Delhi: The Past in the Present
HIST 288
Spring 2021 not offered
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This seminar examines the history of Delhi, one of the largest and oldest cities on the planet. Our focus will be on the ways the layers of Delhi's past protrude into and inform Delhi's present. We will combine a chronological and thematic approach, paying particular attention to material culture, memory, public history, and the environment. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST)(MUST-MN) |
Major Readings:
Sunil Kumar, THE PRESENT IN DELHI'S PASTS [required for purchase]
William Dalrymple, CITY OF DJINNS [required for purchase]
On Olin Reserve:
Saiyyid Ahmed Khan, MONUMENTS OF DELHI [1847, 1854], ed. R. Nath
Dargah Quli Khan, MURAQQA-i-DILLI: THE MUGHAL CAPITAL IN MUHAMMAD SHAH'S TIME [
Alrcheological Survey of India, REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1871-72, DELHI, AND 1874, AGRA
Stephen Carr, THE ARCHEOLOGY AND MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF DELHI [1876]
Maulvi Zafar Hasan, MONUMENTS OF DELHI: LASTING SPLENDOUR OF THE GREAT MUGHALS [1919]
Robert Frykenberg (ed.), DELHI THROUGH THE AGES
Percival Spear et. al., DELHI: ITS MONUMENTS AND HISTORY
Narayani Gupta, DELHI BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES: 1803-1931
Upinder Singh (ed.), DELHI: ANCIENT HISTORY
Robert Irving, INDIAN SUMMER: LUTYENS, BAKER, AND IMPERIAL DELHI
Stephen Blake, SHAHJAHANABAD: THE SOVEREIGN CITY IN MUGHAL INDIA
Sam Miller, DELHI: ADVENTURES IN A MEGACITY
Rana Dasgupta, CAPITAL: THE ERUPTION OF DELHI
Additional readings online/reserve include work by Anand Taneja, Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, C. M. Naim, Najaf Haider, and others TBA.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short papers on the readings; presentations/discussion; mapping projects (students are encouraged, but not required, to use ArcGIS if they are so inclined) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
We will try to schedule ArcGIS "StoryMaps" tutorials to aid those wishing to deploy this software in the course. |
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