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.
An Industrial Visit was organised by the Department of Commerce (Afternoon and Evening Section) on the 18th February, 2023 for the students (Semester I) at the Diamond Beverage Pvt. Ltd. (Coca-Cola), Taratala, Budge Budge, Kolkata, West Bengal. The bus left the college campus with a total of 27 students and 5 faculty members and reached …
The Department of Chemistry in collaboration with IQAC, The Bhawanipur Education Society College organized a webinar entitled “ChemVoice’21” on June 26, 2021 from 2.30 pm in Google Meet platform. It was a Students’ Webinar where twelve students of the Department of Chemistry participated and presented various topics based on their undergraduate syllabus and different topics …
On 23.04.2022, the NCC cadets left for Pelling via NJP. This trip was basically an adventure camp, wherein on the very first day they went for rafting in Teesta-Rangit Tribeni. Even though the river was slightly rough, all the robust students completed it safely, and checked-in hotel Himalayan Glory in Pelling. The next day they …
A seminar on Chat GPT & AI Apps was organised on March 24th, 2023, at the Society Hall of The Bhawanipur Education Society College. The seminar was envisioned by the Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Dilip Shah, who wanted the students to be more prepared for the future, which is AI. Chat GPT, a trending …
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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