Prof Mahua Sarkar
Professor, Department of History
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Curriculum Vita

Education
DegreeYearUniversity

Ph.D.
M.A.

Teaching Experience (4)
 
Name Of The Institution Position Held Period

DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR 2000 to Till date
DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 1991 to 2000
DEPT. OF HISTORY, RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (PART TIME) 1983 to 1991
DEPT. OF HISTORY, SHIBPUR DINABANDHU COLLEGE, HOWRAH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 1983 to 1991
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Industrial Experience (0)
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Field of Specialization
1. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BENGAL,
2. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY - METHOD, HISTORIOGRAPHY, CRISES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS,
3. SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
4. CLIMATE AND POLLUTION,
5. MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES,
6. HISTORY OF FORESTS AND LANDSCAPES,
7. HISTORY OF DISASTERS, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS,
8. ENVIRONMENT AND THE TRIBAL WORLD, CRIMINALITY, DISPLACEMENT AND WITCHCRAFT.
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Courses Taught/Teaching
1. MEDIEVAL INDIA (UNDER GRADUATE COURSE)
2. LIFE AND THOUGHT IN BENGAL (POST GRDAUATE; GENERAL COURSE)
3. HISTORIOGRAPHY (M.PHIL. AND PH.D. COMPULSORY COURSE)
4. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (M.PHIL COURSE)
5. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (POST GRDAUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)
6. TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA (POST GRDAUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (POST GRADUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)

PAPERS TAUGHT:

1. MEDIEVAL INDIA (UNDER GRADUATE COURSE)
2. LIFE AND THOUGHT IN BENGAL (POST GRDAUATE; GENERAL COURSE)
3. HISTORIOGRAPHY (M.PHIL. AND PH.D. COMPULSORY COURSE)
4. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (M.PHIL COURSE)
5. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (POST GRDAUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)
6. TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA (POST GRDAUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (POST GRADUATE; SPECIAL PAPER)
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Research Area
1. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BENGAL,
2. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY - METHOD, HISTORIOGRAPHY, CRISES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS,
3. SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
4. CLIMATE AND POLLUTION,
5. MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES,
6. HISTORY OF FORESTS AND LANDSCAPES,
7. HISTORY OF DISASTERS, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS,
8. ENVIRONMENT AND THE TRIBAL WORLD, CRIMINALITY, DISPLACEMENT AND WITCHCRAFT.
9. LIFE AND THOUGHT IN 19th CENTURY BENGAL
10. JUDICIAL HISTORY OF BENGAL
11. HISTORY OF RELIGION (VAISHNAVISM)
12. GENDER HISTORY
13. INDIGENOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
14. HISTORY OF U.S.A
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Experience
33 YEARS

1. JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 1981-83.
2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF HISTORY, RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY (PART TIME), 1983-91.
3. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF HISTORY, SHIBPUR DINABANDHU COLLEGE, HOWRAH, 1983-91.
4. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 1991-2000.
5. PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2000-TILL DATE.
6. DEAN, FACULTY COUNCIL OF ARTS, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2016-TILL DATE.
7. COORDINATOR, UGC DSA-I SAP, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2014-TILL DATE.
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Conference Papers Published (12)
Title of the paper Conference Year Role Vol Number-Page Name

THE PERILS OF CAPITALISM AND THE PEOPLE OF SUNDARBANS INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SOCIAL SYSTEMS, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT 2013 -
THE HISTORY OF POLLUTION IN EARLY CALCUTTA ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CCULTURE: TRAJECTORIES OF HISTORY 2012 -
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN EARLY CALCUTTA A ONE DAY SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENT ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2011 -
THE CONTRIBUTION OF LEONARD ROGERS TOWARDS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN COLONIAL BENGAL SITUATING THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN INDIA, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2009 -
THE MEDICINAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUBDARBANS THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE PROGRAMME, INSA, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2009 -
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Journal Papers Published (12)
Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name

CONTRIBUTED 4 ENTRIES IN RANJAN CHAKRABARTI ED., DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL PLACES: BENGAL, 1757-1947 NEW DELHI, PRIMUS 2013 ISBN- 978-93-80607-41-2-
MIXED RELIGIOUSITY OF ISLAM IN BENGAL FELICITATION VOLUME IN HONOUR OF ANIRUDDHA RAY, PROGRESSIVE PUBLISHERS 2012 -
UNIS SATAKER BANGLA JIBON O JIBONCHARYYA (IN BENGALI), (LIFE AND THOUGHT IN NINETEENTH CENTURY BENGAL), PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH OF MODERN INDIA SESSION ITIHAS ANUSANDHAN 26, PASCHIM BANGA ITIHAS SAMSAD, KOLKATA 2012 ISBN - 978-81-910874-2-0-
JUSTICE, POLITICS AND THE CONTEMPORARY TIME: THE COURT AS A SITE OF COLONIALITY IN BENGAL-1862-1915 THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA:150 YEARS, AN OVERVIEW, THE INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE, WEST BENGAL CHAPTER, A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATION 2012 -
LIFE AND THOUGHT IN 19TH CENTURY BENGAL (IN BENGALI) ITIHAS ANUSANDHAN (A REFEREED JOURNAL OF THE PBIS) 2012 -
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Books Published (21)
Book Title Publisher Name Year Role

