<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[History for Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[History for Peace]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:26:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.historyforpeace.pw/bn/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Histories of the Present | Calcutta | 6, 7, 8August 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The annual History for Peace Conference 2026 6, 7, 8 August 2026 Calcutta The Tollygunge Club REGISTER HERE A mountain is making its way to you, guns blazing. Will you persist?—Naveen Kishore   Yes, indeed. We must. At a recent History for Peace conference, Anirudh Kanisetti spoke of a society-wide pattern that we are encountering from the information asymmetries that have always existed and are now being fuelled through easy access to technology. Multi perspectives and plurality—essential...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/histories-of-the-present-calcutta-6-7-8august-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a05ab27a5f677856f8c00de</guid><category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_326df3a09df54387897bb52a68a4074a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinema in the Past and the Present - Ira Bhaskar | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of a workshop on 'Cinema in the Past and the Present' facilitated by Ira Bhaskar at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 8th of May 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/cinema-in-the-past-and-the-present-ira-bhaskar-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ff032657c1b4d9876957da</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:10:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_44b8d3e569ba412b9ed3cf8c644a5010~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing History – Doing Law | Shahrukh Alam | 10 April]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of a workshop on 'Doing History - Doing Law' facilitated by Shahrukh Alam at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 10th of April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/doing-history-doing-law-shahrukh-alam-10-april</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f43a9290b4365cb85f2bf5</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:37:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_aba02374bcb0410986808a8b7261ae7f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idea of Belonging | Coimbatore 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[This journal contains a compilation of talks delivered at the History for Peace regional conference on the Idea of Belonging at DPS Coimbatore in 2024. ]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/idea-of-belonging-coimbatore-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e0d6a6c0d279b375a98083</guid><category><![CDATA[Journals]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_92fcf807342d4ab6abbdf8bf170f8258~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History and Our Present: Some Reflections - Deepa Sreenivas]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the 'What is History' regional conference held in Bulandshahr in October 2024. A Personal Journey with History Before I begin, let me briefly refer to the background that animates this paper. Although I am not a historian, in this presentation, I put before you certain concerns relating to history. Currently, I teach Gender Studies and my background is in the field of Cultural Studies. While I am not trained as a historian, I have always been interested in...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/history-and-our-present-some-reflections-deepa-sreenivas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c7b3bf3b87f276336c2ebb</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:01:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_85e7deccdda84e108cd26fe8f462fad3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing History ]]></title><description><![CDATA[History for Peace is undertaking a new public history initiative with interactive sessions and workshops on the historical craft. This public history series aims to take conversations about history outside the classroom, to expand the consciousness of citizens and to create a critical public sphere.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/doing-history-history-for-peace-and-the-community-library-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69aeadc9053d59350a1383c0</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:23:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_865962705ee84e32975fde2dfff23861~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagining History: A Century of Gita Press - Akshaya Mukul | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of a workshop on 'Imagining History: A Century of Gita Press' facilitated by Akshaya Mukul at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 24th of April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/imagining-history-a-century-of-gita-press-akshaya-mukul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0199f3b1ac8cd94fa8ef12</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_7f92517f1aac4b70bac33064499dc314~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sifting Fact from Fiction | 02 May 2026 | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of workshop on 'Sifting Fact from Fiction' at South Point High School, Kolkata. ]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/sifting-fact-from-fiction-02-may-2026-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fdcdb84f7ebdc9f6a9b4d8</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 05:58:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_1c4e16718c5e4bcdbe15d864fc524faa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mayukhi Ghosh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World of Hindi | 25 March | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of a workshop on 'The World of Hindi' facilitated by Dr Avinash Kumar at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 25th of March 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/the-world-of-hindi-25-march-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de1302934ce577916a6204</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:23:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_ca40678ebf594ab2bfdf7054fb1421ef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_924,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking About the Indian Constitution | 28 February | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of a workshop on 'Thinking About the Indian Constitution' facilitated by Dr Gautam Bhatia at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 28th of February 2026. ]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/thinking-about-the-indian-constitution-28-february-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b8ed9cfce0d58eba0334c1</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:08:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_488ae9b378d04b32be708416f3fed28f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anjali Susan Abraham</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myths, Invented Histories and History - Sohail Hashmi]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the 'What is History' regional conference held in Bulandshahr in October 