controversies regarding the actual

contour South Asia, generally the scholars include

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as part of

South Asia. Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan form the central region of South Asia. For

these three regions were under British rule.

Objectives of the Centre: The proposed centre would try to know the peculiarities and

uniqueness of South Asia as a geographical entity. So this centre would focus on the natural-

geographical distinctiveness of South Asia as well as try to know its people, culture and

economy. The diagram follows:

Natural/Geographical Peculiarities

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan,

Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,

History Afghanistan and Maldives

Society, Culture Literary Traditions

Economy, Polity

Study Areas of Atish Dipankar Srijnana Centre for South Asian Studies, SKBU

The proposed centre would encourage the students to understand the countries of South Asia

from an interdisciplinary perspective. It would offer to the students One Year Post Graduate

Diploma Course on South Asian Studies.

Type of Course to be offered: One Year Post Graduate Diploma Course in South Asian

Studies.

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Course Duration: 12 Months (July to December and January to June)

Mode of Examination: Term-wise written Test and Viva Voce on Dissertation

Intake Capacity: 50

Fee Structure:

Semester Fees

Semester I Rs 2060

Semester II Rs 1360

Eligibility Criteria

Post Graduate candidates from any stream (Arts, Science or Commerce)

Supporting Departments: Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Department of

Political Science, Department of Bengali, Department of English, Department of Economics,

Department of History, Department of Sanskrit, Department of Philosophy and Department

of Sociology.

Post Graduate Diploma in South Asian Studies

Syllabus

The Syllabus of Post Graduate Diploma in South Asian Studies has

been finalized in the meeting of the Board of Studies dated 11.08.2017.

Full Marks: 500

First Semester

Paper I:

Know Your Neighbours- I

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

History of South Asia;

Major Historical Events (With Special Emphasis on Colonial Encounters and

Partition); Contemporary Issues -Decolonization and Post-colonial Governance; South

Asian Studies: nature and Scope.

Paper II:

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Know Your Neighbours- II

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15 )

Physical Geography of south Asia: Origin and evolution of mountain system with special reference to Himalaya; River

system and its role with special reference to Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra;

Geology and Water resources;

Role of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Management Strategies.

Population and Settlement: Demographic patterns and trends;

Important towns and cities; Geo-politics of South Asia.

Paper III:

Society and Culture of South Asia

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Race and Ethnic groups in South Asia; Unity in Diversity, Diaspora; Society

and Culture in South Asia with special reference to Caste System; Social

Change; Social Problems; Modernization; Globalization; Urbanization;

Contemporary Social Movements.

Paper IV:

Political Organizations of South Asia

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Political Systems in Different South Asian States;

Role of Colonialism and Post-colonial political developments in South Asian States: Democracy and Authoritarianism;

Security Structure and Strategy, including nuclear environment and terrorism in South

Asia; Internal conflicts, cross-border migration and the problem of refugee in South Asia; Big power interests (pivot) in South Asia and response vis-a-

vis; Theories of International Relations.

Paper V:

Economic Organizations of South Asia

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Economic Indicators of South Asian Countries; Economic Organizations in Different States of South Asia: SAARC;

Issues Related to Industrialization and Trade Imperatives in South Asia;

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Paper VI:

Literary Traditions

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Distinctive features of the literary traditions of South Asia;

Important Poets and writers;

Post-colonial Trends.

Second Semester

Paper VII:

Philosophical, Sanskritic and Islamic Tradition (Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Overview of Classical Literatures;

Religious Syncretism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam

Contemporary Philosophical Thought

Paper VIII:

Current Affairs (South Asia)

(Marks: 50; No. of Classes: 15)

Major Economic Issues: Recent Newspaper Reports

Major Socio-Political Issues: Recent Newspaper Reports

Games and Sports: Recent Newspaper Reports

Natural Disasters: Recent Newspaper Reports

Paper XI:

Dissertation and Viva Voce

(Marks: 100)

Mode of Examination: Written Test and Viva Voce

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Suggested Readings:

1 A. Barth, Ethnic Groups and Boundries: The Little Brown Series in Anthropology, Boston, Little Brown and Co, 1969.

2 Vinay Lal, South Asian Cultural Studies: A Bibliography, New Delhi:

Vedam Books, 1996.

3 Farmer, B.H., An Introduction to South Asia, 2nd Edition, New

York: Routledge,1993.

4 C.D. Deshpande, 1992. India: A Regional Interpretation, New Delhi:

Indian Council of

5 Social Science

6 Barnard, Alan. 2000. History and theory in anthropology. Cambridge,

U.K.: Cambridge University Press

7 Nadel, S. F. 1951. The foundations of social anthropology. Glencoe, III:

Free Press.

