Enlightenment in the Colony
Currently Majumdar, together with Upal Chakrabarti and Sukanya Sarbadhikary, is working on a project entitled Enlightenment in the Colony: A Global History of Presidency College. Presidency College, previously the Hindoo College, was among the first “western-style” educational institution set up with Indian philanthropy in 1817. It pioneered western-style learning in the natural and human sciences in colonial India. Majumdar and her co-editors have put together an archive that has been launched to the public in December in Kolkata. This project has been supported by the University of Chicago’s Center in New Delhi.
“Why Presidency Lab Was under British Surveillance,” Telegraph (December 2022)
article, Anandabazar Patrika (13 December 2022)
“From 1st Register to Banned College Magazine, Presidency E-Archives its Tryst with History,” Times of India (13 December 2022)
“Archives with over 200-yr-old records on Presidency College inaugurated,” Millennium Post (13 December 2022)
article, Eaajkaal (December 2022)
Caste and Film in India
Following on her recent work on art film, she is also beginning work on a monograph on caste and film in India.