EuroClio - Inspiring History and Citizenship Educators

Sixth Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice and Memory Network
2016-12-01 - 2016-12-03
The Historical Dialogues, Justice and Memory Network is an organisation that provides a platform for researchers and activists working on issues of historical dialogue, historical and transitional justice, and public and social memory. From 1-3 December 2016 they will organise their Sixth Annual Conference: Confronting Violent Pasts and Historical (In)Justice. The NIOD, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies will host the Conference in Amsterdam. Their Conference Theme aims to discuss what happens after the violence and the ad-hoc trials, a phase in which we can begin to assess the impact on societies from which the perpetrators and/or victims emerged. Questions like: “Is there a right timing for addressing the violent past? Should and could historians and historical dialogue play a more instrumental role in these processes?”

Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
2016-11-28 - 2016-11-30
On 28-29 November Brussels will host the EaP CSF Annual Assembly for the first time in 7 years since the meeting that marked the beginning of the Forum’s work. The 8th Annual Assembly will be held under the title “Building a Common Secure and Democratic Future” and will bring together around 200 representatives of CSOs, the EU Institutions and EaP governments for vibrant discussions at over 15 sessions.
Commissioner Johannes Hahn, along with the Co-Chairs of the EaP CSF Steering Committee, Ulad Vialichka and Krzysztof Bobinski, will deliver opening addresses to give start to the discussions of this years’ EaP CSF Annual Assembly. The opening ceremony will also feature the presentation of the EaP CSF Pavel Sheremet Award to the Crimean journalist Mykola Semena, in recognition for his courage to risk his safety and freedom in the cause of the media freedom in Crimea. The event coincides with the International Women Human Rights Defender Day on 29 November. Every year this day is dedicated to honoring activism, advocacy and courageous acts of resistance.
This year’s Annual Assembly will also include high-level panels which, will focus on the role of the Eastern Neighbourhood in the EU policies, whether as a reliable partner or a source of mounting concerns, as well as on the status quo of the Eastern Partnership initiative prior the next EaP Summit. Throughout parallel panels the participants will debate on topics related to the EaP CSF priorities such as energy security, youth development and transparency of EU funding in the region. During the event the EaP CSF members will present the projects and publications they have developed in the past year, including the outputs of 18 re-granting projects. The best project ideas implemented in 2016 will receive the EaP CSF awards. The General Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the EaP CSF, will adopt resolutions on topics of major concern for the Forum, which include the conditions for civil society in the EaP Countries, as well as political situation in the region. The 8th EaP CSF Annual Assembly will end with the election of the new EaP CSF Steering Committee 2016-2017, which will have a mandate from civil society of the EaP countries and EU member states to serve as the governing board of the Forum during a one-year term.

First Planning Meeting Anna Lindh Foundation - Learning about (Y)our past in Nicosia, Cyprus
2016-11-18 - 2016-11-21
The project “Learning about (y)our past. History lessons for intercultural citizenship in the EuroMed region” aims to help young people in the Euro-Mediterranean region to acquire competences for intercultural citizenship by learning about identity and diversity, about positive intercultural encounters and addressing emotive and controversial issues in history education. The project will achieve this through collaborative design, piloting, peer-review, editing, design and publication of six learning activities that can be used as alternative educational resources. The development of these resources will be done by an international team with various cultural and professional backgrounds. This team will meet three times throughout the project, to work on the initial planning, peer-review and final editing of the resources. In between meetings the project team will work on the collecting of source material and piloting of the resources in practice. The project meetings will take place in Cyprus and Lebanon. The learning activities will be translated and published in Arab, English, Greek and Turkish and made freely available for use on the website of EuroClio and licensed in such a way that reuse is possible. To ensure that the main relevant stakeholders are informed about the learning activities and encourage its widespread use the project team will develop and implement a communication plan targeting the professional community of history educators in the EuroMed.

In November 18-21, the group will meet in Nicosia, Cyprus with the aims of;

Providing the project team with better understanding of project aims, logic and outputs.
Introducing the project team to guidebook for history textbooks authors ”On a Common Path. New Approaches to Writing History Textbooks in Europe and the Arab and Islamic Worlds: The Case of the Mediterranean” and discuss possible thematic connections to the project.
Providing a guidance on how to collect and work with sources in developing transnational educational resources.
Sharing initial ideas on the content, topics of the educational resources.
Agreeing on division of content amongst team members and common framework for the lessons and technical standards.
Agreeing on the timeline of the actions to come after the planning meeting and choose a date for the next development meeting.

