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SEEMABAWACurriculumVitae
Designation Professor
Address DepartmentofHistory,FacultyofSocialSciencesUniversityofDelhi
PhoneNoOffice 27666659
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AreasofInterest/SpecializationResearchInterests:IndianArtAncientIndianArtandIconography;WesternHimalayanArtandReligion;ModernandContemporaryIndianArt.Currentlyworkingon1.GuptaandPostGuptaShivaisminNorthernIndia,exploringtheexperienceandmanifestationsthroughimage-textstudyandthedifferentialevolutionoftheShaivatirthaandpilgrimagenetworks.2.HistoryofPost-IndependenceArtinIndia.3.DiscourseofPleasureandLeisureinMathuraArtPublicationsProfileBooks/Monographs(Authored/Edited)
1. Gods,MenandWomen:GenderandSexualityinEarlyIndianArt,2013,DK
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PrintworldPvt.Ltd.,Delhi,ISBN:13:978-81-246-0664-3https://www.amazon.in/Women-Gender-Sexuality-Early-Indian/dp/8124606641
2. ReligionandArtoftheChambaValley,A.D.700-1300,1998,AgamKalaPrakashan,NewDelhiISBN:81-7320-038-6 https://www.amazon.in/Religion-Chamba-Valley-Seena-Bawa/dp/8173200386/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=seena+bawa&qid=1623244200&s=books&sr=1-1
3. TheDecoratedCow:Sidharth,Edited,2010,ReligareArtinitiative,NewDelhi
Researchpapers&Articles1. HeadsofHaryana:ContextualizedReadingofSculpturalRemainsfromEarlyHistoric
Period,PresidentialAddress(AncientIndiaSection),inProceedingofHaryanaHistoryCongress,3rdSession,eds,SajjanKumarandJagdishParshad,2019
2. Bookreview:StoneBeadsofSouthandSoutheastAsia:Archaeology,EthnographyandGlobalConnections,SouthAsianStudies,SeemaBawa(2018)DOI:10.1080/02666030.2018.1470740https://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/aig/SAS-34.pdf
3. VisualisingtheRāmayāna:Power,RedemptionandEmotioninEarlyNarrative
Sculptures(c.FifthtoSixthCenturiesCE)inIndianHistoricalReview,45(1)92–123https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0376983617748000
4. PowerandPoliticsofPortraits,IconsandHagiographicImagesofGandhiinEconomicandPoliticalWeekly(SpecialArticle),Vol.LIIINo.5,February3,2018,pp.54-61https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/5/special-articles/power-and-politics-portraits-icons-and-hagiographic-images-gandhihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/323247105_Power_and_politics_of_portraits_icons_and_hagiographic_images_of_Gandhi
5. RathaYātrāofBațukaMahādevaatChhatrari:SomeArtHistoricalandReligiousEnquiries,EthnologiaPolona,vol.38:2017(2018),pp.221-242
https://www.academia.edu/42785184/RATHA_YĀTRĀ_OF_BAȚUKA_MAHĀDEVA_AT_CHHATRARI_SOME_ART_HISTORICAL_AND_RELIGIOUS_ENQUIRIES
https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/60
6. TheTheoryandPracticeofColourandColouringintheVishnudharmottaraPurana‘inABouquetofIndianHeritage,ResearchandManagement(Dr.AgamPrasadFelicitationVolume)Editors:PrashantSrivastavaandSanjayaKumarMahapatra.2015SwatiPublications,NewDelhi.2015.ISBN:978-93-81843-15-4
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https://www.abebooks.fr/9789381843154/Bouquet-Indian-Heritage-Research-Management-9381843155/plp
7. AspectsoftheGoddess(RaudraandSaumya):AstudyoftwoiconsfromtheChambaValley’inCultoftheGoddess:PastandPresentinIndianArt,ed.ArputharaniSengupta,2015,DKPrintworldandNationalMuseumInstitute,Delhi.2015ISBN:978-81-246-0797-8https://www.academia.edu/42785306/Raudra_and_Saumya_Aspects_of_the_Goddess_A_Study_of_Two_Icons_from_the_Cambà_Valley
8. EnergyoftheSublime:Performance,RitualsandUnmaskingCulturalMemories’inOdetoMonumental:Celebration,Ritual,Ideology,2014,Saffronart,Mumbai,ISBN:978-0-9914162-0-2
9. BharatiyaMurtikala’inBharatiyaUpmahadvipakiSanskritiyaan,HindiMadhayam,KaryanvyaNideshaalya,DelhiUniversityISBN:978-93-80172-66-8,2013
10. ‘GenderinearlyIndianart:Tradition,MethodologyandProblematic,’inHistoriographyandMethodologyofIndianArt,ed.PPDhar,2011,DKPrintworldandNationalMuseumInstitute,Delhi,ISBN10:81-246-0597-
11. Enwombed,Enshrined,Unbounded’and‘TheArtistExplored’,inGogiSarojPal:theFeminineUnbound,2011,DelhiArtGallery,DelhiArtGallery,Delhi,ISBN:978-93-81217-10-85.
