Decolonising History – A webinar series

The webinar series will take place over a six weeks period in Spring 2021 (starting 16 April 2021 with regular sessions until 18 May 2021). The programme will open with an icebreaker on the use of popular culture to decolonise history, in which participants will have the opportunity to get to know each other and to collect ideas and resources to teach about the colonial past with popular culture. The icebreaker will be followed by a keynote lecture. This lecture, hosted by prof. Peter D’Sena, will help participants reflect on what do “decolonising history” and “decolonising the curriculum” mean, as well as what kind of actions this entails. The keynote will be followed by four hands on workshop, which will provide teachers with tools to effectively talk about colonialism and its legacies in the classroom. Participants will be presented tools and methodologies to:

• Teach about racism and the colonial past of a country.
• Recognise their own biases when it comes to sensitive topics, hosted by Dr. Kay Traille.
• Talk about contested cultural heritage and its links with the colonial past of a country.
• Discuss with students how to unpack what our textbooks tell about European empires in the 19^th century.

The series will close with a feed forward and exchange session, in which participants will have the opportunity to share reflections, insights, tips and tricks on decolonising history, building onto the questions raised during the keynote lecture and the knowledge acquired throughout the series.

Participation to the webinar series is free for all EuroClio Individual Members, as well as for Members of our Member Associations.

If you are not a Member, you can register to single sessions for a fee of 15 EUR, or register to the full series for 60 EUR.

Would you like to become an Individual Member? Register here.