Nazariyat
A Journal of the History Society
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Nazariyat - A Journal of the History Society
Student paper presentation is a strong feature of our Department and has become an annual activity since 2010. This has trained students to do research and make presentations according to protocols of scholarship, while understanding that their view may represent only one of the possible perspectives (nazariyat) on the subject of enquiry.
These efforts, with the sustained interest and support of the Principal, Dr. B.M. Saraf, have now culminated in a students' journal.
The Department is pleased to announce the fourth volume of its' journal
Nazariyat, A Journal of the History Society
We are pleased to present the fourth edition of Nazariyat 2022. The world has changed
significantly since the pandemic. The resumption of everyday life had led to the resumption of
usual conflicts. Philosophers who ruminate about history stipulate that analysis of the past is
rooted in the present, with current developments affecting our insight. Migrations and distress of
the Afghanistan crisis forced us to rethink the concept of migration, movement, and the category
of 'refugee' in history. Subsequently, the Department organised a seminar on migration on 23
September 2021. The current edition includes some insightful papers presented at the event,
highlighting history’s diverse migratory trends like Chinese migration to British India, indentured
Indian labourers in the Caribbean and the Partition. These papers outline the refugees' experiences
who were compelled to leave their homes due to economic and political distress. They discuss
their adjustments, struggles for acceptance, assimilation and cultural shock in the new lands.
The other three papers were presented on more open-ended themes in the 2020 History
department seminar. Some stimulating papers came out of the process. One such paper is a brave
attempt to historicise the symbolism attached to the bull by analysing paintings from the earliest
times (Upper Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze age) to modern paintings, especially Pablo Picasso’s.
Another paper attempts to provide a gendered reading of Madhavi’s story from the great epic of
Mahabharata. The paper seeks to answer the reasons for the deep-rooted patriarchy in Indian
civilisation. Another paper is on Modern Europe and attempts to read the role of football in
Franco’s fascist propaganda.
Click here for Nazariyat vol. IV (2022)
Click here for Nazariyat vol. III (2020)
Click here for Nazariyat vol. II (2018)
Click here for Nazariyat vol. I (2016)
Student Editorial Committee
(2022-2023)
Aatika Fareed
Anushka Gogoi
Khushi Tomar
Bhavana Singh
Oinam Pretty
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