12. UniversalMemories:Shuvaprasanna’sGraphicPrints’ined.SushmaBahl,TheBlack,BrownandtheBlue,2011,RoliBooks,RoliBooksISBN:978-81-7436-827-0Delhi.
13. IndianSculpture,Chapterin,CulturesintheIndiansub-Continent,2009-10 SchoolOfOpenLearningUniversityofDelhi,Delhi.
14. ‘TriadsofMathura.’inExpressioninIndianArt:MCJoshiCommemorationVolume,ed.BRManiandAlokTripathi,2008,AgamKalaPrakashan,ISBN:978-81-7320-070-0Delhi.
15. FromAdititoDugdhadharini:ChangingIconographyofaGoddess’,inProceedingsIndianHistoryCongress,Amritsar.https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158081?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=seema%20bawa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dseema%2Bbawa%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone%26refreqid%3Dsearch%253Ad0c9c385f179a9a67a75d6eb69013702&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A2cf5fad6b86bae8f97d94e820f733d1c
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16. Abstractof‘VarunaCultinEarlyMedievalChamba’,inProceedingsIndianHistoryCongress,Aligarh,1994.
17. ExtensionandEntrenchmentofShivaisminEarlyMedievalChamba’,inProceedingsIndianHistoryCongress,Warangal,1992-93.https://www.jstor.org/stable/44142778?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=seema%20bawa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dseema%2Bbawa%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone%26refreqid%3Dexcelsior%253Abb2fd786c6200147e56852e08b075d85&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A50f8a03bee0fe0d11b4adfd9cf706c35&seq=1
18. EditedandContributedtoARTIMES:AMagazineofLivingArts,1997-8,abimonthly,allcolour,96-pagethematicbasedmagazinedealingwithvisualperformingandappliedarts.Issue1:PersonalHistory;Issue2:IdeologyandCulture;Issue3.Love,MarriageandFamilyinArts.
19. SchoolofOpenLearning:IndianSculpturehttps://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1617&chapterid=1659
20. Member:EditorialTeam:SchoolofOpenLearning:CulturesintheIndianSubcontinent:https://sol.du.ac.in/pluginfile.php/5230/mod_resource/content/1/Lesson%20%281-3%29.pdf
OtherpublicationsSelectPublicationsinArtJournals1. AmidDeepSilencesandSinuousMovements:TheArtofHarshdeepKaur,Artand
Deal,Vol,Issue.138,No,105,March2020,RNINo.71451/992. ThecontemporaryandSacredinIndianArt,TakeonIndia,Vol-Issue2,July-
December2015.ISSN0976-40113. Aceramist’ssyntaxofelementalhues,TakeonIndia,Vol-Issue2,July-December
2015.ISSN0976-4011.RNINo.71451/994. Vehemence,PassionandVitality,PallavChander’sVisualWorld,inArtandDeal,
pp.65-66,Issue130,Vol15,No.96,July20195. AVisualTimelineofIndianSculpture,inTakeonArt,Vol-3,Issue10,ISSN0976-
4011 6. CharlesFabrionSatishGujral;IntroductoryTextbySeemaBawa,inTakeonArt,
VolI,Issue03,2010,NewDelhi,ISSN0976-4011 7. OnaCriticsInfluence:OntheArtCriticismofPrayagShukla,inTakeonArt,Vol
IV,Issue15,2014,ISSN0976-41228. CreatingforChange:CreativeTransformationsinWillieBester’sArt,inArtetc:
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News&Views,April,2012,Issue279. CartographyofNarratives,ContemplationsonTimeinArtNews&Views10. RisingAgainstRambo:PoliticalPostersAgainstUSAggression,inArtNews&
Views,May2012Issue2811. RamKumar:ArtisticIntensityofAnAscetic,inArtNews&Views,Feb2012,Issue
2512. Dr.GautamSengupta;DirectorGeneralASIAConversation,inArtNews&Views,
June2011,Vol3.,No1013. DecontextualisingReality,inArtetc:News&Views,October2011,Vol.No.214. SatishGujral:SculptingtheInnerForm,ArtNews&Views,December2010,Vol3
No.415. RamKinkerBaij,inArt&Deal,Vol3No.3,2005,Issue17,RNINo.71451/9916. NewIdiomandIdentity:CollectiveandIndividualSearchinPostPartitionIndia,in
ArtandDeal,Vol,10,No,42,2014,RNINo.71451/9917. RajeshMehra,inArtandDeal,Vol,10,No,42,2014,RNINo.71451/9918. DilliDilwalonKi,inArtandDeal,Vol,5,No,25,2008,RNINo.71451/9919. AManofVariedFacets:SatishGujral,inArtandDeal,Vol,5,No,25,2008,RNI
No.71451/9920. ManjitBawa,inArtandDeal,Vol,11,No,43,2014-2015,RNINo.71451/9921. BreakingBastions:AmritaSherGil,ArtandDeal,IssueNo30,2009,RNINo.
