Memories and Narratives of Partition - Guest Lecture and Interactive Session with Prof. Sucheta Mahajan
The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History held a lecture for India's 75 years of independence, focusing on the topic of Memories and Narratives of Partition . The guest speaker for the lecture was Professor Sucheta Mahajan. She teaches history at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her fields of interest include the short and long history of the twentieth century, its politics, political economy and social change, focusing on the India-Pakistan partition. Anjana Anil from 3MAIS delivered the welcome address for the lecture. Dr. Vagishwari from the Department of ISPH introduced the speaker to the audience. In her lecture, Prof. Sucheta Mahajan gave a great glimpse into ‘Oral history and memory work - recovering the voices of freedom and partition in India’. As a historian, her work goes beyond archives and associate with oral history, which has been now called memory works. The oral history traces the people who par...