Title Prof. First Name CHARU Last Name GUPTA
Designation Senior Professor
Department Department of History
Email cgupta@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
Ph.D. - Ph.D. History School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2000
M.Phil. History Department, University of Delhi 1991
PG Miranda House, University of Delhi 1987
UG Miranda House, University of Delhi 1985
Qualifications
Examination Name Conducting Body Date of Passing
NET University Grants Commission 04-01-1991
NET University Grants Commission 24-12-1989
Fellowship Details
Name Of Fellowship Awarding Body Fellowship Level
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library Fellowship NMML National
South Asia Regional Fellowship Social Science Research Council, USA International
ASIA Fellow Asian Scholarship Foundation, Thailand International
Honorary Research Fellow Wellcome Trust Centre, UCL, London International
Commonwealth Scholarship Commonwealth, UK, for PhD International
South Asian Visiting Scholar Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford International
Visiting Fellow at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago International
Distinguished Visiting Scholar-in-Residence Rutgers University International
Teaching Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor 22-12-1992 To 19-10-2009 (16 years, 9 months, 27 days)
Visiting Professor and ICCR Chair 31-03-2017 To 30-06-2017 (2 months, 30 days)
Administrative Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Teacher-in-Charge, History Department, South Campus 31-12-2020 To 24-06-2022 (1 years, 5 months, 24 days)
Research Supervision Overview
PhD Scholars Supervised PhD Degrees Awarded Theses Submitted
7 6 0
M.Phil Scholars Supervised M.Phil Degrees Awarded M.Phil Theses Submitted
0 8 0
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Communal Geographies: An Introduction Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 0085-6401 [Print]; 1479-0270 [Online] 46 (6) 2024 doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2024.2303215

Disease and the Untouchable: Insights from Vernacular Histories of North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Studies in People’s History 2349-7718 10 (2) https://doi.org/10.1177/23484489231199026

Gendering and Vernacularizing Conversions in India: Christianity, Clothing, and Cartoons Research Papers in UGC listed Journals American Religion 2643-9255 [Print]; 2643-9247 [Online] 3 (2) https://muse.jhu.edu/article/857075 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/857075

‘Hindu Communism’: Satyabhakta, Apocalypses and Utopian Ram Rajya Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals The Indian Economic and Social History Review 0019-4646 [Print]; 0973-0893 [Online] 58 (2) 10.1177/0019464621997877

Vernacular Sexology from the Margins: A Woman and a Shudra Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 0085-6401 [Print]; 1479-0270 [Online] 43 (6) 10.1080/00856401.2020.1824426

Women, Gender and Sexuality: Changing Historiographies of Colonial India – A Bibliographical Essay Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Studies in People’s History 2348-4489 [Print]; 2349-7718 [Online] 7 (2) 10.1177/2348448920951548

दलित वीरांगना और 1857 का वैकल्पिक इतिहास: भारतीय समाजशास्त्र में एक उपेक्षित तथ्य Research Papers in Care Listed Journals Bhartiya Samajshastra Sameeksha 2349-1396 [Print]; 2632-6744 [Online] 7 (2) DOI: 10.1177/2349139620953928

‘Paavan Pidita: Hindi Print, Savarna Sudhaarvaadi aur Dalit Stri [‘Holy’ Victim: Hindi Print, Upper-Caste Reformers and Dalit Woman]. Research Papers in Care Listed Journals Tadbhav 42
Masculine Vernacular Histories of Travel in Colonial India: The Writings of Satyadev ‘Parivrajak’ Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 0085-6401 [Print]; 1479-0270 [Online] 43 (5) 10.1080/00856401.2020.1789314

Introduction: Literary Sentiments in the Vernacular: Gender and Genre in Modern South Asia Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 0085-6401 [Print]; 1479-0270 [Online] 43 (5) 10.1080/00856401.2020.1786788

