Itihas Academy

Itihas Academy (ইতিহাস একাডেমি) is an organization composed of history researchers in Bangladesh. The organization was unofficially originated at Jagannath University in the 2001. It was registered on the official list of the Government of Bangladesh in the 2005. Its headquarters are located in Dhaka.[1][2]

Description

The purpose of the academy is to provide guidance for the study and research of scientific and institutional history of the old young teachers, retraining students and researchers. The organization is managed by an executive committee. The executive committee consists of a president, a director, five vice presidents, a secretary, an assistant secretary, a treasurer and five members. Anyone with a bachelor's degree in history can apply for membership.[2]

Activities

In addition to Bangladesh, the academy annually organizes international seminars on various topics to create new field of research for researchers at international level. The academy organizes workshops on research methodology and contributes to the publication of research papers and books on the history of heritage. Apart from organizing an international seminar on History and Heritage, Establishment the academy encourages researchers to study the oldest history traditions, archaeology, architecture, women's movement, feminism, arts, education, literature, philosophy, knowledge, science, religion and politics, history and culture.[2]

Publications

Itihas Academy has published the following books:

  1. The political-economic source of religious sectarianism
  2. Biodiversity of the terracotta fruit of the Soompur Mahabharata
  3. The Early History of South East Bengal[2]

Journal

The academy published its first journal, entitled History of the Academy: Contemporary Historical Columns in 2003. Regular periodicals have been published on the initiative of the organization under the heading of History Articles from the 2009.[2]

References
  1. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. "Itihas Academy". Banglapedia. writer- [Fazilatun Nessa]. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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