International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences
ISSN : 2347-47777
(UGC approved Multi-disciplinary Peer- Reviewed Journal)
Indexed in UGC CARE from January 2020 to 10th February 2025
About the Journal
The International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences (IJCSSS) is a UGC-approved, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the promotion of high-quality research in the broad domains of culture studies and social sciences. The Journal is published by the Tagore Gandhi Institute for Culture Studies and Service–Learning (TGI) and Shakespeare Society of Eastern India (SSEI) in collaboration with Avantgarde Press. The articles published in the Journal reflect the best of scholarship and intellectual enquiry. The journal provides an intellectual platform for scholars, researchers, teachers, and practitioners to engage in critical dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry addressing contemporary cultural, social, political, and economic issues at national and global levels.
IJCSSS encourages original research articles, review papers, case studies, and theoretical explorations that contribute to the understanding of cultural dynamics and social structures. The journal adopts a rigorous peer-review process to ensure academic integrity, originality, and relevance. By fostering interdisciplinary perspectives, the journal bridges gaps between humanities and social science disciplines and promotes innovative approaches to research and scholarship.
Submission Guidelines
1. International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences is a biannual journal published in the months of December and June. The articles published in the Journal reflect the best of scholarship and intellectual enquiry. IJCSSS welcomes critical essays and research articles from academicians and scholars across various disciplines like history, literature, politics, culture studies, anthropology, gender studies, science, commerce, management and other relevant fields of investigation. Papers submitted should be innovative and thought-provoking in approach.
2. In accordance with UGC guidelines, all submitted articles are sent to suitable experts for blind peer-review. Any change or modification suggested by them is intimated to the contributor/s in due course. The editorial board reserves the right to make any final alterations/ modifications in the paper for conceptual clarity and coherence. Unaccepted papers are not returned to the contributors.
3. Manuscripts should adhere to the standard MLA Ninth edition / Chicago/ APA style-sheet and formatting.
4. All papers should be in Times New Roman font, 12 size, 1.5 single line spaced with justified alignment and 1” margin on all sides. Contributors must send their papers in MS Word format only. Any other format (like PDF, Linux Libre Office, Mac OS Pages, Google Docs etc.) is not allowed. Footnotes and Endnotes are permitted.
5. The articles should be within 2500-4500 words. Contributors should submit an Abstract (of not more than 150 words) and a brief Bio-Note (within 50-100 words) in the same file.
6. Contributors must provide their institutional affiliation, contact number and complete e-mail addresses along with their articles. Please send all correspondence to Dr.Tapu Biswas (tapu_biswas@yahoo.com/drtapubiswas@gmail.com) For the December issue, submit your manuscript within 15th October; for the June Issue submit within 15th April.
7. Contributors are advised to be careful about spelling and grammatical errors.
8. For all copyright materials, the writer should get and have the permission from the proper authorities. The articles are expected to be free from any kind of plagiarism (significance <10%). If needed, the writer has to submit a plagiarism report. The responsibility of any kind of copyright infringement would fall on the contributor.
9. Please enclose the plagiarism report from the official site .
Editor in Chief and Corresponding Editor:
Professor (Dr.) Tapu Biswas, D.Litt. (9830405624- tapu_biswas@yahoo.com)
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Core Editorial Board
Professor (Dr ) Subir Dhar
Professor (Dr) Tapu Biswas
Professor (Dr) Ronan Paterson
Professor (Dr) Bryan Reynolds.
Professor (Dr) Papia Mitra
Editorial and Advisory Board
International
Antony Johae, Ph.D (UK): Former Associate Professor, Kuwait University. Life Member, Shakespeare Society of Eastern India.
Aparajita Nanda, (USA): Professor of English, Berkeley, University, of California L.A.
Bryan Reynolds, Ph.D. (USA): UCI Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Univ. of California
Emi Hamana, Ph.D. (Japan): Professor, Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsakuba
Robert Emmet Meagher, Ph.D. (USA) : Professor of Humanities, Hampshire College, USA
Sheila T. Cavanagh, Ph.D. (USA) : Chair Professor, Masse-Martin/ NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emory University, Atlanta
Bashabi Fraser CBE, Ph.D. (UK): Professor Emerita of English and Creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University.
Shamsad Mortuza, Ph.D. (Bangladesh): Professor of English, Dhaka University
National
Nandini Sahu, Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor Hindi University, West Bengal.
Dattatreya Dutt, D. Litt : Former Professor of Drama, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. : Former Vice-Chancellor, Bankura, University, Bankura, West Bengal
Goutam Ghosal, D. Litt : Former Professor, Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
Harish Trivedi, Ph.D. : Former Head of the Department of English, Delhi University
K. C. Baral, Ph.D. : Former Professor of India Studies, Dept. of Comparative Literature and India Studies, EFL University, Hyderabad.
M Mani Meitei : Former Professor of English, Manipur University, Manipur
Pona Mahanta, Ph.D. : Former Professor of English, Dibrugarh University, Assam
Prakash Joshi, Ph.D. : Professor, Dept. of English Allahabd University
Rajan Joseph Barrett, Ph.D.: Professor, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara
R. N. Rai, D. Litt. : Former Professor of English, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh
Sanjukta Dasgupta, Ph.D. : Former Professor of English and Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta
Asima Ranjan Parhi, Professor and Head , Deperment of English, Utkal University, Odisha
Mridul Bordoloi Professor Department of English. Dibrugarh University
Scope of the Journal
The journal covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:
• Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory
• Sociology and Social Thought
• Anthropology and Ethnographic Studies
• History and Heritage Studies
• Literature, Language, and Translation Studies
• Gender Studies and Identity Studies
• Media, Communication, and Film Studies
• Political Science and Public Policy
• Education, Philosophy, and Ethics
• Development Studies and Social Change
• Science, Commerce and Management.
Objectives
• To promote interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research
• To provide a global forum for scholarly exchange
• To encourage critical and comparative perspectives
• To support emerging researchers alongside established scholars
The International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences aims to contribute meaningfully to academic discourse and societal understanding by publishing research that is both theoretically sound and socially relevant.
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DR TAPU BISWAS, D.Litt.
CORRESPONDING EDITOR PH NO : 9830405624 / 6290924062 (8.30 PM -9.30 PM)
