Doing History in Public - the necessity of Public History in contemporary South Asia

Speakers:

Professor Nandini Chatterjee (University of Exeter & incoming Chair of Indian History and Culture, University of Oxford)

Dr. Anwesha Sengupta (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India, founder and member of History for Children ‘Itihashey Hathekhodi’)

Dr. Supurna Banerjee (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India, founder and member of History for Children ‘Itihashey Hathekhodi’)

Dr. Debarati Bagchi (Senior Research Associate and the Deputy Head of the Max Weber Stiftung – India Branch Office, New Delhi, founder and member of History for Children ‘Itihashey Hathekhodi’)

Dr. Shamara Wettimuny (Junior Research Fellow, The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and founder of Itihas)

Andi Schubert (PhD. candidate in History, University of Cambridge, member of Collective for Historical Dialogue and Memory, Sri Lanka)

Chair and Discussant: Professor Nandini Chatterjee (University of Exeter)

For queries, contact south.asia@area.ox.ac.uk  or Dr. Anwesha Roy anwesha.roy@ames.ox.ac.uk