DAY 1 When I arrived at the Harrington Art Centre on the morning of 30th July 2015, I was convinced that my phone had conspired to make me arrive late—it was stubbornly declaring the time to be 8.30 when I could clearly see that seats had already been occupied for the conference that was supposed…
Panel 1: Historical Interpretation – Dr Vishwamohan Jha, Dr Mubarak Ali, Dr Ayaz Naseem, Shreya Ghosh – moderated by Dr Garga Chatterjee The discussion on history as a product of contemporary ideology across nations with a common past, chaired by Dr Garga Choudhury started promptly at 10 a.m. and despite a few technological glitches, an…
Panel 2: Prof Anil Sethi, Prof Afsan Chowdhury, Dr Shubra Chaterjee, Swaleha Alam Shehzada, moderated by Mrs Devi Kar Discussions following the first panel spilled into the coffee break and the Harrington Arts Centre was abuzz with intense conversations. The second panel started at 11.30 a.m. with Mrs Devi Kar as the moderator. The panellists…
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]…
Professor Sethi in his workshop presented a template of recording and teaching history and suddenly, everyone found themselves back in a classroom. The very first element of the model requires the historian or the teacher in the classroom to raise problems for analysis –- at what time does Sikhism begin to be recognised as a…
