Home for Cooperation
28 Marcou Dracou Street
UN Buffer Zone
Nicosia 1102
Cyprus
Phone number: +35722445740
Since its foundation in 2003, the AHDR has enlisted members from various ethnic, linguistic, and professional backgrounds working at various educational levels in Cyprus, making the first steps towards a continuous, open dialogue about enhanced pedagogic practices that could encourage the values of the discipline of history.
The AHDR envisions a society where dialogue on issues of history, historiography, history teaching and history learning is welcomed as an integral part of democracy and is considered as a means for the advancement of historical understanding and critical thinking. The AHDR contributes to the advancement of historical understanding amongst the public and more specifically amongst children, youth and educators by providing access to learning opportunities for individuals of every ability and every ethnic, religious, cultural and social background, based on the respect for diversity and the dialogue of ideas.
The HISTORY EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK is organizing the 10th International Mulberry Outlet UK Conference, in Cyprus on Saturday 14th to Monday 16th September 2013 at the Home of Cooperation, in Nicosia on ‘HISTORY, CONFLICT AND IDENTITY’.
The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) in collaboration with Cyprus Academic Dialogue (CAD) hosted an inter-communal policy dialogue discussion on ‘Education in Cyprus in the 21st Century’, at the Home for Cooperation on the 24th January 2013. The discussion was led by five keynote speakers with significant contribution to the educational affairs in communities and/ or an active role in education academia: Dr. Canan Öztoprak, Dr. Andreas Demetriou, Dr.Birikim Özgür, Dr. Iacovos Psaltis, Dr. Hasan Alicik. The discussion focused on the role of Education in Cyprus and the question on dow education could contribute to the sustainability of a future settlement. The policy paper will include recommendations on educational policies in the two main communities in Cyprus, both within the current political (pro-settlement) environment, as well as within a post-settlement political environment (irrespective of the content and the form of this political settlement).
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From the Ermou Marketplace to the Buffer Zone
Exhibition Opening 28 June 2012, 19:00
Nicosia: Topographies of Memory presents the research of Anita Bakshi, who sought to uncover the memories of Ermou Street, now enclosed within the buffer zone, and the areas around it, where all communities in Cyprus traded and shopped together. This exhibition attempts to bring this information to light by reconstructing the Ermou marketplace, using maps that were created from memories and narratives provided by shopkeepers who once worked or lived in this area. The exhibition reveals that memories are incomplete and oftentimes in conflict with each other, raising the question of how we may seek to grapple with complex and varied portrayals of the past.
For more information please open their flyer: Nicosia: Topographies of Memory (1.86 MB)
28 Marcou Dracou Street (opposite Ledra Palace Hotel) UN Buffer Zone,
Nicosia
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28 June - 30 September 2012
You are cordially invited to the opening reception of “Speaking to One Another,” an international exhibition that features the personal memories of individuals from Armenia and Turkey. The project is an achievement of civil society actors from Turkey, Armenia and Germany: Anadolu Kültür in Turkey, the Centre for Ethnological Studies “Hazarashen”, the Armenian Actors Union in Armenia, and dvv international, a public education organization in Germany. Featuring personal memories that emerged from oral history research conducted in Armenia and Turkey, the exhibition presents an interesting model of how intertwined yet contested pasts can be shared and discussed through a process of dialogue.
Opening reception, Friday 11 May 2012, 19:00
Exhibition visiting hours: Monday through Saturday 12 May – 2 June, 10:00 – 19:00; 10:00 – 19:00 on Sunday 3 June.
Goethe-Institut Cyprus, 21 Markou Drakou Road, UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia.
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Parallel Event: 28 May – 19 June 2012 Local History Workshops “Learning with One Another” with AHDR
The Workshops will give participants a setting in which to further discuss and debate issues raised in the exhibition, and to enhance their historical research skills while also carrying out fieldwork in Nicosia with the support of academic advisors, Susan Paul Pattie (Armenian Institute London, Great Britain) and Yael Navaro-Yashin (Cambridge, Great Britain). To register, please
Traineeships available!