Kumkum Roy
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Name Kumkum Roy
Mailing Address J 1833 Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi 110019
Contact numbers 09810169841 (mobile)
26704480 (office)
26276196 (residence)
Email [email protected]
Date of birth 9th November 1956
Place of birth Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts with History
Master of Arts, with a specialization in Ancient Indian history
PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, awarded for the thesis on The Emergence of Monarchy in North India, in 1992.
Teaching Experience
Taught a course on the Social and Economic History of Early India for post-graduate students at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, as a research fellow, Jan-May 1983.
Taught a course on Social Formations and Cultural Patterns in the Ancient and Medieval World for BA Honours students at Gargi College, University of Delhi, as a part-time lecturer, Sept-Dec 1983.
Taught courses on Social Formations and Cultural Patterns in the Ancient and Medieval World, Ancient Indian History (both for BA Honours students) and Modern Indian History (for BA Pass Course students) at Satyawati Co-educational College, University of Delhi, as a permanent lecturer from December 1983. Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1991 and to Reader in 1996.
Taught courses on Ancient Civilizations (Mesopotamia) and Early Indian Social and Economic History for post-graduate students at the Department of History, University of Delhi, as part of the cooperative teaching programme, from 1993.
Taught courses on Ancient Civilizations (Mesopotamia) and Epigraphy for post graduate students at the Dept of History, University of Delhi, as Reader, 1998.
Taught courses on Ancient Society, and currently teaching courses on Social History of Early India, Households in Ancient Societies, Texts and Translations, for post-graduate students and BA programme students (School of Languages) at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; also guiding MPhil and PhD students researching on aspects of social history including gender and caste, as well as on state formation, as an associate professor since 1999, and as a professor since 2007.
Research Experience
Awarded the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship for post-doctoral research tenable at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1994-1995,
Awarded fellowship tenable at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 1998,
Currently senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
Published Books
The Emergence of Monarchy in North India, 8th to 4th Centuries BC, As Reflected in the Brahmanical Tradition, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Women in Early Indian Societies (edited), New Delhi, Manohar, 1999.
A Historical Dictionary of Ancient India, Lanham, The Scarecrow Press, 2010
The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power: Explorations in Early Indian History, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2010
Insights and Interventions: Essays in Honour of Uma Chakravarti, (edited), Primus, New Delhi, 2011
Looking Within, Looking Without: Exploring Households in the Subcontinent through time, Essays in Honour of Nandita Prasad Sahai, (edited) New Delhi, Primus, 2014.
