HISTOBLOG: 12 March 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023

Experiential Learning Trip

37 second year students and three staff of the History Department visited Ooty as part of the academic activity on 11 March 2023.

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MoU

Department of History, Korambayil Ahamed Haji Memorial Unity Women's College Manjeri signed a MoU with PG Department of History, Government Arts College Malappuram ...

Students and Teachers of the Department of History receives the Second Prize Trophy and certificates from the Mujeeb Kaderi, Chairman, Malappuram Municipality. The Trophy was instituted by the College for the winners of Freedom Wall Competition organized by Department of History, IQAC and NSS on 11 th August 2022.

Valedictory Function

History Association, Department of History organized Valedictory party to final year BA History Batch 2020-23 was held on 3 rd March 2023 in Hall No. AB 06.

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

First Year UG PTA

53 parents of the first year BA History participated in the PTA Meeting held on 1st July 2023. First year UG Tutor Dr. Shiji presided over the meeting. Shabeermon, Grace, Hamza etc spoke on the occasion.

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Alumni Lecture Series 5

Shibina Jasmin, student of 2016-19 BA History Batch, delivered a talk on Why Study History on 28 February 2023. The session was oraganized as part of the Alumni Lecture Series on Google meet platform.

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JOBS 4 HISTORY STUDENTS

Career options for students who have finished their graduation in history are quite high.Students can appear for the UPSC or the state wide PSC tests.Almost 40 % of I.A.S examination questions are taken from history.Those who like the teaching profession can get the B.Ed (after BA) or M.Ed (after MA) degree and apply for teacher or Assistant Professor positions. Many other job options are available for B A history Student. A few include:Archivists,Information Managers, Librarians, Public Relations officer,Records Managers, Teaching,Law, Research, Diplomacy,Public service,Journalism, Ministry,Insurance, Politics,Publishing,Archaeologist,Archivist,Historical researcher, Museum work,Secondary school teacher,Tour guide,University lecturer etc.

"Gandhi as the ascetic defender of property,the mascot of the bourgoisie and in actual achievement -statistics as the Jonah of Revolution"..By R P Dutt.... “I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles”.by Jacques Derrida."History is the witness of the times, the torch of the truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity."- By Cicero, Roman Oratore "All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon" By Voltaire.“D D Kosambi and R S Sharma,together with Daniel Thorner,brought peasants into the study of indian history for the first time”.Comment of Irfan Habib."I only accept awards from academic institutions or those associated with my professional work,and not state awards".[Romila Thapar on her refusal to accept padma bhshan in 1992.......]"If HUME and other English liberals hoped to use Congress as a SAFETY VALVE ,the Congress leaders hoped to use HUME as a lightening conductor".[Words of BIPIN CHANDRA...]

HISTORICAL FACTS.

1-Facts are importand for the constuction of history.2-Anything which gives us some idea about the past or present or future can be termed as fact.3-it is also called sources.4-sources are two kinds PRIMARY AND SECONDARY.5-Primary or Direct sources are anything which gives us information directly.6-Secondary sources or Indirect sources provides information indirectly.7-TERTIARY sources are used to describe a work which is a compilation of primary and secondary sources.It focused on the identification of scholarly work than on content. For example :bibliography,library catalog,directories etc.8-That is why RANKE said”NO SOURCES,NO HISTORY”.9-To Ranke “all kinds of sources should be subjected to criticism.10-HEURISTICS means searching of facts or sources.11-HERMENEUTICS aims to find out the authenticity or veracity of the sources.12-DEDUCTIVE METHOD is a type of reasoning from general to particular.13-INDUCTIVE METHOD is a reasoning from particular to general.

HISTORIAN OF THIS MONTH

K.P.PADMANABHA MENON Born in October 1857. Father: Diwan Peshkar Sankunny Menon. Mother: Parvathy Amma. K.P. Padmanabha Menon was the son of Diwan Peshkar Sankunni Menon who for the first time attempted to write the history of Travancore. Through his work Kerala Charithram (History of Kerala), Padmanabha Menon surpassed the talents of his father. Padmanabha Menon was an eminent Advocate, Judge and Historian. He also wrote Kochi Rajya Charithram (History of Cochin). He was also the Advocate General of Madras Government and member of Marumakkathayam Committee. He died on 1 May 1919.

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Experiential Learning Trip

MoU

Freedom Wall Award

Valedictory Function

Sunday, March 12, 2023

First Year UG PTA

Alumni Lecture Series 5