71451/9922. BeautyWithoutaSoul,LalitKalaContemporaryJournal39,March199423. TheRajinFiction,TheBookReviewVolume,XVI,No5.24. DecenteringandDialoguingwithPictorialSpace,inCreativeMinds,Vol.II,Issue
IV,Jan-Feb2016CatalogueBooks:
25. Shatadru-theFountainheadofHundredStreams:FeminineSensibilitiesinIndianArt,co-authoredwithAlkaRaghuvanshi:Explorestherootsofartisticproductionbywomenartistsandtriestounderstandfemininecreativityonitsownterms.LalitKalaAcademyandNationalCraftsMuseum,1996.
26. Sakshara:SocialDevelopmentThroughPosterArt,NationalLiteracyMission,Delhi,1996.
27. Swatantrata,photographicexhibitiononeducationinthe50yearssinceIndia’sindependencewithspecialemphasisontheprogressorotherwiseofwomen.NLM,Delhi1997
28. ShamianaWrotetheexhibitionjournalforthismultimediashowontheroleofmediainliteracy.NLM,Delhi.1997
SelectArtCatalogues:29. ContextualizingProgressives:ArtisticModernityorContinuumfortheexhibition
ContextualizingProgressives:IndianArtintheTwentiethCentury,IndiaInternationalCentre,NewDelhiandArtsGlacerhi,October-November2019.
30. TheLanguageofChaos:FormsandTexturesinPallavChander’sArtfortheexhibitionTomorrowBelongstoMe,AllianceFrançaise,August,2019.
31. AscendingEnergies,MeldingForms:SatishGujral’sPaintingsandSculpture,LalitKalaAkademi,Delhi2011.
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32. SatishGujral’strystwithTraditionandModernity:CymrozaGallery,Mumbai,2010
33. TranscendingtheVisible:WhattheEyesCanSee:PaintingsbyKotaNeelima,2015,VisualArtsGalley,IHC,Delhi.
34. HarnessingtheMysticalMoment:SatishGujral,LalitKalaAcademy.Delhi2008.35. TheEnergyofCreation,SatishGujral’sdrawingsandPaintings,CymrozaGallery,
Mumbai,200736. FirstCause,KotaNeelima:IndiaHabitatCentre2013
37. Ganga:Sidharth’sJourneyalongtheRiverandWithin,IndiaArtFair-BargadArtandCulture,ISBN978-81-930852-02,2015
38. TopographiesofAbsence,inSabaHasan.ArtKonsult,Delhi,2012
39. ‘TheManyMeaningsofColour,’ined.AlkaPande,Chroma,IndiaHabitatCentre.
40. TheTechneofArt;FracturesinADigitalWorld,forForumArtGalleryatArtChennai,2012
41. CadencesofFecundity:TheCreativeWorldofSeemaKohli,inSynchronicity,Shrishtigallery,ManouchiGallery,NewYork,2011.
42. Prati/bimb:Re-flectionofIndianArt,DhoomimalArtCentre,Delhi,2011
43. ManifestationsVandVI,contributedarticles,DelhiArtGallery,Delhi2011.
44. PenetratingSilencesandSpaces,inRitenderaRoy,GallerieGanesha,Delhi,2012
45. Krishna:RomanticFantasyinPeacockForestbyRaghuVayasVisualArtsgallery,IndiaHabitatCenter,Delhi,2009
46. AJourneyDowntheGanga:RaghuVyas,ArtIndus,NewDelhi,1998
47. MigratingMemories:KanchanChander,RomainRollandAllainceFrancaise,NewDelhi,2009
48. Shunya,PaintingsbyShampaSircarDas,VisualArtsGallery,200749. DoesSizeMatterII,StudioConfluence,Mumbai,2008.
50. DoesSizeMatterI,ArtKonsult,NewDelhi,200751. Mayadarpana:theUnrealityoftheRealbytwentycontemporaryartistsofIndia,
Intercontinental,Delhi2006.
