“Kerala Renaissance”

                                             An Add-on Course offered by the Department of History at the K.A.H.M Unity Women’s College Manjeri, Malappuram for final year BA History students.This Add-On course provides an overview of the social, cultural, political and economic developments in Modern Kerala from the colonial intervention in Kerala. It helps students in understand the kerala renaissance by analysing the role played by various social and religious reform movements. This ADD-on course is open to the final year BA History students. The programme follows a comprehensive, concise and focused system. The sessions will be interactive and informal, aimed at helping students to prepare for answering questions on Modern Kerala History.

Course Objective

1. To enable the students to understand the circumstances for the colonial intervention in Kerala.
2. To introduce the students about the circumstances leading to the emergence of various socio-religious movements
3. To enable the students to understand the role of individuals and institutions in the Kerala renaissance
4. To examine the impact of socio religious reform movements in modern kerala