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NCERT Revises History Books for Class 12 Students The recent revisions made by the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) to the history textbooks for Class 12 students, particularly concerning the origins and decline of the Harappan Valley civilization, reflect a significant shift in perspective based on recent archaeological and genetic studies. News: https://goo.su/xzwD9 National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT ) #historytextbooks #HarappanValleycivilization #archaeologicalsources #archaeologicalsources #Harappansociety #politicalstructures

Disability History and the Ancient World Bibliography

𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑠: 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 We solicit original research articles on any aspect of the history of the nobility, from the medieval period to the present. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒔. 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 is an independent and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with contributions on all aspects of the history of the nobility. The journal aims at providing a multilingual (English and Dutch) forum for academic exchange and discussion of research and ideas in the field of the history of nobility and related areas of study, such as genealogy, heraldry, court studies and castellology. Virtus publishes original research from historians, art historians, sociologists, archaeologists, architectural historians, literary scholars and all others who write about noble elites, nobility and knighthood. Its focus encompasses a variety of analytical perspectives, including (but not limited to) cultural, political, social and economic approaches, as well as gender, identity and material culture. Virtus was founded by the Stichting Werkgroep Adelsgeschiedenis in 2003, and is published by Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum, the Netherlands in collaboration with University of Groningen Press. 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 This journal provides Gold Open Access in English and Green Open Access in Dutch (delay 12 months) to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 The editorial board welcomes manuscripts reporting original research or interpretations (in English, Dutch or German) from a wide range of fields relating to the history of noble elites. Virtus comprises full (peer-reviewed) research articles, historiographical essays, shorter (report-type) contributions and book reviews, meant to engage scholars and general readers alike. Full articles are typically 8.000 words (including footnotes) and short articles 5.000 words. Book reviews should be no longer than 2.000 words. Manuscripts should be sent to the editor, Liesbeth Geevers (elisabeth.geevers@hist.lu.se) Download the complete author guidelines in Dutch [https://lnkd.in/er7dc6_U] (PDF) or in English [https://lnkd.in/eqaSNxff] (PDF). For more information see www.virtusjournal.org

Podcast out of the oven. In this episode, we talked about the Commons and its connections to economic sociology (aka Zelizer meets Ostrom :) Valeria Morea @francescasabatini

Trying out this new (to me) social media app. Please see the CFP below for a special issue of Florilegium dedicated to EDIA in medievalism and medieval studies edited by myself and Michael Kightley. DM or email if you have any questions. Call for Papers  A Special Issue of Florilegium, Dedicated to EDIA in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies    Florilegium is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the study of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500) broadly defined from a geographic and cultural perspective.    The journal is currently seeking proposals for a special issue devoted to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Middle Ages and in Medieval Studies, to be guest edited by Donna Trembinski and Michael Kightley.   The issue is open to non-traditional forms and genres of scholarly publication.  The issue will be published in print and open access online.   The digital format will adhere to principles of universal design.  Send any enquiries to edia.florilegium@gmail.com.    The work of this edition will recognize that:  The discipline of Medieval Studies has a long history of exclusion of scholars of colour (particularly Black and Indigenous scholars), women scholars, LGBTQ2+ scholars, scholars with disabilities, and others.   The discipline has created a culture that is resistant, even hostile, to research on EDIA issues in the Middle Ages.  The harms from this history and this culture are ongoing today.    We define EDIA broadly, including but not limited to diversities of ability, accessibility, age, cultural tradition, gender, geography or region, race and ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and socioeconomic background. We are interested in proposals including but not limited to:  The Global Middle Ages;  Medieval Studies scholarship and community, past and present;  Teaching the Middle Ages;  Medievalism  Moreover, we are particularly interested in proposals from underrepresented voices and on scholarship that works to redress the past and ongoing inequities in the discipline of Medieval Studies, whether in publication or in the classroom.     Submission instructions:  Please send a short abstract for your proposed paper as detailed below.  Contributors need not be members of the Canadian Society of Medievalists / Société canadienne des médiévistes.  Email proposals to edia.floriliegium@gmail.com by May 15, 2024.  Proposals should be approximately 500 words in .doc or .pdf formats.  

Exciting news in the world of historical research! You never know how questions of private property, family pride, and shared knowledge might be shaping the sources we can access to understand how past (or present) societies have developed and interacted. #historymatters #DUhistory #liberalartsforall https://lnkd.in/gbKpCF9K

Archaeological research is changing what we know about the origins of trade and the importance of economic exchange in shaping human evolution and the very earliest human societies. I've written a short introduction to the topic 👇 https://lnkd.in/eQt9Dvun

On Ogen's 'Reconstructing a Silenced Past: Echoes of Revisionism and Counter Hegemonic History' - by (SMB) Sesan Michael Johnson #inaugural #lecture Thurs, Sept. 5, 2024 The title of Prof. Olukoya Ogen's inaugural lecture (Reconstructing a Silenced Past: Echoes of Revisionism and Counter Hegemonic History) reminds me of Thucydides who broke away from the Herodotean historical paradigm. Remarkably, this earned Thucydides the title of the 'first revisionist historian.' Revisionism is a radical approach challenging existing epistemology and dominant scholars —a terrain many historians would not dare because of the grit and the gut it requires. However, working against the grain is critical to uncovering the silenced past - organic sources muted by dominant oligarchic, colonial, imperial, and epistemological order. No wonder, James M. Banner Jr. says, "Ever since Thucydides dismissed Herodotus, historians have differed about the past." I respectfully salute the erudite professor (Ogen) for his audacity. I say thank you, sir, to him for his blessedness. Congrats to him. I have never met him once. Nonetheless, his writings and thought system are organic and catalytic. Some of his works include: 1. Traditional farming and Indigenous knowledge systems in Africa: perspective from the Ikale-Yoruba experience 2. The Akoko-Ikale: A revision of colonial historiography on the construction of ethnic identity in Southeastern Yorubaland 3. The Ikale of South-eastern Yorubaland, 1500-1800: A study in ethnic identity and traditional economy 4. Historicizing African Contributions to the Emancipation Movement: The Haitian Revolution, 1791-1805 5. Historicising and Globalising the African Environmental Condition 6. Geography and Economy in Southwestern Nigeria: A Critique of Colonial Anthropology on the Pre-Colonial Economic Geography of Ikaleland #revisionism #history #hegemony #reconstruction #ikale #yoruba

From the archive: "The Phenomenological Panopticon and the Historical a Priori: Towards a Genealogy of the Transcendental Subject" https://lnkd.in/gPYPxRPZ

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences appoints new heads across multiple academic units. | Click below to read the full article on Sunalei