Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Kumar, A., & Dar, F. (2015). Marginality and Historiography: The Case of Kashmir’s History. Economic and Political Weekly, 50(39), 37 – 44. 
• Kumar, A. (2014). Politics of Pre-election Riots in Kishtwar. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(8), 82 – 85 

Books

• Kumar, A. (forthcoming, 2022). Precious Threads, Precarious Lives: Histories of Shawl and Silk Industries of Kashmir 1846 – 1950. Taylor and Francis (Routledge) Pvt. Ltd.
• Kumar, A., Dar, Fayaz A. & Tandup, C. Our Pasts, Class VI textbook for Jammu and Kashmir Board of School education (JKBOSE).

Book Reviews

• Kumar, A. (2018). Romila Thapar, Rāmīn Ğahānbiglū and Neeladri Bhattacharya, Talking History. Society and Culture in South Asia, 5(1), 155 – 157. doi:10.1177/2393861718787897
• Kumar, A. (2017). Imagining Kashmir: Emplotment and colonialism. Contemporary South Asia, 25(3), 323 – 324. doi:10.1080/09584935.2017.1362205
• Kumar, A. (n.d.). Review, Garden of Solitude. Counter Currents, 23^rd March 2011. https://​www​.coun​ter​cur​rents​.org/​k​u​m​a​r​2​3​0​3​1​1.htm

Popular Articles

• Kumar, A. (2020, December 29). Camus In Kashmir: Outlook Magazine. https://​mag​a​zine​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​s​t​o​r​y​/​i​n​d​i​a​-​n​e​w​s​-​c​a​m​u​s​-​i​n​-​k​a​s​h​m​i​r​/​3​04134
• Kumar, A. (2020, September 22). Charting new territories. Himal Southasian. https://​www​.himal​mag​.com/​c​h​a​r​t​i​n​g​-​n​e​w​-​t​e​r​r​i​t​o​r​i​e​s​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​k​a​s​h​m​i​r​-​2020/
• Kumar, A. (2018, May 25). History as Politics: On Writing Past. Wande Magazine. https://​www​.wan​demag​.com/​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​-​a​s​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​o​n​-​w​r​i​t​i​n​g​-​past/
• Kumar, A. (2017, June 10). ​‘The report documents how Amarnath Yatra is used as a right-wing nationalist battle cry by the state’. Wande Magazine. https://​www​.wan​demag​.com/​a​m​a​r​n​a​t​h​-​y​a​t​r​a​-​i​s​-​u​s​e​d​-​a​s​-​a​-​r​i​g​h​t​-​w​i​n​g​-​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​i​s​t​-​b​a​t​t​l​e​-​c​r​y​-​b​y​-​t​h​e​-​s​tate/
• ‘Kumar, A. (2017, April 12). ​‘Dutch election results can be seen as a temporary and tiny relief from the right-wing onslaught,’ says historian Gijs Kessler. Outlook Magazine. https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​w​e​b​s​i​t​e​/​s​t​o​r​y​/​d​u​t​c​h​-​e​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​-​r​e​s​u​l​t​s​-​a​-​t​e​m​p​o​r​a​r​y​-​a​n​d​-​t​i​n​y​-​r​e​l​i​e​f​-​f​r​o​m​-​t​h​e​-​r​i​g​h​t​-​w​i​n​g​-​o​n​s​l​a​u​g​h​t​/​2​98522
• Kumar, A. (2016, September 06). ​‘Convoluted Understanding Of Kashmir Emerges From A Horrible Understanding Of Kashmir History’. Outlook Magazine. https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​w​e​b​s​i​t​e​/​s​t​o​r​y​/​c​o​n​v​o​l​u​t​e​d​-​u​n​d​e​r​s​t​a​n​d​i​n​g​-​o​f​-​k​a​s​h​m​i​r​-​e​m​e​r​g​e​s​-​f​r​o​m​-​a​-​h​o​r​r​i​b​l​e​-​u​n​d​e​r​s​t​a​n​d​i​n​g​-​o​f​-​i​t​s​/​2​97183
• Kumar, A. (2013,January 28). Reclaim Gramsci, The Revolutionary! https://​bar​gad​.word​press​.com/​2​0​1​3​/​0​1​/​2​8​/​g​r​a​msci/

Conferences

• Presented a paper, ​‘Nature and the Sources of Capital in the 20^th Century Kashmiri Textile Industry’ at the international conference, Frontiers of Accumulation, 13 – 14^th May, 2019 at University of Copenhagen. 
• Presented a paper titled ​‘Rethinking Colonialism in Kashmir History’ at the 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS 2016) at the University of Warsaw, Poland from 27^th July-30^th July 2016.
• Presented a paper ​‘Marginality and Historiography: The Case of Kashmir History’ at an International Conference Diversity, Margins and Dialogue: Local, National and Transnational Cultures held at University of Pune from 2^nd to 4^th January 2014.

Awards

• Awarded a bursary of $850 by the academic committee of the conference ​‘Frontiers of Accumulation’ 13 – 14 May 2019 at the University of Copenhagen. 
• Volkswagen visiting fellow at International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam for 6 months as a ​‘Global History Project fellow’ from February, 2017 with a fellowship of 1600 € per month. 
• Awarded a bursary worth 3000 PLN (Polish Zloty) by the Academic Committee of the 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS 2016).
• Awarded Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India in 2011
• Qualified University Grants Commission (UGC) National eligibility test (NET) in Dec 2012. 

Guest Lecture

‘Research Methodology’ to the M.Phil./PhD students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Arts and Science College for Women, Srinagar on 8^th, 11^th and 14^th of August 2017.