1. Office and corresponding address - Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (Calcutta Research Group), GC 45 (F.F.), Sector 3, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, India (Ph: 91-33-23370408 / fax: 033-23371523
E-mail address: paula@mcrg.ac.in / mcrg@mcrg.ac.in 

2. Residence – GD 273 , Sector 3, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, India (ph: 2334 7222)

Educational Qualifications: 

(a) PhD: 1993, University of Cincinnati, USA.
(b) M.A.: 1989, University of Cincinnati, USA.
(c) B.A.:  1987, Presidency College, Calcutta.
Ph.D. dissertation title, "Neither Antagonist Nor Ally: Indo-US Relations from 1954 to 1966,”.

Current Positions: 

 

1.       Chair, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta.

2.       Academic Committee Member, Women's Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta.

3.       Vice President, International Association for Study of Forced Migration

4.       Board of Studies Member, Dept. of International Relations, Netaji Open University.

5.       Executive Committee Member, Prajak (An Organisation working on Adolescent’s Sexual Health), Kolkata.

6.       Treasurer, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata. 

7.       Coordinator Annual CRG Winter Course on Forced Migration.

8.       Editorial Advisory Board Member, Forced Migration Review, Oxford University.

9.       Editorial Board Member, Peace Studies Reader Series, Sage Publications.

10.   Editorial Board Member, Refugee Watch, CRG.

11. Coordinator of an Indo-Algerian-French initiative for research on Women’s Citizenship in the Postcolonial times under the auspices of University of Paris VII.

Previous Posts Held:   

1.       Wiscomp Scholar of Peace Fellow, 2000-2001, New Delhi. 
2.       Lecturer in History, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, University of Calcutta, From 1997. 
3.       Lecturer, Gokhale Memorial Girl's College, Calcutta, 1994-1995. 
4.       Instructor of Modern European Survey Courses, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1988-1991 
5.       President Prajak Kolkata, 2000-2004. 
6.       Director, National Commission For Women’s Project on Women and Displacement Due to River Erosion in Bengal. 

Research Experiences and Awards: 

1.       Visiting Professor, University of Paris VII, September October 2005.
2.       Visiting Professor, International Program on Advanced Studies, MSH, Paris, Jan-April, 2004.
3.       Researcher, Non-Traditional Security and Gender, WISCOMP, New Delhi, 2003-2005.
4.       Researcher, Minority Status Report for India, ICES, Colombo, 2004. 
5.       Coordinator, CRG-UNHCR Project of Refugee Rehabilitation and Care in India, 2001-2002 
6.       Coordinator “Women’s Network for Peace in South Asia,” WISCOMP, 2000-2001. 
7.       Joint Coordinator: "Women in Conflict Situations in South Asia," 1998-1999, Under South Asian Forum for Human Rights, Nepal. 
8.       Visiting Fellow: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, October 1998. 
9.       Project Member: "Indo-Bangladesh Cross-Border Migration and Trade," Subregional Dialogue Co-sponsored, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Calcutta and Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Dhaka, 1997-1998. 
10.   Visiting Fellow: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and University Grant's Commission, New Delhi, June-August 1995. 
11.   Research Associate: "Women in Peace," Women's Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta, 1994-1997. 
12.   McGregor Travel Grant for Research: University of Cincinnati, 1992-93. 
13.   Advanced Taft Fellow: University of Cincinnati, USA, 1991- 93.  

Coordinator of Workshops: 

