Organised in partnership with EuroClio for our joint Critical History project, the University of Augsburg invites you to a three-day online seminar on global history and postcolonial history education. The seminar is open to the general public and target students at teacher trainer colleges, practicing teachers and other educators interested in using heritage as part of history education. The seminar will be organised on Zoom with morning and afternoon sessions and is free of charge benefiting from funding from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Programme
Erasmus+ project: Critical History: Adapting history education to the challenges of today’s digitized, globalized, and diverse societies in Europe
https://www.tlu.ee/ht/project-critical-history
German topic: Global history and postcolonial history
Learning and Teaching seminar
13-15 January, 2022 Online
Link to the seminar, but please also register below:
https://uni-augsburg.zoom.us/j/91969248758?pwd=S3JWNi94U3FXNWI0STVvcDBlQVZtZz09
Thursday 13 January
Morning 9:30-11:30 CET
Introduction of the project and EuroClio
Susanne Popp: Global History and Postcolonial History – an introduction (45 min incl. Q&A)
Afternoon 14:00-16:00 CET
Jan SIEFERT: ’Sideways’ – Structuring global history teaching series in junior high school
using the example of the Samurai (1600/03-1868/1912) and the Silk Road.
Friday 14 January
Morning 9:30-11:30 CET
Dominic STUDER: Global History Perspectives in Swiss History Education
Afternoon 14:00-16:00 CET
Jochen GOLLHAMMER: The world in the classroom. Why can global perspectives in history
education enrich teachers’ lessons?
Saturday 15 January
Morning 9:30-11:30 CET
Philipp BERNHARD: A shared history? – Introducing history students to postcolonial
criticism through local ’traces’ of colonialism
Afternoon 14:00-16:00 CET
Dennis RÖDER: The Red Cross during the WW I as an approach to global history teaching
The training will be held in English. However, German contributions to the discussion are
also welcome and will be translated.
