CURRICULUM VITAE Name : Shadab Bano Date of Birth : 19.08.1973 Present Position : Assistant Professor in History, Women s College, A.M.U. Academic Record: High School SSSCE B.A. (History Main) M.A. (Medieval Indian History) ICSE 1989 Ist Div 74% AMU Aligarh AMU Aligarh AMU Aligarh 1991 Ist Div 82% 1994 Ist Div 70% 1996 Ist Div. 72% Qualified U.G.C. Junior Research Fellowship and National Eligibility Test for Lectureship In December 1996 2 nd position in Social Science Stream Ist position in Women s College Ist position Distinction in 4 subjects Distinction in all subjects Gold Medal Awarded Ph.D Degree 2003 Topic: The Socio- Economic Dimensions of Medieval Indian Slavery Area of Specialization: Slavery in Medieval India, Gender History Courses taught: Masters Courses- Gender Relations in Indian History: Pre- Colonial India Gender Relations in Indian History: Colonial India History of Women s Movement: Global Perspective History of Women s Movement in India
Graduate Courses- Modern India (1858-1947) Modern India Survey Course for B.A. final students History of Women s Movement in India History of Art and Monuments in Medieval India Teaching Experience: Above ten years Senior Research Assistant (Permanent) in the Department of History, A.M.U., Aligarh from 20.09.2001 to 25.09.2003 During the period of SRA (Permanent) worked as Lecturer (Temporary) in Women s College from 26.10.2002 to 15.05.2003 Lecturer (Permanent) in Women s College, A.M.U., Aligarh since 26 September 2003 till date. Visiting faculty in the Center of Women s Studies, AMU, Aligarh, for the P. G Diploma courses in Women s Studies. Courses Designed: Gender Relations in Indian History: Pre- Colonial India Gender Relations in Indian History: Colonial India History of Women s Movement in India Research Supervision: Two Ph.D. 1. Topic : Women and Gender Construction in RSS Shishu Mandir School Education 2. Topic : Women Embroiders in Aligarh: Case Study of Patti-Workers One M.Phil: Degree Awarded to researcher, Feb 2012 1. Topic: Women and Gender Construction in Premchand s Fictional Writings Professional Training: Orientation Course from 28.7.2004 to 24.8.2004. Refresher Course from 01 February to 21 February, 2008.
Indian Council of Historical Research workshop on Historiography and Research Methodology from 23 June to 6 th July 2008. Refresher Course from 15 Sep. to 06 Oct. 2010. Honours and Awards: 1. Professor B.B. Chaudhuri Award for Best Paper on Economic and Social History of India at 68 th session of Indian History Congress, New Delhi, 2007. 2. Professor J.S. Grewal Award for Best Paper in Medieval India session of Indian History Congress, Bhopal, Dec. 2001. 3. Gold Medal in M.A. 4. Razmi Rizvi Award for securing highest marks in M.A. (previous) in the year 1996. 5. National / UGC Scholarship in M.A. (from 1994 to 1996). 6. Abida Shakoor Award for securing highest marks in History in B.A. (in 1994) 7. University Merit scholarship in B.A. (from 1991 to 1994) PUBLICATIONS: Research Papers Published: 1. Women Performers and Prostitutes in Medieval India, Studies in History, 27(1), pp.41-53. 2. Rashid Jahan s Writings: Resistance and Challenging Boundaries, Angaare and Onwards, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 19(1), 57-71. 3. Women on Campus: Negotiating Spaces and Silences, Economic and Political Weekly, Dec.31, 2011, vol. xlvi no 53 ( co-authors Bijayalaxmi Nanda, Mahua Bandhyopadhyay, Nonica Datta) 4. Women s Work in 19 th Century Bihar, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Kolkata, 2011, pp.829-840
5. Eunuchs in Mughal Royal and Aristocratic Establishment, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Kolkata, 2009, pp.417-27. 6. Women and Property in Mughal India, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Delhi, 2008, pp.406-415. Professor B.B. Chaudhuri Award for Best Paper on Economic and Social History of India at Indian History Congress, 2007 7. Madhyakaleen Bharat Mein Daason Kin Antarrajya Vyaapar Itihas Drishti, Ank:1, Dec. 2008 8. Palace Structures and Aristocratic Household Establishments in the Mughal Period, Vikramshila Journal of Social Sciences, July Dec. 2007, pp 1-12. 9. Military Slaves in Mughal India, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 67 th session, Calicut, 2006-07, pp. 350-7. 10. Jahan Ara s Administration of Her Establishment Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 66 th session, Shantiniketan, 2006, pp. 430-37. 11. Women Slaves in Medieval India, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 65 th session, Bareilly, 2004,pp. 314-323 12. Bondage and Caste in Medieval India, Vikramshila Journal of Social Sciences, vol.2, January to June 2005, pp 62-69 13. Age of Marriage in Pre-Colonial India, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 64 th session, Mysore, 2003, Patna, 2004, pp 596-602 14. Slave Acquisition in the Mughal Empire presented at the 62th session of the Indian History Congress, Bhopal, December 28-30, 2001. Received Professor J.S. Grewal Award for the Best Paper presented at the Medieval India session of Indian History Congress, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Kolkata, 2002, pp 317-324. 15. Slaves Markets in the Medieval India, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 61 th session, Kolkata, 2001, pp 365-373 16. Marriage and Concubinage in the Mughal Imperial Family, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 59 th session, Calicut, 1999, Aligarh, 2000, pp 353-362 17. The Acquisition and Trade of Elite Slaves in the Thirteenth Century, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 59 th session, Patiala, 1998, Aligarh, 1999, pp 229-236. 18. India s Overland Slave Trade in the Medieval Period, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 58 th session, Bangalore, 1997, Aligarh, 1998, pp
