DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES: CURRICULAR

• Besides teaching English in the various courses offered by the college, the Department organizes and participates in seminars and special lectures to supplement the teaching process and help to build up a rich academic and cultural environment in the college. Quizzes based on the syllabus, presentations by reputed academics in observance of special days or events related to literary giants; writing and reading academic papers: the Department has regularly been part of all these activities, intended to augment the teaching-learning process, sometimes in collaboration with other institutions.
• The Department regularly arranges film and documentary screenings, including those related to texts being studied, to supplement textual reading/discussions and help students get a broader perspective of the way textual issues are treated in another medium. The college’s smart classrooms enable this to be done as part of the regular classes being conducted; the most recent screenings include versions of  Arms and the Man, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Macbeth and Silence! The Court is in Session. Students have also been taken to dramatic performances of texts, to broaden the horizons of their understanding and appreciation.
• The faculty members closely monitor the overall progress in the studies of the students. The department holds meetings between teachers and parents/guardians of the students/wards, to review the strengths and weaknesses of the students/wards and suggest corrective measures to be taken for desired results. The most recent teachers-parents meeting was held in January 2024.

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES: CO-CURRICULAR

• The faculty members encourage the students to participate in sports, drama, social fests and talent search competitions, and to engage in creative writing for intra- and inter-college magazines. Our students have participated in NCC camps; won debates and creative writing competitions on campus; contributed to the college wall magazine; taken part in inter-college festivals; performed at college functions; and been part of self-defence workshops and presentations.
• Students are also exhorted to do community work. Girls from the department have joined NSS, aided the visually challenged, participated in women-oriented programmes and workshops organized by the college’s Women’s Study Cell, and distributed clothes and medicines to victims of calamities and disasters. The diversity of exposure given to the students helps them build up a strong personality and tolerant attitude towards life. At the same time they are able to extend sympathy and help to the needy and troubled.
• Here is a select list of activities in which the students and faculty of the Department  organised and/or participated in, during the last few years:

WCC Department of English: Activities

 Career Counselling and Workshop Sessions on Overseas Education:

January 2025, Park Hotel (Kolkata): In 2025, the Department of English partnered and collaborated with the reputed educational consultancy TC Global to introduce students to overseas educational opportunities. Departmental Faculty member, Prof. Adharshila Chatterjee arranged for Departmental students to attend the Global Ed Interaction, an Overseas Universities Fair, on 18th January 2025 at Park Hotel, Kolkata. Students received hands-on counselling and guidance from academic and industry leaders at the venue. They also engaged in close interactions with recruiters from International Universities across UK and Europe.

November 2025, WCC (Kolkata): A Follow-Up workshop was organised on-campus on 19th November, 2025, by the Department of English, in collaboration and partnership with TC Global (rebranded as The Chopras) to offer our students access to a dedicated professional counsellor - Ms, Paramita Roy (Head of Institutional Outreach and Marketing) - to inform, educate and encourage students regarding opportunities for Overseas education in America, Canada, UK and Europe. The workshop was open to and was attended by students from multiple departments, such as English, Economics and Geography.

International Conference on Environmental Humanities, 2026

12th and 13th May, 2026: A Two-Day International Conference on ‘Environmental Humanities: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue in Ecological Agency and Crisis’ was organised by the Department of English, Women's Christian College (Kolkata) in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame, Australia, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania and Spadina Literary Review, Canada. The Conference was held on college premises on 12th and 13th May, 2026. Professor John C. Ryan from the University of Notre Dame (Australia) served as the Chief Guest and Keynote speaker. The Conference was conducted in hybrid mode and the Inaugural Session was enriched by video addresses from Dr Ioana Clara Enescu, Faculty of Letters at the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, and Joanie Tian, Editor-in-Chief of Spadina Literary Review, Canada. More than 120 participants, paper presenters aand moderators from across the world joined the conference and made it a resounding success through their innovative explorations of new and emergent avenues of engagement and interventions in the critical field of Environmental Humanities.

Links to Media Stories on the International Conference: 

1. দু’দিনব্যাপী আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলন https://newsbengalonline.com/?p=11992
2. উইমেন্স ক্রিশ্চিয়ান কলেজে আন্তর্জাতিক পরিবেশ সম্মেলন: https://dhunt.in/14nBFj by Channel Eleven via Dailyhunt
3. Women’s Christian College Kolkata Hosts International Conference: https://dhunt.in/14mEJU By Veritas Times via Dailyhunt
4. Two-Day International Conference oN Environmental Humanities:  https://grsnewsindia.in/two-day-international-conference-on-environmental-humanities/