Gender and Indian History

This undergraduate course explores Indian history through a gender perspective, examining how gender roles and relations have influenced and been influenced by the country's diverse societies and cultures across different historical periods. Covering eras from ancient times to the present, it analyzes the experiences, contributions, and status of different genders while connecting historical developments to contemporary social issues. The course encourages critical thinking, challenges stereotypes and assumptions, and helps students develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between gender and society. It also aims to promote gender-neutral democratic values and a more inclusive view of history.

 

Understanding Early India

The course aims to offer a general understanding on the history of early India and familiarize the students with the processual transformation occurred in this phase of history in the subcontinent. This course covers themes from pre historic origins to the transitionary phase of early medieval period in Indian history. The course will equip the students to analyse the development of social institutions and politico-economic transitions along with cultural aesthetics of the period and region under study

Society in Pre-Modern Kerala

This Course offers a critical understanding of sources and historical studies on the various social, economic, and cultural factors that defined the ‘evolution’ of microregion of Kerala. While maintaining a historical close ties with Tamil macro-region, a separate regional identity evolved in Kerala by the medieval period. This course aims
to make an understanding about the forces and process that operated in the making or evolution of Kerala society and history.