HISTOBLOG: 12 February 2023

Friday, February 17, 2023

Why Study History

Today (17-02-2023 ), students from the department of history visited HMS Higher Secondary School Thurakkal with an aim to introduce the significance of History as an academic discipline. 5 students of the final Year BA History and program coordinator Jaseena Miss interacted with the Plus One Humanities students of the school.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

State Level Media Seminar - Report

STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON CHANGING TRENDS IN MEDIA

Media Club, KAHM Unity Women's College Manjeri and Manjeri Press Club jointly organized a One Day State Level Seminar on Changing Trends in Media. The programme included various sessions from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. N. Shamseer, Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly. College Management General Secretary Adv. U A Latheef MLA delivered the Presidential Address. Panakkad Sayyid Munavarali Shihab ThangaL, President, Unity College Management Committee, gave the Keynote Address. Municipal Councilor Ms. V. M Subaidha and other respected personalities made their auspicious presence in the programme.

The key sessions were handled by Mathrubhumi News Deputy Editor Mr Abhilash Mohanan, Media persons Mr. Ashraf Valoor and Santhosh Cristy. Mr. Abhilash Mohanan made his session in the topic “New Trends in Journalism” in which he discussed various new generation media and its pros and cons. He also raised his concerns about the new generation’s tendency to follow everything and everyone in social media and how this might negatively influence the rational thinking of them. The session ended with an interaction students with the guest. They also raised their questions and doubts. The second session dealt by Mr. Ashraf Valoor was about the topic “Democracy and Media”. He discussed various media tendency to omit the idea of democracy and also how it is misrepresented or misused by media people. The third session by Mr. Santhosh Cristy was about how to be a journalist with mobile phones. He introduced certain photographic and videography tools to the students and to become a mobile journalist. The programme ended by honoring Senior journalists of Manjeri

Experiential Learning Trip

Second semester B. A History students of the Department visited the historical site Edakkal Caves and 900kandi Eco-park, Wayanad on 11th February 2023. Students experienced the habitat and stone age carvings of neolithic people and biological diversity of Wayanad.

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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Friday, February 17, 2023

Why Study History

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

State Level Media Seminar - Report

Experiential Learning Trip