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Mrinmoyee Ray

Mrinmoyee Ray

Mrinmoyee Ray
Mrinmoyee Ray
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Arts & Aesthetics
Email
mrinmoyeeray@mail.jnu.ac.in, mrinmoyeeray@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D., History of Art, National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and  Museology, New Delhi, 2015.
M.A., History, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2003.
B.A. (Hons), History, Indraprastha College  for Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2001.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Temple Architecture of Late Medieval India, Cultural Biography of Monuments, Socio-economic inter-connectivity and Temple Building.

Experience

Associate Professor at School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi, since November 2024.
Assistant Professor at Department of Education in Social Sciences, NCERT, New Delhi , August 2023 to November 2024.
Assistant Professor at Department of History, College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi, August 2013 to August 2023.
Guest Faculty at Department of History, College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi, August 2012 to August 2013.

Awards & Honours

Research Scholar Fellowship for PhD from ICHR (Indian Council of Historical Research).
Small Study and Travel Grant (UK) from Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum (NTICVA), London.
Foreign Travel Grant from ICHR to travel to Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

‘Visual Narratives of Monuments as Authorizing Discourses: Representation of Early Modern Temples of Bengal Through Photographs’ ,Journal of Bengal Art (The Silver Jubilee Volume), ICSBA, Dhaka (ISSN : 1607-1344) , 2020
‘Ways of Seeing: Late Medieval Bengal Temples’ , ICON, Departmental Journal of Department of History of Art, National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Janpath, New Delhi (ISSN 2394-188X), 2014.
‘Making of an (Un)protected Monument: A Case Study of Mahaprabhu Temple,Bishnupur’ , Journal of Bengal Art, ISCBA, Dhaka, 2024 (forthcoming).

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

‘Hindu Temple Art and Architecture Through the Ages’, Comprehensive History of Bharat by ICHR, 2025 (forthcoming).  
‘Thematic and Spatial Patterns of the Terracotta Plaques on the Jor-Bangla Temples of Itanda ,Sanskriti Vichitra- Essence of Art and Archaeology, Museums, Museology and Heritage Management (In Honour of Dr.S.S.Biswas) , Kolkata (ISBN 978-81-7479-183),2016 .
‘From a Monument of Veneration into a Symbol of Mass Consumption: The Keshta Raya Jor-Bangla Temple of Bishnupur in its Architectural, Artistic, Historical and Sociological Context’, ICON, Departmental Journal Department of History of Art, National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Janpath, New Delhi (ISSN 2394-188X),2016.
‘Jor- Bangla temples of Bengal (16th – 19th century CE): An introduction to Forms and Contexts’ , KALA, The Journal of Indian Art History Congress, vol: xxi, (ISSN 0975- 7945). 2015-16.
‘Presentation  of  the  Documentation  of  the  Jor-Bangla Temples of Narail, Bangladesh with Some Preliminary Observations.’ , S.P.Gupta Memorial Volume to be published by Indian Archaeological Society, (ISBN 978-81- 910635-2-3) ,2016.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.