Our advi­so­ry board mem­ber Van­dana Joshi was invit­ed as an expert and speak­er for the work­shop “Recon­struct­ing the Past” as part of the inter­dis­ci­pli­nary bach­e­lor’s pro­gramme in the eighth semes­ter by the Depart­ment of His­to­ry at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Del­hi. The work­shop took place from 18 to 20 Feb­ru­ary 2026. 

As part of her pre­sen­ta­tion, she pre­sent­ed a com­pre­hen­sive but prac­ti­cal list of rec­om­mend­ed read­ings. At the end of this list, she men­tioned the MIDA Archival Reflex­i­con as a source of inspi­ra­tion for case stud­ies that can be used to under­stand micro­his­to­ry and inter­twined glob­al his­to­ry based on Ger­man-Indi­an entanglements.

The uni­ver­si­ty com­pris­es 91 col­leges, where this mate­r­i­al will be used by teach­ers with imme­di­ate effect. It will also be used by those who teach his­tor­i­cal method­ol­o­gy and prac­tice in BA Hon­ours degree cours­es. The teach­ers present lis­tened with great inter­est and atten­tion and showed enthu­si­asm for incor­po­rat­ing the MIDA Archival Reflex­i­con into their teach­ing methods.

Van­dana Joshi (left) presents the Archival Reflex­i­con. © Van­dana Joshi
The organ­is­ers and work­shop team pose for a group pho­to. © Van­dana Joshi