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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Mediating Speech: Between Freedom and Violence - Shahrukh Alam

On Monday mornings, I often find myself rushing to court to defend an accused who has been arrested or is about to be arrested for...

It is Just that there be Law, but Law is not Justice - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

This Keynote lecture was delivered at the History for Peace annual conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta on August 3, 2023....

Notes on Law and Lawlessness in Kashmir - Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh

This lecture was delivered as part of the seventh annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta, 2023.

Casteist Carcerality: Everyday Policing of 'Habitual Offenders' in India - Nikita Sonavane

This lecture was delivered as part of the seventh annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta, 2023.

In Search of Justice through Failures of Reconciliation,The Volatility of Dissent and Systemic Forgetting: A Performative Analysis - Rustom Bharucha

Structured in three sections drawing on performative evidence from different parts of the world, this talk will focus on a wide range of...