Image: Hana Šuica, Edukacija za 21. vek
The Fourth Belgrade Symposium on History Teaching, titled “Rethinking History and Civic Education for a Shared Future,” was held in Belgrade on October 30 and 31, marking the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Organised by EuroClio member Education for the 21st Century, as well as the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, the event was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia and several European partners, including the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE), the Georg Eckert Institute and EuroClio.
EuroClio was represented by Andreas Holtberget who joined a panel discussion on the “role of NGOs in informal history education for young people”, alongside Yuliya Kochneva (OHTE / CoE), Dragan Popović (Center for Practical Politics) and Sofija Todorović (Youth Initiative for Human Rights). The panel was moderated by EuroClio Ambassador Bojana Dujković-Blagojević (EuroClio-HIP BiH).
The Symposium brought together teachers, university professors, researchers, and civil society representatives from across Serbia, the Balkans and Europe. As such it remains an important yearly fixture for reaffirming the role of history educators in the development of democractic competencies in young people and as a way to build lasting reconciliation in the region.
The Symposium also provided a platform for Education for the 21st Century to disseminate the results of the Monument(al) Challenges project, which was featured in presentations and workshops for educators on Friday 31 October.
