Dr. Simashree Bora

PhD, M.Phil, M.A. B.A. (Hons.)

Assistant Professor

Specialization: Sociology

Research Interests:

Sociology of Religion, Gender Studies, Sociology of Environment and Ecology, North-East as Area Studies

Academic Profile

PhD (2017) Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The thesis, titled, "A Sociological Study of Island Ecology and Vaishnavite Institutions in Majuli, Assam
M.Phil (2011) in Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
M.A. (2009) in Sociology, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
B.A. (2007) with Political Science honours, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam

Academic Appointments:

Teaching Assistant, (Sociology) Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai 2018-2019.
Senior Project Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, 2017-2018.
Visiting Faculty, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, 2016.
Guest faculty, Department of Sociology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, 2016.
Teaching Assistant, Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2012.

Publications:

(Forthcoming) ‘Revisiting Past and Unveiling Gendered Legacy: History and Representation of Women in neo-Vaishnavism of Assam’. Zubaan, New Delhi 2019.
‘Recurrence of neo-Vaishnava Faith: Emergence of Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha in Assam’, Indian Anthropologist, Volume 47, Number 2, (July – December 2017), pp- 53 – 68.
‘Human Rights: New Dimension and Challenges’, 2012 in Lakhimee Kakoty (ed.) ‘Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges’. Published by Krantikaal Prakashan, Nagaon. ISBN: 978-93-81694-15-2.

Upcoming (Under Review)

‘(De)Feminizing the Indian Judiciary: Gender Gap and Possible Objectivity’, untitled Volume, Cambridge University Press.

Talks and Panels:

Panelist to select research assistants for the research project titled, ‘Judicial Quality, Contract Enforcement and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from India’, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
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.

Conferences and Workshops:

‘(De)Feminizing the Indian Judiciary: Gender Gap and Possible Objectivity’, ‘Women in Asia Conference’, (21-23 June 2019) organized by University of New South Wales, Sydney.
‘River, Rituals and Beliefs: Appropriating and Legitimating Nature in Majuli, Assam’ in International Conference Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Exploring Continuities (25th and 26th October, 2018), Ambedkar University, New Delhi.
‘Contentious Lands and Indeterminate Boundaries: Conflicts and Negotiations Over Lands in Majuli, Assam’ in Young Researchers’ Workshop (12 - 16th June 2017), Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
‘Everyday Negotiations in the Field: An Account from Majuli River Island’ in UGC National Seminar, organized by Indian Anthropological Association, University of Delhi held on 16-17 September, 2016.
‘Everyday Life in a River Island: Narratives of Flood and Erosion in Majuli, Assam’ in UGC National Seminar, organized by Department of Sociology, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi held on 7th and 8th April, 2016.
‘The Precariousness of everyday Life: Understanding Flood in Majuli Assam’ in PhD Research Scholar Seminar held on 16th and 17th November, 2015 at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.
‘Transformation in Neo-Vaishnavite Movement and Emergence of New Religious organisations in Assam’ in ‘Workshop on Ph.D Research Scholar’s Seminar’, March 25-26, 2013, organised by Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
‘Transformation in Neo-Vaishnavite Movement and Emergence of New Religious organisations in Assam’ in XXXVIII All India Sociological Conference, Department of Sociology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Rajasthan) December 27-29, 2012.
‘Sociological Study of Neo-Vaishnavite movement in Assam: A Study of Institutional and Organisational Pattern of a socio-religious Movement’ in Indian Sociological Society-Diamond Jubilee Celebrations XXXVII All India Sociological Conference, 11th-13th December, 2011.
‘Role of Media and N.G.Os in Focusing Human Rights’ in U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar, organized by The department of Economics, Dr. B.K.B. College, Puranigudam in collaboration with Nagaon Bar Association, Nagaon Assam, 27th August, 2011.
‘All India Young Social Scientists’ Workshop on ‘Emerging Trends in Social Science Research and Methodological Challenges’ organised by Indian Council of Social Science Research and Tezpur University, Assam, dated 10th and 11th October 2011.
‘Arts and aesthetics in a globalising world’, conference organized by The Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 3rd-6th April, 2012. ‘Satyagraha Centenary International Conference’, 13th-20th November, 2007 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
‘National Seminar: Social Research on North-East India: Issues and Challenges’, 25th-26th February, 2010, organized by North East India Studies Programme (NEISP) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Grants and Fellowships:

Grantee of Zubaan- Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants for Young Researchers from the Northeast, June 2018
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral fellowship, 2013 -2016.

Email id:

Simashree.Bora@nmims.edu