Spring 2021

The regular seminars from Spring 2021 were:

1. Symbol and Image Worship in Jainism: Stūpas, Images, and Āyāgapaṭas of Mathura, Dr. Kanika Kishore Saxena, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

2. Possibilities and Constraints: Writing The History of Early Modern Times in India, Dr. Mayank Kumar, Satyawati College

3. Case Notes and Case Histories: Insanity, Individuals and Institutions in Colonial North India, Dr. Shilpi Rajpal, Hansraj College

4. Hindu Communism: Satyabhakta, Apocalypses and Utopian Ram Rajya, Charu Gupta, University of Delhi

5. Towards Representative Histories: Adivasis and History Writing, Professor Bhangya Bhukya, University of Hyderabad

6. Narratives of the War of Succession of 1658, Dr. Vikas Rathee, Central University of Punjab