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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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The Constitution and the Judiciary- A.G. Noorani

A.G.Noorani is an Indian lawyer, constitutional expert and political commentator.

The Shape of Culture through History: Second Millennium AD

Romila Thapar, Audrey Truschke, Kunal Chakrabarti and Anand V. Taneja in conversation.

Decolonization: Change and Continuity - Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, a specialist on the history of modern India, has written extensively on the meanings and complexities of India’s...

Amrita Pritam and the Pain of the Partition: Nirupama Dutt & Urvashi Butalia in conversation

Find the Research Paper emerging out of this talk here: https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/amrita-pritam-and-the-pain-of-the-partition-s...

The Idea of Dissent in the Indian Past and Present

Romila Thapar, Kunal Chakrabarti, Apoorvanand and Suhas Palshikar in conversation.