52. Stuti:ManishPushkale,GalleryEspace,Delhi,200453. AmitabhSengupta,JoydipSengupta,GallerySumukha,Bangalore,2004
54. ‘SerigraphicJourney,’inThreeDecadeofSilkScreenprints:ParamjeetSingh,LalitKalaAcademy,NewDelhi,2002
55. JaiZharotia:Paintings’1997,KumarGallery,NewDelhi,1997.
OtherPublications:1. Between2004-2014writtenmorethan70reviewsandfeaturearticlesfor
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specializedartmagazinessuchasARTINDIA,ArtJournalofIndia,ArtNewsandViews,TakeonArtandArt&Dealsomeofwhicharementionedabove.
2. ‘PaintingthePrayer’inWomenandLiteracy,NLMandUNESCO.NewDelhi,1996
3. ResearchbasedarticlesoncontemporaryartpublishedinLalitKalaContemporary,NewDelhi,1996
4. Morethan500featuresandreviewsonartandculturepublishedintheAsianAge,DeccanChronicleThePioneer,TheTimesofIndia,TheBookReview,DesignandInterior,ArchitectureandDesign,Memoirsamongotherpublicationsbetween1991-2014.
SelectNewspaperArticles:1. CreatingaNewIconongraphy,ThePioneer,7thFebruary1995
2. TrivialisationofGenderArt, ThePioneer,24thNovember1999
3. Exploringtheunevensurface, ThePioneer,31stMarch,2000 4. ArtsfromtheshoreofPerestroika,ThePioneer,13thNovember1992
5. MonumentalBlunder, ThePioneer24thSeptember1992 6. Bringinginthefolksyfeeling ThePioneer,31stMarch1993
7. Seekingrefugeinthepast ThePioneer,10thMay1993,
8. IsRaviVermarelevantToday ThePioneer,29thJune1993 9. WhenHeritagebecomesRubble ThePioneer,22ndJuly1994
10. FiguringitouttheModernWayThePioneer,29thMarch,1994 11. ThePaintingontheWallThePioneer,23rdAugust1994
12. AddingDynamismtotheArtLandscape TheTimesofIndia1stMarch1996
13. AconflictbetweenAttitudes TheTimesofIndiaDatedApril1996
14. DerivingFromMyth ThePioneer23rdFebruary1995
15. DrawingfromtheClassical ThePioneerdated5thJanuary1995 16. DrawingfromTribalArtNewspaperThePioneerdated19thJanuary1995
17. TheScared&theProfane ThePioneerdated20thOctober1994
18. SELFASOUEVREAsianAge/DeccanChronicle14thFebruary2013
19. Christianiconography AsianAge/DeccanChronicle12thSeptember201320. Victorianpastoralbliss AsianAge/DeccanChronicle
21. Alienfaces&LatinlogosAsianAge/DeccanChronicle25thJuly201322. Publicartneedshelp AsianAge/DeccanChronicle4thJuly2013
23. VideoarchivestodocumentartAsianAge/DeccanChronicle6thJune2013
24. Iconographyofawoman AsianAge/DeccanChronicle17thOct2013
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25. Thepowerofform AsianAge/DeccanChronicle19thSeptember2013
26. Urban-ruraljuxtaposition AsianAge/DeccanChronicle,25thNovember2013
27. Tangibleandintangible AsianAge/DeccanChronicle22ndAugust201328. Sanctumofsolace AsianAge/DeccanChronicle21stMay2013
29. ReimaginingtheMahatmaGandhiAsianAge/DeccanChronicleDec17,201430. Thefemaleanatomy AsianAge/DeccanChronicleNov26,2014
31. Artthatissacred AsianAge/DeccanChronicleNov05,2014
32. Vignettesfromthepast AsianAge/DeccanChronicleSep03,201433. Brushstrokeoffeminism AsianAge/DeccanChronicleAug14,
2014
34. Inneedofpreservation AsianAge/DeccanChronicleAug06,201435. TimelesstaleofPahariart AsianAge/DeccanChronicleJun18,2014
36. Bengalitrio’shistorytrail AsianAge/DeccanChronicleJun04,201437. LayersofBuddhism AsianAge/DeccanChronicleMay14,2014
38. AglimpseofthemastersAsianAge/DeccanChronicleFeb06,2014
39. Theurbandiscourse AsianAge/DeccanChronicleJan30,201440. IndianArtFair2014 AsianAge/DeccanChronicleJan16,2014
41. EmotionsinminiaturesAsianAge/DeccanChronicleNov28,2013
ConferenceOrganization/Presentations(inthelastthreeyears)Seminars,ConferencesandPresentations:
1. RepresentingtheDiscourseofPleasure:TheKamalokascenesatMathuraatMathura:ArchaeologyofInter-religiousencountersinAncientIndia,WorkshoporganizedbyCERES,RuhrUniversity,Bochum,25-27thJuly.2019.