THE FLORA AND FAUNA AND THE HISTORY OF SURVIVAL IN THE SUNDERBANS, REFLECTIONS ON POST-COLONIAL BENGAL, MAHUA SARKAR, NIRBAN BOSE, SUTAPA GHOSH DASTIDAR, ED. ET AL., BARRACKPORE PRESS 2016
1) REFLECTIONS ON POST-COLONIAL BENGAL, MAHUA SARKAR, NIRBAN BOSE, SUTAPA GHOSH DASTIDAR, ED ET AL., BARRACKPORE PRESS 2016
THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT - EDITED VOLUME SETU 2014
EDITED VOLUME- THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by MAHUA SARKAR, AMIT BHATTACHARYYA, ED SETU 2014
THE INDIGENOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNDARBANS, IN SCIENCE, SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE INDIGENOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNDARBANS IN CONTEMPORARY WEST BENGAL BY AMIT BHATTACHARYYA, MAHUA SARKAR, ED THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SETU 2014
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Awards(3)
Awarded By Award Name Year

VIDYASAGAR CENTRE FOR INDOLOGICAL STUDIES HONORARY FELLOWSHIP 2012
IIFS, NEW DELHI SHIKSHA RATNA PUROSKAR 2007
UGC JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR DOCTORAL RESEARCH 1982
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Ph.D. Thesis Guidance (16)
Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year

PRIYANKA BALA THE JOURNEY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN BENGAL: FROM BISHNUPUR TO SANGEET RESEARCH ACADEMY Ongoing 2016
RAKTIM SUR HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY BENGAL Complete 2016
KASTURI GHOSE WOMEN LAWYERS OF THE CALCUTTA HIGH COURT: HISTORY OF A PROFESSION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Complete 2015
SWETA DUTTA CLIMATIC DISASTERS IN BENGAL 1773-1943 Complete 2013
DEBASIS MAJUMDER ROLLING THE BALL: HISTORY OF THE FOOTBAL CLUBS IN BENGAL Ongoing 2013
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M.Phil. Thesis Guidance (7)
Name Of The Scholar Thesis Name Co-Superviser Year

ANIRBAN DAS MUSIC AS A METHOD OF HISTORY: FROM CHARYAPADA TO RABINDRANATH 2014
DEBASIS MAJUMDER THE HISTORY OF THE FOOTBALL CLUBS IN CALCUTTA, 1947-1985 2012
SUROPRIYA CHARABARTI BAULS AND THEIR WOMEN IN BENGAL 2012
NIRANJAN JALADAS THE ECOLOGY AND FISHERMEN S ECONOMY OF KAKDWIP IN SOUTH BENGAL, 1900-2000 2012
MADHUPARNA CHAKRABORTY PERSECUTING WITCHES: A HISTORY OF ADIVASI WOMEN S MARGINALISATION IN EASTERN INDIA 2012
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MASTER Thesis Guidance (0)
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Project Works (17)
Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status

DISEASE, CLIMATE AND THE THIRD WORLD - THE TRAGEDY OF URBANIZATION DRS SAP, JU  to  Complete
HISTORY OF POLLUTION IN EARLY CALCUTTA UGC-SAP, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY  to 
INDIGENOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS, CLIMATE, HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNDARBANS INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, NEW DELHI RS. 6 LAKHS 3 years  to 2013 Complete
AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF CALCUTTA UGC-DRS-SAP PROJECT  to 
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNDARBANS INSA  to 
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Patents (0)
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Collaborative Programs (0)
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InviteLectures (49)
 
Title Organised By Venue Year

A HISTORY OF POLLUTION IN EARLY CALCUTTA UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR IN NEW BALLYGAUNJ MAHAVIDYALAY KOLKATA 2014
PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE IDEOLOGY FOR IMPROVEMENT: LEONARD ROGERS AS A TOOL OF EMPIRE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY AND THE WELLCOME TRUST, LONDON THE WELLCOME TRUST DOCUMENTATION CENTRE, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY 2014
THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNDARBANS IN POST-COLONIAL BENGAL U.G.C. SPONSORED SEMINAR, ORGANIZED BY RASHTRAGURU SURENDRANATH COLLEGE KOLKATA 2013
MUSIC OF TAGORE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN HISTORY RABINDRA BHAVAN, VISVABHARATI, SANTINIKETAN 2013
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND HIS PERCEPTION OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND HIS TIMES: SIGNIFICANCE AND RELEVANCE 2013
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Membership Of Learned Societies (0)
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Orientation/Refresher/QIP CourseAttended/Organized (4)
Program Name Organised By Venue Year

International seminar on Environment and the adivasi world UGC DSA-I SAP, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2016
AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SOCIAL SYSTEMS, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2013
NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENT , DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT , JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2007
RESOURCE PERSON IN THE REFRESHER COURSE ON STATE AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL INDIA THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2007
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Seminar/Conference/Workshop (0)
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Session chaired (16)
 