8 Montagu, M.F.A. 1964. The Concept of Race, The Free Press, New York.

9 Partha Ghosh; Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia, Manohar Publishers, New

Delhi, 1981

10 Edward Said; Orientalism, Routledge Press, London, 1978

11 Ayubur Rahman Bhuyan; Economic Integration in South Asia: An Exploratory

Study, University of Dacca, Dacca, 1979

12 Jackson, Robert, South Asian Crisis: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Delhi:

Vikas, 1978

13 Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.

14 Andre Gunder Frank, Reorient: Global Economy in the Asian Age, University of

California Press, Berkley, 1998.

15 Barry R Weingast, ‘The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market

Preserving Federalism and Economic Development’, Journal of Law, Economics

& Organisation, Vol. 11, No.1, April 1995, pp. 1-31.

16 Dani Rodrik, ‘Globalization, Social Conflict and Economic Growth’, The World

Economy, 21 (2), 1998, pp. 143-158.

17 Gerald M. Meier and James E. Rauch, Leading Issues in Economic Development,

(7th edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

18 Jaime De Melo and Arvind Panagariya (eds.), New Dimensions in Regional

Integration, Cambridge University Press, London, 1993.

19 James M. Cypher and James L. Dietz, The Process of Economic Development,

Routledge, New York, 2004.

20 Jeffrey D. Sachs, The End of Poverty, The Twelfth Annual Zuckerman Lecture,

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London ,10 November 2005.

21 Mahendra Lawoti, Towards a Democratic Nepal: Inclusive Political Institutions

for Multicultural Society, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2005.

22 Morris David Morris, ‘Values as an Obstacle to Economic Growth in South Asia:

An Historical Survey’, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 27, No. 4, Dec

1967, pp. 588- 607.

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23 Population and Development: Selected Issues, Asian Population Studies Series No.

161, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations,

New York, 2003.

24 Richard M. Auty (ed.), Resource Abundance and Economic Development, Oxford

University Press, Oxford, 2001.

25 Richard R. Nelson and Howard Pack, The Asian Miracle and Modern Growth

Theory’, The Economic Journal, Vol. 109, No. 457, July 1999, pp. 416-436.

26 Robert Wade, Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of

Government in East Asian Industrialization, Princeton University Press,

Princeton, 2004.

27 Saman Kelegama (ed), Economic Policy In Sri Lanka: Issues and Debates,

Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2004.

28 Santosh K. Mehrotra and Richard Jolly (eds.), Development with a Human Face:

Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth, Oxford University

Press, London, 1997.

29 Veena Kukreja and M P Singh (eds.), Pakistan: Democracy, Development and

Security Issues, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 2005.

30 Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Robert J. Barro, Economic Growth, (2nd edition) MIT

Press, Massachusetts, 2003.

31 Amrita Narlikar, International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining

Coalitions in the GATT and WTO, Routledge, New York, 2003.

32 Andrew Hurrell and Louise Fawcett (eds.), Regionalism in World Politics:

Regional Organization and International Order, Oxford University Press, London,

1995.

33 Catarina Kinnvall and Kristina Jönsson (eds.), Globalization and Democratization

in Asia: The Construction of Identity, Routledge, London, 2002.

34 Craig Baxter, Government and Politics in South Asia, Westview Press, London,

2001.

35 Devin T. Hagerty (ed.), South Asia in World Politics, Rowman & Littlefield, New

York, 2005.

36 Enzo Romano Grilli, The European Community and the Developing Countries,

Cambridge University Press, London, 1993

37 Faizal Yahya, Pakistan, ‘SAARC and ASEAN Relations’, Contemporary

Southeast Asia, Vol. 26, 2004.

38 Georg Wiessala, Re-Orienting the Fundamentals: Human Rights and New

Connections in EU-Asia Relations, Ashgate Publishing, 2006.

39 Graham Chapman, The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to the

Nuclear Age, Ashgate Publishing, 2003.

40 H. S. Geyer (ed.), Global Regionalization: Core Peripheral Trends, Edward Elgar

Publishing, 2006.

41 Jon C. Pevehouse, Democracy from Above: Regional Organizations and

Democratization, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005.

42 M. Dutta, Economic Regionalization in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges to Economic

Cooperation, Edward Elgar, 1999.

43 Maurice W. Schiff and Leonard Alan Winters, Regional Integration and

Development, World Bank Publications, 2003.

44 Michael G. Plummer and Erik Jones (eds.), International Economic Integration

and Asia, World Scientific, Advance Research in Asian Economic Studies Vol.3,

London, 2006.

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45 Mya Than (ed.), ASEAN Beyond the Regional Crisis: Challenges and Initiatives,

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2001.

46 P.R.Chari and Sonalika Gupta (eds.), Human Security in South Asia, Social

Science Press, New Delhi, 2006.