2. IconographyofprincipalDeitiesAtMathura:HeritageSociety,19thAugust,2020,https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1348653718809057&ref=watch_permalink
3. GandhiinTextbooksandPosters:GandhiatSeminaronIdeas,PhilosophiesandPracticesofGandhi,SDPublicSchool,Pitampura,3rdOct,2020
4. SignificanceofStyleandNomenclatureinArtHistory:DaulatRamCollege,October21,20205. Chaired,Session,InternationalConferenceon“North-EastIndia:ACrossRoadofAsian
Civilisations”,HeritageSociety,21-22November2020Podcast:6. Dr.SeemaBawaontheFeministArtMovementinIndiaandReadingGenderinEarly
IndianArt.TheSwaddle,https://theswaddle.com/podcast/seema-bawa-on-the-feminist-art-movement-in-india-and-reading-gender-in-early-indian-art/
7. ResourcePersonforARPIT-MOOCS-History,ReadingIndianVisualHistories:Some
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MethodologicalIssues:28thDecember2020
SpecialLectures:NIFTKangra8. Classicism-Hellenism,Renaissance,NeoClassicism:IdiomsandIdeas:7th&14thAugust20209. IdeaofbeautyinIndianart:7thAugust2020;10thand14thAugust202010. VisualCultureofUrbanizationandUrbanisminEarlyIndia,LaxmibiaiCollege,10thFeburary
2021.11. Speciallecture“"GenderRepresentationinIndianArt"on8thMarch2021at12:30pm,Pravah-
TheHistorySocietyoftheBharatiCollege12. Gandhi,NationalismandDandiMarch:12thMarch:GandhiBhavan13. ReadingGandhithroughhisImages,Webinar:SHASHWAT-TheHistorySocietyofSatyawati
College,UniversityofDelhiaspartofitsइितहास-मंथनseries,5thApril202114. Temples,Icons,Mohras:WesternHimalayanArt,ReligionandRituals,
KarwaanSpecialLecturehttps://www.facebook.com/karwaaninitiative/videos/730772180937716/?comment_id=731212424227025¬if_id=1617949961785731¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif
15. AspectsofEarlyIndianReligion,FDP,HansrajCollege,UniversityofDelhi,22ndApril2021.
16. ‘ImagingandImaginingGandhiinthePedagogicDiscourse’,atNationalDiscussionMeeton‘TheRelevanceofGandhianEducationalIdeasandExperiments:ImplicationsforPolicyandPractices’,NIEPA,NewDelhion4th-5thOctober2019.
17. ‘Śāstra,ŚilpaandPraxis:AestheticsandPietywithintheNormativeTradition’,atInternationalConference"FormsofKnowledgeandIntellectualTraditionsinSouthAsia"NehruMemorialMuseumandLibrary(NMML)10-11July2019.
18. ‘Progressives(?):InterrogatingModernityin20thCenturyArt’atSeminaronContextualizingProgressives:IndianArtintheTwentiethCentury,atIndiaInternationalCentre,NewDelhiandArtsGlacerhionthe19thofOctober,2019.
19. ‘IndianArtandArchaeologyupto1200CE’,atDeenDayalUpadhyayaCollegeUniversityofDelhi,24thSeptember2019.
