1. Gender in South Asia
2. Ancient India
3. Buddhism and the Emergence of Hinduism: The Maurya and Gupta Periods
4. The Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Dynasties
5. The Colonial Period: Changes in Work Roles
6. The Colonial Period: Changes in Socialisation and Education
7. The Colonial Period Into the Present: Marriage, Widowhood, Reform
8. Nationalism and Partition
9. Gender, Women, and Hinduism
10. Gender, Women, and Islam
11. Sexuality, Films, and the Arts
Biography
Nita Kumar is Professor Emerita, Claremont McKenna College, California, and Honorary Director, NIRMAN, Varanasi. Her research includes the history and anthropology of education, children, women, artisans, and Banaras. Her publications include The Artisans of Banaras (1988), Friends, Brothers, and Informants (1992), Lessons from Schools (2000), and The Politics of Gender, Communities, and Modernity (2007).