47 Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld, International Economics: Theory and

Policy, Pearson Education, New Delhi (Indian edition), 2006.

48 Ponna Wignaraja and Akmal Hussain (eds.), The Challenges in South Asia:

Development, Democracy, and Regional Cooperation, United Nations University

Press, Japan, 1989.

49 Richard Pomfret, The Economics of Regional Trading Arrangements, Clarendon

Press, Oxford, 1997.

50 S. N. Raghavan, Regional Economic Cooperation Among SAARC Countries,

Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

51 Sagarika Dutt, India in a Globalised World, Manchester University Press,

Manchester, 2006. Sajal Lahiri (ed.),

52 Regionalism and Globalization: Theory and Practice, Routledge, London, 2001.

T.N. Srinivasan (ed.), Trade, Finance, and Investment in South Asia, Social

Science

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Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University

Purulia

Brochure

The Centre for Women’s Studies

About The Centre: The Centre for Women’s Studies in Sidho-Kanho-Birsha

University is a gingerly but sure-footed step taken forth by the university.

Known to many as the rather back-of-the-beyond Jangalmahal, Purulia is

flanked by rural areas that still cry out for the enlightenment of marginalised

classes, women being one of them. Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU) is a

fledgling university that has generated credentials to spread its wings in

various new horizons. The Centre for Women’s Studies here intends to

consolidate gender sensitivity and socio-legal awareness about numerous

aspects of womanhood that stand threatened in many quarters even today—

and more so in the rural outskirts of a place like Purulia. The centre proposes

to offer a full-fledged Diploma Course that will help our women help

themselves as well as their rural counterparts in fighting back the forces of

oppression, repression and suppression that choke their existence. Our pledge

will be to promote the standard of general education by harnessing our

context-specific resources to the utmost in order to foreground women’s

experiences, issues, problems and perspectives in an attempt to empower

women.

Vision:The university envisions a Purulia where women will be able to get over

their oppressed, suppressed and repressed positions in order to rise to self-

sufficiency and independent ways of life. Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University

dreams of a Purulia that can boast confident, self-reliant and socio-

economically strong women who would refuse to let themselves fall prey to

the sometimes misogynist evils of patriarchy.

Mission: The first step towards making the vision come to fruition is to educate

our society about the rights of women and the basics of gender-sensitivity. And

that is exactly the mission that The Centre for Women’s Studies, Sidho-Kanho-

Birsha University proposes to take up. The proposed centre would thus,

encourage the students to

a. understand gender as a social and cultural construct

b. increase legal literacy in women’s issues

c. be aware of the social status and contributions of women

d. understand the relationships between power and gender.

Job Opportunities and Benefits: Courses in Women’s Studiesconstitute one of the

dominant discourses in academics today and the opportunities opening out for

those qualified in Women’s Studies are immense.

A course in Women’s Studies opens up opportunities of jobs in the field of

Media and Journalism.

Jobs in UN Women can be facilitated through the completion of courses in

Women’s Studies.

Jobs can be availed in various NGOs that deal chiefly with women’s issues.

Details of The Course in SKBU:

Duration: 12 months : 2 semesters

Nature of course: Post Graduate Diploma Course

Mode of Examination: Term-wise written Test and Viva Voce on Dissertation

Intake Capacity: 50

Fee Structure:

Semester Fees

Semester I Rs 2060

Semester II Rs 1360 Eligibility Criteria

Post graduate candidates from any stream (Arts, Science or Commerce)

Course Structure:

Course name Course Content Marks Allotted

Semester I WS 101 Feminist Epistemology 50

WS102 Women and Culture 50 WS 103 Women and Literature 50

WS 104 Women and Science 50 WS 105 Women and Legal

Literacy 50

Semester II WS 201 Women and

Development 50

WS 202 Context-Specific Study-I 50

WS203 Context-Specific Study-II 50

WS204 Dissertation 100

Detailed Syllabus of the Course:(Full Marks: 500)

First Semester

Paper Syllabus Content Marks WS101 Feminist Epistemology

1. Movements in Feminism 2.Some Important Feminists 3. Feminist Theories

50

WS102 Women and Culture

1.Women, Politics and Nationalisms 2.Women in sociological Constructs 3.Women and Religion and Philosophy 4. Women and Media 5. Women and Migration 6. Project Affected Women IDPs (any three of the above to be taught in a semester)

50

WS103 Women and Literature

1.Some important Feminist authors in World Literature 2.Some important Feminist authors in Indian Literature 3.Ecriture Feminine 4. Utopia and Dystopia in Feminist Discourses (any three of the above to be taught in a semester)

50

WS104 Women and Science

1. Important Women in Science 2. Women and Technology 3. Women and Capacity Development/Empowerment

50

WS105 Women and Legal Literacy

1.Laws against Domestic Violence 2.Laws against Assault, Rape & Molestation 3.Laws of Marriage, Divorce, Custody, Property Laws,