3rd Team Meeting Decisions and Dilemmas 2 in Budapest, Hungary
2016-11-18 - 2016-11-20
The project Decisions and Dilemmas: Exploring European Union history through the lens of contemporary issues will result in a series of learning resources that are ready to use in history and citizenship classes at secondary school level across Europe. The focus will be on contemporary issues for the European Union, related to economic imbalances; energy dependency; trade in a global context; the EU potential global power, and opening Europe’s borders for people.
Each issue will result in a learning activity based on active learning methods (such as scripted drama, various forms of debate and discussion, and project work) that are best suited to the nature of that particular issue. As a result the project will show various ways in with students can learn about the EU on an active and engaging way. These learning resources will be developed, tested and implemented by an international group of experienced educators (who are currently teaching citizenship and/or history) with the support of Jean Monnet professors as academic advisors. The involvement of leading academics and school teachers and teacher trainers, will make sure that the learning resources are both academically sound and suited for use in diverse classroom settings. The key project activities are three development workshops and one international training seminar.

Convening in Budapest, Hungary will be done with the aims of;

To review and pilot the final draft learning resources developed by the core team, including feedback from the piloting phase.
To develop a strategy and time plan for the finalisation of the materials and preparations for the workshops in San Sebastian.
To finalise the training elements for the final training that will take place during the EuroClio Annual Conference in San Sebastian in April 2017.

Read more about Decisions and Dilemmas 2 here

CDRSEE Joint History Project Launch
2016-11-15
The Joint History Project was the original CDRSEE programme and remains at the heart of everything we do. The JHP was launched in 1999, in an effort to change the way history is taught in schools across the Balkans. The founders – historians, diplomats, philanthropists — felt very strongly that to reach real reconciliation in the region, you have to reach the grass roots, the youth. The programme is therefore centred on education, on providing history-teaching materials for teachers that convey multiple perspectives of the same events, and on ensuring that these materials be put to use across the region.
Read more about the project here: http://cdrsee.org/projects/education-projects/joint-history-project

Workshop: Teaching about Perpetrators: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics at Utrecht University
2016-11-10 - 2016-11-12
The “Teaching about Perpetrators” workshop series aims to examine how our contradictory attitudes toward perpetrators in society and culture can in themselves be made the object of enquiry, and explores the opportunities and challenges for teaching and learning about past atrocities through the figure of the perpetrator across disciplines.
This is the third workshop in the series, organized in the context of the ongoing research project Faces of Evil: The Figure of the Perpetrator in Contemporary Memory Culture (supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO). This time, we will focus on the ethical, aesthetic, and political dimensions of the representation of perpetrators and the use of such representations in the classroom. What are the advantages and potential dangers of using self-representations, for instance propaganda materials and videos disseminated across social media? How can the ethical, aesthetic and political problems associated with these materials be made productive for educational purposes? What sorts of lessons can be learnt from studying perpetrator (self)representations and what are the problems and limitations associated with them in an educational setting? What about fictional representations? What role do empathy and identification, disgust, fascination, and other strong affects play in pedagogy about perpetrators? Are we ‘allowed’ to feel empathy for perpetrators? Where is the line between understanding and forgiveness? What role does affect play in the politics of memory and memorialization with regard to the figure of the perpetrator? And, conversely, how can affect be integrated into the fostering of political awareness and engagement?
The workshop is open to scholars, including advanced PhD students and early career academics, educators, and curators and will be concerned with pedagogical practices relating to the figure of the perpetrator at all educational levels.
The workshop will not take the form of panels and presentations, but rather of a combination of seminar-style discussion sessions.

“Money Matters: The Economic Value of Museums” in Karlsruhe, Germany
2016-11-10 - 2016-11-12
From 10-12 November 2016 NEMO – the Network of European Museum Organisations – is holding its 24th Annual Conference “Money Matters: The Economic Value of Museums” in Karlsruhe, Germany. NEMO serves as a voice and network for museums and museum organisations throughout Europe providing them with information, networking and opportunities for cooperation.
The conference explores the wide spectrum of the economic value of museums. Looking at the different dimensions of the economic value, such as cultural tourism, job creation, regional competitiveness and development, cooperation and the creative industries, the conference will discuss how museums in Europe can best open up to the manifold opportunities and engage in cooperation with other sectors.
Different panels will discuss the positive economic impact that museums have on other sectors on the one hand, and sustainable and successful business models of museums on the other hand – keeping in mind different national funding and organisational structures.
Further information is available at http://www.ne-mo.org/about-us/ac2016.html or by following #moneymatters and #NEMOac16 on Facebook and Twitter!