1.       Coordinator of a Women’s Program on Postcolonialism and Citizenship of Women composed of India, France and Algeria, 2005-2008. 
2.       Coordinator, CRG-Brookings Program on IDP Voices, 2005-2006. 
3.       Coordinator of a series of workshops on the Guiding Principles in South Asia (held in Kathmandu, Dhaka, Islamabad, Guwahati, Colombo and Bangkok) 1 June 2004- 31 March 2005. 
4.        Coordinator of “Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration,” Kolkata 1 October-15 December, 2004. 
5.       Coordinator of “Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration,” Kolkata 1 October-15 December, 2003 
6.       Coordinator of a dialogue on Autonomy and Peace, CRG-ICES, Colombo, Shillong, April 2003. 
7.       Coordinator, “Women’s Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace in Northeast,” Funded by Konrad Adaneur Stiftung, Germany, July, 2002. 
8.       Coordinator, “Women’s Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace in South Asia,” (International Seminar) USIS, Kolkata, 9-10 April, 2002. 
9.       Joint Convenor, “Alternatives to the Problems of Girl Child in South and Southeast Asia,” (International Seminar) DSSEAS, November 2001. 
10.   Coordinator, “Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace in East and Northeast,” KAS, October 2001. 
11.   Joint Convenor, “Cross Border migration and the Situation of Refugees in South and Southeast Asia, DSSEAS, Kolkata, March 2001. 
12.   Coordinator, “Women’s Initiatives for Peace,” Sri Lanka, January 2001.  

Other International Seminars and Workshops Attended and Presented Papers in 2000-2008:        

1.       “Local Solidarities, Planetary Lessons - Lessons of Contemporary Women’s Autoonomous Movements In India,” Helsinki University, Helsinki, March 2008 
2.       “Negotiating With a Difference: Minorities in South Asia,” Tampere University, Tampere, March 2008.
3.       “IDP Women and development related Displacement in India,” January 2008, IAFSM, Cairo.
4.       “AIDS in Asia and Africa” Millikin University, Decature, USA, October 2007. 
5.       “Women IDPs in South Asia,” American University Cairo, March 2007.
6.       Women and Peace in South Asia, University of Paris VII, March 2007. 
7.       “Women in War and Peace in South Asia,” CEDREF, Paris, October 2005. 
8.       “New Paradigms of Conflicts in South Asia,” University of Paris VII, October 2005. 
9.       “Women, War and Displacement in South Asia,” GPPAC Meeting, United Nations, New York, July 2005. 
10.   “Constitution, Law and Constitutionalism,” Maison Des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) Paris, February 2005. 
11.   “Women and Displacement,” College, de Philosophy, Paris, 2005 
12.   “Gender, Media and Human Rights,” WACC London, February 2005. 
13.   National Security and Conflict in Northeast India,” MSH and CERI, Paris, March 2004. 
14.   “Women and Forced Displacement in South Asia,” WACC London, February 2004. 
15.   “Status of Minorities in India,” ICES. Colombo, September 2004. 
16.   “Women victims of Forced Migration in South Asia,” Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., September 2003. 
17.   “Internally Displaced Women in South Asia,” Colombo, March 2003. 
18.   “Women and Leadership in Conflict Situations in Northeast India,” South Asia Partnership, Ottawa, Canada, November 2002. 
19.   “International Seminar on Women, Peace Building and Constitution Making,” International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, April 2002. 
20.   “Current Issues in South and Southeast Asia,” DSSEAS, Calcutta University, March 2002. 
21.   “Development Constraints in Nagaland,” ICSSR-NERC, Kohima, March 2002. 22.   “Identities in Indian History and Politics,” Department of History, Calcutta University, February 2002. 
23.   “Dialogue on Geopolitics of Peace,” Punjab University and Tampere University, Chandigarh, February 2002. 
24.   “Women’s Dialogue for Peace in South Asia,” National Peace Council and WISCOMP, Colombo, January 2001. 
25.   “Conflict Resolution: Trends and Prospects,” WISCOMP, New Delhi, October 2001. 
26.   “Possibilities For Peace in Assam,” ICSSR-NERC, Gwahati, October 2001. 
27.   “Rehumanizing the Other: A Conflict Transformation Workshop,” WISCOMP, June 2001. 
28.   “Globalization and Women’s Identity,” School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, March 2001. 
29.   “International Women’s Dialogue on Peace,” Bruno Kriesky Forum, Vienna, October 2000. 
30.   “Borders and Boundaries,” Syracuse University, USA, October 2000. 
31.   “Challenges to Democracy,” Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 2000.  

