Sibaji Bandyopadhyay

Professor of Cultural Studies

Ph.D. (Jadavpur University, India)

Research Interests:   

Children's Literature, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Translation and Reception Studies

Courses Taught:
 

Text,Textuality and Reading; Feminism and the Social Sciences; Cultures of Postcoloniality;Contemporary Conceptions of the Body; Visual Productions and Practices

 

SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS:

a.       Essays

•  Abar Sishusiksha, Anustup, Kolkata, 2005

• Bangla Uponnase ‘Ora’: Second Edition: Papyrus, Kolkata, 2002,First Edition: Pratikshan, Kolkata, 1

• Galileo: Second Edition: Papyrus, Kolkata, 2001, First Edition: Papyrus, 1999 

• ‘Punar’ bishoye Punarbibechana, Chetana, Kolkata,

• ‘East’ Meeting ‘West’: A Note on Colonial Chronotopocit, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1994 

• Gopal-Rakhal Dwandasamas: Uponibeshbad O Bangla Sishu-Sahity, Second Edition: Papyrus, Kolkata, 2006 (forthcomin, First Edition: Papyrus, Kolkata, 1991     

• Prasanga: Jibanananda, Ayan, Kolkata, 1983

• Alibabar Guptobhandar: Prabandha-Sangkalan, Ababhas , Kolkata, 2006 (forthcoming)

b.       Fiction

1.       Madhyarekha: Ekti (Bi-chitra) Samabesh [a collection containing poems, plays, short essays and one

          story], Anustup, Kolkata, 2005

2.       Guhalipi [a collection of poems], Ababhas, Kolkata, 2002

3.       Uttampurush Ek-bachan: Ekti Bhan [play], Disha, Kolkata, 2002

4.       Latar Din [short story], Ababhas, Kolkata, 2002

5.       Bhut Bishayak Ekti Uponnaser Khasra [novellete], Ababhas, Kolkata, 2002

6.       Bhut na put [play: joint author], Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata, 1996

          c.    Edited with Introduction

                            1.       Thematology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2005

2.       Deshe Bangladeshe: Bangalir Atmo-satta Nirman (joint editor), Jadavpur University and Naya Udyog,

          Kolkata,  2002

3.       Sangskritir Bhanga Setu by Akhtaruzzaman Elias, Naya Udyog, Kolkata,  1997, 2000                                                                                                            

                                                                                  Mowla Brothers, Dhaka, 1998, 1999

4.       Mirror of Class: Essays on Bengali Theatre by Himani Bannerji, Papyrus, Calcutta, 1998

JOURNAL AND OTHER ARTICLES:

Essays included in Anthologies

• ‘The Laughing Performer’—Introduction to the anthalogy Sacred to Profane: Writings on Performance and Worship, ed. Anjum Katyal, Seagull Books, London, September 2006 
   

• ‘Ray’s Memory Game’, Apu and After: Revisiting Ray’s Cinema, ed. Moinak Biswas, Seagull Books, London, August 2006 
   

• ‘Approaching the Present—The Pre-text: the Fire Controversy’, The Phobic and the Erotic: Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary India, ed. Brinda Bose & Subabrata Bhattacharyya, Seagull Books, London, 2006 (forthcoming)    
   

• ‘Atho Bi-Nirman’, Bi-Nirman / Abinirman, ed. Anirban Das, Ababhas, Kolkata, 2006 (forthcoming)
   

• ‘The Bengali and his Literature: According to Bankim Chandra Chatterji’, Indian Writings in English, ed. Pranati Dutta Gupta & Susmita Ray, Vivekananda College, Kolkata, January 2006 
   

• ‘Jibananander Andhakar: Ekti Byaktigata Krantimuhurter Itibritya’, Jibanananda Korok Sangkalan, ed. Tapas Bhoumik, Kolkata, January 2006 
   