Malleability of the Vernacular: Personal Anecdotes Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asian Review 0275-9527 [Print]; 2573-9476 [Online] 41 (2) 10.1080/02759527.2020.1725223

Kajrari ‘Kulta’: Hindi Print, Savarna Lekhan aur Dalit Stree ka (Ku)Chitran [Hindi Print, Dominant Caste Writing and (Mis)Representation of Dalit Women]. Research Papers in Care Listed Journals Tadbhav 39 http://www.tadbhav.in/images/Tadbhav-ank-39.pdf

Cast(e)ing and Translating Sex in the Vernacular: The Writings of Santram BA in Hindi Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Porn Studies 2326-8743 [Print]; 2326-8751 [Online] 7 (1) 10.1080/23268743.2018.1535280

Rehbar Se Apni Rah Juda: Santram, Jati aur Ling [Santram, Caste and Gender]. Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Pratiman: Samay, Samaj, Sanskriti 2320-8201 6 (1/2)
Domestic Anxieties, Recalcitrant Intimacies: Representation of Servants in Hindi Print Culture of Colonial India Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Studies in History 0257-6430 [Print]; 0973-080X [Online] 34 (2) 10.1177/0257643018762939

Allegories of ‘Love Jihad’ and Ghar Vapasi: Interlocking the Socio-Religious with the Political Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Archiv Orientalni: Journal of African and Asian Studies 0044-8699 84 (2) 10.4324/9780429506321-4

Dalit Women as Victims: Iconographies of Suffering, Sympathy and Subservience Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals South Asian History and Culture 1947-2498 [Print]; ISSN: 1947-2501 [Online] 7 (1) 10.1080/19472498.2015.1109306

‘Innocent’ Victims/ ‘Guilty’ Migrants: Hindi Public Sphere, Caste and Indentured Women in Colonial North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Modern Asian Studies 0026-749X [Print]; 1469-8099 [Online] 49 (5) 10.1017/S0026749X14000031

Embodying Resistance: Representing Dalits in Colonial India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 0085-6401 [Print]; 1479-0270 [Online] 38 (1) 10.1080/00856401.2014.987193

Intimate Desires: Dalit Women and Religious Conversions in Colonial India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals The Journal of Asian Studies 0021-9118 [Print]; 1752-0401 [Online] 73 (3) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911814000400

‘Fashioning’ Swadeshi: Clothing Women in Colonial North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 47 (42) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41720275

Writing Sex and Sexuality: Archives of Colonial North India Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Women’s History 1042-7961 [Print]; 1527-2036 [Online] 23 (4) doi:10.1353/jowh.2011.0050

Anxious Hindu Masculinities in Colonial North India: Shuddhi and Sangathan Movements Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals CrossCurrents 0011-1953 [Print]; 1939-3881 [Online] 61 (4) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-3881.2011.00194.x

Feminine, Criminal or Manly? Imaging Dalit Masculinities in Colonial North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals The Indian Economic and Social History Review 0019-4646 [Print]; 0973-0893 [Online] XLVII (3), July-September https://doi.org/10.1177/001946461004700302

(Mis) Representing the Dalit Woman: Reification of Caste and Gender Stereotypes in the Hindi Didactic Literature of Colonial North India Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Indian Historical Review 0376-9836 [Print]; 0975-5977 [Online] 35 (2) https://doi.org/10.1177/037698360803500206

Bonded Bodies: Coastal Fisherfolk, Everyday Migrations, and National Anxieties in India and Sri Lanka Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Cultural Dynamics 0921-3740 [Print]; 1461-7048 [Online] 19 (2/3) https://doi.org/10.1177/0921374007080293

Editorial: Rethinking South Asian Diaspora Studies Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Cultural Dynamics 0921-3740 [Print]; 1461-7048 [Online] 19 (2/3) https://doi.org/10.1177/0921374007080288

Dalit ‘Viranganas’ and Reinvention of 1857 Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 42 (19) https://www.epw.in/journal/2007/19/1857-special-issues-specials/dalit-viranganas-and-reinvention-1857.html

