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'''Bengal studies''' ({{langx|bn|বঙ্গবিদ্যা}}; ''Bangabidya'') is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the [[Bengali people]], [[Bengali culture|culture]], [[Bengali language|language]], [[Bengali literature|literature]], and [[History of Bengal|history]]. The focus of this field, which qualifies as [[area studies]] and [[cultural studies]], is on Indic Bengalis who follow an indigenous system of faith and refer to themselves as Bengalis. It is a subset of South Asian studies or [[Indology]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bangabidya.net/isbs/idea/ |title=About International Society of Bengal Studies |access-date=2015-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705022906/http://bangabidya.net/isbs/idea/ |archive-date=2017-07-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bengalistudies.com/ |title=Home |website=Journal of Bengali Studies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105074810/http://www.bengalistudies.com/ |archive-date=5 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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A study of the history and culture of the Bengali people have been undertaken by the Bengalis themselves and others like [[Al-Biruni|Muhammadal-Biruni]] travelling to Bengal since medieval times. The work of [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] is often considered{{by whom|date=November 2018}} to be a forerunner of Bengali studies after the Mughal period, while [[Ishwar Chandra Gupta]] pioneered the study of Bengali poets through a critically annotated collection of the diverse oral poetic traditions of Bengal. Twentieth-century Bengali historians like [[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]] and [[Niharranjan Ray]] were among the prominent researchers of the history and culture of the Bengali people.<br />
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==International Congress of Bengal Studies==<br />
* 2010: 1st International Congress; [[University of Delhi]], India<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bangabidya.net/icbs/idea/ |title=About International Congress of Bengal Studies |access-date=2015-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705022743/http://bangabidya.net/icbs/idea/ |archive-date=2017-07-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* 2011: 2nd International Congress; [[University of Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
* 2013: 3rd International Congress; [[University of Calcutta]], India<br />
* 2015: 4th International Congress; [[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]], Japan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts2/society/Bengal/CALL_FOR_PAPER_2015-9.pdf |title=Call for Papers, 4th International Congress of Bengal Studies |website=Tokyo University of Foreign Studies}}</ref><br />
* 2018: 5th International Congress; [[Jahangirnagar University]], Bangladesh<br />
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[[Category:History of Bengal| Studies]]<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Asian studies]]<br />
[[Category:Area studies]]<br />
[[Category:Indology]]<br />
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