History

Courses

• Colonial India: Polity, Economy and Culture

  Core

  How was the course of Indian history shaped by colonial governance? How did the East India Company slowly become the colonial state?

  Amit Kumar, Subir Dey

• Empires, Imperialisms and Colonialisms: c. 1600 – 1950

  Core

  Explores the historical forces that led, in the 18th-19th centuries, to the creation of European imperial colonies all around the globe.

• History and the Idea of India

  Elective

  Does history matter? A look at this question through histories of India.

  Sunandan K N, Sharmadip Basu

• The Intellectual and Cultural Aspects of Modernity

  Elective

  How did modernity come to be in India and what shaped it as it is?

  Subir Dey