<?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>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:43:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.historyforpeace.pw/hi/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Sifting Fact from Fiction Workshops | April and June 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report on a series of workshops on 'Sifting Fact from Fiction' conducted in April and June 2026 in association with the Teachers' Centre.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/sifting-fact-from-fiction-workshops-april-and-june-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a435ceb3c06bdad5428607f</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:12:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_04196c53ed8e42ca8a73ed6bb30c5887~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[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[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[UNLEARNING with Urvashi Butalia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report by Lavaya Senthil Urvashi Butalia began by discussing what she had learnt about Partition as a member of the first post-Partition generation. In school, students were given a neat picture – the British and Pakistanis wanted Partition, Indians did not; Nehru was good, Jinnah was not; India was better for choosing secularism. Students, including Butalia, accepted this as truth. Meanwhile, family member’s real experiences of the Partition were seen as mere family tales and not taken...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/unlearning-with-urvashi-butalia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a64771310a4941c072614a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Event Reports]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:48:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_0517fa8c18cb4e999bc6446bf3463bb3~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[On History and Literature | Calcutta 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[This journal contains a compilation of talks delivered at the annual conference 2025 'On History and Literature' in Calcutta. Historians face the daunting task of weaving narratives from scattered fragments, crumbling ruins, dusty archives and bulky manuscripts. Does their craft make them storytellers? The sources they consult—be they archival or oral—often contain narratives of their own, refracted through the motivations of their authors. As Hannah Arendt noted, the ability to tell stories...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/on-history-and-literature-calcutta-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a562480419af4c003fe56a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Journals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:48:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_dc34862f7e2448a7a1a6759c1c6165ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>megha malhotra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is History | Bulandshahr 2024 | Chandigarh 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[This journal contains a compilation of talks delivered at the History for Peace regional conference on 'What is History' at Vidyagyan School, Bulandshahr in 2024 and St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh in 2025 What is History? Is it a collection of dates and facts? Is it the study of human experiences, actions and their consequences across time? Is it a vital tool for understanding the present and shaping the future? By studying history, do we gain a deeper appreciation of our collective...]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/what-is-history-bulandshahr-2024-chandigarh-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a561bb6119f6e25a1e1c96b</guid><category><![CDATA[Journals]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:52:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5aa3ab_47ff7f6acf96454eb87549f3908803f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>megha malhotra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jallianwala Bagh, Rabindranath Tagore and the Politics of Memory - Sarmistha Dutta Gupta]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are additional resources for a talk delivered at the annual conference 'On History and Literature' held in Calcutta in July 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/jallianwala-bagh-rabindranath-tagore-and-the-politics-of-memory-sarmistha-dutta-gupta</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3916113c8a482719bcbed4</guid><category><![CDATA[Voices]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:17:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05196e_8c82259256604283b2d2ba68143acc6c~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[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[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[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></channel></rss>