Shillong (Meghalaya), Dec 15: The Department of English, NEHU, Shillong in collaboration with ICSSRNERC organised a Special Talk by Prof. Ranjan Ghosh, an eminent academician of international repute and a teacher at North Bengal University. Prof. Ranjan Ghosh of North Bengal University delivered a talk at NEHU on Thursday on his latest book The Plastic Turn, published by Routledge, London.
Prof. Ghosh, a trans(in)fusionist, in his captivating talk, focused on critical theory, comparative literature, philosophy of history and education, cultural theory, and plastic studies. With seventeen critical books and over a hundred papers published in the prestigious journals of the world. Ghosh’s recent works include The Plastic Turn, Thinking Literature across Continents, and Plastic Tagore.
The talk delved into Ranjan Ghosh’s perspective on Plastic Arts, aiming to expand its traditional confinement to aesthetics. He introduced two key aspects: the view of Plastic Arts beyond conventional representations, incorporating eco-earth art, executed through material plastic, and the broadening of understanding through critical thinking, interdisciplinary negotiations, and the concept of the transliterary.
The Special Talk, curated and coordinated by Dr Suranjana Choudhary of the English Department, was chaired by Prof. Jyotirmoy Prodhani, Head of the English Department. Dr. Prodhani, in his address, described Prof Ghosh as an outstanding academic scholar of the country and announced further academic engagements with Prof Ghosh in the Department at Shillong in the coming days. Prof.Bhagirathi Panda, Honorary Director, ICSSR-NERC, and Dr. Bathsheba G. Pyngrope, Consultant, ICSSR-NERC were the nodal persons overseeing the planning and execution of the event.
