Refresher Course in History concludes at MANUU
Hyderabad: Two-week-long online Refresher course in History concluded yesterday at the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). The course was organized on the issues in Indian History and related to themes of inter-faith relations, issues of women, Dalit movements in India, labor and migration, print media and nationalism, India’s maritime contacts with the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean world, and India’s relations with South-east Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, research and publication ethics.
Prof. KSS Seshan, a retired Professor of History, at HCU in his lecture said that different types of sources such as archaeology, numismatics, sculpture, and epigraphy are needed in the reconstruction of our past history. Persian and Sanskrit sources and various literature available in different languages might also be explored.
Lectures on themes like the history of science, the role of indigenous institutions in colonial India, role of Sufi saints in Deccan were part of the refresher course.
A total of 42 sessions were held and 68 participants from different states took part in the refresher courses. Eminent historians and scholars from various prominent Universities delivered the lectures.
Prof. Saneem Fatima, Director, UGC-HRDC in her address hoped that the refresher course brings about a change in the ways we deal with history.
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