About Us
History for Peace is an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts
Are you concerned with the way history is being taught? Do you believe that it can be used as a tool for peace-building? History for Peace is looking for partners in subcontinent. Contact us today!
A network of educators and members of civil society in the subcontinent, 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. The website also acts as a repository of resources—academic papers, talks, podcasts and teaching aids. History for Peace conducts an annual conference as well as shorter talks and workshops through the year.
Sign up as a member to access the discussion forums and contribute lesson ideas.
The objectives of the project are:
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Exploring multi and inter disciplinary and creative approaches, with emphasis on the arts
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Developing and collating resources
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Addressing bias and prejudice
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Promoting initiatives and exchange of ideas across South Asia
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Teacher development
Are you concerned with the way history is being taught? Do you believe that it can be used as a tool for peace-building? History for Peace is looking for partners in subcontinent. Contact us today!
About The Seagull Foundation for the Arts
The Seagull Foundation for the Arts. A registered non-profit established in 1987 supports three major initiatives: PeaceWorks—which aims to strengthen values of mutual coexistence and respect for all communities; History for Peace—a network of educators and members of civil society in the subcontinent, serving as a platform for discussion, debate and the exchange of ideas pertaining to teaching and learning of history for peace and understanding; and The Seagull School of Publishing—A three-month course in publishing, editing design run entirely by industry professionals.
PeaceWorks
PeaceWorks – a project that works through arts and culture, with young minds, to foster a spirit of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect across differences, and equality thus catalysing social change. For nearly a decade now, PeaceWorks has worked with scores of students and teachers, in India and across the border with schools in Pakistan, and lately in Kashmir. With children from privileged backgrounds and with street and slum children—often designing projects that bring the two together and thereby developing sensitivities and creating a platform that facilitates ‘learning to live with difference’.
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Address attitudes that lead to strife, intolerance, conflict, war.
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Effect attitudes and values, in order to change thinking, break mindsets.
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Instill values that accept differences, understand differences and respect differences.
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Build cross-cultural bridges between young people from different socio economic backgrounds.
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Use the arts for education and empowerment.
The Seagull School of Publishing
The Seagull School of Publishing – the only one of it’s kind intensive publishing training programme supported by the Norwegian Embassy—a culmination of 38 years of experience of publishing in the arts
The Seagull Art
Advisory Board
Devi Kar
Director, Modern High School for Girls
Naveen Kishore
Managing Trustee, The Seagull Foundation for the Arts
Amita Prasad
Dean-Research and Development, The Heritage School
Abeer Gupta
Curator, Visual Arts at Arthshila and Director, Achi Association India in New Delhi and Leh.
Anjum Katyal
Trustee, The Seagull Foundation For the Arts
Gulan Kripalani
Transformational Leadership Development facilitator and Development Communications professional
Tina Servaia
Principal, Calcutta International School