Europeana AGM meeting in Riga, Latvia
2016-11-08 - 2016-11-09
The Europeana Network Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an annual key event for Europeana and its network. It provides the opportunity for Europeana and its partners for all to share, discuss and develop specific areas of mutual interest.
The 2016 edition of this event will start on Tuesday morning 8 November at the National Library of Latvia in Riga, and will continue until Wednesday 9 November. During the AGM delegates will reflect on the work accomplished in 2016 and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the coming years.
Both days will be filled with several inspiring speakers, working in Europe and beyond, who share the same passion as you do, European Cultural heritage, each and every one in a different way. It will highlight what the outcomes of 2016 and what project Europeana Network Association endeavours in five different tracks. Ignite Talks, break-out sessions and topics such as Aggregation landscape, EuropeanaTech and R&D, Sustainability, Innovative projects will be presented and discussed.

A Study Visit and History for Peace Conference - Calcutta, India
2016-11-07 - 2016-11-12
Professional enhancement opportunity
EuroClio and PeaceWorks offer a possibility for all history and citizenship educators to participate in a study visit combined with History for Peace Conference taking place in Calcutta between 7-12 November 2016. The programme includes a three-day study visit and History for Peace conference, which explores nationalism in relation to themes such as citizenship, identity, media, religion and school curriculum.
Fees and registration
Fee for the whole study visit and conference is 500 EURO. This fee includes accommodation in double rooms, meals, and cultural programme.
Single room can be arranged for extra cost upon informing the organizers.
Registration
Register for the study visit and conference here

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SCC Piloting in Skopje
2016-11-05 08:00 - 2016-11-06 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
The Silencing Citizens through Censorship-project will undergo piloting in Skopje, Macedonia.
November 5th and 6th, the following two modules called “Dangerous Art” and “The Music and Arts; Then and Now” will be tested.
This adds to the busy months of October and November for the project, where piloting has or will take place in Bologna, Lyon, Germany, Spain, and Poland as well.

Read more about the project below

Silencing Citizens Through Censorship

ePACT National Event in Ohrid, Macedonia
2016-11-04 08:00 - 2016-11-06 17:00
ePACT is an initiative of two civil society organizations with a proven track record in the field of education. EuroClio – and CDRSEE – Centre for Democracy and Reconciliation in South East Europe have worked for over 20 years in the region, providing opportunities for regional cooperation and promoting innovative and responsible history education. The initiative seeks to build on these experiences by building sustainable partnerships in the region for systemic change in education. Practitioners and policy makers benefit from intensified relation and cooperation as it strengthens capacity for both reform and implementation.
The Needs Assessment will be rolled-out online. To prepare for this, 6 national peer-training seminar in the 6 project countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia) are organised. The main purpose is to communicate the main idea of the needs assessment study, to determine the survey methodology and also to address core concerns. The seminars will put these civil society actors in the position to promote participation in the survey and to collect a representative number of respondents per participating country.
November 4-6th, one such event takes place in Ohrid, Macedonia. The Ohrid training event takes place in the wake of a successful training in Montenegro in July. Read more about the Montenegro training here http://euroclio.eu/2016/10/education-partnership-advocacy-capacity-building-transformation-public-report/

Piloting Workshop and Data Sprint: FOOTBALL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF EUROPE
2016-11-04 08:00 - 2016-11-06 17:00
The aim of this project will be to use the history of Football and its clubs, to tell the history of Europe and build educational resources which connect local sports history to European events and processes. Creating this, EuroClio wants to make high quality vocational history- and citizenship education with the aim of teaching multiperspectivity, critical thinking and broadening social inclusion.
The aims of the meeting in Frankfurt is to: test the pedagogical framework for the “Football kit”, evaluate and develop pedagogical framework to be used in future workshops, continue developing the outline for the “Football: A People’s History of Europe” teaching module for Historiana, developing The People’s Game concept, and to agree on next steps in the project.
In addition to this, the Frankfurt meeting will include visits to the Eintracht Frankfurt Museum and the Eintracht Football Stadium.

