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SEEMABAWACurriculumVitae

Designation Professor

Address DepartmentofHistory,FacultyofSocialSciencesUniversityofDelhi

PhoneNoOffice 27666659

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Email bawaseema@gmail.com

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&notif_id=1617949961785731&notif_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.