Maheshwar Kumar
Birla Global University, C.V. Raman Global University, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Banaras Hindu University, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
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About
Maheshwar Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the Birla School of Management, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar, India, and serves as an Associate Editor of SN Social Sciences, published by Springer Nature. He earned his PhD in English from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, an off-campus centre of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai. His research spans cultural studies, performance studies, dance studies, cultural anthropology, and South Asian performance traditions, with a particular focus on Chhau dance-drama. His scholarship has been published in international peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Dance Education, Economic and Political Weekly, Asian Theatre Journal, Dance Chronicle, Asian Anthropology, The Oriental Anthropologist, and Performance Research. He is currently serving as the Project Director of an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)-funded research project on Chhau.
Employment
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Birla Global University Assistant Professor2025 - Present
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C.V. Raman Global University Assistant Professor2024 - 2024
Education
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National Institute of Science Education and Research PhD2019 - 2024
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Banaras Hindu University M.A.2016 - 2018
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Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University B.A.2012 - 2016
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (11)
- Emerging Women’s Dance Pedagogy in Purulia Chhau : An Interview with Mousumi Choudhury Save
- Cultural Labour and the Afterlife of Folk Performance: Rethinking Chhau beyond Heritage Save
- Dance as Cultural/Performance Text: Decoding the Cultural Labor of Purulia Chhau in India Save
- Masked-Dance and Audience Reception in the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau Save
- Dancing for Themselves: Ritual Celebrations of Chaitra Parva in West Bengal Save
- Folk Drama and the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau Save
- Performance as cultural text: defamiliarizing the performing art tradition of Purulia Chhau Save
- Ritual, Performance and Spirituality: Revisiting the Performative Cultures of Chaitra Parva and Purulia Chhau in West Bengal Save
- New Normal, Cultural Shifting and Intellectual Property Rights: An Anthropological Appraisal of Purulia Chhau Dance Save
- Cultures of Orality and Performativity in the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau Save