Time : 9:00 am
Entry : All are welcome but advance intimation will be much appreciated as it will help us with arrangements including lunch.
Those wishing to have their names added to the e-mail list may please e-mail us at: nmmldirector@gmail.com
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Workshop on 'Environments and Histories’.
The linkages between environments and histories may seem self-evident but require careful thought and rigour. How human actions do or do not transform environments for better or for worse is a central issue of our times. Yet, the past is critical not only to understand the changing nature of contending visions of the future but to assess how, why and where specific choices are made about interventions.
A discussion of the relations between ecology and history can help do much more than shed light on nature's pasts. The papers to be presented will help highlight different facets and issues. For instance, a dialogue across what are often sharp dividing lines of ancient/medieval and modern eras of history can help illumine the distinctions between long term patterns and short term or immediate shifts. Further, there is scope for a discussion across the even more common divide of the social and natural sciences.
This is especially important in landscape such as India's where millennia of human presence has to be taken into account. Further, familiar issues like the history of icons or of warfare can be enriched by studying the place of large prominent animals. The routines of work and life of central Indian Adivasis require re-examination at a time when their fate is bound up with that of the forest landscape.
Stratification and marginality in early modern north-west India can be viewed in a complex prism when related to access to natural resources. There are also papers on conflict and conservation in today's India, whether in a high altitude conflict zone or vis a vis devolution in the Western Himalaya. It is hoped that the papers and the discussions that follow will help in evolving a more nuanced understanding of the processes and patterns that link histories and environments.
Programme Schedule
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Registration and Tea
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Workshop Opening and Welcome by
Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, NMML
&
Dr. Mayank Kumar, Fellow, NMML
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks and key note address
Chair: Prof. Upinder Singh, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi
Speaker: Prof. Aloka Prasher-Sen, Department of History, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Session I
Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Speaker: Dr. Mayank Kumar, NMML, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Nature, Social stratification and marginalization in Rajasthan, 1650-1850 C.E.
Discussant: Dr. Meena Bhargava, Department of History, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, Delhi
11:00 – 11:15 p.m.
Tea Break
11:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Session II
Chair: Prof. Aloka Prasher-Sen, Department of History, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
Speaker: Ms. Shibani Bose, Doctoral Student, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Retracing the Trail: Elephants (Elephas Maximus) in Ancient India
Discussant: Prof. Ranabir Chakravarti, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Speaker: Mr. Pratyay Nath, Doctoral Student, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
From Mocking to Becoming the ‘Lords of the Elephants’: War-Elephants and the Mughals, 1526 – c. 1590
Discussant: Prof. Farhat Hasan, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Session III
Chair: Dr. Rinki Sarkar, Independent Scholar ( Himalayan Studies)
Speaker: Mr. Riyaz Ahmad, Wildlife Trust of India
Conserving the Pir Panjal Markhor: Nature, science and conflict
(A project supported by Nature Conversation Foundation, Mysore.)
Discussant: Dr. Vasant Saberwal, Ford Foundation, Delhi
Speaker: Ms. Maya Ratnam, Doctoral Student, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Preliminary notes on Life in the Baiga Chak: Place, time, work and pleasure
Discussant: Dr. Dhiraj Nite, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Tea Break
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Session IV (Concluding session)
Chair: Mr. Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India
Speaker: Dr. Ghazala Shahabuddin, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Conservation Crossroads Revisited: Exploring the Interface between Livelihoods and Forest Regeneration in the Van Panchayats of Uttarakhand
Discussant: Mr. A.N. Prasad, IFS, Former Director, Project Elephant, Govt. of India
Concluding Remarks: Dr. Divyabhanusinh, Independent Researcher.
Related Events : Talks | History | Environment
Entry : All are welcome but advance intimation will be much appreciated as it will help us with arrangements including lunch.
Those wishing to have their names added to the e-mail list may please e-mail us at: nmmldirector@gmail.com
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Workshop on 'Environments and Histories’.
The linkages between environments and histories may seem self-evident but require careful thought and rigour. How human actions do or do not transform environments for better or for worse is a central issue of our times. Yet, the past is critical not only to understand the changing nature of contending visions of the future but to assess how, why and where specific choices are made about interventions.
A discussion of the relations between ecology and history can help do much more than shed light on nature's pasts. The papers to be presented will help highlight different facets and issues. For instance, a dialogue across what are often sharp dividing lines of ancient/medieval and modern eras of history can help illumine the distinctions between long term patterns and short term or immediate shifts. Further, there is scope for a discussion across the even more common divide of the social and natural sciences.
This is especially important in landscape such as India's where millennia of human presence has to be taken into account. Further, familiar issues like the history of icons or of warfare can be enriched by studying the place of large prominent animals. The routines of work and life of central Indian Adivasis require re-examination at a time when their fate is bound up with that of the forest landscape.
Stratification and marginality in early modern north-west India can be viewed in a complex prism when related to access to natural resources. There are also papers on conflict and conservation in today's India, whether in a high altitude conflict zone or vis a vis devolution in the Western Himalaya. It is hoped that the papers and the discussions that follow will help in evolving a more nuanced understanding of the processes and patterns that link histories and environments.
Programme Schedule
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Registration and Tea
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Workshop Opening and Welcome by
Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, NMML
&
Dr. Mayank Kumar, Fellow, NMML
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks and key note address
Chair: Prof. Upinder Singh, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi
Speaker: Prof. Aloka Prasher-Sen, Department of History, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Session I
Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Speaker: Dr. Mayank Kumar, NMML, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Nature, Social stratification and marginalization in Rajasthan, 1650-1850 C.E.
Discussant: Dr. Meena Bhargava, Department of History, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, Delhi
11:00 – 11:15 p.m.
Tea Break
11:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Session II
Chair: Prof. Aloka Prasher-Sen, Department of History, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
Speaker: Ms. Shibani Bose, Doctoral Student, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Retracing the Trail: Elephants (Elephas Maximus) in Ancient India
Discussant: Prof. Ranabir Chakravarti, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Speaker: Mr. Pratyay Nath, Doctoral Student, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
From Mocking to Becoming the ‘Lords of the Elephants’: War-Elephants and the Mughals, 1526 – c. 1590
Discussant: Prof. Farhat Hasan, Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Session III
Chair: Dr. Rinki Sarkar, Independent Scholar ( Himalayan Studies)
Speaker: Mr. Riyaz Ahmad, Wildlife Trust of India
Conserving the Pir Panjal Markhor: Nature, science and conflict
(A project supported by Nature Conversation Foundation, Mysore.)
Discussant: Dr. Vasant Saberwal, Ford Foundation, Delhi
Speaker: Ms. Maya Ratnam, Doctoral Student, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Preliminary notes on Life in the Baiga Chak: Place, time, work and pleasure
Discussant: Dr. Dhiraj Nite, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Tea Break
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Session IV (Concluding session)
Chair: Mr. Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India
Speaker: Dr. Ghazala Shahabuddin, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Conservation Crossroads Revisited: Exploring the Interface between Livelihoods and Forest Regeneration in the Van Panchayats of Uttarakhand
Discussant: Mr. A.N. Prasad, IFS, Former Director, Project Elephant, Govt. of India
Concluding Remarks: Dr. Divyabhanusinh, Independent Researcher.
Related Events : Talks | History | Environment
Workshop on "Environments and Histories" at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 9am on 5th May 2012
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