Procreation and Pleasure: Writings of a Woman Ayurvedic Practitioner in Colonial North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Studies in History 0257-6430 [Print]; 0973-080X [Online] 21 (1) https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300502100102

Blurred Borders: Coastal Conflicts between India and Pakistan Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 39 (27) https://www.epw.in/journal/2004/27/special-articles/blurred-borders.html

(Im)possible Love and Sexual Pleasure in Late-Colonial North India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Modern Asian Studies 0026-749X [Print]; 1469-8099 [Print] 36 (1) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X02001063

Contests about Obscenity in Late Colonial North India Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals South Asia Research 0262-7280 [Print]; 1741-3141 [Online] 20 (2) https://doi.org/10.1177/026272800002000202

Hindu Women, Muslim Men: Cleavages in Shared Spaces of Everyday Life, United Provinces, c. 1890-1930 Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals The Indian Economic and Social History Review 0019-4646 [Print]; 0973-0893 [Online] 37 (2) https://doi.org/10.1177/001946460003700201

Articulating Hindu Masculinity and Femininity: ‘Shuddhi’ and ‘Sangathan’ Movements in United Provinces in the 1920s Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 33 (13) https://www.epw.in/journal/1998/13/special-articles/articulating-hindu-masculinity-and-femininity-shuddhi-and-sangathan

Communal Constructions: Media Reality vs. Real Reality Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Race and Class 0306-3968 [Print]; 1741-3125 [Online] 38 (1) https://doi.org/10.1177/030639689603800101

Portrayal of Women in Premchand’s Stories: A Critique Research Papers in UGC listed Journals Social Scientist 0970-0293 19 (5-6) https://doi.org/10.2307/3517875

Politics of Gender: Women in Nazi Germany Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 26 (17) https://www.epw.in/journal/1991/17/review-womens-studies-review-issues-specials/politics-gender-women-nazi-germany.html

Speaking Self, Writing Caste: Recovering the Life of Santram BA Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 0162-4962[Print]; 1529-1456 [Online] 40 (1) 10.1353/bio.2017.0001

‘My Birth is My Fatal Accident’: Introduction to Caste and Life Narratives Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 0162-4962 [Print]; 1529-1456 [Online] 40 (1) 10.1353/bio.2017.0000

Self-Fashioning of a Hindu Political Sanyasi: Muscular Asceticism and Sectarian Freedom in Swami Satyadev Parivrajak’s Autobiography Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Studies in History 0257-6430 [Print]; 0973-080X [Online] 10.1177/02576430231162267

Vernacular Communism: ‘Marginal’ History of Satyabhakta Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Economic and Political Weekly 0012-9976 [Print]; 2349-8846 [Online] 56 (23) journal/2021/23/special-articles/vernacular-communism.html

