History for Peace

Teaching and Learning history for peace and understanding

A network of educators and members of civil society in the subcontinent

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The Making of the 5th and 6th Schedule – Nandini Sundar

This talk was delivered as part of the 5th annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of the Indian Constitution in July 2019. I’m really grateful for this chance to present today because it’s based on work that I’ve just started doing. A lot of...

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Nationalism and the Constitution – Romila Thapar

This talk was delivered as the keynote address at the 5th annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of the Indian Constitution in July 2019. I know so little about the Constitution of India, just about as much as the average citizen knows. But...

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Rehabilitating Secularism: An Intellectual, Ethical and Political Approach – Rajeev Bhargava

This talk was delivered as part of the 5th annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of the Indian Constitution in July 2019. I don’t think I have anything new to say—I’ll be merely reiterating what I have been saying for quite some time. What...

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The Transformative Constitution – Gautam Bhatia

This talk was delivered as part of the 5th annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of the Indian Constitution in July 2019. Below is a transcript of the video shared above. This is a particularly interesting time to talk about the Constitution. Before we...

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Narratives of Conflict and Resolution – Kumkum Roy

This workshop was conducted as part of the fourth annual Teaching History conference, The Idea of Culture, in August 2018 in Calcutta. Kumkum Roy. I think one of the important things to keep in mind is that while this workshop is about textbooks, it is...

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The Idea of Archives: Abeer Gupta

This talk was conducted as part of the fourth annual Teaching History conference, The Idea of Culture, in August 2018 in Calcutta. I hope that the material I present will provide a few ideas for how archives can be linked with history in the classroom....

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