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Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition
Museum Learning Series II. Presented by History for Peace, Achi Association and DAG Museums.
History for Peace
Mar 15, 20212 min read


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...
History for Peace
Jan 15, 20211 min read


Unpacking Systemic Racism
Download the entire module here: Introduction How does one define someone who assumes an identity different from yours—this could be in...
Rajosmita Roy
Nov 3, 20206 min read


Conference Proceedings
Every year, History for Peace organises an International Conference on Teaching History, inviting participants from all over the...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20203 min read


The ‘Other’ Revolutionaries : Women’s Role in the Indian Freedom Struggle
‘It is as if history and historians for the longest time had forgotten to record experiences of the other genders. Just as the politics...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20201 min read


Teaching Divided Histories
Teaching Divided Histories is an innovative 3-year project developed by Nerve-Centre [Derry-LondonDerry] and funded by the European...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20201 min read


The PeaceWorks School Curriculum-Literature
One of the objectives of the History for Peace project is to explore interdisciplinary ways of teaching. We believe that no subject can...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20201 min read


Between state narratives and people’s memories of 1971 - Anam Zakaria
'While Pakistan saw 1971 through the sense of loss, similar to how India saw 1947, for Bangladesh, 1971 marked bloodshed, but also the...
History for Peace
Oct 20, 20202 min read


Some Forgotten Realities of the Partition Story: Rajmohan Gandhi
Presented by History for Peace in collaboration with Karwaan - The Heritage Exploration Initiative. The year 1947 is as evocative of...
History for Peace
Oct 13, 20201 min read


Watch ‘Writing Early India: Conversations with Romila Thapar’ here!
Developing sound historical consciousness is critical in our ability to effectively respond to the realities we are faced with. Active...
History for Peace
Sep 15, 20201 min read


Narratives of Conflict and Resolution-Kumkum Roy
Kumkum Roy teaches ancient Indian History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
History for Peace
Jun 24, 202028 min read


The Pedagogic Ideas of History Teachers and their Implications-Latika Gupta
Latika Gupta teaches educational theory and pedagogy courses at Delhi University’s Central Institute of Education.
History for Peace
May 5, 202022 min read


Representing the Past: The Politics of Enquiry-Sundar Sarukkai
Sundar Sarukkai is the author of Translating the World: Science and Language, Philosophy of Symmetry among others.
History for Peace
Apr 21, 202027 min read


Teaching History like a Historian
A thought-provoking workshop facilitated by
—Amita Prasad, Anjum Katyal, Sreyashi Chatterjee, Tina Servaia and Avik Chanda
Ranita Ray
Dec 11, 20196 min read


White Pepper,Black Pepper : An interactive session on thinking like a historian - Neha Pradhan Arora
Neha Pradhan Arora is an educator who has been working with schools and communities for the creation of meaningful learning experiences.
History for Peace
Oct 4, 201932 min read


What Can Take The Place Of A Single, Teachable, Usable Past? - Janaki Nair
Janaki Nair is Professor of Modern Indian history at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India.
History for Peace
Sep 7, 201924 min read


Shared Histories 2019, Chandigarh - A report
We landed in Chandigarh on May Day, on the eve of the two-day history teaching conference we had organized, to be hosted by Saint Kabir...
History for Peace
May 15, 20195 min read


Can History Contribute To Peace? Krishna Kumar
Krishna Kumar is an educationist and former director of NCERT. He is also a children's author.
History for Peace
Apr 19, 201926 min read


Biography as History - Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto is a poet, award-winning novelist and translator who lives in Mumbai.
History for Peace
Apr 10, 201921 min read


History Textbooks and the Idea of India
Krishna Kumar, Hari Vasudevan, Shireen Maswood and Manish Jain in conversation.
History for Peace
Mar 28, 201925 min read
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