Title Prof. First Name SEEMA Last Name BAWA
Designation Professor
Department Department of History
Email sbawa@history.du.ac.in
Webpage
Phone.no 011-27666659
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Educational Qualifications
Degree/Certification Name Institution Year of Completion
M.Phil. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI 1993
PG UNIVERSITY OF DELHI 1990
UG University of Delhi 1988
Fellowship Details
Name Of Fellowship Awarding Body Fellowship Level
Indo-German Fellowship UGC and DAAD International
Development of E-content
Name of The Module Platform/Organization Date of Launching
Gandhara Art II Other 27-08-2015
Gandharan Art I Other 24-08-2015
Amaravati: Precursor to Classical Art Other 23-04-2015
The Beginnings of Iconography at Mathura II Other 15-12-2014
The Beginnings of Iconography at Mathura I Other 05-12-2014
Beginnings of Art and Architecture in Early India, Sanchi Stupa II and associated Sites Other 18-11-2014
Beginnings of Art and Architecture in Early India, Bharhut Other 12-11-2014
Beginnings of Art and Architecture in Early India, Sanchi Stupa I Other 07-11-2014
Beginnings of Indian Art: Mauryan Art Other 26-06-2014
Beginnings of Indian Art: Harappan Art, June Other 16-06-2014
Beginnings of Indian Art: Prehistoric Art, June Other 03-06-2014
Foundations of Indian Art: Essence and Nature of Indian Architecture Other 22-05-2014
Foundations of Indian Art: Essence and Idea of Indian Art Other 17-05-2014
North Indian Architecture, Part II Other 16-03-2014
North Indian Architecture, Part I Other 01-03-2022
ARPIT-MOOCS-History, Reading Indian Visual Histories: Some Methodological Issues Other 28-12-2020
Teaching Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Associate Professor 06-03-1996 To 22-01-2014 (17 years, 10 months, 16 days)
Administrative Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Dean 10-01-2022 To 09-01-2023 (11 months, 30 days)
Head 12-11-2020 To 11-11-2023 (2 years, 11 months, 30 days)
In-Charge for The Museum of Art and Archaeology 13-04-2015 To 15-10-2020 (5 years, 6 months, 2 days)
Treasurer 06-02-2014 To 19-08-2016 (2 years, 6 months, 13 days)
Treasurer 09-04-2015 To 24-03-2017 (1 years, 11 months, 15 days)
Member, Executive Committee, ISH 14-03-2014 To 22-10-2019 (5 years, 7 months, 8 days)
Member, Executive Committee, ISH for Women 06-05-2014 To 12-08-2019 (5 years, 3 months, 6 days)
Member, Departmental Research Council 06-05-2014 To 27-11-2020 (6 years, 6 months, 21 days)
Member, MPhil Committee 03-03-2014 To 30-11-2020 (6 years, 8 months, 27 days)
Nodal Officer, NAAC 05-02-2018 To 24-11-2020 (2 years, 9 months, 19 days)
Nodal Officer, PG Admissions 04-03-2019 To 30-11-2020 (1 years, 8 months, 26 days)
Member, Committee of Courses for Hons and PG 17-03-2014 To 26-08-2016 (2 years, 5 months, 9 days)
Courses/Subjects Taught
Teaching Activity Type Course Title Semester Total Assigned Classes Number of Classes Taught Duration
Lecture Social History of Early Indian Art 3 4 4 01-10-2024 To 30-12-2024 (2 months, 29 days)
Research Supervision Overview
PhD Scholars Supervised PhD Degrees Awarded Theses Submitted
0 6 0
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Looking for the Goddess: An Enquiry Into Origin and Evolution in Early Historic Bihar Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Social Scientist 0970-0293 2025 (Volume 53). No 1-2, January-February 2025
'Seeing' Hierarchies and Difference in Early Indian Art Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Proceedings of the Indian History Congress ISSN: 2249-1937 December, 2023 2024
Colour and Colouring in Indian Art, Society and Ritual: Text. Practice and Meaning Research Papers in UGC listed Journals History Today 2249-748X No. 25, 2024 2024
Cross-Cultural Exchange of Visual and Material Cultures: Case Studies from the North Indian Terracotta Figures Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Studies in People’s History ISSN: 2348-4489; Online ISSN: 2349-7718 11, 1 (2024 2024 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23484489241240039 10.1177/23484489241240039
Vergeschlechtlichte Körper: Fragen an die Historiografie vormoderner indischer Kunst Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Pschyosozial 0171-3434 45(4). Nr 170.2022. Heft IV 2022 DOI: 10.30820/0171-3434-2022-4-62
Mathura ke Trisanyuj Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Itihaas Drishti ISSN-0976-349X 20-21, 2022 2022
Stone Beads of South and Southeast Asia: Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections South Asian Studies 10.1080/02666030.2018.1470740
Political Pantheons: Hierarchy, Proximity and Power in Political Posters and Hoardings Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Social Scientist ISSN No. 0970-0293 vol 50, no. 05-06, 2022
