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The History for Peace Fellowship
Call for Applications: Duration: July 2025 – March 2026 Application deadline: 7 May 2025 The past seven decades, since India’s...
History for Peace
4 days ago2 min read
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The Question of Cultural Injustice and Political Injustice - Apoorvanand
Apoorvanand delivered this talk at the annual History for Peace conference 2023 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta We are here once again....
History for Peace
Feb 1211 min read
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Learning Status—and the Rarity of Justice - Krishna Kumar
Krishna Kumar delivered this talk at the annual History for Peace conference 2023 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta Friends, no matter...
History for Peace
Jan 2725 min read
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The Question of Ethics - Romila Thapar, Ranjit Hoskote and Naveen Kishore
This conversation was held at the annual History for Peace conference 2023 'The Idea of Belonging' in Calcutta.
History for Peace
Jan 2049 min read
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Right to Hospitality and Citizenship - Suraj Gogoi
Suraj Gogoi delivered this talk at the annual History for Peace conference 2023 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta Let me begin by sharing...
History for Peace
Jan 1321 min read
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Teaching History for Peace - Romila Thapar
This lecture was delivered online as the opening talk for the 2024 Professional Development Course for high school teachers Teaching...
History for Peace
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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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...
History for Peace
Dec 23, 202427 min read
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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....
History for Peace
Dec 16, 202423 min read
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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.
Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh
Nov 9, 202426 min read
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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.
Nikita Sonavane
Sep 16, 202424 min read
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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...
megha malhotra
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Nonviolence and the Future of Democracy - Rajni Bakshi
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' hosted at St Kabir Public School,...
Urvi Shah
Sep 16, 202318 min read
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The Social Life of Democracy - Sundar Sarukkai
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
Jul 14, 202330 min read
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Children and Justice - Krishna Kumar
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
Jul 14, 202331 min read
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Keynote Address: The Idea of Democracy (Calcutta, 2022)- Apoorvanand
This keynote address inaugurated the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in Calcutta...
History for Peace
Jul 13, 202327 min read
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The Idea of Democracy (2022): Opening Address - Naveen Kishore
This opening address inaugurated the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in Kolkata...
History for Peace
May 29, 20234 min read
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Why is History Crucial to Politics? - Romila Thapar
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 22, 202318 min read
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Historical Monuments in the Public Domain - Sudipta Sen
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 15, 202317 min read
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Perspectives in Pedagogy- Shahnaaz Khan
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'Beyond ‘Teaching’: A Conference on the Meaning of...
History for Peace
May 8, 202336 min read
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The Bhima Koregaon 16 and the Idea of Indian Democracy - Arvind Narrain
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 1, 202335 min read
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