Non-Journal Publications
Title of Publication Type of Publication Publisher Role ISBN Year Link to Publication Level
Literary Sentiments in the Vernacular: Gender and Genre in Modern South Asia. Edited/Translated Books New York: Routledge Co-Editor 9781032067254 International
Saving ‘Wronged’ Bodies: Caste, Indentured Women and Hindi Print-Public Sphere in Colonial India. In Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Platinum (75th) Session, 716-22. Full Paper in Conference Proceedings/Other Aligarh: IHC Author 2249-1937 National
Gains. Losses and/or Potential Possibilities: Gender and Social Reforms in the United Provinces. In Exploring Gender Equations: Colonial and Post Colonial India, eds Shakti Kak and Biswamoy Pati Chapters in Books New Delhi: Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Author 81-87614-32-3 National
Hindu Wombs, Muslim Progeny: The Numbers Game and Shifting Debates on Widow Remarriage in Uttar Pradesh, 1890s-1930s. In Reproductive Health in India: Histories, Politics, Controversies, ed. Sarah Hodges. Chapters in Books New Delhi: Orient Longman Author 81-250-2939-7 National
Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other New Delhi and London: Routledge Co-Author 0-415-44905-7; 978-1-138-49759-7 International
Redefining Obscenity and Aesthetics in Print. In The Indian Public Sphere: Readings in Media History, ed. Arvind Rajagopal. Chapters in Books New Delhi: Oxford University Press Author 0-19-806103-X International
Gendering Dalit Identities: Retelling ‘National’ Histories of 1857. In Nationhood and Identity Movements in Asia: Colonial and Post-colonial Times, ed. Swarupa Gupta, 271-86. Chapters in Books New Delhi: Manohar Author 978-81-7304-960-6 National
Gendering Colonial India: Reforms, Print, Caste and Communalism Edited/Translated Books New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Editor 978-81-250-4472-7 National
Condemnation and Commemoration: (En)Gendering Dalit Narratives of 1857. In Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857, Vol 5: Muslim, Dalit and Subaltern Narratives, ed. Crispin Bates, 17-35. Chapters in Books New Delhi: Sage Author 9-788132-113539 International
Intimate Desires: Dalit Women and Religious Conversions in Colonial India. In Living with Religious Diversity, eds Sonia Sikka, Bindu Puri and Lori G. Beaman Chapters in Books Oxon, New York and New Delhi: Routledge Author 978-1-138-63972-0 International
The Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Permanent Black; University of Washington Press Author 978-81-7824-389-4; 9780295995649; 978-81-7824-499-0 International
Indentured Women and Hindi Print-Public Sphere in Early Twentieth Century India. In Women, Gender and the Legacy of Slavery and Indenture Chapters in Books London: Routledge & Delhi: Manohar Author 9780367676230 [hardback]; 9781003132219 [eBook] International
Paradoxes of Victimhood: Dalit Women’s Bodies as Polluted and Suffering in Colonial North India. In Memory, Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India: Essays in Honour of Peter Robb, eds Ezra Rashkow, Sanjukta Ghosh and Upal Chakrabarti Chapters in Books New Delhi and London: Routledge Author Hardback: 978-1-138-10412-9; eBook: 978-1-315-10405-8 International
Representing Dalit Bodies in Colonial India. In Unsettling the Archetypes: Femininities and Masculinities in Indian Politics, ed. Manuela Ciotti Chapters in Books New Delhi: Women Unlimited Author 978-81-88965-96-0 National
Challenging Caste, Doing Gender: Paradoxes of Male Writings in North India. In Men and Feminism in India, eds Romit Chowdhury and Zaid Al Baset Chapters in Books Oxon and New York: Routledge Author Hardback: 978-1-138-21038-7; eBook: 978-1-351-04824-8 International
Ethics or Aesthetics? Obscenity as a Category for Evaluating the Hindi Public Sphere in Colonial North India. In Literature and Nationalist Ideology: Writing Histories of Modern Indian Languages, ed. Hans Harder, 149-75. Chapters in Books London and New York: Routledge Author 978-1-138-50239-0; 9781315144870 [eBook] International
Imaging Dalit Identities: Performing Femininities and Masculinities in Early Twentieth Century. In Gender, Caste and the Imagination of Equality, ed. Anupama Rao Chapters in Books New Delhi: Women Unlimited Author 978-93-85606-14-4 National