20. ‘PerspectivesofIndianHistory',ZakirHusainDelhiCollege,on28thAugust,2019.21. ‘VisualHistorySources&Methods,Webinar,SriAurobindoCollege(Evening),12th
May,2020.22. ‘Literary&VisualCultures:Perspective&Paradigms’Webinar,RamLalAnand
College,and18thMay2020.23. 'TheIconographyofGandhi:ConstructingtheCanon’ataNationalConference
entitled“ThePrescientGandhi:ReviewingtheSocial,Political,Economic,MoralandBeyond”organizedbyNMMLheldatNMMLonthe21stofFebruary,2019
24. TalkonEarlyVisualsfromTheRamayana:LocatingtheImageryatIndiaInternationalCentre,IndianArchaeologyseries,July9,2018
25. VisualizingGandhi,GandhiStudyCircle,SriAurobindoCollege,11thMarch.201926. VisualNarrativesoftheRamayana;Art,HistoryandMemory,atPGDAVCollege.09
March2019.27. PanelistonPanel‘MasculinityandFemininityatKamlaNehruCollege,29thMarch
2019
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28. Art,HeritageandHistory,atAryabhattCollege,1stNovember201829. TheArtof,andfor,theWanderingAscetics:AstudyofCentralIndianCavesculptures
atthe24thConferenceofEuropeanAssociationofSouthAsianArchaeologyatNaples,2-6thJuly2018
30. GenderinEarlyNarrativesinIndia:atLeipzigUniversity,25thJune2018.31. ResourcePerson:36thRefresherCourseforhistory,atUGC-HRDC,JNUon26thJuly
201832. FromKuraiyaBirtoKadwahaatConferenceofEuropeanAssociationofAsianArt
andArchaeologyatZurich,24-28August,201733. Suttee,Nautchgirlsandnativewomen:Genderingthecolonialvisualrepresentation
ofIndianwomenataninternationalconferenceorganizedbyICCRIndianSubjects,ForeignArtists,October10-11,2016.
34. Re-usingtheObject:Visual,CultureandIdentity,atNationalSeminaronRe-inscribingthepast:Cultures,NationalIdentityandDevelopmentatKirorimalCollege,1stMarch2017
35. Themotherandthegoddess:Imaginingmotherhoodinfeminineimageryincross-culturalcontextsatConferenceonCrossingBoundaries,DepartmentofHistory,27-28thFebruary2017.
36. TheCityandtheForestinTheRamayana.AtapaneldiscussionatAllianceFrancaise,16thOctober,2016
37. CulturalFormationsandFeminineExpressionsatNationalSeminaronWomen’sRights;ChallengesandSolutions,SESOMUGirlsCollege,SriDungargarh,Bikaner,13th-14thJanuary,2016.
38. TheMakingofVisualCulturalFormationsinEarlyIndia,atAtmaRamSanatanDharmaCollege,DelhiUniversity.InJanuary2016.
39. ChairedPaneldiscussioninSeminaronAttheLimitsofHistoryatRamLalAnandCollege,DelhiUniversityon30thJanuary2016.
40. RathaYatraofBatukaMahadevaatChhatrari:SomearthistoricalandReligiousenquiries”AtConferenceonCurrentHimalayanResearch:ApproachesMethodologies,atBędlewonearPoznań,PolandorganizedbytheEasternResearchCommissionoftheCommitteeofEthnologicalSciences,PolishAcademyofSciences,andDepartmentofEthnologyandCulturalAnthropology,NicolausCopernicusUniversityofToruń,23-25thApril2015.
41. InterrogatingthedivinefeminineinIndianart:archetypes,stereotypesandcontinuities,SeminaronTheSacred&TheArts,,organizedbyLalitKalaAkademie,MuseumofSacredArt,IndianCouncilofCulturalRelationsandArts4All,23March2015.
42. MatrimurtisandMatridevisofMathuraandAssociatedSites,MuseumofAsiaticheKunst,Berlin,30thApril2015.
43. TheArtofRabindranathTagore,atTagoreasanIndianLegend,SahityaAkademi,NewDelhiwiththecoordinationofPunjabiSahitAcademy,Ludhiana,August2010
44. NarrativesintheRamayana,atPictorialRepresentationsinRamayana,SahityaAkademi,BhuriSinghMuseumChamba.June2009
45. GenderinEarlyIndianArt;Tradition,Methodology&Problematic,atNationalMuseumInstituteofHistoryofArt
46. IndianSculpture,HistorySeminar,DeshbandhuCollege.200647. EmergingArt,AtIndiaArtFair,Epicenter,Gurgaon,201048. ContemporaryandPostModernArt,ArtFair,Epicenter,Gurgaon.2011
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49. EmergingArtandArtists,ArtFair,Epicenter,Gurgaon,201250. AdaandAbruinConstructionofWomanhoodinMuslimSocials,atDepictionofIndian
CultureinHindiFilms,ManavUttardayitav,201451. ResourcepersonforOrientationCourseandRefresherCourseatAcademicStaff
College,JNUandCPDHE,DelhiUniversity.
