Workshop at Teachers Centre, Loreto College, Calcutta. 29.11.2016. Facilitator: Meher Ali Participants: 9 A History for Peace event. ‘In our desire to be politically correct and neutral, in our desire to not step on toes, I feel that facts are being lost. How do we counter that? My tussle is that as a teacher…
PeaceWorks hosted Ineke Veldhuis-Meester, Euroclio Ambassador and former Professor, Groningen University from 6 November to 13 November as part of a study visit which included the International Conference on Teaching History from 10 – 12 November 2016. Prior to the conference she was able to visit four very diverse schools and interact with teachers and…
In an increasingly polarized world where extremism and hatred seem to be on the rise globally, public debate seems to be driven more by emotions than facts often leading to curtailed opinion making. Media/social media often add fuel to the fire. In our education system there is little room for any discourse outside of the…
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME PLAN 10,11,12 November 2016 Venue: The Harrington Streets Arts Centre ‘a nationalist discourse in a time when there is no longer a national liberation struggle against an external power, and oppression where it exists has become internal.’—Perry Anderson Day 1 (10 November) The Idea of Nationalism Keynote Address by Sadanand Menon [9.15 a.m.-10.30…
On 29 September, Meher Ali, a Fulbright scholar from Brown University conducted a session on ‘Understanding 1971’ with 17 high school students from Modern High School for Girls and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. This was the first talk for students as a part of the History for Peace project. Using various audio visual aids, including a trailer…
