journal of humanities and social sciences
An International Refereed journal annually published by the Scottish Church
College, Kolkata
ISSN 0973-8738
Introduction:
The journal of humanities and social sciences, an international refereed journal, is
annually published by Scottish Church College [Established in 1830 & affiliated to the
University of Calcutta], for interdisciplinary studies of humanities like literature,
language, literary criticism, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, etc as well as social
sciences like political science, linguistics, psychology, psychoanalysis, juridical science,
sociology, economics, geography, history, anthropology, film studies, etc. The divisions
are of course tentative, arbitrary and overlapping. The journal discusses issues from
various points of view, such as- liberalism, empiricism, positivism, Marxism,
structuralism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, deconstruction, feminism, subaltern
studies school, postcolonialism etc.
History:
The journal was first published in 2004 with Dr. Pradip Basu as the Chief Editor and Dr.
Supratim Das and Dr. Smita Nath as Associate Editors.
About the journal:
It is a theme based journal. Every year a theme is set by the Editorial Board
inviting articles on it from all corners of the world. Articles are subject to strict
peer review before being approved for publication. The peer reviewing is done by
eminent scholars of respective fields but in complete anonymity.
Over the years response to the call for articles has improved tremendously.
We have often received and is still receiving articles from international scholars.
This is a journal which is one of its kind in the academic map of Kolkata
especially among the undergraduate colleges. We have been successfully
publishing this for the last twelve years and hoping to take it forward to greater
heights of intellectual and scholarly excellence in the future.
Instructions to the Authors:
The next number of the journal of humanities and social sciences will be published in
June 2017 (tentatively). The theme of the number is: ‘Protest and Mass Movement’.
There is no particular time or geographical frame in this regard. The articles may address
the issue from perspectives of context, form, ideology, leadership, practice, relevance, or
impact. It is preferred that the contributions would refrain from any unnecessary political
innuendo. We welcome constructive responses from the contributors. Contributions are
invited from researchers working in different fields of humanities and social sciences.
Contributions must reach the editorial board latest by 31st January, 2017. Notes and
references should follow as end notes and numbered serially. We invite research papers
which should be original, hitherto unpublished, well-documented, consistent with the
scope of the journal and should not normally exceed 5000 words including notes and
references.
The contributions should be emailed to: shrimoyee.b@[Link]
varbi25@[Link]
It should be noted that we will publish only the first ten articles which receive positive
referee report.
Guideline for the referee:
1. Check whether the contents are compatible with the theme of the journal. The present
theme (2017) is ‘Protest and Mass Movement' 2. Check word limit (5000 words
including notes and references). Do not reject if it is simply over or way under. Please
judge the contents then decide and suggest accordingly. 3. Be strict with language. Too
many grammatical mistakes and very poor language can be considered as grounds for
rejection. 4. Please check the references ----whether proper references with page
numbers, publisher, year, etc. is given. If not, strong recommendation for their inclusion
should be made. 5. If referencing is poor or absent, article may be rejected. 6. Please
mention clearly whether the article is publishable or not.
The present Journal Committee:
President (ex-officio): Prof. Arpita Mukerji (Teacher-in-Charge)
Founding Editor: Prof. Pradip Basu
Chief Editors: Prof. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta & Prof. Varbi Roy
Treasurer: Prof. Monalisa Basu
Members: Prof. Debanjana Basu, Prof. Debashis Ghosh, Prof. Deepti Myriam Joseph,
Prof. Lalita Ray, Prof. Riddhi Bhattacharya, Prof. Sushmita Gonsalves, Prof. Vivek
Karmakar.
Advisors:
Alok Roy (Former Prof. Scottish Church College).
Amartya Sen (Harvard University, United States),
Amiya K Bagchi (IDSK, Kolkata),
Arup Mallik (Calcutta University, Kolkata),
Ashis Nandy (The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi),
Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri (Calcutta University, Kolkata),
Dipak Kumar Das (Calcutta University, Kolkata),
Dipesh Chakraborty (Chicago University, United States),
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University, United States),
Manas Ray (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata),
Partha Chatterjee (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; Columbia University,
US),
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya (A M College, Calcutta University, Kolkata.),
Shefali Moitra (Jadavpur University, Kolkata),
Sobhanlal Datta Gupta (Calcutta University, Kolkata),
Suranjan Das (Jadavpur University, Kolkata.),
Lt. Kalyan Sanyal (Calcutta University, Kolkata), Asghar Ali Engineer (Centre for Study
of Society and Secularism, Mumbai) and Sukumari Bhattacharji (Jadavpur University,
Kolkata) also acted as our advisors in the recent past. We deeply mourn their absence.
Circulation of the journal
The journal committee works hard to build a wide circulation for the journal. All
the prominent colleges in Kolkata have been approached and most of them have
agreed to and have purchased copies of the journal for their respective libraries.
The National Library is also presented with a copy every year.
We have also reached out to international institutions with positive response
including one American university purchasing all available copies of the journal.
The Numbers of the journal:
No. 1, 2004, Theme: India Today
No. 2, 2005, Theme: East and West
No. 3, 2006, Theme: Modernity
No. 4, 2007, Open Theme
No. 5, 2008, Theme: Contemporary Issues: 1
No. 6, 2009, Theme: Contemporary Issues: 2
No. 7, 2010, Theme: Culture and Society
No. 8, 2011, Theme: Politics and Society
No. 9, 2012, Theme: Issues in History
No. 10, 2013, Theme: Issues in Philosophy
No. 11, 2014, Theme: Gender and Society
No.12, 2015, Theme: The Question of Development
No.13, 2016, Theme: Postmodernism and its critique
No.14, 2017, Theme: Protest and Mass Movement (forthcoming)
Photo gallery:
1. Amartya Sen, our Advisor, was presented with journal by
chief editor Pradip Basu on 09.08.08.
2. Ashis Nandy, our Advisor, being presented with his
complimentary copy by Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta.
3. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, our Advisor, was
presented with journal by associate editors Varbi Roy and Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta on
15.12.08.
7. Prof. Shefali Moitra, one of our Advisors being
presented with a copy of the journal by Varbi Roy, one iof the Joint Editors of the journal
in 2013.