Department of Anthropology University of Delhi

17/09/2026

29/08/2026

PhD Research Scholar Saptarshi Bairagi Participates in EASA 2026, Poznań, Poland

Saptarshi Bairagi, final-year PhD Research Scholar in the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, and Co-Chair of the Scientific Commission on Human Rights, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), participated in the 18th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA 2026), held at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, from 21–24 July 2026. The conference was organised around the theme “Anthropology: Possibilities in a Polarised World.”

Bairagi served as Co-Convenor of Panel P103, “Feminism and Digital Anthropologies,” alongside Dr. Indrani Mukherjee of the Indian Anthropological Association and Mrs. Diya Koshy George of the University of Sussex. The panel brought together anthropological perspectives on popular feminism and digital culture, examining the intersections of digital feminist activism with neoliberalism, commodification, sexuality, misogyny, the manosphere, and online hate speech.

As part of the panel, Bairagi presented the paper “Coding the Pure Top: How Dating Apps Algorithmize Caste, Commodify Trans Bodies, and the Dalit-Queer Sensorium of Resistance.” Drawing on sensory, embodied, and experiential digital ethnography, the paper examined how dating platforms such as Grindr, Bumble, and Tinder can reproduce caste and class hierarchies through the organisation of digital desire. It also explored the commodification of trans and q***r bodies and the emergence of embodied forms of Dalit-q***r resistance within digital spaces.

Bairagi’s participation at EASA 2026 contributed perspectives from India to contemporary international anthropological debates on gender, sexuality, caste, digital cultures, and embodied forms of resistance. The engagement also reflects the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi’s participation in wider global conversations within social and cultural anthropology, particularly through emerging decolonial and intersectional approaches to the study of digital life.

22/08/2026

Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Prakash Ranjan Mondal
(Head, Department of Anthropology)on being appointed as
Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi.

21/08/2026

Ms. Sudeshna Biswas presented a paper on “Gender, Normativities, and Everyday Practice in Archaeological Anthropology: A Case from the Rock Paintings of Gopisur–Satkunda, Madhya Pradesh, India,” at the Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA 2026), held in Poznań, Poland, 21 - 24 July 2026.

The paper was presented in Panel , “Co-Creating Justice: Gender-Transformative Methodologies and the Politics of Care,” convened by Dr. Katie McQuaid (University of Leeds) and Dr. Ross Wignall (Oxford Brookes University).

The presentation examined repeated repainting, reuse, and modification in Central Indian rock art through an archaeological-anthropological and feminist methodological perspective, with particular attention to ethnographic engagement, reflexivity, and positionality in shaping archaeological questions.

The presentation was followed by discussion with the panel convenors and participants on the relationship between archaeology and anthropology and the role of ethnographic and reflexive approaches in archaeological interpretation.

Ms. Biswas received a full International Travel Grant from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Government of India, for participation in the conference. In addition, EASA provided sponsored accommodation and conference registration. These forms of support facilitated her participation and presentation of her doctoral research at the conference.

12/08/2026

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02/08/2026

PhD student Karma Norbu Bhutia, has been awarded a research grant from the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund 2026, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

This award will support his doctoral research project, “Digitizing the Sacred: Contemporary Transformations of Thangka Art in Sikkim,” part of his ongoing PhD thesis, under the supervision of
Dr. Mitashree Srivastava, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Anthropology, University of Delhi.

Heartiest Congratulations

28/07/2026

Congratulations to Abhijeet Singh Dewari, MSc Anthropology (Class of 2026), Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, on being selected as a Doctoral Fellow at the world’s No 1 School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. Fully funded by Loughborough University, UK and Astor Bannerman.

28/07/2026

Outstation students admitted to the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, may apply for hostel accommodation via this link. Last date of submission of the form: 5th August 2026.

24/07/2026

Attention! Students who have been admitted to the Department of Anthropology for BSc, MSc (Anthropology) and MSc (Forensic Science) for the session 2026-2028 are required to complete the anti-ragging affidavit form provided below. It is also available on the UGC website.

I confirm that I have read UGC's regulations on Ragging.(To read, click on the link ABSTRACT OF UGC REGULATIONS ON RAGGING)