Publications:

1.       Women and Peace Politics  (Sage, New Delhi, 2008)
2.       Autonomy: Beyond Kant and Hermeneutics (Anthem, New Delhi, 2007) Co-editor Samir Das
3.       Internal Displacement in South Asia (Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2005). Co-editors Sabyasachi Basu Raychoudhury and Samir Das. 
4.       When Ambitions Clash: Indo-US Relations 1947-1974 (South Asian Publishers, New Delhi, 2003). 
5.       Girls in the Twilight Zone: South and Southeast Asian Scenario (University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2003). Co-editor Lipi Ghosh. 
6.        Editor Refugee Watch Vols. 17-24 . 
7.       Co-authored a book on Women in Politics and Society in France, 1945-1995, Eureka Publishers (Calcutta, 1997). With Paramita Das and Anuradha Mukherjee

Papers Published: 

1.       “Forced Migration, Women and the Nation State in South Asia,” Prachya 2 (Kolkata, 2007).
2.       “Trafficking and Statelessness of Women in South Asia,” Refugee Watch (Kolkata, 2006)
3.       “Women’s Autonomy: Beyond Rights and Representations,” in Ranabir Samaddar ed. Politics of Autonomy (Sage, New Delhi, 2005) pp.49-70. 
4.       “Femme en Inde: Legislation et realites” in Diogene 212, pp. 107-127. 
5.       “Assamese Women: Victims or Actors?” in  Imdad Hussain ed., The Guwahati Declaration and the Road to Peace in Assam (Akansha, New Delhi, 2005). 
6.       “Borders as Unsettled Markers,” Peace Studies Reader, Vol. I  (Sage Publications, 2004). 
7.       “Peacekeeping and Conflict Management: South Asia,” and “Peace Movements: South Asia,” Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures Vol. 2 (Brill Publications, Netherlands, 2005) 
8.       “Women’s Interventions for Peace in Northeast,” O.P. Mishra eds., Forced Migration in the South Asian Region (Manak, 2004) 
9.       “Refugee Women and Fundamental Inadequacies in International Responses in South Asia,” Joshva Raja, ed., Refugees and their Right to Communicate (WACC, 2003). 
10.   “Aliens in the Colonial World,” Refugees and the State: Practices of Asylum and Care in India 1947-2000 (Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2003). 
11.   “Frontiers and Borders: Spaces of Sharing, Spaces of Conflict,” Ranabir Samaddar ed. Space, Territory and the State: New Readings in International Politics (Orient Longman, 2002). 
12.   “Between Two Armed Patriarchies: Women in Assam and Nagaland,” Rita Manchanda ed. Beyond Victimhood to Agency: Women War and Peace in South Asia (Sage Publications, 2001). 
13.   “The Line of Control in Kashmir,” Helmut Reifeld, Ranabir Samaddar eds. Peace As Process (Manohar, 2001).
14.   "Peace Initiatives of Naga Women," Canadian Women's Studies, Vol 19, Winter 2000. 
15.   "Indo-Bangladesh Cross-Border Migration and Trade," Economic and Political Weekly, September 4, 1999. Co-authored with Sanjoy Hazarika, Monirul Hussain and Ranabir Samaddar. 
16.   "The Sino-Indian Border," International Studies, 35, No. 2 (December 1998). 17.   "Towards a Shared Vision: The Border Between India, Myanmar and Bangladesh," The Journal of North-Eastern Council for Social Science Research, 22, No. 2 (October 1998). Co-authored with Lipi Ghosh. 
18.   “Feminist Perspective in International Relations: A Review Article" International Studies 33, No. 2 (1996). 
19.   "John F. Kennedy and the Goan Crisis," International Studies 33, No. 3 (1997).  

Reports Published:     

1.       Women in Forced Migration (CRG 2006)
2.       Report on the Status of Minorities in India (ICES, Colombo, 2005) 
3.       Debates on Women’s Autonomy in India (CRG 2005) 
4.       Across the Experiences: Naga Women in Sri Lanka (WISCOMP, New Delhi 2003) 
5.       Second Civil Society Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace (CRG 2002) 
6.       First Civil Society Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace (CRG 2001)

Forthcoming Publications: 

• Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury

• Samir Kumar Das

• Ranabir Samaddar

• Research Associates

• Visiting Researchers