Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Applied History Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Applied History
Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them. The University sets this paper under Scheme III only, so your college may not run it.
Module 1: Foundations of Applied History
- a Understanding Applied History
- b Methodologies in Applied History
- c Ethical Considerations
Module 2: Applied History in Public Domains
- a Public History and Community Engagement
- b History in Policy and Decision-Making
- c Media and Digital History
Text Books
- 1 Baxi, Upendra (Ed.), (1986), The Right to Know: The Indian Context, Lancer Press, Delhi,
- 2 Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi (Ed.), (2011), Approaches to History: Essays in Indian Historiography, Primus Books, Delhi,
Reference Books
- 1 Thapar, Romila, (2005), Public Institutions in India: Essays in the History of Ideas, Oxford University Press, Delhi,
- 2 Guha, Ramachandra, (2011), The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History, Permanent Black, Delhi,
- 3 Chadha, Ashish, (2019), Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India: Appropriating and Contesting the Past, Routledge India,
- 4 Menon, Nivedita, (2004), Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law, Permanent Black,
- 5 Bhattacharya, Neeladri, (2018), The Great Agrarian Conquest: The Colonial Reshaping of a Rural World, Permanent Black,
- 6 Mukarji, T. B., A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Indian Museum, Indian Museum, Kolkata (various editions)
- 7 Sengupta, Indra (Ed.), (2021), Archives and Access in India: Situating Public History, Routledge India,
- 8 Chakrabarty, Dipesh, (2000), Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference, Princeton University Press,