ePACT National Event in Tirana, Albania
2016-11-04 08:00 - 2016-11-06 17:00
The Education Partnership for Advocacy, Capacity-Building and Transformation (ePACT) is an initiative of two civil society organizations with a proven track record in the field of education. EuroClio – and CDRSEE – Centre for Democracy and Reconciliation in South East Europe have worked for over 20 years in the region, providing opportunities for regional cooperation and promoting innovative and responsible history education. The initiative seeks to build on these experiences by building sustainable partnerships in the region for systemic change in education. Practitioners and policy makers benefit from intensified relation and cooperation as it strengthens capacity for both reform and implementation. The project strives to achieve that education authorities and civil society jointly reform education and schools in the region to enhance critical thinking and active citizenship.
The project moves forward with a National Event in Tirana.
Read the latest report here.

7th Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange – “The intercultural training of teachers: what, when, how?”
2016-11-03 08:00 - 2016-11-05 17:00
FILE is the annual Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange sponsored by the Intercultura Foundation in Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), the European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL) in Brussels (Belgium) and AFS Intercultural Programs in New York (USA). It includes – by invitation – some sixty experts, researchers and practitioners in the field of international youth exchanges and intercultural learning. It is an opportunity for academics to meet and discuss with professionals and volunteers who work in the field of intercultural education – and for practitioners to learn about theories and researches in this field.

Read more by following this link http://www.fondazioneintercultura.it/?p=337&l=eng

Practical Pedagogies (International School of Toulouse)
2016-11-03 08:00 - 2016-11-04 17:00
The Practical Pedagogies conference takes place November 3-4 in Touslouse, France.
Read more about the programme by following this link, or about the conference in general by visiting
http://www.practicalpedagogies.net/

UNITED network conference: “Living Together: Transform a divided past into our common future“
2016-10-26 - 2016-10-31
The Conference will take place from 26-31 October 2016 and focuses on conflict resolution, reconciliation and nation-building. “Our lives as a community depend on how we can handle cultural, social and ethnic differences, and make strength out of diversity. Our success as nations depends on how we can learn from the experiences of our ancestors and not repeat the same mistakes again and again. When we select our leaders, we must pick them carefully, avoiding those that wish to set segments of society against each other, or appear to be fighting against imaginary or selected enemies instead of working for the best interests of all. As societies, we must come up with better visions and strategies for Living Together, and learn to accept that although this is not always easy, it is necessary.” UNITED strongly invites activists from anti discrimination organisations to join their conference. Currently nominations are open and the deadline is 15 August 2016.
For more information on Programme, latest updates and financial conditions check the UNITED Conference page.

Lifelong Learning Week in Brussels
2016-10-10 - 2016-10-13
The Lifelong Learning Platform organises the 6th Lifelong Learning Week on 10-13 October in Brussels.
The three strands of the Lifelong Learning Week this year are: Learning to Live Together, 21st Century Skills and Flexible Learning Pathways, and activities and events will reflect these themes. In addition, this year marks the launch of the Lifelong Learning Awards, celebrating inclusive and creative initiatives from all over Europe. The aim of the Lifelong Learning week is to bring together learners and educators, field workers and policy-makers, thinkers and political representatives and give them the platform to discuss today’s greatest educational challenges.

Annual Conference National Agency Education for Europe in Potsdam
2016-10-04 - 2016-10-05
The Annual Conference brings together up to 500 Erasmus +beneficiaries as well as stakeholders from adult education and vocational education and training. Multiple speakers shall present different scenarios for the future of Europe (based on the NECE video “Europe 2030”) and discuss the potential implications for citizenship education in the adult- and vocational education sector.
The participants will discuss the frame topic “the future of education – education in the future” in five workshops. One of the workshops will be dedicated to citizenship education, which is one of the priorities of the Erasmus+ programme. The workshop targets representatives of adult education organisations and institutions of vocational education and training who are implementing (or are planning to organise) citizenship education projects. The objective of the workshop is to exchange good practices and to explore future demands for citizenship education in Europe.

International Peace Bureau: Disarm! For a climate of peace
2016-09-30 - 2016-10-03
From 30 September until 3 October 2016 the International Peace Bureau is organising a world congress on world peace. They believe that more money should be spend on climate change mitigation, humanitarian programs, disarmament, conflict prevention & resolution and human security instead of the military sector. The main aim of this congress is to bring the issue of military spending, often seen as a technical question, into broad public debate and to strengthen the global community of activism.
Click here to view their draft programme.

