A Webinar on “Understanding Transgender as a Category” was organised on 13th December, 2021 by the Department of Sociology. Invited speaker for the event was Dr. Sebanti Chatterjee. Dr Chatterjee specialises in the anthropology of Sound Studies with special interest in the fields of Gender, Religion as well as Culture.
Dr. Chatterjee very lucidly explained the various categories related to Gender and Sex. She used Sara Ahmed’s an affinity of hammers, Gayle Rubin’s thinking sex: notes for a radical theory of the politics of sexuality, Vaibhav saria-Begging for change: Hijras, law and nationalism and other such literary works that made the participants remain intrigued with the Talk. She talked about how sex is different from gender and how gender referred to a matter of culture and a social categorization of people as masculine or feminine. She also analysed various feminist ideologies that evaluated subjugation of lesbians in terms of oppression of women as well as labelling them as queer and perverts. Dr. Chatterjee expounded sexuality as political and how it is ordered into systems of power, which reward and encourage certain individuals while suppressing and punishing others. She elucidated how trans activism is pitted against critical feminist activism.
Her talk was followed by a very energetic question answer session in which almost all students participated in great fervour. It could be concluded that the entire session was rather fascinating as well as informative.
Dr. Sohini Banerjee, Independent Health Researcher and Consultant, India moderated the session. The nearly two-hour long session (08:30 PM to 10:15 PM IST) was attended by more than 150 participants. The session started with the address by Dr. Suchandra Chakravarty, Teacher-in-Charge, The Bhawanipur Education Society College. Dr. Chakravarty welcomed everyone stressing the need for such …
With the 2014-15 Campus Recruitment drive at BESC beginning on 13th December with PNB Metlife, students are requested to attend the seminar on “How to Prepare an Effective CV and face Interview” on 9th December, 2014 at 6 PM. Contact Kumar Popat: 9051081984 and Animesh: 9051080973 for further details. Register online by clicking on the …
Date: 21st February 2015 Time: 11:30 am – 12:30pm Venue: NCR The Quizzard presented a fun filled quiz session on the topics: Indian History, Politics and Sports for all the students. The session was conducted by the teacher coordinator of Quizzard, Prof. Kaushik Banerjee who made the quiz an enthralling experience for all the participants.
Understanding Transgender as a Category
A Webinar on “Understanding Transgender as a Category” was organised on 13th December, 2021 by the Department of Sociology. Invited speaker for the event was Dr. Sebanti Chatterjee. Dr Chatterjee specialises in the anthropology of Sound Studies with special interest in the fields of Gender, Religion as well as Culture.
Dr. Chatterjee very lucidly explained the various categories related to Gender and Sex. She used Sara Ahmed’s an affinity of hammers, Gayle Rubin’s thinking sex: notes for a radical theory of the politics of sexuality, Vaibhav saria-Begging for change: Hijras, law and nationalism and other such literary works that made the participants remain intrigued with the Talk. She talked about how sex is different from gender and how gender referred to a matter of culture and a social categorization of people as masculine or feminine. She also analysed various feminist ideologies that evaluated subjugation of lesbians in terms of oppression of women as well as labelling them as queer and perverts. Dr. Chatterjee expounded sexuality as political and how it is ordered into systems of power, which reward and encourage certain individuals while suppressing and punishing others. She elucidated how trans activism is pitted against critical feminist activism.
Her talk was followed by a very energetic question answer session in which almost all students participated in great fervour. It could be concluded that the entire session was rather fascinating as well as informative.
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Events at BESC: November 2014
The following is the schedule of events to be held at The Bhawanipur Education Society College in November, 2014.
Registration Details On Seminar On How To Prepare An Effective CV And Face Interview
With the 2014-15 Campus Recruitment drive at BESC beginning on 13th December with PNB Metlife, students are requested to attend the seminar on “How to Prepare an Effective CV and face Interview” on 9th December, 2014 at 6 PM. Contact Kumar Popat: 9051081984 and Animesh: 9051080973 for further details. Register online by clicking on the …
The Quizzard
Date: 21st February 2015 Time: 11:30 am – 12:30pm Venue: NCR The Quizzard presented a fun filled quiz session on the topics: Indian History, Politics and Sports for all the students. The session was conducted by the teacher coordinator of Quizzard, Prof. Kaushik Banerjee who made the quiz an enthralling experience for all the participants.