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The Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore: Workshop Report

History for Peace

May 10, 20225 min read

The Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore: Workshop Report

Read a Report of 'The Peasant Movements through the Eyes of Somnath Hore' workshop here.

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Thinking with Films: The historical film edition

Ranita Ray

Apr 4, 20222 min read

Thinking with Films: The historical film edition

If you are a social science teacher concerned about historical films being consumed by your students unquestioningly as 'historical...

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The Future of our Past: The Textbook and Ways of being Indian - Janaki Nair

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Dec 21, 20211 min read

The Future of our Past: The Textbook and Ways of being Indian - Janaki Nair

A talk held as part of the Between Teaching and Learning workshop series in December 2021. 'For too long, the history textbook has been...

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Art of Looking: Engaging with Art Critically, Creatively and Contextually - Angel Roy Thomas

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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Revisiting 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War through Art: Teaching Resources

History for Peace

Jul 16, 20211 min read

Revisiting 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War through Art: Teaching Resources

Recently, we concluded a workshop series for high school teachers based on the research Sushrita Acharjee worked on for History for...

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Bangladeshi Classroom Perspectives on the Liberation War: A report of a Q & A

History for Peace

Jul 16, 20214 min read

Bangladeshi Classroom Perspectives on the Liberation War: A report of a Q & A

Following from an insightful presentation by Shafia Afroz on the teaching of the 1971 Liberation War across schools in Bangladesh, a...

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Liberation War in Images: Photography - A Classroom Resource

History for Peace

Jul 16, 20212 min read

Liberation War in Images: Photography - A Classroom Resource

Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. This PPT is ideally complemented with a...

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Liberation War in Images: Paintings - A Classroom Resource

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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1971: Songs of Liberation - A Classroom Resource

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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The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera - A Classroom Resource

History for Peace

Jul 16, 20212 min read

The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera - A Classroom Resource

Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. POSTERS IN THE HISTORY CLASSROOM Click on each...

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Your History gets in the way of my Memory

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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On Teaching History: Part II - Romila Thapar

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May 17, 20211 min read

On Teaching History: Part II - Romila Thapar

Presented by History for Peace as part of the B.Ed course offered by Delhi University. Romila Thapar is an Indian historian as well as an...

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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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The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera

History for Peace

May 10, 202110 min read

The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera

by Sushrita Acharjee. You can download the resource pdf here: A plethora of ephemera, such as posters, placards, pamphlets, graffiti,...

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History for Peace

May 10, 202110 min read

1971: Songs of Liberation

by Sushrita Acharjee.

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History for Peace

May 10, 20216 min read

Liberation War in Images: Photography

by Sushrita Acharjee. You can download the resource here: War photography disturbs by exhibiting spectacular examples of how war...

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On Teaching History: Part I - Romila Thapar

History for Peace

May 5, 20211 min read

On Teaching History: Part I - Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar is an Indian historian and an Emeritus professor at the JNU. Her principal area of study is ancient India.

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Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition

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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The Peasant Movements through the eyes of Somnath Hore

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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Rajosmita Roy

Nov 3, 20206 min read

Unpacking Systemic Racism

Download the entire module here: Introduction How does one define someone who assumes an identity different from yours—this could be in...

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