Caste and Life Narratives Edited/Translated Books Primus Books Co-Editor 978-93-5290-875-2 [hardback]; 978-93-5290-876-9 [POD] National
Servants and Mistresses: Literary and Legal Sketches in Early Twentieth-Century Uttar Pradesh. In Servants’ Pasts: Late-Eighteenth to Twentieth-Century South Asia, Vol. 2, eds Nitin Sinha and Nitin Varma Chapters in Books Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Author 978-93-5287-694-5 National
Introduction: Historicizing Gendered Modernities in India. In Historicizing Gendered Modernities in India, ed. Amitava Chatterjee Chapters in Books Delhi: Primus Books Author 978-93-89850-00-0 [hardback]; 978-93-8950-01-7 [POD] National
Sexuality, Obscenity, Community: Women, Muslims and the Hindu Public in Colonial India Text/Reference/Subject Books/Other Permanent Black; Palgrave Author 81-7824-000-9; 81-7824-118-8; 0-312-29545-6; 0-312-29585-5 International
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Fashioning a Hindu Nationalist: Vernacular Freedom and Ascetic Masculinity in Satyadev Parivrajak’s Autobiography Minor 2021 Research Paper in Peer Reviewed Journal. Part of Future Monograph 01-11-2021 To 15-03-2022 (4 months, 14 days)
Utopian Visions: Satyabhakta, ‘Ram Rajya’ and Vernacular Communism Minor 2020 Two Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals. Four Conference Presentations. 03-01-2020 To 15-03-2020 (2 months, 12 days)
Masculine Vernacular Histories of Travel in Colonial India Minor 2019 Research Paper in Peer Reviewed Journal. 4 Conference Presentations. 01-01-2019 To 15-03-2019 (2 months, 14 days)
Gendering Ayurveda: Yashoda Devi in Early Twentieth Century India Minor 2021 Peer Reviewed Paper. Conference Presentation. 04-01-2021 To 15-03-2021 (2 months, 11 days)
Sex in the Vernacular: The Writings of Santram Minor 2016 Publication in a Peer Reviewed Journal. 2 Conference Presentations. 04-11-2016 To 15-03-2017 (4 months, 11 days)
Public Health, Disease & Contagion: Snapshots of Inclusion/Exclusion from Colonial & Contemporary History Major 2022 Ongoing since 01-08-2022 (2 years, 3 months, 20 days)
Utopian Freedom in the Vernacular Minor 2023 Ongoing since 31-08-2023 (1 years, 2 months, 21 days)
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
Asian Print Media Writing Award Asian Media Information and Communication Centre and Singapore Press Holdings Research International 01-06-1999
Deputation as Visiting Professor and ICCR Chair, Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna. ICCR & University of Vienna Academic International 31-03-2017
Rama Watamull Distinguished Indian Scholar University of Hawaii Academic International 01-01-2006
Travelling Trails of a Hindu Political Sanyasi. Keynote Lecture. International Workshop on ‘Migration, Journey, Travelling and Nostalgia: Travel Narratives in Hindi Literature’, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna. Academic International 27-05-2022
Critical Caste Studies: Snapshots from Teaching and Research. Keynote Lecture (hybrid). International Conference on ‘Dalit Studies and the Study of Caste: The State of the Field’, University of Chicago, USA. Academic International 14-04-2022
Reimagining History: Gendering Colonial India. Special Lecture. 1st International Conference 2021, organised by Asiatic Society for Social Science Research. Academic International 09-01-2022
Ishq and Censorship: Histories of Pleasure and Displeasure in Modern India. Keynote Address. Online Conference on ‘Love, Sex and Data’, organised by Agents of Ishq and The YP Foundation. Academic International 09-01-2022
Vernacular Registers of Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India. 5th Annual Lecture (Online). History of Women, Gender and Sexuality, University of St Andrews, Scotland. Academic International 08-03-2021
Romance and Religion: Illicit Intimacies in Modern India. Keynote Address. 3rd ‘Ireland India Institute Conference on South Asia’, Dublin City University, Dublin. Academic International 24-04-2019
Bhopal by ICC Cell, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Extension National 07-01-2022
Talk Poster Presented
Name of the Activity Role Date of Activity
Fashioning a ‘Hindu’ Freedom: Vernacular Travelogues of Satyadev ‘Parivrajak’. Invited Paper in an Online International Symposium on ‘Decolonizing Travel(ing) Theory: Explorations in the Indian Analytic Tradition’, organized by Department of Humanities & Invited Talk 17-07-2021