Conference: Contested Memories of the Difficult Past
2016-09-30 - 2016-10-02
The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb), with other partners, is organising the conference “Contested Memories of the Difficult Past. Eastern Europe and Its History of the 20th Century” in Kyiv. This conference marks the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Jar massacre, where on 29 and 30 September 1941, SS and SD units, supported by local militia, massacred 33,771 Jews from Kyiv. In the following months more than 100,000 people were murdered there, including Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, communists and Ukrainian activists.
The conference addresses questions related to victimisation and responsibility, how art and culture are dealing with competing historical narratives, and the influence of the diaspora on practices of remembrance in post-socialist countries. It will also discuss how discourses of remembrance and political decisions influence each other at the local and international level, and how transnational remembrance and genocide research can contribute to a critical view of the past in Eastern Europe.The conference also aims to develop adequate strategies for making younger generations more aware of this topic.
For more information, check the conference page.

Book launch & Symposium: The Change Handbook Project
2016-09-29 - 2016-09-30
Human Rights Consultancy and Training, an initiative which focuses on human rights education and children’s rights is launching their book “Change – Handbook for History Learning and Human Rights Education for Educators in Formal, Non-formal and Higher Education“ in context of the CHANGE project which explores and further develops the combining of history learning and human rights education.
The launch will be in cooperation with the European Wergeland Centre and the Falstad Centre where some of the editors of another new publication on the same subject work. The publication “Crossing Borders. Combining Human Rights Education and History Education“ is an anthology based on a previous conference.

HEIRNET 2016: History Education in a Changing World: The Past as a Tool for the Future
2016-09-05 - 2016-09-07
History Education In A Changing World: The Past As A Tool For The Future
History Education is political education. As such it is central to the development of children’s sense of identity, consciousness and citizenship. Countries and communities use their frequently competing nationalistic master and other minor narratives, drawn from a canon of historical consciousness, memories, myths, legends, narratives, stories and accounts to promote, sustain and support dogmatic positions and beliefs. All too often these result in civil conflict, civil war, genocide, terrorism and international armed conflict.
The challenge to History Education is that, while teaching master and minor narratives, to develop pupils’ historical thinking as an antidote to closed-mind xenophobia and jingoistic nationalism. Teaching about ‘The Past As A Tool For The Future’ centres on History Education’s research based values, beliefs, policies, curricula and pedagogy/didactics that reflect the open-minded skills, processes, procedures and disciplinary concepts [second order] of history as a disputatious, debated and contested enquiry rooted in primary and secondary sources.
The History Educators International Research Network (HEIRNET) brings together colleagues from around the world interested in History’s educational, moral, social, political and citizenship role. Our 13th annual conference meets in September 2016 at the University of Murcia, Spain

International Georg Arnhold Summer School
2016-07-25 - 2016-07-30
In July the Georg Eckert Institute and Teachers College of Columbia University are organising the third Georg Arnhold International Summer School. This year they will explore the theories and practices of human rights education (HRE) at the secondary school level. The Summer School will look back at the evolution of HRE aims and approaches as they pertain to secondary school environments, with discussions on critical approaches and pedagogies, curriculum policies, teaching and learning resources, educator preparation, non-formal programming in schools, and evidence of impact. The Summer School invites participants to “look forward” on topics such as the place of HRE within a larger critique of the human rights framework, the roles of state and non-state actors in delivering HRE, and the challenges and potentialities offered by the use of traditional and nontraditional educational media and curricula. The Georg Arnhold Program has a special interest in post-conflict and transitional societies, though proposals for other contexts will also be considered.

Annual British Association of Holocaust Studies (BAHS) Conference 2016
2016-07-19 - 2016-07-21
The Presence of the Holocaust in society, politics and culture, c.1970 – 2015
The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education is hosting the annual British Association of Holocaust Studies (BAHS) conference. The conference will focus on the ‘Presence of the Holocaust’ in society, politics and culture since 1970 and explore the growth and development of Holocaust history and memory over the past four decades.
The conference is specifically concerned with how the collective conception of the Holocaust has developed since the mid to late 1970s. Ours is the generation in which Holocaust memory has grown exponentially, expanding and extending at such a rate that it not only permeates Western culture and society, but now has global proportions. Nor is there any indication of this slowing down; increased concern at the passing of survivors has given but further impetus to attempts to teach, learn, and remember the Holocaust, whilst its continued representation raises ongoing interest in its abstraction and appropriation.

