An International Refereed journal annually published by the Scottish Church College, Kolkata.
ISSN 0973-8738

  Introduction:

The journal of humanities and social sciences, an international refereed journal, is annually published by Scottish Church College [Established in 1830 & affiliated to University of Calcutta], for interdisciplinary studies of humanities like literature, language, literary criticism, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, etc as well as social sciences like political science, linguistics, psychology, psychoanalysis, juridical science, sociology, economics, geography, history, anthropology, film studies, etc. The journal discusses issues from diverse points of view, such as- liberalism, empiricism, positivism, marxism, structuralism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, deconstruction, feminism, subaltern studies, postcolonialism etc.

  History:

The journal was first published in 2004 with Prof. Pradip Basu as the Chief Editor and Dr. Supratim Das and Dr. Smita Nath as Associate Editors.It was launched by the then Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University Prof. Ashis Banerjee.

  About the Journal:

• As it is a theme based journal, every year a new theme is suggested by the Editorial Board and articles are invited from scholars/academicians across the world.
• Each article is refereed by distinguished scholars from relevant fields, maintaining complete anonymity.
• The first ten articles which receive positive referee report are published.
• The journal publishes articles purely on their academic merit as recommended by the referees.
• If accepted for publication, authors have to declare that their articles are original and hitherto unpublished.
• Over the years response to the call for articles has improved considerably and the journal receives contributions from all over India.
• International scholars also publish in the journal quite frequently.
• This is a journal which is one of its kind in the academic map of Kolkata especially among the undergraduate colleges. We have been successfully publishing this for over fifteen years and hope to take it forward to greater heights of intellectual and scholarly excellence in the future.
• It is fully funded by Scottish Church College and thus accepts no submission or publication charges.

  Instructions to the Authors:

  Guideline for the Referee:

The journal has a list of referees to which new names are added if necessary. Blind refereeing is followed and referees are requested to state their positions clearly. If revision is suggested, the revisedarticle is resent to the referee for final decision.
Authors whose articles are rejected are duly notified.

• Check whether the contents are compatible with the theme of the journal. For e.g., the theme (for the number due to be published in 2021) is "Pandemic Outbreak: Impact, Challenges and Opportunities".
• Check word limit (5000 words including notes and references). Do not reject if it’s simply over or way under. Please judge the contents then decide and suggest accordingly.
• Be strict with language. Too many grammatical errors and very poor language can be considered as grounds for rejection.
• Please check the references ----whether proper references with page numbers, publisher, year, etc. is given. If not, strong recommendation for their inclusion should be made.
• If referencing is poor or absent, article may be rejected.
• Please mention clearly whether the article is 'publishable / not publishable / requires revision'.

  The present Journal Committee:

  Advisors:

• Prof. Amartya Sen (Harvard University, US)
• Prof. Amiya K Bagchi (Formerly IDSK, Kolkata)
• Prof. Arup Mallik(University of Calcutta [CU], Kolkata)
• Prof. Ashis Nandy (CSDS, Delhi)
• Prof. Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri (CU, Kolkata)
• Prof. Dipak Kumar Das (CU, Kolkata)
• Prof. Dipesh Chakraborty (Chicago University, US)
• Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University, US)
• Prof. Manas Ray (CSSSC, Kolkata)
• Prof. Partha Chatterjee (CSSSC, Kolkata;Columbia University, US)
• Prof. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya (AMCollege, CU, Kolkata)
• Prof. Shefali Moitra(JadavpurUniversity [JU], Kolkata)
• Prof. Sobhanlal Datta Gupta (CU, Kolkata)
• Prof. Suranjan Das (JU, Kolkata)

The following distinguished scholars Late Prof. Kalyan Sanyal (CU, Kolkata), Prof. Asghar Ali Engineer (CSSS, Mumbai), Prof. Sukumari Bhattacharji (JU, Kolkata) and Prof. Alok Roy (Former Prof. SCC) also acted as our advisors.

  Email:

• sccjhss@gmail.com
• jhss@scottishchurch.ac.in

  The Numbers of the Journal:

• No. 1, 2004, Theme: India Today
• No. 2, 2005, Theme: East and West
• No. 3, 2006, Theme: Modernity
• No. 4, 2007, Open Theme
• No. 5, 2008, Theme: Contemporary Issues: 1
• No. 6, 2009, Theme: Contemporary Issues: 2
• No. 7, 2010, Theme: Culture and Society
• No. 8, 2011, Theme: Politics and Society
• No. 9, 2012, Theme: Issues in History
• No. 10, 2013, Theme: Issues in Philosophy
• No. 11, 2014, Theme: Gender and Society
• No. 12, 2015, Theme: Questions of Development
• No. 13, 2016, Theme: Postmodernism and its Critique
• No. 14, 2017, Theme: Protest and Mass Movement
• No. 15, 2018, Theme: Tolerance and Democracy
• No. 16, 2019, Open Theme
• No. 17, 2020, Theme: Ethics and Morality
• No. 18, 2021, Theme: Pandemic Outbreak: Impact, Challenges and Opportunities
• No. 19, 2022, Theme: Humanities for the Environment (forthcoming)

  Activities of the Journal Committee other than publishing journal annually:

• Organizing International Symposiums:
  Two symposiums were organised on 20th June 2008 and 10th July 2008 by the jhss committee. The basic idea was for academic researchers addressing 'Contemporary Issues' irrespective of their own specialized fields of research and taking positions as well as expressing their opinions on those issues. The overall idea was 'Young Foreign Researchers meet Researchers of Journal on Contemporary Issues'.
  
