Archive: Invited Lectures 2010-2015

Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, historian and Vice Chancellor at Ashoka University delivered a lecture on “Comrades at Crossroads: Nehru and Bose” on 8 Sept. 2015.

Dr. Uma Chakravarti, well-known feminist historian and independent scholar, delivered a talk on “Early Feminist Voices in India” on 7 April 2015.

Dr. Sabeena Gadihoke, Associate Professor and founder-member of independent video collective Mediastorm, photo historian and curator at MCRC Jamia Millia Islamia University, delivered an illustrated talk on “Photograph, Archive and the Historical Imagination” on 1 Februrary 2015.

Dr. Francesca Orsini, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London delivered a lecture titled “Why Multilingual Literary Cultures?” on 22 August, 2014.

Dr. Nayanjot Lahiri, Professor at the Department of History, DU delivered a talk on “Delhi: Partitioning the Past” on 20 February 2014.

Dr. Farhat Hasan, Professor at the Department of History, DU delivered a talk on “Intimate Spaces and the Development of the Public Sphere in Mughal Delhi” on 20 February 2014.

Dr. Sunil Kumar, Professor at the Department of History, DU delivered an illustrated lecture on “The Political Ecology of Sultanate Delhi: A Reconsideration” on 25 September 2013.

Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal, Queen’s College, City University of New York delivered a talk on “Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Indian Diaspora: A case of Indian immigrants in the US” on 23 October 2013.

Dr. Ebba Koch, Professor of Art History, Institute of Iranian Studies at Vienna delivered an illustrated talk on “Shahjahan as Majnu” on 1 February 2012.

Dr. Denys P. Leighton, Professor at the Ambedkar University delivered a talk on “Weber’s Protestant Ethics and European Economic Transformation” on 10 October 2012.

Mahmud Farooqui, Department of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia delivered a talk on “Voices from the Street” on 14 December 2010.

Dr. Roman Siebertz, Professor at the Department of History, University of Hamburg delivered an illustrated lecture on “Dutch trading practices in the Indian Ocean” in February 2011.

Dr. Upinder Singh, Professor at the Department of History, DU delivered an illustrated talk on “Beneath the Metro and the Malls: Delhi’s Ancient History” on 24 August 2011.

Dr. Janaki Nair, Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU spoke on “A Century of Social Reform or Cultural Nationalism? Debates from the Margins” on 21 October 2011.

Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, leading archaeologist and scholar of ancient history delivered a lecture on “The Historiography of the Harappan Civilization: War or peaceful Coexistence of Castes?” in November 2011.

Dr. G. Arunima, Professor at JNU presented a paper "Painting Women, Painting Nation? Ravi Varma’s Canvas and the Vision of ‘Modern India’" on 8 February 2011.

Urvashi Butalia, noted scholar and activist presented a paper "Feminist Publishing Today" on 8 February 2011.

Dr. Nivedita Menon, Professor at JNU delivered a paper on "Death, Dishonour and the Law" on 8 February 2011.

Dr. Uma Chakravarti, well-known feminist historian, gave an illustrated presentation called "The Personal Poster Archive as a Marker of Time" on 8 February 2011.

Dr. Flavia Agnes, a distinguished scholar and activist presented "Gender, Law, and the Discourse of Rights" on 9 February 2011.

Dr. Mary E. John, Senior Fellow & Professor, Centre for Women's Development Studies presented her paper "History, Culture and 'Recasting Women: A Women's Studies Perspective" on 9 February 2011.

Dr. Radhika Chopra delivered an illustrated lecture on “Dead Men Tell Tales: Visualizing Martyrdom in the Central-Sikh Museum, Amritsar” on 9 February 2011.

Dr. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Professor at CHS in JNU presented a paper on “Bhaktin and Bhakta in the Temple Context and Out of it” on 17 February 2010.

Dr. Veluthat Kesavan, Professor at Department of History, DU delivered a paper on “Political Aspects of the Temple in Early Medieval South India” on 17 February 2010.

Dr. Mahalakshmi, Assistant Professor at CHS in JNU presented a paper on "The Morphology of the Temple in Early Medieval Tamilakam" on 17 February 2010.