UGCCECLecturesTelecastonVyasChannel:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8ibn8YiMvy1tS6IRsF_cxRHPEAqWbP01. NorthIndianArchitecture,PartI,March20142. NorthIndianArchitecture,PartII,March20143. FoundationsofIndianArt:EssenceandIdeaofIndianArt,May20144. FoundationsofIndianArt:EssenceandNatureofIndianArchitecture,May20145. BeginningsofIndianArt:PrehistoricArt,June,20146. BeginningsofIndianArt:HarappanArt,June,20147. BeginningsofIndianArt:MauryanArt,June,20148. BeginningsofArtandArchitectureinEarlyIndia,SanchiStupaI.November20149. BeginningsofArtandArchitectureinEarlyIndia,Bharhut.November201410. BeginningsofArtandArchitectureinEarlyIndia,SanchiStupaIIandassociated
SitesNovember201411. TheBeginningsofIconographyatMathuraI,December210412. TheBeginningsofIconographyatMathuraII,December201413. Amaravati:PrecursortoClassicalArt,April201514. GandharanArtI,August201515. GandharaArtII,August2015
ResearchProjects(MajorGrants/ResearchCollaboration)1. Visualizing the Epic in narrative reliefs: The Ramayana, Imagery, Text & Context (c, 5th to 7th
centuries CE) ResearchandDevelopmentGrant,DelhiUniversity,2015-20162. ResearchAssociateforSutlej-RaviResearchProjectalsoknownasWestern
HimalayanArtandArchitectureMasterfilewithProjectDirectorProf.T.S.Maxwell,DepartmentofAsianandIslamicArtHistory,InstituteofOrientalandAsianStudies,UniversityofBonnundertheaegisofGermanResearchFoundation(DFG).
3. MinorProjectResearchGrant,UGC.4. Researched“ContinuityandChange’devotedtoEarlyMedievalIndia,forDiscoveryof
India,apermanentexpositiondesignedbytheNationalInstituteofDesign,AhmedabadforNehruCentre,Mumbai.
CareerProfile1.Professor,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofDelhisinceJanuary20142.AssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofHistory,SriAurobindoCollege,UniversityofDelhiMarch1996toJanuary20143.LecturerinDepartmentofHistoryatJesusandMaryCollege,DelhiCollegeofArtsandCommerce,KamlaNehruCollege,MotiLalCollege(Eve.)from1991to1996onAdhoc&temporarybasis4.VisitingFacultyforIndianArtandIconographyattheInstituteofArcheology,ArcheologicalSurveyofIndia,5.GuestLecturesatIndianArtHistoryatInstituteofOrientalArtHistory,UniversityofBonn2000to20026.GuestFacultyforUniversityofCalifornia,Exchangestudentsoverseveralsemesterson
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AncientandModernIndianArt&CultureatNationalMuseumInstitute.7.GuestFacultyforCulturalHistoryM.A(Tourism),CollegeofVocationalStudies,Univ.ofDelhiinacademicyear1999-2000.AdministrativeAssignments
1. HeadofDepartment,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofDelhi.2. In-Charge,TheMuseumofArtandArchaeology,DepartmentofHistory,University
ofDelhi3. Treasurer,GoverningBody,ShaheedBhagatSinghCollege,UniversityofDelhi-2014
-20164. Treasurer.GoverningBody.2017;MemberGoverningBodyVivekanandaCollege,
UniversityofDelhi-2015-2017.5. MemberExecutiveCommittee,InternationalStudentsHouse(ISH)Universityof
Delhi-2014-20196. MemberExecutiveCommittee,InternationalStudentsHouseforWomen,University
ofDelhi-2014-20197. Member,DepartmentResearchCouncil,BoardofResearchStudies,FacultyofSocial
Sciences,8. Member,MPhilCommittee9. NodalOfficer,NAAC,2018.10. NodalOfficer,PGAdmissions,2019.11. Member,CommitteeofCourses12. JointSecretary,StaffAssociationSriAurobindoCollege,UniversityofDelhi13. Member,CollegeComplaintsCommittee,SriAurobindoCollege,UniversityofDelhi14. ConvenerCulturalCommittee,CollegeCanteenCommittee,SriAurobindoMoorti
