Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Contemporary Relevance of History Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Contemporary Relevance of History
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Module 1: Understanding History and Its Uses
- a Meaning, scope, and importance of history
- b History as a discipline: Objectivity, evidence, and interpretation
- c Why history matters in the contemporary world
Module 2: History, Identity, and Politics
- a Use and misuse of history in politics
- b Nationalism and historical narratives
- c History in education and textbooks
Module 3: History and Social Justice Movements
- a Historical roots of caste, class, gender, and tribal inequalities
- b Social reform movements and their modern-day relevance
- c History as a tool for resistance and empowerment
Module 4: History in Global and Environmental Contexts
- a Environmental history and contemporary ecological crises
- b Migration, pandemics, and public health in historical context
- c Digital history, public memory, and cultural heritage
Text Books
- 1 Lambert Peter & Phillipp Schofield, (2004), Making History: The Historian and Uses of the Past, Routledge
- 2 Louis Gottschalk, (1951), Understanding History, Knopf Amazon
- 3 Lukacs John, (2011), The Future of History, Yale University Press
- 4 Tosh John, (1984), The Pursuit of History, Longman
Reference Books
- 1 Arnold John H., (2000), History: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
- 2 Bloch Marc, (1949), The Historian's Craft, Manchester University Press
- 3 Breisach Ernst, (1983), Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, University of Chicago Press
- 4 BuddA dam, (2009), The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources, Routledge
- 5 Burke Peter, (1992), History and Theory, Polity Press Best Books Hub
- 6 Certeau Michel de, (1988), The Writing of History, Columbia University Press
- 7 Collingwood R.G., (1946), The Idea of History, Oxford University Press
- 8 Carr E.H., (1961), What Is History? Macmillan
- 9 Elton G.R., (1967), The Practice of History, Methuen Queen's University Belfast
- 10 Evans Richard J., (1997), In Defence of History, Granta Books
- 11 Gaddis John Lewis, (2002), The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, Oxford University Press
- 12 Goff Jacques Le, (1992), History and Memory, Columbia University Press
- 13 Green Anna & Kathleen Troup, (1999), The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory, Manchester University Press
- 14 Guldi Jo & David Armitage, (2014), The History Manifesto, Cambridge University Press
- 15 Jonathan Gorman, (1992), Understanding History, University of Ottawa Press Reedsy