Faculty

Awadhesh Kumar Jha

Assistant Professor | Department of History

Contact (Off.): 9868597909

Email Address : awadhesh[dot]jha[at]pgdav[dot]du[dot]ac[dot]in

Medieval Indian History

  • Graduation , 2007 , Delhi University
  • Post Graduation , 2009 , JNU
  • M.Phil , 2013 , JNU
  • PhD , 2020 , JNU

1. Assistant Professor (Temporary), PGDAV College, 12th Jan 2016 till date

2. Assistant professor (AdHoc), Lakshmibai College, 1st September 2015 to 11th January 2016

3. Assistant Professor (AdHoc), Sri Venkateswara College, 24th July 2013 to 22nd May 2015

1. Co-Convener (Placement Cell), PGDAV College, 2021- 2023

2. Treasurer (Culture Committee), PGDAV College, 2020-2022

3. Event Director (Culture Committee), PGDAV College, 2019-2020

4. Member (SAF), PGDAV College, 2020-21

Notions of Alterity and Identity in Early Modern India

  1. Rethinking Alterity and Identities in pre-colonial India (under review)
  2. Ambedkar’s Idea of Hindu Religion: An Analysis, History Today, vol. 20, 2019, p. 114, ISSN: 2249-748X
  3. Social and Religious Identities during the Mughal India, History Today, vol. 18, 2017, p. 90, ISSN: 2249-748X
  4. Mughal Court Ceremonies and their Relations with the Popular Culture, History    Today, vol. 17, 2016, p. 112, ISSN: 2249-748X
  5. Society and Polity of India from 15th Century to 18th Century through Russian Histories, Society and Politics, Vol. 5, No.1, 2015, ISSN: 2248-9479
  6. Trade Routes, Ports and Commerce during Medieval India: Perspectives from Russian Travelogues, Journal of Social Science and Linguistics, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2015, ISSN: 2249-2984
  7. Understanding Memory, Joan Tumblety (ed.) Memory and History: Understanding Memory as Source and Subject, Routledge Publication, London 2013, Online e-Journal Bargad.org, 2015
  8. Medicine in Colonial India, Madhuri Sharma’s Indigenous and Western Medicine in Colonial India, Foundation Books, New Delhi, 2012, Online e-Journal Bargad.org, 2015          
  9. ‘Suvi Salmenniemi (ed.), Rethinking Class in Russia, Ashgate 2012, Strategic Analysis Vol. 37, No.2, March-April 2013, 267-269, 2013, ISSN: 09700161
  10. Timothy Frye’s, Building States and Markets after Communism: The Perils of Polarised Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press. 2010, Eurasian Report, April-June 2012, ISSN: 09747656
  11. Russian Perception of India from the earliest to the 15th Century, Online e-Journal Bargad.org, New Delhi, 2015
  12. Deconstructing Colonial Historiography: A Case Study of Afanasy Nikitin,Online e-Journal Bargad.org, New Delhi, 2015
  1. Presented paper titled, ‘Deconstructing Orientalists Understanding of Faith, Philosophy and Gods of Hindu Religion during Early Modern India’ in the 5th National Conference on Social Sciences in India's Knowledge Traditions organized by Rashtriya Samaj Vigyan Parishad (RSVP) in collaboration with Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 17th October 2022.
  2. Organised one-month Online Certificate Course on ‘Introduction to Archaeology’ from 17th January 2022 to 16th February 2022, as co-coordinator.
  3. Organised International Conference as joint organising Secretary, on ‘Significance of the Ganga River Civilization: Its Global Spread and Impact’ on 5th and 6th December 2018
  4. Presented paper in International Conference titled ‘Cultural Encounters and Interactions: Ottoman, Mughal, Vijayanagar Empires and Beyond’ organised by CHS, JNU and Bilgi University, Istanbul on 7th to 9th November 2015

1. Member of Indian Archaeological Society