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...
The Historically Tempered Collective––Janaki Nair (historian; former professor, JNU), Meera Iyer (heritage researcher; convenor, INTACH Bengaluru chapter), Saisudha Acharya (children’s & YA nonfiction author, educator), and Ajay Cadambi (educator)––have initiated a project entitled Indian History: Thali by Thali that emphasizes the historical method.
A resource discussing the need to embed subaltern perspectives of queerness into the South Asian classroom through the analysis of a film
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...
History for Peace conducts an annual conference as well as shorter talks and workshops through the year.
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