| About the Department | The Department of History started functioning from the very inception of the college in 1909. In 1956, the double-main programme was introduced combining the disciplines of History and Economics. Later by 1990, the Double- Main programme was bifurcated and the B. A History main programme was offered. In the year 1995, the department was upgraded to Post Graduate level and in 2015 the University of Calicut conferred the status of Research Department. The focus area of research is Modern History of Kerala with emphasis on the socio-economic scenario of Malabar under the Madras Presidency. At present, there are six research supervisors in the department. |
| Faculty Members |
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| Former Faculty Members | Prof. M P Sreedharan Dr A Yesuratnam (Principal) Prof. John George Ms Suguna Job Prof. P K Prakash Prof. A Surendranath Prof A P Sumithran Prof. Christhakumar W Nicholas (Principal) Prof. Geoffrey Vincent Dr K Gopalankutty Prof. T Jayaseela Dr K N Ganesh Prof. P T Haridasan Dr Frederic Sunil Kumar Dr C H Jayasree Mr Shaiju Hendriks Prof. Beauna Prof T J Joseph Dr. Godwin Samraj D P Prof. Sheela F Christina Prof. Vasisht M C |
| Seminars and Invited Talks:
03- 12- 2021: Invited talk by Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Prof. Bodh Prakash, School of Letters, Ambedkar University, New Delhi. “Unity in Diversity: the Making and Unmaking of the Indian Nation”. 30-01-2020: Erudite Lecture-in-residence Programme, Dr. Dilip M. Menon, Prof. & Head, Witwatersrand University, South Africa “Thinking with the Ocean: the Maritime and the Terrestrial Imagination” 27-01-2020: Erudite Lecture-in-residence Programme, Dr. Dilip M. Menon, Prof. & Head, Witwatersrand University, South Africa “Suspicion and the Writing of History: the Indian Emergency, 1975-77” 18.11.2019: Invited talk by Dr. Ravi Palat, Professor, Binghamton University, New York. 08-03-2019: Invited talk by Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri, Professor & Head, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. “ Politics of Sri Lanka: Past and Present” |
| Webinars:
14-08-2020: Webinar on “Challenges to the Nature of Independent Indian State” by Prof. Aditya Mukherjee, Social Scientist & Retd. Professor, Center for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 14-07-2020: Webinar on “Maritime Malabar: Trade, Religion and Polity” by Dr. Pius Malekandathil, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |