The Department of History, spread out in three locations in Kerala, with headquarters in Kalady (District Ernakulam), and Regional Centres at Tirur (District Malappuram), Payyannur (District Kannur),  the Department has been in the forefront of studies in History with emphasis on Early, Medieval and Modern Socio-economic and Cultural Processes; Political Processes, Social Movements and Intellectual Histories; Gender, Dalit and Ecological Histories within the frame of New Social Movements; and Art Historical Studies.

1. M.A. History

2. Ph.D. in History

• Rationalist Movement
• Buddhist and Jain Cultural Geography
• Social History of Muslim Education
• Aikya Kerala Movement
• Economic History of Princely Cochin
• Royal Family of Cochin and its Cultural Contributions
• Human Rights Movement
• Migration Studies
• Gender Studies
• Peasant Studies
• Tribal Studies
• Pre-modern Trade
• Community Formation and Identity
• Urban Geography

The experienced and reputed teachers with specializations in different branches of historical studies, mentor students and research scholars in their areas of expertise. The academic community of specialists, researchers and students interact in seminars and discussions; visit libraries, archives and museums; meet academics with diverse disciplinary backgrounds at different institutions and sites; make data collections and field visits; make presentations before specialists and often before invited public; publish the results of their researches and studies as monographs and books, and as papers in academic journals and edited volumes.

The academic performance of the faculty has won national and international recognition in the form of Doctoral and Post-Doctoral as well as Visiting Fellowships of University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Historical Research, Indo-Sastri Canadian Foundation, Indian Institute of Advanced Study at the Rashtrapati Nivas, and Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Many of them either studied or are associated, with such institutions of higher learning as the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; The British Museum, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Central European University, Budapest; Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; Central University of Hyderabad; Kerala Council for Historical Research; Kerala State Department of Archaeology; Kerala State Council for Educational Research & Training; and Kerala State Higher Education Council.

Many of them are on the editorial board of academic journals like Advances in Arts & Ideas ISSN 0973-2373 and Social Orbit ISSN 2395-7719, and are associated with professional associations like the South Indian History Congress, Kerala History Congress, Kerala History Conference, Indian Association of Women’s Studies, Kerala Puratattva Samiti/Kerala Archaeological Society, SEERI, and the NEEM project at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

The Department of History provides opportunities for advanced study and research in History, with emphasis on socio-economic and cultural processes, political processes, social movements, intellectual histories, gender, Dalit and ecological histories, and art historical studies.

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