As Martin Scorsese once said, ‘Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out’. Movies are an important part of an audio-visual experience and education. They are full of impact and stir emotions unlike some textbooks, which fail to do so. PeaceWorks takes pride in the fact that it has amassed a plethora…
The first talk as a part of the History for Peace project was titled ‘A missing General, a trusted jeep, and submerged narratives of 1971’. A title like that is enough to pique ones curiosity! Naeem Mohaiemen, who was the speaker for the evening, is a historian and visual artist working in Dhaka and New…
One of the most important aims of the conference was to engage with not just the speakers and presenters, but with each and every participant. The World Cafe session in the afternoon of Day 1 proved to be an extremely effective way of getting intense debates going. Group discussion leader: Dr Vishwamohan Jha [Reporter: Paroma Sengupta]…
The International Conference on Teaching History took place on the 30th and 31st of July and the 1st of August 2015 in Kolkata. A platform for exchanging thoughts and ideas and learning, the conference combined panel discussions and workshops. It also showcased alternative work in the arts, in education and civil society opening up possibilities…
Art-historian Rajasri Mukhopadhyay, is a Research Fellow at The Asiatic Society, Kolkata and a Guest Lecturer in the University of Calcutta. She has been a resource person for various institutes and organisations like Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, State Museum, Bhubaneswar , Jatin Das Centre for Arts and ‘Peaceworks’. She is the Associate Director…
