History

Vision of the Department

The Department envisions to address the foundational questions in humanities and social sciences through studies in history.

The Department envisions to address the foundational questions in humanities and social sciences through studies in history.

 Mission of the Department

The Department aims to achieve these visions by training future teachers and scholars of History, making them aware of the profound reality of the diversity of our country, and by exposing them to liberal and secular culture. We are committed to help students with a maximum of specialised knowledge in historical studies but also to rediscover the unity of knowledge and counter the tendency to fragmentation.

The faculty of the Department functions in close collaboration with various academic communities in order to comprehensively study the contemporary cultural shifts and to formulate meaningful responses to those challenges. This is a very fundamental necessity in the personality development and ethical orientation of our students.

 Overview of the department

            The Undergraduate Degree Programme in History was started in Newman College, Thodupuzha from 1967 onwards, three years after the foundation of the college registered under the Corporate Educational Agency of the Diocese of Kothamangalam. So far, eight faculties had retired from the Department after their service for the institution. 180 students are sanctioned to study in the Department. The Department is currently served by two permanent faculties and a guest lecturer on contract. A total of more than 1600 books and 8 journals in the college library enable the college community to engage in historical studies.