Dr. Simashree Bora
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiResearch Interests:
Sociology of Religion, Gender Studies, Environment and Ecology, North-East StudiesDate of Joining : 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 Projects
| Sl. No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator(PI) | Name of the Co-PI | Name of the Funding Agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year | Funds Sanctioned (INR in lakhs) | Duration of the Project |
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| 1 | Highway Infrastructural Development and Social Transformation of Roadside settlements in Assam Status: Ongoing |
Dr. Simashree Bora | In-House Research Project (IHRP) 2023, Cotton University | In House | 2024 | 1,00,000.00 | 18 months | |
| 2 | Highway Infrastructural Development and Social Transformation of Roadside settlements in Assam Status: Ongoing |
Dr. Simashree Bora | In-House Research Project (IHRP) 2023, Cotton University | In House | 2024 | 1,00,000.00 | 18 months |
Research paper publications
2023
1. Simashree Bora, Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam: Social Transformation, Structural Hierarchies and Cultural Consciousness', The Eastern Anthropologist, vol. 76, 387 - 401, 4, 2023
2018
1. Simashree Bora, Gendered Devotion in neo-Vaishnavism: Women. Monks and Sattras of Majuli, Assam’, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 25, 331 - 350, 3, 2018
Research paper publications till 2021
- 'Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam: Social Transformation, Structural Hierarchies and Cultural Consciousness', The Eastern Anthropologist, 76 (4), October - December 2023, pp. 387 - 401.
- ‘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.
2024. Bora, S., Hazarika N. 'Water Shaping Communities and Culture: A Case Study from Majuli, Assam'. In Khound et al (eds) Souvenir cum Technical Volume: Water for Peace. The Institute of Engineers (India). Guwahati (India). (ISBN: 978 - 81 - 953187 - 9 -7)
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.
Research Scholars
| 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 Information
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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