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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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Looking Back through our Identities – Itihāsa Purāna- Aloka Parasher Sen

Meaning of words and their contextual use is important. How are Myth and History commonly understood and what, against this, is meant by...

Public Interest Litigations: On the Bhima Koregaon PIL-Vrinda Grover

Vrinda Grover is a lawyer, researcher, and human rights and women’s rights activist based in New Delhi, India.

Watch ‘Writing Early India: Conversations with Romila Thapar’ here!

Developing sound historical consciousness is critical in our ability to effectively respond to the realities we are faced with. Active...

Arrest without Trial-Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar is an Indian historian as well as an Emeritus professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

From Swadeshi to the Constitution: Nandalal Bose and the Nationalist Project-Siva Kumar

R. Siva Kumar is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic and curator.