M.A, B.Ed, M.Ed, Ph.D. Associate ProfessorDepartment of HistoryLoreto College, Kolkata
Email:
suparnag35@yahoo.in
Qualifications:
M.A, B.Ed, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Awards and Recognition:
Teaching Experience:
Administrative Experience:
Head of Department of History (2011 – 2016), Governing Body (2017-2021),IQAC Steering Committee Member( 2007-2012), Loreto College Provident Fund Trust (2017 – 2024..),Student Grievance Redressal Cell (2024-..) , Life Skills Committee (2024-..), IQAC Member(2024..)
Research Interests:
Gender and Sports Studies, Popular Culture
Orientation / Refresher Courses:
Orientation Course: March, 2005
Refresher Course: September 2007, January-February 2010, January-February 2011, May-June 2015
Presentations:
2019- Presented paper titled Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Gender and the politics of sports in Bengal in the state level seminar, organized by Department of History, Calcutta Girls College on April 5, 2018
2017- Presented talk titled Future of women sports studies and significance of digital resource as an academic venture in South Asian Sports Science and Studies Focus Group headed by Dr. David Greene and others of Taylor and Francis Group, organized by South Asian Archives, Club Ecovista, New town, Kolkata, November 9, 2017
2016- Presented talk titled The Impact of the Revolt of 1857 on Bengal and the role played by the Women Revolutionaries of Bengal post 1857”, a Central Government Initiative to celebrate the 70th independence of India, organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Kolkata on August 18, 2016
2015- Presented paper titled Subaltern Sports, Gender Politicization and Social Development in Rural West Bengal in the UGC National Seminar organised by Department of Physical Education, Haldia Government College, Purba Medinipur on September 3, 2015
2015- Presented paper titled The Road to Freedom: Sporting Experience and Women Empowerment in Bengal in the National Seminar organised by Pailan College for Education on March 18th, 2015
2013- Presented paper titled Physical Education in the Twenty First Century: The Vision of Swami Vivekananda in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Education, organized by B.Ed Department, Loreto College, Kolkata in collaboration with Azim Premji University, Bangalore, March 15th and 16th, 2013
2013- Presented paper titled The Politics of Sports and Gender Identity in Contemporary India in the UGC sponsored Seminar organized by Rashtraguru Surendranath College on August 23rd and 24th, 2013
2012- Presented paper titled Asserting Sporting Values: Games and Sports in the Suburbs around Kolkata in the Post- Colonial Era-A Case Study of Ward-14 of Panihati Municipality in the International Seminar organised by IAAPS at Calcutta University, December 17th, 18th and 19th, 2012
2012- Presented paper titled The Politics of Gender, Sports and Social Development in Rural West Bengal in the UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on Political Economy of Rural Development: The Indian Experience organized by Purash Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya on August 8th, 2012
2012- Presented paper titled Sporting Nationalism in 20th Century Bengal: The Gendered Perspective in the UGC sponsored State-Level Seminar on Sports and Nationalism, organized by Department of History, Ramsaday College, Amta, Howrah, in collaboration with Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, Kolkata, January 16th, 2012
2011- Presented paper titled Sporting Culture in Bengal 1960s to 1980s: the Indigenous Games-Kho-Kho and Kabbadi in the National Seminar on The History of Sports, organized by Corpus Research Institute, Kolkata at Jadavpur University, Kolkata on March 27th and 28th, 2011
2010- Presented paper titled Women of Bengal in Sports in the Post-Colonial Period in the National Seminar on Women in Public Life in the Post-Colonial Period organized by CORPUS, Research Institute, Kolkata, at Jadavpur University on March 24, 2010
2010- Presented paper titled From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial: Women of Bengal in Sports in the State- Level Seminar on Sports, Nation, Identity in South Asia, organized by Department of History, Loreto College, Kolkata, March 6, 2010
Publications:
Journal
Name of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Paper: Book Review Article entitled, History of Indian football,
Date / Year of Publication: 2012
Name of the Journal and Publisher (along with the information whether it is included in UGC CARE List at the time of publication): Soccer and Society, Frank Cass Publishers, Taylor and Francis Group, (enlisted in Scopus)
International / National / State/ Local: International
Details of Volume and Page Number: Vol. 13, 2012, Issue 4, pages 610-612
Peer Reviewed: Yes
ISSN : 14660970
DOI: 20th June
Impact Factor: 0.68
Website of the Journal: www.tandfonline.com
Book
Name of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: “Sport, gender and socialization: the experience of Jewish and Parsee women in colonial and post-colonial Bengal”
Publisher: Routledge, New York
Date / Year of Publication: 2019
Pages: 125-141
ISBN: 978-0-367-20325-2
Book
Names of the Editors with Designation: Ms. Anuradha Chatterjee, Former Associate Professor Ms. Srijita Chakravarty, Assistant Professor and Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Book: ‘Rethinking the Renaissance’
Publisher: Department of History, Loreto College,
Date / Year of Publication: 2015
Pages:
ISBN: 81- 85861-59-52
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: ‘Subaltern Sports, Gender Politicization and Social Development in Rural West Bengal’
Publisher: S. B. Enterprise, Kolkata,
Date / Year of Publication: 2015
Pages:
ISBN: 978-93-84667-06-1
Book
Names of the Authors with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor, Dr. Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: "Confronting Patriarchy: Women, Sport and the Public Sphere in Post- Colonial India"
Publisher: Primus Books, New Delhi,
Date / Year of Publication: 2014
Pages: 313-334
ISBN: 978-93-84082-02-4
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: “Sporting Culture of Bengal 1960-1980: The Indigenous Sports Kho-Kho and Kabaddi”
Publisher: Kunal Books, New Delhi,
Date / Year of Publication: 2014
Pages: 40-49
ISBN: 978-93-82420-44-6
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: “Physical Education in the Twenty First Century: The Vision of Swami Vivekananda”
Publisher: Loreto College, Kolkata,
Date / Year of Publication: 2014
Pages: 278-290
ISBN: 978-93-84106-03-4
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: “Sporting Nationalism in Twentieth Century Bengal: The Gendered Perspective”
Publisher: Setu Prakashini
Date / Year of Publication: 2013
Pages:
ISBN: 978-93-80677-46-0
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: ‘Kheler Jagate Bangali Musalmaan Meyera: 1940-1980’, Vol.26.
Publisher: Paschimbanga Itihas Sansad
Date / Year of Publication: 2012
Pages:
ISBN: 978-81-910874-2-0
Book
Names of the Author with Designation: Dr. Suparna Ghosh, Associate Professor
Title of Chapter: ‘Women and Sports: A Process of Emotional and Cultural Integration?’
Publisher: Manohar, New Delhi,
Date / Year of Publication: 2010
Pages: 257-271
ISBN: 978-81-7304-844-9
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