Sculptural Analysis and Archaeological Report of Sangwan I and II, Haryana, Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Puratattva 0970-2105 No. 51 2021 10.2139/ssrn.4922997
Visualising the Rāmayāna: Power, Redemption and Emotion in Early Narrative Sculptures (c. Fifth to Sixth Centuries CE) Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Indian Historical Review ISSN: 0376-9836; Online ISSN: 0975-5977 45. (1) 2018 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0376983617748000 https://doi.org/10.1177/0376983617748000
Power and Politics of Portraits, Icons and Hagiographic Images of Gandhi Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly ISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846. LII. No 5 Feb 2018 2018 https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/5/special-articles/power-and-politics-portraits-icons-and-hagiographic-images-gandhi
Ratha Yatra of Batuka Mahadeva at Chhatrari: Some Art Historical and Religious Enquiries Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Ethnologia Polona ISSN 0137-4079 eISSN 2719-6976 38. 2017 (2018) 2017 https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/60
From Aditi to Dugdhadharini: Changing Iconography of a Goddess Proceedings Indian History Congress 63 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
Extension and Entrenchment of Shivaism in Early Medieval Chamba Proceedings Indian History Congress 53 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
Non-Journal Publications
Title of Publication Type of Publication Publisher Role ISBN Year Link to Publication Level
Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Bloomsbury India Editor 78-9-3947-0133-5 (online) 978-9-3947-0126-7 (hardback) 978-9-3947-0128-1 (epub) 2024 International
Locating Pleasure in Indian History: Prescribed and Proscribed Desires in Visual and Literary Cultures Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Bloomsbury Publishing Editor 9789394701342, 9789394701267 2021 https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/locating-pleasure-in-indian-history-9789390513727/ International
Gods, Men and Women: Gender and Sexuality Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other D K Printworld Pvt. Ltd. Author 978-8124606643 National
Religion and Art of the Chamba Valley, A.D. 700-1300 Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Agam Kala Prakashan Author 978-8173200380 National
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Shaiva Siddhanta in Central Indian Temples and Monestic Context Minor 2021 Under Preparation Ongoing since 01-11-2021 (3 years, 7 months, 6 days)
1. Visualizing the Epic in narrative reliefs: The Ramayana, Imagery, Text & Context (c, 5th to 7th centuries CE) Minor 2015 Paper in Indian Historical Review published in 2018 (Scopus Index) 15-10-2015 To 13-10-2016 (11 months, 28 days)
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
Indo-German Fellowship fuer Kunstgeschichte Any Other International 03-04-2000
India Chair for History at Shenzhen University ICCR Innovation International 01-01-2014
Talk Poster Presented
Name of the Activity Role Date of Activity
Invited Lecture, Rajdhani College Invited Talk 27-04-2022
Seminar of History and Historiography, Motilal Nehru College Invited Talk 19-04-2022
'The Idea of Archaeology and The Archaeology of Ideas' PGDAV College Invited Talk 18-01-2022
Refresher course in Indian Folklore, Culture and Traditions CPDHE Invited Talk 06-01-2022
'Early temple Architecture and Art' on Multiple Dimensions of Ancient Indian Culture, DAV PG College, BHU Invited Talk 20-11-2021
'Iconogrphy beyond the Temple: Wayside Shrines, Caves and Mathas', 4th Haripriya Rangarajan Memorial Lecture Invited Talk 09-10-2021
'Pluralities of Representing Gender in Early Indian Art' at Lady Shri Ram College Invited Talk 22-10-2021
'Art History and Heritage Studies in the Indian Context', at Aditi Mahavidyalaya Invited Talk 27-10-2021
'Art in Ancient India', Bharati College Invited Talk 14-10-2021
Book Launch and Discussion on 'Locating Pleasure in Indian History: Prescribed and Proscribed Desires in Visual and Literary Cultures Invited Talk 17-09-2021
"Narrative Tradition in Folk Art with special emphasis on Paitkar Paintings", Kirori Mal College Invited Talk 07-09-2021
Inaugural Address, Society and Culture in India: Changing Historical Trends and their Challenges, Refresher Course in History, Ramanujan College Invited Talk 25-08-2021
Iconography of Principal Deities at Mathura: Heritage Society Invited Talk 19-08-2020
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