International Big History Conference “Building Big History: Research and Teaching”
2016-07-15 - 2016-07-17
The International Big History Association (IBHA) exists to promote the unified and interdisciplinary study and teaching of the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity. In 2016 they are organising their conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Currently, the conference is being prepared and there limited information available, but keep an eye on their website for more news and information.

EuroClio's Regional Summer School Montenegro 2016
2016-07-12 - 2016-07-17
Learning through Entangled Legacies in History Education and Cultural Heritage

The 2016 Summer School was organised together with the History Teachers Association of Montenegro (HIPMONT). Each country has their own legacy of the past and when these legacies get entangled, teaching history becomes more and more difficult. However, taught correctly multiple legacies can teach more than one single legacy and help to create multi-perspectivity. The 2016 Summer School addressed the issue: Learning through entangled legacies in history education and cultural heritage.
The Summer School sought to combine educators working in history and heritage through interactive workshops on innovative on-site learning. In previous years the organisers put great care in setting up a rich in content and intensive programme to which a wide range of local and international experts contributed. This year was no different, and the EuroClio Secretariat worked hard to compile an attractive programme, to which representatives of national and transnational educational authorities contributed.
It was a capacity-building event which provided a transnational transfer of knowledge and experience. Through lectures, workshops, discussion groups and study visits, participating history and heritage educators were stimulated to implement innovative teaching practices in their classroom and/or museum/site/institute and to work towards a framework for a common approach for dealing with history. Participants improved their knowledge of cultures and got acquainted with new educational contents, services, and methods.

Extra Information

To compare and contrast perspectives on social and cultural local history and heritage
To build the capacity of the participants in the teaching and learning of entangled legacies in the region
To connect with institutes and cultural entrepreneurs active in the cultural heritage for engagement of young people and school-going children
To enable dialogue and cross-community and trans-border networking
To learn more about innovative history and heritage teaching resources produced by amongst others EuroClio, UNESCO, the Council of Europe
To engage in a regional debate on the role of history and heritage education in the promotion of innovating on-site learning

The Regional Summer School will be from 12 – 17 July 2016 and is a 5-day experience of professional development workshops, networking and on-site learning.

Meet history and heritage educators from South East Europe
Support EuroClio’s work in building a history that connects
Share your inputs on how to teach common imperial legacies and the role of heritage in workshops
Build partnerships with leaders of history teachers associations

You can download the Programme on the right.

Summer School will take place at the Monterosa hotel , Montenegro, 12-17 July 2016 (Arrival 12 July, departure 17 July)
Accommodation during the Summer School is arranged by the organizers
The Fee for 5 days is €395,- in total per person including accommodation, breakfast, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, local travel and on-site learning.

Downloads

Summer School Programme
Summer School Report

Limited places available!

Registrations for this year’s Regional Summer School are closed.

Contact

For further information or any questions or inquiries you can contact the seminar organizer Judith Geerling. We are looking forward to your registration.

Schools History Project Conference
2016-07-08 - 2016-07-10
In 2016 the Schools History Project (SHP) in partnership with Leeds Trinity University and Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR) is organising the Annual Conference in Leeds. The focus of the conference will be “Inspiring professional development for history teachers” . The Programme includes five plenary sessions packed with ideas and inspiration for taking forward history in your school.
For more information on the conference or the project please go to this website.

Final COST ACTION IS1205 Conference: Agents through Time: How Do People “Make History”?
2016-07-07 - 2016-07-08
In the framework of Cost Action IS1205 “Social Psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union” an international conference is organised by the Department of Psychology in collaboration with the Department of History and the Centre for Irish-German Studies, from University of Limerick.
The international conference “Agents through Time: How Do People “Make History”?” is organized in the framework of Cost Action IS1205 “Social Psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union”. The conference is hosted and organized by the Department of Psychology in collaboration with the Department of History and the Centre for Irish-German Studies, from University of Limerick.
This conference has 3 main objectives:

To create interdisciplinary dialogue
To disseminate research findings on core themes of interest
To generate knowledge and discussions between academics and stakeholders

For the preliminary programme go to this page.

