Dr. Swati Goel

Assistant Professor

Dr. Swati Goel has served at prestigious organizations in various capacities as a Curator, Academic Counsellor, Research Consultant, Convener, Doctoral fellow and an Assistant Professor (Guest) alongside her academic engagements. She earned a Ph.D. from the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU (2023). She also holds an M.Phil. in History from the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi, an M.A in History from CHS, JNU and a B.A (hons.) in History from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi. Her core area of research is medieval Indian history, with special emphasis on the dynamics of the medieval Braj region. The title of her doctoral study is 'The Development of the Region of Braj: Bhakti Sects, Political Groups and the Merchants (16th to mid-18th Century). The work brings to the fore a history of sacred space intertwined with the themes of patronage, religion, commercial networks, mobilities, the exodus of deities, and environmental consciousness in its understanding of a region. She started her academic career as a Curator in 2016 at the American Institute of Indian Studies, where she worked on a project for Google Cultural Research Institute, curating Virtual Exhibition on various subjects consulting Catherin B. Asher archives. The exhibitions are published on GCI website. In 2017 she joined Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Delhi as a Research Consultant on a project where she became a part of a team constituting historians and architects, working on a publication and an exhibition on project ‘Celebrating Rahim-Khan-I Khanan’. The volume constitutes articles by academicians from around the world and diverse fields. She also had an opportunity to serve as a National Doctoral Fellow at ICSSR, Delhi, under a Centrally administered Full-time Doctoral Fellowship for 2019-2021. She worked as an Assistant Professor (Guest) at various colleges of University of Delhi and simultaneously as an Academic Counsellor at IGNOU for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. She is a committed professional demonstrating a record for publishing excellence, conference presentations and research papers at various national and international conferences. Recently, a part of her research was released at the Sangam talk, under the aegis of the Ministry of Education. An annual International Conference is convened and organized by her since 2019 in Vrindavan and is thus widely covered in media and local newspapers of the region. She therefore is a recipient of ‘Braj Adhyeta Samman’ award given by NGO ‘Braj Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan’, 2018. She continues to engage herself in organizing academic conferences, cultural programmes and heritage walks in her research area.

Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DLHS) Bengaluru

Qualification: B.A. ( Hons.),M.A.,M.Phil. ,Ph.D.

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D. Religion, Linguistics and Regional studies, History of Emotions Centre for Historical Studies, JNU 2023
M.Phil. Patronage and Religious traditions School of Liberal Arts, AUD, Delhi 2015
M.A. Medieval History Centre for Historical Studies, JNU 2013
B.A. ( Hons.) History Sri Venkateswara College , DU 2011

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
University of Delhi Assistant Professor ( Guest) Teaching 2019-2024
IGNOU Academic Councellor Mentoring and Teaching 2020-2021
ICSSR Doctoral Fellow Research 2019-2021
American Institute of Indian Studies Curator Curation, Writing and Researching 2016-2017
Aga Khan Trust for Culture Research Consultant Project Work, In house editing , Organising 2017

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Expertise

1) Religion, Society and Culture in Medieval and Early modern India 2). Braj Bhasha and Rajasthani studies 3.)Curation 4.)Commercial and Enviromental Histories 5.) History of Emotions 6.)Cartography and history 7.)Heritage Walks

Area of Research

1) Religion, Society and Culture in Medieval and Early modern India 2). Braj Bhasha and Rajasthani studies 3.)Curation 4.)Commercial and Enviromental Histories 5.)Cartography and history 6.)Heritage Walks 7.) History of Emotions

Work Experience

Organisation Role Tenure
Worked as a Curator with Google and American Institute of Indian Studies (2016-17)
Research Consultant at Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Political and Merchant Devotees: Multiple facets of Pilgrimage to the medieval region of Braj (16th and 17th centuries)

2016 Goel, Swati

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Region of Braj: Rajput patronage, Exodus of deities and re-creation of Braj in Rajputana(16th to early 18th century)’

2022 Goel, Swati

Rajasthan History Congress

Environmental discourse and consciousness in the development of medieval region of Braj: Embodying and experiencing a sacred space (16th -17th centuries)

2023 Goel, Swati

Indic Academy

Yogini Matrakas and Power behind the Veil

2017 Goel, Swati

Google Cultural Research InstituteÂ