Dr. Pritha Lahiri

M.A., Ph.D.

Contact Details:

Associate Professor
Department of History
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131 West Bengal, India

She is working in the college since 19 years. Her area of research includes ‘Women’s Periodicals of 19th and 20th centuries in Bengal’.

Women’s Magazines in Bengal 1905-11’(published in the 59th Indian History Congress proceedings in 1999),
‘Constructing feminine consciousness : Bengali women’s Magazines in early 20th century(published in the journal of the Dept. of History, Rabindra Bharati University).

She presented papers entitled ‘Changing focus of women’s magazines in Bengal 1905-1947’ in the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.
She also presented a paper on women’s magazines in Bengal 1905-11 in the 59th Indian History Congress in December 1998.
In the Conference of the Institute of Historical Studies in Agra in 1999, she presented a paper on the issue of social injustice and political liberation as reflected in the women’s magazines in Bengal, 1905-11.
In the 17th European Conference on modern South Asian Studies held in Heildleberg, Germany in September 2001, she presented a paper on ‘The Perfect Mistress in Bengali home in Colonial Bengali notions of Conjugality.’
She also presented a paper, in the Conference of the Institute of Historical Studies, Bhubaneswar, held in October 2006 on’ Women’s Magazines as sources of women’s history in early 20th century.’
Dr.PrithaLahiri visited Bishorpara College as Resource Person in 2011 & 2012 in order to deliver lectures on the curriculum of history. She also attended a workshop on the foundation course of history in September 2015. This was a collaboration of APC College, New Barrackpore and BKC College. She is the member of the Women’s Cell, College Journal etc.