Dr. Shatarupa Bhattacharya

Book:

Bhattacharya, S., Snigdha Singh, Tara Sheemar, Shwetanshu Bhushan and Kumkum Roy (ed.), 2018, Beyond the Women Question. Reconstructing Gender Identities in Early India, Primus Books, Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-84092-77-1

Chapters in Book:

‘The Bhaumakara Queens, Identity and Epigraphs: Exploring Queenship in Early Medieval Odisha’, in Uma Chakravarti, Naina Dayal, Bharati Jagannathan and Snigdha Singh (edited) 2023 Of Thieves, Theris, Potters and Pativratas Essays in Early Indian Social History for Kumkum Roy. Primus Books Delhi ISBN;978-93-5687-033-8, pp. 345-372.
‘Access to Political Spaces and the Bhauma-Kara Queens: Symbols of Power and Authority in Early Medieval Odisha’, in Reconstruction of Indian History Society and Religion, (ed.) Sadananda Nayak and Sankarsan Malik, Feb. 2020, N. B. Publications, pp. 131-144. ISBN: 978-93-89234-28-2
Unit 3, Paleolithic and Mesolithic Cultures, pp. 50-72, BHIC-102, Social Formations and Cultural Patterns in the Ancient World, Social of Social Sciences, IGNOU, Delhi, Jan. 2020, ISBN:978-93-89668-94-0.
Unit 10, Use of Iron and Its Implications, pp. 179-192, BHIC-102, Social Formations and Cultural Patterns in the Ancient World, Social of Social Sciences, IGNOU, Delhi, Jan. 2020, ISBN:978-93-89668-94-0.
“Gender, Dana and Epigraphs: Access to Resources in Early Medieval Central India”, pp. 63-100, in Bhattacharya, S., Snigdha Singh, Tara Sheemar, Shwetanshu Bhushan and Kumkum Roy (ed.), 2018, Beyond the Women Question. Reconstructing Gender Identities in Early India, Primus Books, Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-84092-77-1
e-Chapter “Religious Traditions: Puranic-Hinduism and Tantricism”, under section- History of India, 750-1200, published as part of online resource created and hosted by Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi. ISSN No. 2349-154X (2015) (http://vle.du.ac.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=12318)

Book Review:

Aruna Pariti, Genealogy, Time, Identity Historical Consciousness in the Deccan Sixth Century CE –Twelfth Century CE. Delhi: Primus Books, 2015, Indian Historical Review, Vol. 43, no. 2, 2016, pp. 330-32.

Papers Published:

Article: Megha Dhillon & Shatarupa Bhattacharya. Representations of mothers having children with disability in Hindi cinema: a feminist thematic analysis, Disability & Society. Nov.2023 http://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2023.2287410
Article: ‘Conquering Land, Conquering Women: Exploring the co-relation between War and Sexuality in Early Medieval Indian Inscriptions’, in International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, ISSN 2010-3646, Vol. 6, No. 4, April 2016, pp. 297-302.
Article: ‘Issues of Power and Identity: Probing the Absence of ‘Mahārājñī’. A Survey of the Vākāṭaka Inscriptions’, in Indian Historical Review, ISSN: 0376-9836, June 2014, pp.19-34.
Summary: ‘Dāna, Gender and Purāṇa: Notions and Perspectives’, in Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 72nd session, Patiala, 2011, ISSN: 2249-1937, pp. 1504-06.
Article: ‘Perceiving Gender through Genealogy. A Study of the Vākātakas’, in Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 68th session, Delhi, 2007, ISSN: 2249-1937, pp. 127- 135.
Article: ‘Implicit and Explicit Markers of Gender Identities: A study of the Vākātaka Inscriptions’, in Proceeding of Indian History Congress, 66th session, Santiniketan, 2005, ISSN: 2249-1937, pp. 147- 154.

Exhibitions:

Curated four short online exhibitions for Google Cultural Institute in collaboration with American Institute of Indian Studies, Gurgaon on the theme ‘Women in Culture’, launched in November, 2016.