• ‘Rabindranath’s Short Stories: the Beginning of an End’, Cross-Currents in the Modern Short Story, ed. Sucheta Mukherji & Aditi Das Gupta, Loretto College, Calcutta, December 2005  
   

• ‘A Tale of Two Books’, Contested Commons / Trespassing Publics: A Public Record, The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, 2005 
   

• ‘Smriti-Bismriti O Satyajit Ray’, Binodbihari Mukhopadhyay Smaran, Kalabhavan Santiniketan, February 2005 
   

• ‘Approaching the Present: A Test Case—Fire and its aftermath’, Literature and Gender, ed. Supriya Chaudhuri and Dajni Mukherji, Orient Longman, Delhi, 2002 
   

• ‘Gujarat O Amader Kandognan’, Gujarat: Naramedh Yajna, ed. Rudradeb Mitra, Pratibhas, Kolkata, 2002 
   

• ‘Bangalir Nayak O Gana-nayak’, Tarasankar, ed. Pradyumna Bhattacharya, Sahitya Akademi, Kolkata, 2001 
   

• ‘Nietzsche O Bhasar Byabhichar’, Nietzsche, ed. Subal Samanta, Ebong  Musheara, Kolkata, 2001 
   

• ‘Galileo’, Amar Sabuj Path 8, ed. Sutapa Bhattacharya & Sudakashina Ghosh (an extract from Galileo included in this text-book for class Eight students), Orient Longman, Kolkata, 2001 
   

• ‘Kathopokathan’ (with Debesh Roy and Manabendra Bandyopadhyay) Uponnas Niye, Debesh Roy, Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata, 1994 
   

• ‘Barnoparichoy: Samarpon O Prattakhaner Brittanto’, Prayaner Satabarshe Vidyasagar, Sahitya Akademi, Kolkata, 1993        

• ‘Sabdo banam Pratisabdo: Sukumar Rayer Kavyatatto’, ed. Pabitra Sarkar, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Kolkata, 1989 
   

• ‘Contemporary Popular Bengali Fiction: Textual Strategies’, Indian Women: Myth and Reality, ed. Jasodhara Bagchi, Orient Longman,  Delhi,  1985 

Papers  and  Articles  published in Journals:       

• ‘Atho Mā Phaleshu Kadāchana’ [‘Of Mā Phaleshu Kadāchana’: A Book-length article on the 47^th sloka of the Second Chapter of the Bhagavat-Gītā], Anustup, Kolkata, September 2006 
   

• ‘Paachti Prachin Na-Jabab’, Antosar, Kolkata, September 2006  
   

• ‘Juddho, Bigroho ebong Onnanno: Upendrakishore-Sukumar-Satyajit’, Anustup, Winter Number, Kolkata, January 2006 
   

• ‘Natok niye du-char katha’, Kolkata Arjama, Kolkata, January 2006 
   

• ‘Jibananandar Kolkata-Jatra’, Anustup, Sarodiya Number, Kolkata October 2005 
   

• ‘Abar Sishusiksha’, Ababhas, Kolkata, January 2005 
   

• ‘Abar Madir-Medur’, Anustup, Sarodiya Number, October 2004 
   

• India Today—Response, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Scottish Church College, 2004
   

• Brechter natto-tatto o Khas Alaper Naksa, Anustup, Sarodiya Number, Kolkata, 2003 
   

• Bhumibharat, Ekak Matra, 2003 
   

• Jibananander Kolkata-Jatra, Haraf, 2002 
   

• Soul: a set of (non-metaphysical) reflections, From the Margins, Calcutta,  2002 
   

• Dekhar Apekkhai, Dhrubopad, Kolkata, 2002 
   

• Chatalap, Ekak Matra, Kolkata, 2002 
   

• Ray’s Memory Game, Journal of the Moving Image, Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2001 
   

