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Event Review: "Heteroglot Art Of Early Modern Bengal: Paintings, Manuscripts and Patronage in Murshidabad"
History is not amusing when it is rigid, monotonous and one dimensional. Mrinalini Sil in her latest lecture, titled "Heteroglot Art Of Early Modern Bengal: Paintings, Manuscripts and Patronage in Murshidabad," organised by Voyages Into The Past, tried to break away from the colourless suppositions to present a complex layered picture of 18th century art world and patronage of Murshidabad. Apart from establishing the baffling connections between the designs of the Jain temple
Voyages Into The Past
Oct 181 min read
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UPCOMING EVENT: "Heteroglot Art Of Early Modern Bengal: Paintings, Manuscripts And Patronage In Murshidabad"
Amidst all the newly emerging historical perspectives, it is crucial to move beyond viewing eighteenth century India as a period of chaos...
Voyages Into The Past
Sep 151 min read
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UPCOMING EVENT: "Remembering Sarat Chandra Das's Legacy to Buddhist Studies in Colonial Bengal"
18th July marks the birth anniversary for Bengal’s first Tibetologist Sarat Chandra Das (1849-1917). Das’s achievements open a space for...
Voyages Into The Past
Jul 141 min read
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Call for Articles for L'Histoire Volume 4, Issue 1
The history of "rights" as a concept is mired in complications. Regarded as the moral or legal recognition of interests or entitlements...
Voyages Into The Past
Apr 271 min read
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Important Update About Our Facebook Page
We are issuing an important update regarding our official Voyages Facebook Page . At present, the page is out of use , and we are unable...
Voyages Into The Past
Jan 11 min read
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CALL FOR MEMBERS! Join Voyages into the Past
Greetings from Voyages into the Past! We are looking for new members to join us going forward, in a number of positions and capacities as...
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Jan 11 min read
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UPCOMING EVENT: "At Home in Foreign Lands: Syed Mujtaba Ali's Depiction of Afghanistan, 1927-1929"
Afghanistan, a focal point of British military ambition in the 19th and 20th centuries, had also ironically turned out to be the most...
Voyages Into The Past
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED! L'Histoire Volume 3, Issue 1
We at Voyages into the Past are happy to invite entries for Volume 3, Issue 1 of L’Histoire. Now in its third year, we are pleased to...
Voyages Into The Past
May 14, 20241 min read
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Muslim Citizenships and Belongings in India, a series.
Voyages into the Past presents a lecture series as part of the just past Ramazan and Eid, titled "Muslim Citizenships and Belongings in...
Voyages Into The Past
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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CALL FOR MEMBERS! Join Voyages into the Past.
Greetings from Voyages into the Past! We are looking for new members to join us going forward, in a number of positions and capacities -...
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Mar 13, 20241 min read
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Upcoming Event: ITIHASHE HATEKHORI: Pasts, Truths and Contestations in a History Beyond the Academy
The Itihashe Hatekhori series, spearheaded by Dr. Anwesha Sengupta and Dr. Debarati Bagchi, and published by the Institute of Development...
Voyages Into The Past
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Upcoming Event - "Understanding October 7, 2023 and its Aftermath: A Long View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
While the Israeli Government would like to view the events of October 7th, 2023, devoid of any context, and reconstitute it as being an...
Voyages Into The Past
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Event Review: "First Among (Un)Equals: Marriage Under the Indian Rainbow"
Voyages into the Past had the pleasure of hosting Professor Madhavi Menon, Koyel Ghosh and Dr. Debjyoti Ghosh for a panel discussion...
Voyages Into The Past
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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My Voyages into the Early Colonial Past: A Discussion and Adda with Professor Robert Travers
A stalwart in the field of early colonial histories of South Asia, Robert Travers has long worked to defy notions of discontinuities and...
Voyages Into The Past
Jan 2, 20241 min read
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Upcoming Event: "Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia"
"Neeti Nair assesses landmark debates since partition—debates over the constitutional status of religious minorities and the meanings of...
Voyages Into The Past
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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