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/myths-invented-histories-and-history-sohail-hashmi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69abe291d66894c6d6f59ec6</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:41:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_6713d83855f346e99c2e138933649da3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching History, Talking History: Notes from Classroom Conversations – Meera Visvanathan]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the regional conference on 'What is History' held in Bulandshahr, October 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/teaching-history-talking-history-notes-from-classroom-conversations-meera-visvanathan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699d4a9b9509a0da66f907f3</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:59:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_34733b4de2b94f92a3bfebcbc8cd7bc5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deconstructing the Idea of Belonging - Anwesha Sengupta]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the Idea of Belonging Conference, Coimbatore held in October 2024. I will begin by recounting an experience that we had in November 2022 when we did a workshop at Shantiniketan—a small university town near Kolkata—with school children studying in classes 4 and 5. We conducted a workshop where we made multiple cards that could be classified into two broad categories—national identities (Indian, German, British etc.) and non-national identities (religious...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/deconstructing-the-idea-of-belonging-anwesha-sengupta</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989bcff40d7c5baf3b02685</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:18:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_a19315b6e87a4e4fa45bf37aac2f28a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History-Writing and Popular Memory | 31 Jan, 2026 | Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following is a report of a workshop on 'History-Writing and Popular Memory' facilitated by Dr Aparna Vaidik at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 31st of January, 2026. ]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/history-writing-and-popular-memory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6982d4dd889819a51f08ccab</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_865962705ee84e32975fde2dfff23861~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anjali Susan Abraham</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heritage and Belonging - Swapna Liddle]]></title><description><![CDATA[



This lecture was delivered at the Idea of Belonging Conference in Coimbatore on 5, 6 October, 2024]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/heritage-and-belonging-swapna-liddle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69799efd13a746db9d7c919b</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:38:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_4537a2d406514c9c83ce4643898cdacc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory and the Idea of Belonging - Priyanka Seshadri]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the Idea of Belonging Conference in Coimbatore on 5, 6 October 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/memory-and-the-idea-of-belonging-priyanka-seshadri</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696b572c6ac6c976422fea3b</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_0d1fac9d000345ec94c796eafc04cbfa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory, Recognition and Reconciliation: Cultivating the Sense of Belonging - Priyadarshini Vijaisri]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture was delivered at the Idea of Belonging Conference held in Coimbatore on 5, 6 October 2024. ]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/memory-recognition-and-reconciliation-cultivating-the-sense-of-belonging-priyadarshini-vijaisri</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69621c6c768b848d270e7eb6</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:37:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_3b79f0e74de84ef996f963bc441e6489~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_913,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE CONSTITUTION: Social Life of a ‘Living’ Text - Mayukhi Ghosh, Sunita Biswas]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does a text transform in its life beyond the printed word? What happens when it is a foundational text like the Constitution of India? The classroom resource probes some of these questions, drawing on the History for Peace Conferences on ‘The Idea of the Indian Constitution’ in Calcutta 2019 and in Pune 2020, along with ‘The Idea of Justice’ annual conference held in Calcutta 2023. It offers teachers an interdisciplinary lens towards reading the Constitution drawing on history, political...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/the-constitutionsocial-life-of-a-living-text-mayukhi-ghosh-sunita-biswas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694e5d56103da5c23b8c4c97</guid><category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_4178069b2a5f4bf78a7ae49c346c00e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History for Peace: Experiments in Counter Memory - Meena Malhotra]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am not a scholar. What I wish to share with you here are some reflections around the work I do. I will begin with briefly revisiting my personal history to make connections between stories, memories and identity, followed by insights into the socio political realities that led to our work and finally I will speak to how our work informs counter memory as an individual act of resistance. But first, sincere and heart felt gratitude to Prof Angana Chatterji and the Berkeley Centre for Race and...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/history-for-peace-experiments-in-counter-memory-meena-malhotra</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694bc7387b5d4818ec45ed73</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:58:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_68fc9e7f4aff44e68a251157c3d1337f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_648,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>megha malhotra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On History and Literature - Regional Chapter. Bulandshahr]]></title><description><![CDATA[On History and Literature History for Peace Regional Conference, November 2025. Conference Report The History for Peace regional conference, held in November 2025, was a significant academic gathering aimed at senior school students (Classes 9–12) and their educators. The central purpose of the programme was to dissolve rigid boundaries between history and literature, demonstrating that historical interpretation is deeply rooted in narrative construction. By foregrounding this perspective,...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/on-history-and-literature-regional-chapter-bulandshahr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693151db9b06fc064bdbf225</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:51:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_72954731f13944c3a2d155323635a7ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>History for Peace</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>