SthapnaCommittee,etcatSriAurobindoCollege,UniversityofDelhiSubjectsTaught
1. M.APrev,HSM1CoreCourse:PracticeofHistory2. MAPrev:AncientMesopotamia2. M.APrev,Electivecourse:CulturalHistoryofEarlyUrbanism3. M.AFinal,HSM306Corecourse:SocialHistoryofIndianArtandArchitecture(300BCEtoc1300CE)4. M.AFinal,HSM313ElectiveCourse:EarlyIndianArtandArchitecture5. MPhilCoursesI,II&III6. Convener,MPhilCourse1,2018-197. Undergraduateteachingfrom1996-2004asLecturer,ReaderandAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofHistory,SriAurobindoCollege(Day).BeforethattaughtatMotilalNehru(Eve),DCACandJesusandMaryCollegeandalsoasGuestFacultyatKamlaNehruCollegeandNCWEB.8. TaughtArtandIconographytoPGDAstudentsatInstituteofArchaeology,RedFort,Delhiformaysemesters.9. TaughtHistoryofArchitecturetoPostGraduationinCulturalInformaticsatIGNCA,May-June,2019-20HavebeenExternalexaminerforM.PhilandPh.D.studentsforvariousuniversitiesandhavebeenAdditionalandHeadExaminerintheUniversityofDelhiforunder-
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graduateexaminationsforseveralyears.
AwardsandDistinctions
i. RecipientofIndo-GermanFellowshipCulturalProgrammeundertheaegisofUGCandDAADtostudy
attheSeminarfuerKunstgeschichte,UniversitatBonn.2000to2002ii. GoldenBrushAwardforContributiontoArtconferredbyFMGInstitute.iii. InvitedforIndiaChairforHistoryatShenzhenUniversity,ChinabyICCR,2014.
AssociationWithProfessionalBodies
CommitteesandBoardI. MemberBoardofStudies,InstituteofArchaeology,ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia,RedFortforIndian
ArtandIconographyforPGDAII. MemberCommitteeforsyllabipreparationofBAProgramme,ApplicationCourse,IndianArtand
DisciplineCourse,CulturesintheIndianSubcontinentforDepartmentofHistory,DelhiUniversityforundergraduateandgraduatestudents
1. Memberships:
I. Lifemember:IndianHistoryCongressII. Lifemember:IndianArtHistoryCongress
CurationofExhibitions&Workshops
I. CuratedTheReunionofTheSix:ManjitBawa,GokalDembi,UmeshVarma,NeelmonyChatterjee,JagadishDeyandDurgaPrasadatAIFACS,NewDelhi,March9th-15th,2018.II. CuratedshowssuchasTheDecoratedCow:Sculpture,PaintingsandDrawingsbySidharthatReligare
Artinitiative,2010andShatadru:Womens’SensibilityinArtwithaprecedingworkshopinvolving50folk-tribal(suchasSubhadraDevi,AmbikaDevi,MahasundariDevi,GauriChitrakar)andcontemporaryartists(MadhaviParekh,ArpanaCaur,KanchanChander,BulbulSharma,VasundharaTiwariandNIyer)forLalitKalaAcademyandNationalCraftsMuseum.
III. ResourcePersonforworkshopsonroleofhistoryinartatCollegeofArt,Delhi.IV. WorkedasResearcherandReporterfortwodocumentaryfilmsforHungarianTelevisiononPopular
IndianCinemaandIndianWomen.AlsocontributedtofilmsonSeniorartistssuchasGogiSarojPal(VAG),Sidharth(RajyaSabhaTV)andSatishGujral(MEA).
V. CorrespondentforARTSCAN,aprogrammeoncontemporaryIndianArtforDoordarshan3.VI. DesignedcostumesforPanchNadkaPani,aplaydirectedbyVijaySharmaandSatyajitSharma
performedatIndiaHabitatCentre.VII. Writtenonfilmandtheatreinonlineandprintpublications.VIII. ResourcepersonforOrientationCourseandRefresherCourseatAcademicStaffCollege,JNUandCPDHE,
DelhiUniversity.IX. AttendedanartcampforartistsandcriticsinCambodiaandThailand.X. AttendedanartcampatVaranasiorganizedbyVHAI-Khojproject.