Kumkum Roy
Professor
Office:
105, SSS I
91-11-26704480
[email protected]
Education:
PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, History, 1992
MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University, History, 1979
BA, Presidency College, Kolkata, History, 1976
Research Interests:
My doctoral research was on the emergence of monarchy in north India, mid-first millennium
BCE. This was based on a study of later and post-Vedic textual sources, which were analyzed to
explore the complex connections between the emergence of political institutions and domestic
relations. I have also been keenly interested in the teaching of history in schools, developing
curriculum and textbooks in collaboration with the Delhi SCERT and the National Council for
Educational Research and Training (NCERT). One of my main areas of interest is in engendering
studies of early Indian social history in particular and gender/ women’s studies in general. My
current research interests include exploring questions of inter-textuality in early and early
medieval Sanskrit texts, with a special focus on representations of gender, marginalized
peoples, and liminal spaces.
Profile:
Employment
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Professor, 2007Jawaharlal Nehru University, Associate Professor, 1999-2007
Delhi University, Reader, 1998-1999
Satyawati College, Delhi University, Lecturer, 1983-98
Gargi College, Delhi University, Lecturer, 1983
Fellowships, Grants & Honours
Sectional President, Indian History Congress, 2008
Hiralal Gupta Award for a woman historian, 2011
Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1994
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Advance Study, Shimla, 1998
Publications
Books
The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power: Explorations in Early Indian History, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2010
Edited Books
Women in Early Indian Societies, Manohar, New Delhi 1999
Important Articles
Poetic Pasts: Patrons, Poets and Lesser Mortals in Bana’s ‘Biography’, Religions of South Asia,
Volume 5, Number 12, June/December 2011: 303-317
Lecture Courses
Number
U41303
M21420/P21220
M24406
Title
Texts and Traditions of Early India
Ancient Indian Social History
Households in Ancient Societies
Seminar Courses
Number
M22402/P22412
Title
Aspects of Ancient Indian Social History
Outline and Readings
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