Voices

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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How to Draw Histories? Art as Method - T. Sanathanan

T. Sanathanan is a visual artist living and working in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

The Un-equivalence of Violence: The Communal Question in Janam’s Plays - Sudhanva Deshpande

Sudhanva Deshpande is a theatre practitioner, film director and editor at LeftWord Books.

Social Media and the Idea of India

This presentation and discussion was held on August 17, 2017 as part of 3rd annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of India.

India in the Ruins of the Present - Vijay Prashad

This talk was presented on August 17, 2017 as part of the 3rd annual History for Peace conference, The Idea of India, Calcutta.

Curating ‘Cultures’: Collections, Practices and their Histories - Sudeshna Guha

Sudeshna Guha teaches History at Shiv Nadar University. She
was trained in field archaeology and has
worked for over a decade in museums.