Can We Rethink Histories of Sexuality? Invited Speaker in International Webinar Series on ‘Summer of Ishq/History’, organized by Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality (CSGS), Ashoka University Invited Talk 23-06-2021
‘Dangers’ of Disease: Notes from Vernacular Histories of Caste & Gender in India. Invited Speaker in an Online Seminar on ‘Contagion/Contact Zones/Untouchability’, organized by Rutgers Center for European Studies and the Covid and Society Working Group, R Invited Talk 07-04-2021
A Vernacular Archive of Sex and Sexuality. Invited Presentation in Online NTU History Seminar on ‘Sexuality and South Asian Histories, Panel II’, organized by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Invited Talk 19-03-2021
A Vernacular Archive of Sex and Sexuality: Personal Annotations. Plenary Address in Online International Conference on ‘Language Ideologies and the Vernacular in South Asian Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature(s) and Public Spheres’, Jamia Univ Invited Talk 15-03-2021
Colonialism, Sex, Disease. Invited Speaker in a Webinar Series on ‘Theory and Practice: Transnational Conversations on Gender and Sexuality’, organized by CSGS, Ashoka University and New York University Invited Talk 02-12-2020
Critical Caste Studies. Presentation and Participation in A Roundtable, Modern Language Association (MLA) 2020 Convention, Seattle, USA Oral Presentation 10-01-2020
Teaching Gender-Caste in India: Perils and Pleasures. Paper Presented in a Panel on ‘Teaching Caste’, South Asian Literary Association (SALA) 2020 Annual Conference, Seattle, USA Oral Presentation 09-01-2020
Masculine Vernacular Histories of Travel in Colonial India: Writings of Satyadev Parivrajak. Paper Presented in a Panel on ‘Literary Sentiments: Gender and the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia’, 25th ECSAS, Paris. Oral Presentation 26-07-2018
Teaching Gender-Caste in India: Perils and Pleasures. Presentation in a Panel on ‘Teaching Caste in India and the USA’, 2022 H-Net International Teaching Zoom Conference on ‘Unchartered Territories: Teaching History, Humanities and Social Sciences' Oral Presentation 29-08-2022
Footprints of the Right: Communal Cartographies in Hindi Travel Writing. Invited Speaker in International Workshop on ‘Communal Geographies’. Invited Talk 06-04-2022
Scripting Gendered Histories of Modern India. Invited Special Guest Lecture in International Conference on ‘Changing Gender Climates: Equality Today for Building a Sustainable Future Tomorrow’, organized by Centre for Gender Studies, Patna. Invited Talk 08-10-2021
Representing Sex and Sexuality in Hindi Print-Public Sphere of Early Twentieth Century. International Conference on ‘Locating the Public Culture in Contemporary India’, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi Invited Talk 22-03-2022
Erotic, Hateful and Seditious: Proscription of Pleasurable, Communal and Communist Writings in Hindi Print. Online International Conference on ‘Proscribed Hindi Urdu Print and Colonial Historiography’, organized by University of Hyderabad Invited Talk 15-11-2021
Race, Caste and Inequality: A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson, Webinar Series on ‘Toward A Just Society: Global Perspectives’, organized by Indiana University Bloomington, USA Invited Talk 17-02-2021
Voicing Self, Penning Travel: Masculine Vernacular Life Writing. Panel on ‘Public Lives, Private Memories: Travel and Vernacular Life Writing in Asia’, International Conference of AAS-In-Asia, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Oral Presentation 07-07-2018
Mistresses and Servants: Literary and Legal Sketches in Early 20th Century Uttar Pradesh. 2nd International Conference on ‘Servants’ Pasts’, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Invited Talk 12-04-2018
Masculine Vernacular Histories of Travel in Colonial India. International Symposium on ‘Literary Sentiments: Telling Lives in the Vernacular’, Northwestern University, USA Invited Talk 13-10-2017
Deferential and Defiant Bodies: Imaging Dalits in Colonial North India. International Conference on ‘The Body in Colonial India’, University of Kassel, Germany Invited Talk 10-06-2017