50

Legal Terrorism 4. Feminist Criminology (any three of the above to be taught in a semester)

Second Semester

Paper Syllabus Content Marks

WS 201 Women and Development

1. Role of Women in the Development of India and Important Woman Entrepreneurs. 2.Various NGOs that deal with Women’s issues 3. Ethics of Care

50

WS 202 Context-Specific Study-I

1. Partition and Women in India 2. The Creation of the New Woman 3.Contemporary Women’s Movement in India

50

WS 203 Context-Specific Study-II

1. The Politics of Indigeneity within Women’s Movement in India 2. Socio-economic and Legal Problems of Women in Major Tribes around Purulia 3.Troubleshooting Socio-economic and Legal

50

problems in Tribal areas around Purulia.

WS 204

Dissertation

100

Suggested Reading:

1. NirojSinha: Women’s Political Participation in India, Gyan Publishing

House

2. V. Neelamegam and R. Dhansekar: Emerging Trends in Women

Empowerment, Discovery Publishing House

3. KazukiIwanaga(ed.): Women’s Political Participation and Representation

in Asia: Obstacles and Challenges,Nias Press

4. NiveditaMenon: Seeing Like a Feminist, Penguin India

5. SushamaSahay: Women and Empowerment: Approaches and Strategies,

Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

6. V. MohiniGiri: Emancipation And Empowerment of Women, Gyan Books

Pvt. Ltd.

7. Sangeeta Sharma: Women’s Liberation :The AryaSamaj Movement in

India, Rawat Publications

8. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Vintage

Classics

9. Rattandeep Kumar: She in the “He World”: Feminism and Its Tenets,

Blue Rose Publishers

10. Simone De Beauvoir: The Second Sex, Vintage Classics

11. Mary E. John: Women’s Studies in India: A Reader, Penguin Books

12. G. Sandhya Rani: Development of Women : Issues and Challenges,

Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

13. Geraldine Forbes: Women in Modern India( paperback), Cambridge

University Press

14. NirupamaBargohai: Abhijatri, Sahityaacademy

15. SubrataSen: Satipratha O Panpratha:Utso o

BibartanerSandhane, Ananda

16. SelinaHossain: GhargerasthirRajniti, Karigar

17. Ashapurna Devi: Subarnalata MitraGhosh

18. MitaliHossain&IrajHaidar: Nari:Satidaha o Pardapratha

NSS,Dhaka

19. AkimunRahman: BibiTheke Begum Gangchil

20. Jayeeta Das: AntahpurerSwar ,,

21. TrishnaBasak: Prajukti o Nari ,,

22. AhanaBiswas&PrasunGhosh: Andareritihas(1,2,3,4) ,,

23. JibanSaha NariCharitraVidhan, National Book Trust of India

24. Syamali Gupta: BangamahilaCharitraVidhan, Sahityalok

25. SelinaHossain&Masdujjaman: Gender Biswakosh (1&2)

Maolanabrothers,Dhaka

26. Chitra Deb: ThakurbarirAndarmahal, Ananda

27. Chitra Deb: AntahpurerAtmakatha,Ananda

28. KalyaniBondopadhaya: Rajniti O Narishakti

:KshamatayanerNaboDigonto, Manascript India

29. RajashriBasu&BasabiChakraborty (eds): ProsongoManabividya

UrbiProkashon

30. TanikaSarkar: Hindu Wife,Hindu Nation: Community, Religion and

Cultural Nationalism,Permanent Black

31. Domna C. Stanton(ed.): The Female Autograph: Theory and Practice,

Chicago University Press

32. Ashapurna Debi: Subarnalata, Palgrave Macmillan Trans. Series

33. GayatriSpivak: In Other Worlds: E Routledge

34. Bonnie G. Smith: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in world History(4

volume set), Oxford Univ.Press

35. Deepak Bishoyi: Dimensions of Gender Problems: Policies and

Prospects, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

36. S.S. Nayak: Economic Empowerment of Women, Discovery Publishing

House Pvt. Ltd

37. P. Sindhuja: Economic Empowerment of Women Through Self-help

Groups, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd

38. N.V.S. Suryanarayana and others: Educational Empowerment of Women

Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd

39 Simone De Beauvoir(Trans Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-

Chevallier) : The Second Sex

40 Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique , W. W. Norton & Company

41 Michel Foucault (Author), Robert Hurley (Translator): The History of

Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction , Vintage Books

42 Michel Foucault(Author), Robert Hurley (Translator):”:The History of

Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure, Michel Foucault Vintage Books

43 Michel Foucault(Author), Robert Hurley (Translator): The History of

Sexuality, Vol.3: The Care of The Self,Vintage Books

44 Judith Butler: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity,

Routledge