Documenting, processing and studying the textual basis (both verbal and audio-visual) of human society and cultural life in the widest sense

Kolkata, India
Joined November 2019
School of Cultural Texts and Records, JU retweeted
We are happy to share that JUP will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024! #frankfurtbookfair #jupress #publishersofx
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Commemorating Santal Hul (revolution) of 1855 through an exhibition. Do join us at Jadunath Bhawan Research Center, Kolkata till July 6,2024.
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Some very large items in our collections are scrolls created by traditional scroll painters from Naya Village in West Bengal as part of the AHRC project 'Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800'. Here is archivist Hollie unrolling a scroll! #EYABig #ExploreYourArchive
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Now! Nicole Merkel-Hilf @MerkelHilf (Heidelberg University Library) and Tom Derrick @TommyID83 @britishlibrary @BL_IndianPrint presenting about বাংলা, देवानागरी, اُردُو – Text recognition with @Transkribus #TUC22
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School Book Archives - Webinar series Subject: Book History and Textbooks in Early Colonial Bengal: An Interview with Professor Abhijit Gupta Date : May 20, 5-6.30pm Link : youtu.be/GYlf30pZ7ak
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School of Cultural Texts and Records, JU retweeted
Famine Tales team hard at work! #faminetales #patachitra #scroll @UofEHumanities @sctrju @ExeterDH @ju_press
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Panel discussion on Shakespeare in Bengal presented by the Department of English, #JadavpurUniversity, at the #VictoriaMemorialHall 13 November 2019 #Shakespeare #Bengal #VMH #Kolkata #Folger
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School of Cultural Texts and Records, JU retweeted
Did you know #GauharJaan, the renowned performer from #Calcutta, was photographed dressed as #Hamlet?! Today is your last chance to view the #ShakespeareInBengal #exhibition at the #VictoriaMemorialHall. #VMH #Kolkata #JadavpurUniversity #Folger
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Prof. Amlan Das Gupta, on Principles and Preservation Strategy for Digital Sound Archives at @sctrju. #EAP #archiving #soundarchiving #digitalhumanities
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Read about 'The First Lion in Bengal' as Abhijit Gupta explores the Pashwabali Series of Animal biographies published in Kolkata in 1822. #WednesdayThoughts bl.uk/early-indian-printed-b…
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Professor Samantak Das on Ethical Aspects of Digital Archives
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Moumita Haldar, Project Fellow, Two Centuries of Indian Print, on handling of rare and fragile material. – at Kolkata, India
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Prof. Anuradha Chanda, discussing the first Endangered Archives Programme of the @sctrju 'Archiving texts in the Sylhet Nagri script', EAP 071. #EAP #SCTR #digitalhumanities #archiving
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Welcome address by Prof. Das, Director, School of Cultural Texts and Records for the workshop 'Building Digital Archives: Tools, Techniques, Approaches' #EAP1247 #SCTR
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