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SUMMARY:Archaeological Sciences and Archaeomaterials Research: Gender Pers
 pectives [Anna Mani Lecture]
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sharada Srinivasan (NIAS\, Bangalore)\n\nAbstractArc
 haeomaterials research focuses on the scientific analysis of materials cre
 ated or used by past societies. This includes ceramics\, metals\, glass\, 
 stone\, and organic materials. Researchers examine composition\, manufactu
 ring techniques\, and usage to understand technological development\, trad
 e networks\, and cultural practices. Archaeometallurgy pertains to the tec
 hnological study of metallic archaeological artefacts and art objects to g
 ain insights into the manufacturing techniques and history of technology a
 nd to also the provenance and sources of metal which could help in their c
 lassification. Such disciplines are truly inter-disciplinary bridging arch
 aeology\, materials science\, and chemistry for deeper historical insights
 .  Despite the challenges such as of fieldwork in remote areas\, women ha
 ve played and continue to play vital roles in archaeological sciences\, co
 ntributing as field archaeologists\, researchers\, lab scientists\, and th
 eorists. This talk touches on some of the speaker's key research in terms 
 of Indian contributions in the field of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy
  and foundry techniques. Insights on technical finger-printing of south In
 dian metal icons using lead isotope analysis are also explored such as the
  Nataraja bronze touching on archaeoastronomical perspectives as well.  T
 he talk aims to highlight gender perspectives with respect to the field of
  archaeological sciences. Prof. Sharada Srinivasan is a Professor at the 
 National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)\, Bengaluru working in archa
 eological sciences\, archaeometallurgy and technical art history. She rece
 ived the Padmashri in Archaeology in 2019. She was elected to the American
  Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021 in Archaeology and is a Fellow of th
 e Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain.  She is a recipient of the Indi
 an National Academy of Engineering INAE Woman Engineer of the Year Award i
 n 2021 and the Dr. Kalpana Chawla Young Women Scientist Award for 2011. Sh
 e has undertaken scientific documentation of several rare crafts including
  high-tin bronze working\, mirror making\, image casting and bell making\,
  wootz steel making  as well as archaeometallurgical investigations on an
 cient mining and metallurgy such as lead isotope ratio finger-printing of 
 Chola and south Indian bronzes.  She is first author of the book ‘India
 ’s Legendary Wootz Steel’ and contributing author to ‘Ecstasy of Cla
 ssical Art’\, the bronze catalogue of National Museum\, Delhi and co-edi
 tor of ‘Digital Hampi’ on digital explorations into the art and archit
 ecture of Hampi.About Anna ManiAnna Mani\, after whom this lecture series 
 is based\, was a pioneering Indian physicist and a meteorologist who carri
 ed out path-breaking research in 1950s India\, against all odds. After com
 pleting her undergraduate degree in physics from Presidency College in Mad
 ras\, she undertook research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalo
 re. She worked with C V Raman on the spectroscopy of diamonds and rubies a
 nd  published 5 single author papers. However\, she was not granted a PhD
   degree by Madras University\, on the pretext that she did not have a ma
 sters degree\, ignoring the fact that she had obtained a scholarship for g
 raduate studies on the basis of her undergraduate degree. She took up an i
 nternship to study physics at the Imperial College in London but ended up 
 specializing in meteorological instrumentation. She returned to India in 1
 948 and joined the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) at Pune. In 1976
 \, she retired as the deputy director general of IMD\, and subsequently re
 turned to the Raman Research Institute as a visiting professor for several
  years. During her career as a meteorologist\, Anna Mani helped in setting
  up instruments for studying the ozone layer and wind energy\, as well as 
 a millimeter-wave telescope at Nandi Hills to study solar radiation. She w
 rote two books on Solar radiation.The Anna Mani lecture series is part of 
 the ongoing effort by the Working Group for Gender Equity (WGGE) of the As
 tronomical Society of India (ASI) for increasing gender sensitisation in t
 he astronomy community in India. This year (2025)\, it is being organised 
 jointly by the WGGE-ASI and the Gender Amity Cell of the IIA. \n\nhttps:/
 /events.iiap.res.in/event/366/
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