Mahisasuramardini: The Warrior Goddess
(http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/qALi34_cOakGJQ)
Ganga on Makara: River on the Doorways
(http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/vgJyLWejIWHOLg)
Sringara Rasa: Apsaras of the Temple
(http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/pgLik-AgzlX8LA)
The Salabhanjikas: Entwined with Nature
(http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/JQICTZY5ALiLJQ)

Fellowship:

Current Project (Minor Grant): To contribute a Monograph on The Palas under the ICHR’s Research Project ‘BHARAT: An Introduction.’ Program December 2023.

Minor Grant:

Received grant for research fellowship under Dr Bharat Ram Research Grant in August 2022, Principal Investigator Dr Megha Dhillon, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, LSR and Co-Principal Investigator Dr Shatarupa Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor. “Historical and Contemporary Portrayals of Disability: Implications for Young Women in India”. Grant of 2,00,000 +1,00,000 Rs. Completed September 2023.

Paper Presented/Invited Talks:

Dhillon, M. & Shatarupa Bhattacharya. (2023). ‘Fighting Against All The Odds: A Feminist Analysis Of Intersections Of Womanhood, Disability & Mental Health In Hindi Cinema’ in a Conference on Gendering Rights, Debating Justice: Issues & Concerns organised by the Indian Association for Women’s Studies Northern Regional Conference held 5th and 6th May 2023 at Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Dhillon, M. & Shatarupa Bhattacharya. (2023). ‘Struggle, Strength and Well-Being: A Feminist Thematic Analysis of Bollywood Representations of Mothers having Children with Disability’ paper presented in Multidimensional Conference to celebrate 100 years of the University of Delhi on Revisiting Wellbeing: Perspectives, Challenges, and the Road Ahead at Gargi College, University of Delhi on 2nd February 2023.
Presented a paper ‘Adding to the Conundrum: Gender, Epigraphs and the Past’ on 30th June 2022 as Resource person for the Online Short Term certificate Course organised by IQAC LSR and Department of Sanskrit “Indian Culture, Languages and History: An Ancient and Contemporary View”.
Presented a paper, ‘The Bhaumakara Queens, Identity, and Epigraphs: Exploring Queenship in Early Medieval Odisha’, in Of Thieves & Theris, Hunters & Housewives: A Conference in Honour of Kumkum Roy, organised by The History Society, Miranda House in collaboration with IQAC, Miranda House held on 9th and 10th November, 2021.
Talk on ‘Approaching Sources: “Ideal” King in Textual and Inscriptional Sources’ held at Research Methodology Workshop (Online) organised by the History Department, LSR on 6th August 2020.
Presented paper ‘Power of Procreation and Invisible Womb: Gender and Social Reproduction in Early Puranic Traditions’, In Panel on ‘Interlinkages of Religion, Power and Gender, Exploring Textual Traditions in Early India’, in webinar held by European Academy of Religion, August, 2020.
Invited Lecture: Presented a paper titled ‘River as Goddess: Water, Purity and Myth. Sculptural Representation of River Goddesses in Early India’, at IGNCA in a festival titled Divya Prakrti Parva from 6th -8th March, 2019.
Presented Paper titled ‘Puranic Expiation and Emancipation: Vratas for Women in the Matsya Purana’, in a conference titled Women : A Journey Through the Ages held at Amity University, Noida from January 23 -24, 2019.
Invited Talk: Presented a paper Gendered Political Spaces in Early Indian History, LSR, Department of History, 5th September, 2018.
Paper: ‘Within Womb, Without Womb: Some Stories of Birth from the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa’, in a conference, “Writing Gender History”, held in D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Chandigarh on 23rd Jan., 2015.
Report: ‘Gender Perceptions among College Students: A Report of a Survey in LSR, March 2014. (Conducted a survey on behalf of Lady Shri Ram College and the report was presented during the Academic Congress held in March 2014).
Paper: ‘War, Women and Sexuality: Commemorating Violence in Early Medieval Inscriptions,’ Archive India Institute, International Seminar held in Delhi in Nov. 2013.
Paper: ‘Alternative Processes of Procreation: A Gendered Enquiry of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa’, Indian History Congress, Dec. 2013.
Paper: ‘Formalizing Rituals: Vratas in the Matsya Purāna’, Research Forum, LSR, D.U., 10th March 2011.
Paper: ‘Gendered Control over Political and Economic Resources: A look into the Vākāṭaka Inscriptions’, Women’s Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, JNU on Gender in Research, A Student Seminar, 2006.