  The theme for the first day was 'Contemporary Issues and India' and that for the second day was 'Contemporary Issues and the world'.
  
  The participants were: Alberta Ferrario, Jennifer Oetken, John Stevens, Kelsea Ballantyne, Martin Aranguren Ben Baer, Sjahari Pullam, Joel Bordeaux, Andy Liu,Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta, Dr. Esita Sur, Dr. Monalisa Basu.
  
  The first Symposium was chaired by Dr. Kaberi Chatterjee of the Department of English, Scottish Church College, Kolkata.
  
  The second Symposium was chaired by Prof. Ben Baer, Faculty, Princeton University, U.S.A.
• Study Circle:
  The jhss had organised a study circle which existed from March 2008-February 2010. This circle used to meet every Friday from 03:00 P.M.-05:00 P.M. It was a circle for the members of jhss. The study circle held lectures delivered by the then Chief Editor Prof. Pradip Basu, as well as the other editors and members of the jhss. The circle held lectures and discussions on various academic topics which included- modernity, post modernism, feminism, various aspects of Marxism, different dimensions of globalization, subaltern history, gender studies, current affairs and epistemology. This study circle became very popular amongst its members butunfortunately it was discontinued on account of certain logistical problems.
• jhss Lecture Series:
  • The journal collective has launched the 'jhss Lecture Series' from 2018-2019. The first lecture of the series was delivered by Prof. Samita Sen, Dean, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Law & Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The topic was 'Wives and Workers: Child Marriage in West Bengal'.
    
    It was held on 21st August, 2018 in the SCC Seminar Room before an audience that included students from various disciplines of humanities and social sciences, research scholars and faculty members of various colleges, Prof. Sen enthralled all with her well documented arguments on the said topic. The lecture was followed by a lively interactive session. The occasion was also graced by the founder editor, Prof. Pradip Basu, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata, who gave a brief insight into the engaging story of the journey of the journal since its inception in 2003.
  • The second lecture of the 'jhss Lecture Series' was held on 17th September, 2019, 02:45 P.M. onwards in the College Seminar Room. Its theme was selected keeping in mind the country wide celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The lecture was titled 'Learning Leadership: Mahatma Gandhi’s Elusive Leadership' and was delivered by the Vice Principal of the College and Associate Professor of the Department of History, Dr. Supratim Das, who has been closely engaged with Gandhian studies for several years. He addressed an audience of students of the departments of humanities and social sciences and scholars and faculties of this college and other colleges as well. The lecture was followed by a lively interactive session with the students.
  • The third lecture of the 'jhss Lecture Series' was held on 22nd April, 2022, 02:00 P.M. onwards in the College Seminar Room. The theme this year was 'Women’s Rights and National Legal Framework: Mapping Laws on Violence Against Women'. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Ruchira Goswami, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, NUJS, Kolkata. The purpose was to expose the students of the departments of humanities and social sciences and faculties of this college present, to the legal aspects of violence against women and special emphasis was given to harassment at workplace. Though the lecture dealt with some serious issues, but the speaker was very much successful in getting her points across to the students through lively interactions and popular references that they could easily relate to.

  Subscription:

The Journal has come a long way since its commencement in 2004 and by its own virtue has earned a valuable reputation in the academic world. This is proven by the fact that many individual scholars and academicians from India and abroad willingly express their desire to become subscribers to it. Hence we have launched a system of regular subscription for the journal in 2019. Click here for subscription form.

  Future Plans:

• A programme for digitisation of the journal including the previous numbers will be worked upon to enable us to reach out to a larger audience.

  Photo Gallery:

Prof. Amartya Sen
our Advisor, was presented with journal by
Chief Editor Prof. Pradip Basu on 09.08.08.

Prof. Ashis Nandy
our Advisor, being presented with his
complimentary copy by Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta.

Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
our Advisor, was presented with journal by associate editors Smt. Varbi Roy and Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta on 15.12.08.

Prof. Amartya Sen
our Advisor, was presented with journal by
one of the members of the journal collective Dr. Lalita Ray on 30.12.10.

Late Prof. Asghar Ali Engineer
the eminent scholar and one of the
Advisors of the jhss with his complimentary copy.

Late Prof. Alok Ray
eminent scholar and one of the Advisors of the jhss, was presented with his complimentary copy by Dr. Lalita Ray.

Prof. Shefali Moitra
one of our Advisors being presented
with a copy of the journal by Smt. Varbi Roy, one iof the Joint Editors of the journal in 2013.

Prof. Sobhonlal Datta Gupta
one of our Advisors being presented with a copy of the journal by Dr. Riddhi Bhattacharya, a member of the journal collective in 2014.

Prof. Manas Ray
one of our Advisors being presented with a copy of the journal by Dr. Varbi Roy, one of the Joint Editors of the journal in 2015.

Prof. Partha Chatterjee
our Advisor, being presented with his complimentary copy by Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta, one of the Joint Editors of the journal in 2015.

JHSS Lecture Series
Prof. Samita Sen delivers her lecture
as Prof. Pradip Basu looks on.

Prof. Suranjan Das
one of our Advisors being presented with a copy of the journal by Smt. Varbi Roy, one of the Joint Editors of the journal in 2019.

JHSS Lecture Series
Dr. Supratim Das being felicitated by Dr. Arpita Mukerji, Principal, as the speaker of the second jhss lecture.

Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta and Dr. Varbi Roy, the Joint Chief Editors of the journal with former Principal, Dr. Arpita Mukerji launching the Number 14 in 2017.

Few members of the journal collective with the
Principal, Dr. Madhumanjari Mandal.