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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 Pedagogic Ideas of History Teachers and their Implications-Latika Gupta

Latika Gupta teaches educational theory and pedagogy courses at Delhi University’s Central Institute of Education.

Representing the Past: The Politics of Enquiry-Sundar Sarukkai

Sundar Sarukkai is the author of Translating the World: Science and Language, Philosophy of Symmetry among others.

The strange and amusing history of Indian Commercial Radio - Ameen Sayani

Ameen Sayani is a popular former radio announcer from India.

The Music of Stones: 700 Years of Adoption, Assimilation, Absorption and Appropriation-Sohail Hashmi

After working as director of Leap Years, Sohail Hashmi started his heritage walks, writing on Delhi and around culture, language communalism

Collecting History beyond Artefacts: Reflections on the Conflictorium - Avni Sethi

This talk was presented in August 2018 as part of the fourth annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of Culture, Calcutta.