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History for Peace
Sep 2, 20247 min read
The Idea of Belonging - Annual History for Peace Conference | Day 3: A Report
DAY 3 | 3 AUGUST 2024 The Many Belongings That Make Us Facilitated by Sudhanva Deshpande Do each of us feel a sense of belonging? Is it...
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Urvi Shah
Sep 30, 202323 min read
Seventh Annual History for Peace Conference: The Idea of Justice | Report
The annual History for Peace conference—The Idea of Justice—was held at the Tollygunge Club, Calcutta between August 3 and 5, 2023. The...
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Urvi Shah
Aug 21, 202311 min read
The Idea of Justice - Chapter 2 | Delhi NCR
NOW OPEN FOR ALL The idea of justice is a fundamental concept that has been debated and discussed by philosophers, legal scholars and...
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History for Peace
Jun 26, 20236 min read
AFSPA and Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution: A workshop report
A History for Peace workshop on the Armed Forces Special Power Act and fundamental rights in the Indian constitution
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Anchita Dasgupta
Jun 16, 20239 min read
Queerness as 'Art': Naveen Kishore’s ‘Performing the Goddess’ as a Pedagogic Tool
A resource discussing the need to embed subaltern perspectives of queerness into the South Asian classroom through the analysis of a film
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History for Peace
May 29, 20234 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Jan 27, 20234 min read
Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore
A workshop at Arthshila, Ahmedabad, commemorating the artist's centenary.
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History for Peace
Jan 2, 20231 min read
'Humanity Dehumanised': The Bengal Famine of '43 and Chittaprosad
A classroom module looking at the Bengal Famine of '43 and the arts.
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History for Peace
Oct 9, 202115 min read
Art of Looking: Engaging with Art Critically, Creatively and Contextually - Angel Roy Thomas
Download the complete module here: Looking at art is not a straight-forward process involving sight only, but is imbued with our...
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History for Peace
Oct 9, 20211 min read
Witness to Loss: S.L. Parasher's Partition Line Drawings
by Rajosmita Roy Download the complete module here You can access the recording from which this module emerges here:...
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History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Liberation War in Images: Paintings - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita Acharjee's complete research document. Click below to download the PPT. ACTIVITIES Below are three artworks...
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History for Peace
Jul 16, 20213 min read
1971: Songs of Liberation - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Download the PPT by clicking below. ACTIVITIES This could be turned into a group...
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History for Peace
Jul 12, 20215 min read
Your History gets in the way of my Memory
*Cover image courtesy: Nalini Malani, The Rebellion of the Dead, 2017. Sourced from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nalini_Malan...
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History for Peace
Jul 12, 20216 min read
In Art: 20th century India
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
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History for Peace
Jul 12, 20218 min read
Pre-Partition India: A Rich, Creative Legacy
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
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History for Peace
Jul 11, 20212 min read
Beyond the Textbook: An Object-based Pedagogical Classroom Resource
Video recordings of all the sessions and PPTs used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for...
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History for Peace
May 10, 20216 min read
Liberation War in Images: Paintings
by Sushrita Acharjee. Download the resource pdf here: Apart from the camera—pencil, brush, colour and canvas too proved to be lethal...
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History for Peace
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition
Museum Learning Series II. Presented by History for Peace, Achi Association and DAG Museums.
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History for Peace
Feb 22, 20214 min read
Witness to Loss: Parasher's Partition's Sketches
Prajna Parasher is a filmmaker/scholar & multimedia artist practicing at the shifting intersection of classical thought & new technologies.
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History for Peace
Jan 15, 20211 min read
The Peasant Movements through the eyes of Somnath Hore
'But who were these peasants really? How did they live? What were their grievances? What birthed the idea of solidarity and mass protests...
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