International Conference on “1947 : RETHINKING” 13th – 14th March, 2015
1947: Rethinking
Organised by Department of History, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
For participation and further details please contact:-
Director of the Conference:
Prof. Amarjit Singh, Chairman, Department of History, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119 (Haryana) (M) – 098121-84925
Landline No (s) – 01744-238410, 238196, 238679, Extn. 2558 & 2559 (Office)
Organizing Secretaries:
Dr. Nandini Bashistha, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, K.U.Kurukshetra (M) – 09729074479
Mr. Dharamveer Saini, Assistant Professor, Department of History, K.U.Kurukshetra (M) – 097288-61900
Email:
chairperson.history@kuk.ac.in
amarjitsingh_45@yahoo.co.in
Please attached for full details:Concept Note-1, Information regarding International Conference-1
Women and Partition by Pippa Virdee
A couple of new articles on women and partition:
Pippa Virdee, ‘Remembering partition: women, oral histories and the Partition of 1947.’ Oral History, Autumn 2013, Volume 41, No 3, pp. 49-62.
Abstract: This article explores key developments in the way Partition has been represented in the history of India and Pakistan. It more specifically examines how alternative silent voices have been become more visible in the past fifteen years in the historiography of Partition. This shift has been made possible with the use of oral testimonies to document accounts of ordinary people’s experiences of this event in the history of India and Pakistan. The article then goes on to reflect on the author’s experiences of working in South Asia and the use of oral history as a radical and empowering tool in understanding women’s history in Pakistan.
Follow link for details: http://www.oralhistory.org.uk/journal-search.php?parameter=issue&searchkey=86
Pippa Virdee, ‘The Heart Divided: Writing the Human Drama of Partition in India/Pakistan’
http://imowblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/clio-talks-back-heart-divided-writing.html
Recording Punjab’s darkest hours for posterity
Recording Punjab’s darkest hours for posterity – article on the 1947 Partition Archive project which is recording narratives of Punjabis about their memories of being uprooted following the Partition of Punjab.
Link to the The Tribune, 25 September 2013
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