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Full Name Dr. Kavita Gaur
Department History
Email kavitagaur@spm.du.ac.in
Phone Number 9711971489
Address House no. D-628, Tower 7, River Heights, Raj Nagar Extension, Ghaziabad
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Educational Details

Undergraduate Degree: Graduation

Undergraduate University: Christ Church College, Chhatrapati Shahu ji Maharaj University, Kanpur

Undergraduate Year: 2005

Postgraduate Degree: Masters in History

Postgraduate University: Center for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Postgraduate Year: 2007

PhD Degree: Understanding the Household: Norms and Everyday Lives in Textual Traditions (c. 3rd century BCE to 5th century CE), Ancient History

PhD University: Center for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

PhD Year: 2015

Other Qualifications: M.Phil, NET in History, Awarded ICHR-JRF Fellowship 2013

Teaching Experience

Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of History

Institution Name: Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (for Women), University of Delhi

Years of Experience: 9

Subjects Taught: History of India from earliest times up to c.300 CE; History of India, c. 300 to 1200; Women in Indian History (GE); History of India- III (c. 750-1200); Cultural Diversity In India (GE); Inequality and Difference (GE)

Assigned Courses: History of India from earliest times up to c.300 CE; History of India, c. 300 to 1200; Women in Indian History (GE); History of India- III (c. 750-1200); Cultural Diversity In India (GE); Inequality and Difference (GE)

Key Achievements: Organized the National Webinar Series in honor of late Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy titled “Perspectives on Gender, Religion and Craftsmen in Pre-Colonial India” in collaboration with Dr. Anna Varghese, Christ University, Bangalore. The first talk in this Series was given by Dr, Ashish Kumar, Punjab University on 23rd April, 2021.

Research Interests

  1. Social Aspects of Early Indian History; Textual Traditions
  2. Households and gender relations; history of caste and class
  3. Marriage practices, sexualities, and conjugal relations

Publications

Journal Publications:
  1. “शास्त्रीय स्रोतों में गृहपति की अनुपस्थिति में गृहकार्य और जेंडर की अवधारणा” in इतिहास दृष्टि, संयुक्तांक 22-23, ISSN-0976-349X, Nov.2023
  2. Governance of Courtesans in the Arthasastra in Journal of Education in Emerging Indian Society, vol.1, no.1, ISSN 2394-434X, Jan-Dec. 2014.
  3. Contours of an Ideal Household in the Normative Framework: A Study of the Manusmrti in Journal of Education in Emerging Indian Society, vol.1, no.1, ISSN 2394-434X, Jan-Dec. 2014.
Conference Papers:
  1. Wives and Courtesans, or Wives versus Courtesans? An Inquiry into the Social Aspects of the Kamasutra, in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 2012, ISSN 2249-1937, Delhi, pp. 159-168.
Book Chapters:
  1. “Dynamics of Women’s Work in the Sastric Sources: Household and Beyond” in Women and Work in Precolonial India- A Reader, ISBN 978-93- 515-0741-3, Sage Publications, Delhi, 2016.