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Dr Vijay Kumar is an Assistant Professor of History at Miranda House, University of Delhi. He completed his PhD from the History Department of the University of Delhi. His specialisation is in the history of modern India. His research work focuses on Dalit history, labour history and popular culture in modern North India. He presented several research papers on various themes of Dalits in national and international seminars. He contributed his research articles to prestigious journals (Modern Asian Studies and Studies in People’s History) and edited volumes published by Sage, Bloomsbury, and Zubaan Publishers. His forthcoming articles are about Dalit chaukidars in colonial UP. Besides, he is currently working on his new research project, The Chaukidars and the British Raj in North India, c. 1780-1950 (a tentative title).
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Miranda House, University of Delhi Assistant Professor2023 - Present
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Publications (7)
- ‘Camping, Touring and Begars in Colonial North India’ Save
- Decoding Memories, Writing Histories: the Dalit Family Photo Archive in mid-20th century UP. Save
- Life of a Dalit magistrate: Ideologies and politics in Dalit life in North India, 1920–1954 Save
- Locating Dalit Bastis: The Sites of Everyday Silent Resistance and Works from the late 19th-century to the mid-20th century United Provinces. Save
- The Etymological Origin of Caste, Communication and Khatik in the 19th and the Early 20th Centuries Colonial UP Save
- The chaukidari force: Watchmen, police and Dalits from the 1860s to the 1920s in United Provinces Save
- Changing Visual Representation of Gods in Indian Print Culture. Save