Dr. Simashree Bora
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiResearch Interests:
Sociology of Religion, Gender Studies, Environment and Ecology, North-East StudiesJoined the University in Jan 10, 2020
Phone: 9873360281
Email: simashree.bora@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Dr. Simashree Bora
PhD M.Phil MA: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
B.A. (Honours) : Cotton College, Guwahati (Assam)
Teaching:
- Assistant Professor (Sociology), Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (July 2019 – January 2020).
- Teaching Assistant, Sociology. Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (August 2018 – May 2019).
- Visiting Faculty, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi (July- December 2016)
- Guest faculty, Department of Sociology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi (October – December, 2016).
- Teaching Assistant, Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi under the UGC sponsored remedial classes teaching through ‘Equal Opportunity Cell’.
Teaching
M.A. Sociology
B.A. Sociology (Honours)
Research paper publications till 2021
- ‘Gendered Devotion in neo-Vaishnavism: Women. Monks and Sattras of Majuli, Assam’, Indian Journal of Gender Studies (Sage), Volume 25, Number 3, (October, 2018), pp. 331 – 350.
- ‘Recurrence of neo-Vaishnava Faith: Emergence of Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha in Assam’, Indian Anthropologist, Volume 47, Number 2, (July – December 2017), pp- 53 – 68.
- Revisiting the past and Unveiling the Gendered Legacy: History and Reppresentation of Women in Neo- Vaishnavism in Assam. Zubaan. 25th March, 2020. https://zubaanprojects.org/e-essays/
- (Co-authored with Urmila Mohan) 'Mask Cultures in the United States and India in Anthropology News published by American Anthropological Association, 2020.
- (Un)making Pandemic Tales, a photo essay as part of photo exibition titled 'Through Her Lens', series -'Reframing the Domestic', published by Zubaan Books. 2020.
- Editorial (Co-authored with Urmila Mohan) 'Craft as Production of Cultural Space and Idenity', The Jugaad Project, Spring Issue Craft, 2022.
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
2024. 'Rituals and Riverine Flows: Negotiating Change in Majuli Island, Assam' in Urmila Mohan (ed) The Efficacy of Intimacy and Belief in Worldmaking Practices, New York: Routledge.
2022. 'Feminising the Indian Judiciary: The Gender Gap and the Possibilities of Objectivity' in Melissa Crouch (ed) Women and the Judiciary in Asia Pacific, UK: Cambridge University Press
Students
| Sl.No | Name | Research Topic | Roll No |
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| 1 | Padminee Goswami | Sociology of Religion | |
| 2 | Aaashirwad Chakravarty | ||
| 3 | Karishma Kalita | Sociology of Religion |
Awards
Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants for Young Researchers from the Northeast, 2018
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral Fellowship, 2013 - 2016
Other Informations
1.Invited as a panelist to select research assistants for the research project titled, ‘Judicial Quality, Contract Enforcement and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from India’, dated 13th October, 2018. Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
2.Delivered a talk on ‘Imperial Entanglement: Fixing Boundaries, Conflicts and Negotiations over Land - Revenue in Majuli, Assam’, organised by Centre for Cultural History, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, dated 29th August, 2017.
Paper presentation
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1. Paper titled, 'Stories of the (In)visible: Queer Lives at Home and Outside' in Indian Sociological Society, 47th All India Sociological Conference.
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2. (De)Feminizing the Indian Judiciary: Gender Gap and Possible Objectivity in Women in Asia Conference
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Workshop
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1. Successfully completed two days workshop on Pedagogy for Women's Studies by Indian Association for Women's Studies (IAWS)
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