Recalcitrant Intimacies: Caste, Religion and Servants’ Representations in Hindi Print Culture of Colonial India. International Conference on ‘Servants’ Pasts, 16th to 20th Century’, CSDS, Delhi Invited Talk 17-02-2017
Speaking Self, Writing Caste: Recovering the Life of Santram BA. International Workshop on ‘Approaching Biographies, Life-Histories & Self-Narratives’, JNU, New Delhi Invited Talk 31-01-2017
Witness to Caste: Santram and the ‘Jat Pat Torak Mandal’. nternational Workshop on ‘Caste and Life Narratives’, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA Invited Talk 01-09-2016
Forbidden Intimacies and the Vernacular. International Workshop on ‘Literary Sentiments: Telling Gendered Lives in the Vernacular’, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, Germany Invited Talk 14-07-2016
Witness to Caste: Santram and the ‘Jat-Pat Torak Mandal’. Session on ‘Caste and Life Narratives in India and its Diaspora’, International Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Seattle, Washington, USA Oral Presentation 01-04-2016
Dalit Sexualities: Religious Conversions, Sartorial Desire, and Romance in Colonial India. Panel on ‘Marginalized Sexualities: Expositions from India’, International Sixteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, University of Toronto Oral Presentation 25-05-2014
Representing the Dalit Woman: Hindi Print Sphere and Middle Classes in Colonial North India. International Seminar on ‘Comparative Colonial Middle Classes’, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Invited Talk 25-03-2013
Inter-Religious Intimacies: Conversions, Desire and Dalit Women in Colonial India. International Seminar on ‘Living with Religious Diversity’, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, India International Centre, Delhi Invited Talk 18-02-2013
Embodied Desires: Hindu Publicists, Dalits and Intimate Relationships in Colonial India. International Workshop on ‘A Social History of Caste and Intimacy’, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi Invited Talk 09-12-2011
Subaltern Sexualities and the Archives in Colonial India. International Conference on ‘Subaltern Studies: Historical World Making Thirty Years On’, Australian National University, Canberra Invited Talk 04-08-2011
Body Blues: Representations of Dalit Male Bodies in Colonial India. Session on ‘Sexuality and the State’, 20th Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou Invited Talk 24-06-2011
Registers of Caste: Reflections from Teaching and Research, Public Lecture, organised by The Program in South Asian Studies, Rutgers University Invited Talk 07-11-2022
Researching Caste: The Unchartered World of Santram BA, Workshop with Charu Gupta, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago Invited Talk 11-10-2022
Anatomy of a Political Sanyasi: Freedom, Fitness and Finance in Satyadev Parivrajak’s Writings, Symposium on ‘Hindu Economicus’, 50th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Invited Talk 19-10-2022
Teaching Caste: Prospects and Challenges, A Conversation with Charu Gupta and Laura Brueck, moderated by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago Invited Talk 25-10-2022
Critical Caste and Gender Studies: Anecdotes from Teaching and Research, ‘Race, Caste, and Colorism Project’, Northwestern University, USA Invited Talk 12-10-2022
A Vernacular Archive of Sexuality, Rutgers British Studies Center and the South Asia Studies Program Present, Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences, USA Invited Talk 08-11-2022
Legislating Transgressive Romance, Institute for Research on Women Seminar Series, Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences, USA Invited Talk 10-11-2022
Contribution To MoU
Collaborating Institution Title of MoU Date of MoU Duration (Months)
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Member, International Editorial Advisory Board 01-01-2017 48
Gender & History (published from UK). Member, Editorial Collective 01-07-2017 48
Journal of Women’s History (published from Maryland, USA). Member, Editorial Board 01-07-2017 48
Indian History Congress Life Member 01-01-2017 240
Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS). Life Member 01-07-2020 240
Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) Life Member 01-07-2019 240
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