315-326. Papers Accepted for Publication 1. Wage Workers and Slaves in Mughal India for Economic History of Medieval India, ed. Irfan Habib. Papers Presented in National/International Conferences/Seminars 1. Personal in Institutional Practice: Quest for Constitutional Rights, presented in the International Seminar on Women and Modern Political Systems, 25-27 Feb. 2012. 2. Property Rights of Women in Mughal India in the National Seminar on Women Rights and the legal Systems: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, 11-13 Dec. 2010, at Centre for Women s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University. 3. Rashid Jahan on an Untrodden Path with Angaarey: Visions of the New Order in Her Writings, in the International Seminar in Centre for Women s Studies on Women in Modern Political and Social Thought, 03-05 Oct. 2009. 5. The Economic Aspects of the Medieval Indian Slavery, at the National Seminar on Economic History of Medieval India, 19-21 March 2004, Aligarh. 6. Muslim Marriage Law in Medieval India presented at the National Seminar on Women and Development organized by the Centre for Women s Studies, October 2004. 7. Purdah in the Royal aristocratic Households in the Mughal Period in the Association for the Study of History and Archaeology, Calcutta Session, March 1999. 8. Caste System and Slavery in the Medieval Period, in the U.P. History Congress, Gorukhpur Session, 1998. Citations:
1 Irfan Habib cites The Acquisition and Trade of Elite Slaves in the Thirteenth Century, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Aligarh, 1999, pp 229-236 in The State and Society in Medieval India, History of Indian sciences, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, ed. J.S.Grewal, New Delhi, 2005, Vol. VII, Part-I, f.n. 8 2 Irfan Habib cites Marriage and Concubinage in the Mughal Imperial Family, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Aligarh, 2000, pp 353-362 in The State and Society in Medieval India, History of Indian sciences, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, ed. J.S.Grewal, New Delhi, 2005, Vol. VII, Part-I, f.n. 89. 3 Ishrat Alam cites Jahan Ara s Administration of Her Establishment Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 2006, pp. 430-37 in Petticoat Government in a Mughal Provincial Town, PIHC, Kolkata, 2009. 4 Irfan Habib/Iqtidar Alam Khan cites The Economic Aspects of Medieval Indian Slavery, unpublished paper presented at the Seminar on Economic History and Medieval India, Aligarh, 20-27 March 2004, pp.1-3 in Economic History of Medieval India, 1200-1500, p. 188. Conferences / Seminar Attended: 1. International Seminar on Looking Within /Looking Without Exploring Households Through the Ages, held by the Centre of Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 24-26 Feb. 2011. 2. North Region Consultation on Gender and Migration: Negotiating Rights, held by Centre for Women s Development Studies, New Delhi, 22-24 Sep. 2009. 3. International Seminar on Identity, Emotion and Culture: Languages and Literature of the Subcontinent, c. 900-c, 1971 21-23 December 2006. 4. Annual Session of International Commission for Historical Demography, held on 19-21 September, New Delhi on Secular Demographic Change: Composition Pressure on Land, Regional variations and Immigrations. 5. Annual Sessions of Indian History Congress since 1997. All the sessions except IHC Amritsar session, 2002.
6. 2 nd Annual Conference of Association for the Study of History and Archaeology, March 1999. Workshops attended: 1 UGC Capacity Building Workshop organized at Women s Studies Research Centre, Kurukshetra University, from 16-20 Feb. 2010. 2 UGC Training of Trainers workshop on Capacity Building of Women managers in Higher Education, organized at Women s Studies Research Centre, Kurukshetra University, from 23-28 March 2010. 3 Distance Education Workshop translation workshop 4 Distance Education Workshop for preparation of reading material in SLM mode Workshop Organized: Local Coordinator of UGC Capacity Building Workshop of Women Managers in Higher Education, Sensitivity/Awareness/ Motivation at Centre for Women s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, 8-12 March 2011. Invited as resource person: UGC Capacity Building Workshop of Women Managers in Higher Education, Sensitivity/Awareness/ Motivation at D.A.V Centenary College, Faridabad, to transact the Manual I- Women s Studies Perspectives, 23 Nov. 2011. UGC Capacity Building Workshop of Women Managers in Higher Education, Sensitivity/Awareness/ Motivation at Dyal Singh College, Delhi University, to transact the Manual I- Women s Studies Perspectives, 03-04 Jan. 2012. UGC Capacity Building Workshop of Women Managers in Higher Education, Sensitivity/Awareness/ Motivation at Jamia Millia Islamia, to transact the Manual I- Women s Studies Perspectives, 24-5 April 2012 Date : Place : SHADAB BANO