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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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A Division of Hearts, Minds, Properties and... -Urvashi Butalia

Delivered as part of Shared Histories, a History for Peace conference held at and co-organized by St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh.

Article 370 in the Constituent Assembly: Shaping a Hindu Jammu and a Muslim Kashmir-Mridu Rai

Mridu Rai is the author of the prizewinning book Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir.

Nationalism and the Constitution-Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar is an Indian historian and an Emeritus professor at the JNU. Her principal area of study is ancient India.

The Making of the 5th and 6th Schedule-Nandini Sundar

Nandini Sundar is a professor of sociology at the DSE whose research interests include political sociology, law and inequality.

Learning to Live with the Past-Krishna Kumar

Krishna Kumar is an educationist, former Director of NCERT, bilingual author, columnist and writer for children.