HUMANITIES &
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER Bhopal is a multidisciplinary department conceptualised with a vision of foregrounding the interfaces between science, society and culture, and of initiating a dialogue between the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The department currently offers MA in Liberal Arts and PhD in Cognitive Science, Literature, Philosophy, Social Work, Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Latest News
The following PhD students from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences have been selected for the Ashoka Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Workshop 2026, meant for advanced PhD students, to be held in Ashoka University, Sonipat, Delhi-NCR, 24-25 April, 2026. 1. K J Ananthapadmanabhan (Roll No. 2210804), 2. Dipak Kr Chakraborty (Roll No. 2210803), 3. Shajeem M Fazal P V (Roll No. 2220802).
Dr. Renny Thomas has been awarded the ππ§ππ«ππ° π. πππ₯π₯π¨π§ π ππ₯π₯π¨π°π¬π‘π’π© to spend two weeks at the Department of History of Science, Technology & Medicine, ππ§π’π―ππ«π¬π’ππ² π¨π ππ€π₯ππ‘π¨π¦π, πππ, in Summer 2026. This fellowship will support Dr. Thomasβs ongoing book project tentatively titled, βGenealogies of Healing: A Historical Anthropology of Unani in Indiaβ.
Mr. Nakshatra Chatterjee Ph.D. student from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for conducting research in the UK.
Dr. Antara Chatterjee has been awarded the British Academy Visiting Fellowship for 2025.
Events
Conceptions of State and Society in Indian Political Thought by Dr. Rinku Lamba. 5th February, 2026 at 04 PM
There is More to a Humanistic Inquiry Than Genealogy by Dr. Nilanjan Bhowmick. 23 January, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Still/Moving Images: Performances of Masculinity in Delhi's Hotspots by Dr. Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan (NYU). 22 January, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Science as a Social Epistemic Practice by Prof. Vikram Singh Sirola 07 November, 2025 at 10:30 AM
