Seventh Annual History for Peace Conference: The Idea of Justice | Report
The annual History for Peace conference—The Idea of Justice—was held at the Tollygunge Club, Calcutta between August 3 and 5, 2023. The...
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Urvi Shah
- Aug 21
- 11 min
The Idea of Justice - Chapter 2 | Delhi NCR
NOW OPEN FOR ALL The idea of justice is a fundamental concept that has been debated and discussed by philosophers, legal scholars and...
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History for Peace
- Jun 26
- 6 min
AFSPA and Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution: A workshop report
A History for Peace workshop on the Armed Forces Special Power Act and fundamental rights in the Indian constitution
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Anchita Dasgupta
- Jun 16
- 9 min
Queerness as 'Art': Naveen Kishore’s ‘Performing the Goddess’ as a Pedagogic Tool
A resource discussing the need to embed subaltern perspectives of queerness into the South Asian classroom through the analysis of a film
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History for Peace
- May 29
- 4 min
The Idea of Democracy (2022): Opening Address - Naveen Kishore
This opening address inaugurated the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in Kolkata...
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History for Peace
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore
A workshop at Arthshila, Ahmedabad, commemorating the artist's centenary.
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History for Peace
- Jan 2
- 1 min
'Humanity Dehumanised': The Bengal Famine of '43 and Chittaprosad
A classroom module looking at the Bengal Famine of '43 and the arts.
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History for Peace
- Oct 9, 2021
- 15 min
Art of Looking: Engaging with Art Critically, Creatively and Contextually - Angel Roy Thomas
Download the complete module here: Looking at art is not a straight-forward process involving sight only, but is imbued with our...
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History for Peace
- Oct 9, 2021
- 1 min
Witness to Loss: S.L. Parasher's Partition Line Drawings
by Rajosmita Roy Download the complete module here You can access the recording from which this module emerges here:...
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History for Peace
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Liberation War in Images: Paintings - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita Acharjee's complete research document. Click below to download the PPT. ACTIVITIES Below are three artworks...
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History for Peace
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
1971: Songs of Liberation - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Download the PPT by clicking below. ACTIVITIES This could be turned into a group...
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History for Peace
- Jul 12, 2021
- 5 min
Your History gets in the way of my Memory
*Cover image courtesy: Nalini Malani, The Rebellion of the Dead, 2017. Sourced from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nalini_Malan...
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History for Peace
- Jul 12, 2021
- 6 min
In Art: 20th century India
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
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History for Peace
- Jul 12, 2021
- 8 min
Pre-Partition India: A Rich, Creative Legacy
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
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History for Peace
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Beyond the Textbook: An Object-based Pedagogical Classroom Resource
Video recordings of all the sessions and PPTs used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for...
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History for Peace
- May 10, 2021
- 6 min
Liberation War in Images: Paintings
by Sushrita Acharjee. Download the resource pdf here: Apart from the camera—pencil, brush, colour and canvas too proved to be lethal...
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History for Peace
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition
Museum Learning Series II. Presented by History for Peace, Achi Association and DAG Museums.
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History for Peace
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
Witness to Loss: Parasher's Partition's Sketches
Prajna Parasher is a filmmaker/scholar & multimedia artist practicing at the shifting intersection of classical thought & new technologies.
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History for Peace
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
The Peasant Movements through the eyes of Somnath Hore
'But who were these peasants really? How did they live? What were their grievances? What birthed the idea of solidarity and mass protests...
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History for Peace
- Aug 27, 2020
- 28 min
From Swadeshi to the Constitution: Nandalal Bose and the Nationalist Project-Siva Kumar
R. Siva Kumar is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic and curator.
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