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The History for Peace project serves as a platform for discussion, debate and the exchange of ideas pertaining to teaching and learning of history for peace and understanding.

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MYTH, HISTORY AND HISTORICAL TRADITIONS: UNDERSTANDING EARLY INDIAN LITERARY SOURCES - KANAD SINHA

This lecture was a part of the 'What is History' regional conference held in Chandigarh in October 2025. Just before me, Professor Supriya Varma––my teacher at JNU who taught us archaeology––delivered a lecture. In archaeology we study material remains. As we have been discussing social media and the popular reception of history over the last couple of days, we may also notice that in the public perception of history, the difference between history and archaeology is often confused. This is...

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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.

A Teacher Who Thinks - Sundar Sarukkai

Presented by History for Peace as part of the B.Ed course offered by Delhi University. Sundar Sarukkai, trained in physics and...

THE INDIAN MEMORY PROJECT - Anusha Yadav

This talk was delivered as part of the Shared Histories conference, Chandigarh on 3 May 2019. Visit the Partition stories on the Indian...

The Making of the Indian Constitution: A focus on Process and Methods - Arun Thiruvengadam*

Arun K. Thiruvengadam is a Professor of Law at the School of Policy and Governance, Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

Witness to Loss: Parasher's Partition's Sketches

Prajna Parasher is a filmmaker/scholar & multimedia artist practicing at the shifting intersection of classical thought & new technologies.