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Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore
A workshop at Arthshila, Ahmedabad, commemorating the artist's centenary.
History for Peace
Jan 27, 20234 min read


'Humanity Dehumanised': The Bengal Famine of '43 and Chittaprosad
A classroom module looking at the Bengal Famine of '43 and the arts.
History for Peace
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Report on the sixth annual History for Peace Conference: The Idea of Democracy
DAY 1 | August 4 2022 The annual History for Peace conference took place on 4, 5, 6 August 2022. It started with the opening address by...
rajosmita218
Sep 30, 202216 min read


The Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore: Workshop Report
Read a Report of 'The Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore' workshop here.
History for Peace
May 10, 20225 min read


Thinking with Films: The historical film edition
If you are a social science teacher concerned about historical films being consumed by your students unquestioningly as 'historical...
Ranita Ray
Apr 4, 20222 min read


The Future of our Past: The Textbook and Ways of being Indian - Janaki Nair
A talk held as part of the Between Teaching and Learning workshop series in December 2021. 'For too long, the history textbook has been...
History for Peace
Dec 21, 20211 min read


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...
History for Peace
Oct 9, 202115 min read


Revisiting 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War through Art: Teaching Resources
Recently, we concluded a workshop series for high school teachers based on the research Sushrita Acharjee worked on for History for...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20211 min read


Bangladeshi Classroom Perspectives on the Liberation War: A report of a Q & A
Following from an insightful presentation by Shafia Afroz on the teaching of the 1971 Liberation War across schools in Bangladesh, a...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20214 min read


Liberation War in Images: Photography - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. This PPT is ideally complemented with a...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read


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...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read


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...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20213 min read


The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. POSTERS IN THE HISTORY CLASSROOM Click on each...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read


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...
History for Peace
Jul 12, 20215 min read


On Teaching History: Part II - Romila Thapar
Presented by History for Peace as part of the B.Ed course offered by Delhi University. Romila Thapar is an Indian historian as well as an...
ranitapw
May 17, 20211 min read


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...
History for Peace
May 10, 20216 min read


The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera
by Sushrita Acharjee. You can download the resource pdf here: A plethora of ephemera, such as posters, placards, pamphlets, graffiti,...
History for Peace
May 10, 202110 min read


1971: Songs of Liberation
by Sushrita Acharjee.
History for Peace
May 10, 202110 min read


Liberation War in Images: Photography
by Sushrita Acharjee. You can download the resource here: War photography disturbs by exhibiting spectacular examples of how war...
History for Peace
May 10, 20216 min read


On Teaching History: Part I - Romila Thapar
Romila Thapar is an Indian historian and an Emeritus professor at the JNU. Her principal area of study is ancient India.
History for Peace
May 5, 20211 min read
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