The Historiography Series Lectures
The Historiography Series is an ongoing lecture series at Historical India that attempts in this direction, to equip students with the necessary skills to read, interpret and eventually write history. With a multitude of narratives getting traction, and political motives getting injected into these, the discipline of history is unfortunately becoming the biggest casualty. We believe that it is essential to get an idea of how history is to be written and understood, so that a foundation can be established for future discourse and debate. The objective of this series is the formulation of a Historiography policy document that shall be made part of the website’s content policy.
The First Lecture
The First Lecture of the Historiography Series at Historical India was held on 8th March, 2022 at the Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi. The lecture deliberated upon "Revisiting Indian historiography" and was delivered by Dr. Saumya Dey, Rishihood University, with Chief Guest Dr. Ramesh Bharadwaj, HoD, Sanskrit, DU (now Vice-Chancellor, Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithal, Haryana).
The Second Lecture
The Second Lecture of the Historiography Series at Historical India was held on 24th April, 2022 at Daulat Ram College, Delhi University. The lecture deliberated upon the social histories of Hindu temples in South East Asia - A review of the debate with reference to Champa, and was delivered by Dr. Birender Nath Prasad, Asst. Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
The Third Lecture
The Third lecture of the Historiography Series at Historical India was held on 25th June, 2022 online through video conferencing via Udaipur. The lecture deliberated on "The Significance of Rajasthani Sources in the Reconstruction of Medieval Indian History. The lecture was delivered by senior historian and famed author Prof. K. S. Gupta. To our utmost grief, the third lecture was Professor Gupta's last public event before he left us for the heavenly abode on 7th August, 2022.
The Bharat Book Club
Based in the University of Delhi, The Bharat Book Club is the official book club and an initiative of Historical India, aimed at promoting the culture of reading and research in students & enthusiasts. It attempts to discover and rediscover relevant literature for research in social sciences while inculcating in its members a bibliophile experience, and thus developing potential editors at the wiki.
Netaji, Azad Hind Sarkar and Fauj
The Bharat Book Club is all set for its first official book launch event scheduled for August 13th, 2022 as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, celebrations commemorating 75 years of Independence. We have the honour of having with us one of India’s most leading and most prominent contemporary historians, author and curator, Professor Kapil Kumar. His book is titled - "Netaji, Azad Hind Sarkar and Fauj : Removing Smokescreens 1942-47". Historical India is honoured to have Prof. Umesh Kadam, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) as the Chief Guest for the book launch. The event shall be presided by Prof. Savita Roy, Principal, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi.