Program Name Session Title Organised By Venue Year

THE ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY A SESSION ON ENVIRONMENT UNDER DRS-SAP SCHEME JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2014
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON COMPARATIVE MIDDLE CLASSES DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2013
INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL SEMINAR COMPARATIVE MIDDLE CLASSES THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 2013
HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF PBIS, BETHUNE COLLEGE, KOLKATA 2013
HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF PBIS, AT BETHUNE COLLEGE KOLKATA 2013
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Professional Society Activity (0)
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Consultancy work / Testing (0)
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Other Notable Activities (3)

1) MEMBER, BOARD OF STUDIES, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI, 2015-TILL DATE.
2) MEMBER, DOCTORAL COMMITTEE, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2014.
3) MEMBER, COMMITTEE FOR JOURNAL OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2014.
4) MEMBER, ADVISORY BOARD FOR AWARD OF MEDALS/ PLAQUES/ LECTURESHIPS, THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, WEST BENGAL, 2014.
5) EVALUATOR, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, JHARKHAND, 2014.
6) MEMBER, UNDERGRADUATE BOARD OF STUDIES, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY, 2005-TILL DATE.
7) MEMBER, BOARD OF STUDIES, ALIYAH UNIVERSITY, SIDHU-KANU UNIVERSITY, 2011-12.
8) MEMBER, HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE, THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, WEST BENGAL, 2011-2012.
9) MEMBER, SELECTION COMMITTEE, DEPT. OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, 2009-12.
10) MEMBER, BOARD OF STUDIES, WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY, VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY, NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY, BURDWAN UNIVERSITY, 2009-12.
11) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER (HENCEFORTH EC), WEST BENGAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION (PASCHIM BANGA ITIHAS SAMSAD), 2011-12.
12) HONORARY FELLOW, VIDYASAGAR CENTRE OF INDOLOGICAL STUDIES, KOLKATA, JANUARY-JULY, 2012.
13) EC MEMBER, INDIAN HISTORY CONGRESS, 2009-10.
14) EC MEMBER, EXCHANGE PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, USIS, 2009-10.
15) MEMBER, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 2009-10.
16) EVALUATOR, UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, NEW DELHI, 2010.
17) MEMBER, SELECTION COMMITTEE, VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY, 2010.
18) MEMBER, BOARD OF STUDIES AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL, 2005; WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008.
19) MEMBER OF THE COURT, THE APEX ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2006-2010.
20) SECRETARY, THE WEST BENGAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION, 2003-2008.
21) EC MEMBER, THE INDIAN HISTORY CONGRESS, 2005-2006.
22) MEMBER, SELECTION COMMITTEE, UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, NEW DELHI, 2004.
23) MEMBER, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, CENTRE FOR MARXIAN STUDIES, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2004.
24) MEMBER, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2004-TILL DATE.
25) MEMBER, SUB-COMMITTEE FOR REPORTS OF THE UGC, AMBEDKAR CENTRE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 2004.
26) HEAD, DEPT. OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, 1997-1999, 2008-10.
27) RESOURCE PERSON, WEST BENGAL COLLEGE SERVICE COMMISSION, 2004-2009.
ORGANIZED, AS ONE OF THE JOINT COORDINATORS, THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND TE ENVIRONMENT, BY THE UGC-DRS SAP, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, JANUARY,2013.


INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS & VISITS ABROAD:
VISITS ABROAD:

1. INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND DELIVER 2 LECTURES IN the 24TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, WARSAW, POLAND, 2016.
2. INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PANEL ON ENVIRONMENT IN THE 23RD CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, TO BE HELD IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, IN JULY, 2014.
3. PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCUSSION PANEL ON THE OCCASION OF 250 YEARS OF THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY, LONDON ASSEMBLY, UK, 2007.
4. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, TRAVEL GRANT FUNDED BY THE WELLCOME TRUST FOUNDATION, U.K., 2007.
5. INVITED TO DELIVER A SPECIAL LECTURE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN INDIA: THE COLONIAL CONTEXT, SOUTH ASIAN RESEARCH GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, NORWICH, UK, 2007.
6. PAPER PRESENTER OF THE RIVER DAMODAR AND THE ECOLOGICAL IDENTITY OF THE SANTALS: A CRITICAL STUDY, IN, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, SUSSEX, UK, 2004.
7. PAPER PRESENTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORY OF VAISHNAVISM, ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RELIGION, TOKYO, JAPAN, 2004.
8. RESOURCE PERSON OF AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, KUALALAMPUR, MALAYSIA, 2002.
9. PAPER PRESENTER OF RELIGION AND THE FAMILY: THE CONTEXT OF VAISHNAVISM IN THE UNITED STATES, BANGLADESH, 2001.
10. PAPER PRESENTER IN AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, 1999.
11. PARTICIPANT IN THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAMME, NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY, 1997.
12. PAPER PRESENTER IN AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, 1996.
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