| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Elective |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 16 weeks |
| Category : |
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| Credit Points : | 5 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 06 Jan 2025 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2025 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Exam Date : | 25 May 2025 IST |
| NCrF Level : | 5.0 |
| Exam Shift : : | 2 |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
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Week |
SECTION I |
Description |
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Week 1 |
Module 1 |
Time,
space, human agency |
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Module 2 |
An
introduction to the Sources of History – A General Overview: Literary and
Archaeological Sources |
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Module 3 |
Facts
and historical facts; interpretation and meaning |
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Week 2 |
Module 4 |
Hypothesis,
Argumentation, Problematique |
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Module 5 |
Objectivity |
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Module 6 |
Causality |
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Week 3 |
Module 7 |
Generalization
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Module 8 |
Narrative
and History |
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Module 9 |
Quantitative
and Qualitative Methods in History |
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Module 10 |
Digital
Humanities |
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Week 4 |
Module 11 |
History
and Anthropology |
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Module 12 |
History
and Archaeology |
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Module 13 |
History
and Psychology |
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Week 5 |
Module 14 |
History
and Literature |
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Module 15 |
History
and Science |
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Module 16 |
History
and Religion |
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Module 17 |
History
and Culture |
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Week 6 |
Module 18 |
‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’
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Module 19 |
Kautilya’s
‘Arthasastra’ |
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Module 20 |
Kalhana’s ‘Rajtarangini’ |
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Week 7 |
Module 21 |
Abul
Faz'l’s Akbarnama |
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Module 22 |
‘My
Experiments with Truth’-Remembering Mahatma |
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Module 23 |
Social
Construction of Madness and Mental Health |
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Week 8 |
Module 24 |
Intimate
Relationships |
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Module 25 |
Representation
of Disability in Popular Culture |
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Module 26 |
History
and Cinema |
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Module 27 |
Performing
Arts in History |
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Week 9 |
Module 28 |
Definition
and Preconditions of Historiography |
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Module 29 |
Greek
Historiography |
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Module 30 |
Roman
Historiography |
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Module 31 |
Ancient
Chinese Historiography |
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Week 10 |
Module 32 |
Medieval
Christian Historiography |
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Module 33 |
Medieval
Muslim Historiography |
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Module 34 |
Renaissance
and Historiography |
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Module 35 |
Enlightenment,
Scientific Revolution and
Historiography |
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Week 11 |
Module 36 |
Romantic
–Nationalist-Literary Historiography |
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Module 37 |
Positivism
in History |
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Module 38 |
Linguistics
and History |
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Module 39 |
Post-Modernist
Challenges, Twentieth Century in History
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Week 12 |
Module 40 |
Ancient
Indian Historiography |
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Module 41 |
Medieval
Indo-Muslim Historiography |
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Module 42 |
History
and Indology |
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Week 13 |
Module 43 |
Colonial
Historiography |
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Module 44 |
National
Historiography |
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Module 45 |
The
Annales School of Historiography |
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Week 14 |
Module 46 |
Gender
Studies |
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Module 47 |
Environmental
Sociology with Special Emphasis on Eco-feminism |
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Module 48 |
Refugee
Studies |
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Week 15 |
Module 49 |
The
Marxist Phase |
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Module 50 |
Subaltern
Studies |
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Module 51 |
Oral
History |
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Week 16 |
Module 52 |
History
and Folklore |
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Module 53 |
Theories
on Aesthetics |
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Module 54 |
Violence
and Contemporary Thoughts |
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Module 55 |
Dreams and Death –Certain Concepts |
Essential Reading
Suggested Reading
Dr. Tinni
Goswami has done her Masters and PhD from Jadavpur University and her thesis
has been published in 2011 from New Delhi. She has numerous national and
international publications and toured Europe and the other Asian countries to
present her research papers in various international conferences. She was a JRF
of Indian Council of Historical Research from 2006-2008 and the Fellow of The
Asiatic Society from 2010-2013. Dr. Goswami was a UGC Research Associate at
Women’s Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta from 2013-2014. At
present she is an Assistant Professor and the HOD of History, St. Xavier’s
College (Autonomous), Kolkata, Raghabpur Campus. She is also working as a
Part-Time Faculty at the PG Department (Evening) of History, Jadavpur
University. Her areas of research interests are history of gender, cultural and
regional history, history of science, technology and religions, history of
public health and education in West Bengal.
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