• Nietzsche O bhasar byabhichar, Ebong Musheara, Kolkata, 2001 
   

• A brief note on the ‘Will to record’, From the Margins, Calcutta, 2001 
   

• Alibabar Guptobhandar, Baromas, Kolkata, 2000 
   

• Gathanbad O Uttar-gathanbad, Dhrubopad, Kolkata, 2000 
   

• Jal-Jaliatir Rahasya, Ekak Matra, Kolkata, 2000 
   

• The Discreet Charm of the Bhadraloks: An excursion into Pornotopia, Margins, Calcutta, 1999 and Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1989 
   

• Rabindranather Ganer Gan:Raginir Marichika,Dhrubopad, Kolkata, 1998 
   

• Kelur Sabdo-sandhan O Rastrosabdo, Baromas, Calcutta, 1995 
   

• Smaran-pratismaran: Ritwik Ghataker Silpo, Viswa-bharati Patrika, 1995 
   

• Dhorai-er Age-Pore, 1400 Sal, Kolkata, 1995 
   

• Producing and Re-producing the New Woman: A note on the prefix ‘re’, Social Scientist, Delhi, 1994 
   

• Jibananander ‘Andhokar’, Korok, Kolkata, 1994 
   

• Ram O Rajnaitik chinnha-pot, Setu, Kolkata, 1994 
   

• Chowringhee: Modernity and Popular Fiction, Journal of Arts and Ideas, Delhi, 1993 
   

• ‘Punar’ bishoye punarbibechana, Baromas, Kolkata, 1993 
   

• Doordarshan ki bhumika, Samalochana, Kolkata, 1993 
   

• Siksha O Adhunikatar Path, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Kolkata, 1991 
   

• Gopal-Rakhal Dwandasamas, Baromas, Kolkata, 1989 
   

• ‘Sada Manusher Dai’ O Kalo Manusher Daitto, Prama, Kolkata, 1989 
   

• Manus garar ‘pathsala’ O Narendra Dev, Bibhab, Kolkata, 1989 
   

• Bagharur Barnamala O Amader Akkhargnan, Baromas, 1989, Re-printed: College Street, 1990 
   

• Rupkathar Kato Katha, Baromas, Kolkata, 1988 
   

• El Salvadorer ekdin pratidin, Masik Basumati, Kolkata, 1987 
   

• Ekaler Rupkatha: Samakalin Bangla Janapriya Uponnas, Lal Nakshatra, Siliguri, 1987 
   

• Middle class consciousness and Jibanananda Das’ Novels, Social Scientist, Delhi, 1986 
   

• Swadhinatar Swarup-jignasa O Ama Ata Aidoo’r Uponnas, Parichay, Kolkata, 1983 
   

• Prasanga: Jibanananda, Kalpurush: Sahitya O Samalochana Patra, Kolkata, 1982  
   

• Samrajjer biruddhe kishore-sahitya, Baromas, Kolkata, 1981 
   

• Alochona: ‘Parichoyer Kuri Bachar’, Baromas, Kolkata, 1980 

Translation (in anthologies) 

• Voices from Bengal: Modern Bengali Poetry in Translation, ed. Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Swapan Majumdar, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1997 
   

• Jiyankathi:Kishore Galpo Sangkalan, ed. Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Kolkata, 1997, 1992 
   

• Spain-er Grihajuddher Panchas Bachar, ed. Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata, 1993 
   

• Janla, ed. Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Kolkata, 1989 
   

• ‘Bhabissater jonne smritimedurata’, Baromas, Kolkata, 1985 
   

• Jagannath, Group Theatre, Kolkata, 1982 
   

• Gabriel Garcia Marquez-er Nobel-baktrita, Bignapanparbo, Kolkata, 1981 
   

• Adhunik Bharatiyo Galpo, Vol. I, II and III, ed. Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Papyrus, Kolkata 

Compact Disc:  

• Uttampurush Ek-bachan: Ekti Bhan, solo performance, Music by Mokam, Compact Disc brought out by Mokam