2016 International Conference on History Education for Peace in East Asia and Europe
2016-07-06 - 2016-07-08
A unique gathering of educators and civil society practitioners from East Asia and Europe to explore the role of international cooperation, history education and civil society in establishing sustainable peace in East Asia in dialogue with Europe.

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Looking back at…
EuroClio, was the proud and selected host for the International NGOs Forum on History and Peace in Leiden, Utrecht and The Hague. Together with the International History NGO for History and Peace they aimed to organise a Conference focusing on History and Peace. In many ways the goal of gaining a better common understanding of the role of international relations, history education and civil society in establishing sustainable peace in East Asia in a dialogue with Europe, was achieved.
In the evaluation one of the participants concluded: “The conference was excellent in every regard. It was particularly rewarding to have such a large number of excellent Asian scholars. I might note in particular the excellent presentation by Daching Yong, as well as the moving address by the elderly Korean woman who relayed her experiences with such emotional and moral force.”
EuroClio devoted an article to each day, with an emphasis on the daily focus. If you would like to continue reading about Historical Justice in Europe and East-Asia, the history of colonialism and World War Two in Europe and East Asia or Global History in the 21st Century, please follow one of the links.

The Programme
6 July @ The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Historical Justice in Europe and East Asia
Key Note speech by Prof. Dr. Antoon de Baets, followed by presentations, and visits to The Hague – City of Peace and Justice.
Report: “Teaching about Historical Justice at the Europe-Asia Conference in The Hague“
7 July @ Leiden University
Addressing the history of colonialism and World War 2 in Europe and East Asia: comparing and contrasting
Visit to LeidenAsiaCentre, discussion panels and thematic workshops
Report: “Comparing and Contrasting European and East Asian History“
8 July @ Utrecht University
Teaching global history in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities and the role of teachers
Panel presentations on peaceful cooperation in East Asia, workshops by university lecturers
Report: “Teaching for Peace in Practice – Challenges and Opportunities“
Downloads
Background Note
Many tensions in the world are rooted in history and the way in which it is learned at school, perceived in public, and addressed politically can be seen to either resolve or sustain these tensions. This is in particular the case for East Asia, where history is at the top of political and civil agenda, aiming to address territorial disputes, controversial commemorations and historical interpretations. Also history education, in particular textbooks, is constantly in the spotlight.
The annual International NGOs Forum on History and Peace, co-organized by the International History NGO for History and Peace, already since 2008 is a unique platform for cooperation among thousands of representatives of civil society, education and research with a focus on strengthening cooperation between China, South Korea and Japan, as well as fostering co-operation across East Asia and beyond. With many strong civil society partners, the Forum has initiated and partnered on a variety of projects and partnerships, which include the production of joint history textbooks, youth and teacher exchanges.
The Forum has also always sought to connect with political representatives, civil society, experts and educators from across the world. It has worked closely with different key organisations and expert on history in Europe. In the particular case of Europe, the Forum aimed to compare and contrast pathways to truth-seeking, historical dialogues and reconciliation, as these have manifested themselves in Europe.
One of the key European partners for the Forum has been, since 2009, the EuroClio – Inspiring History and Citizenship Educators. This association, established in 1992 and connecting over 30.000 professionals from over 50 countries, supports the development of responsible and innovative history, citizenship and heritage education as a way to promote critical thinking, mutual respect, peace, stability and democracy. The Association advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of countries, ethnicities, and religions. It seeks to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education through capacity building for educators and producing and implementing innovative teaching tools.
EuroClio, the selected host for the International NGOs Forum on History and Peace, is proud to welcome history educators, researchers, civil society activists and political representatives from Europe, East Asia, and beyond, to come to The Hague, an International City of Peace and Justice, on 6-8 July 2016 in order to gain a better common understanding of the role of international relations, history education and civil society in establishing sustainable peace in East Asia in a dialogue with Europe.
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Kick-Off Meeting - Dealing with the Past in History Education
2016-07-05 - 2016-07-08
EuroClio will kick-off a new project within the context of the upcoming conference “Teaching for Peace: History in Perspective” held in The Netherlands coming July. The project, funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation gathers 8 civil society actors that have a mission and relevant experience in the promotion of innovative and responsible history education and work on a cross-regional level on Dealing with the Past in History Education. During the meetings, which will be held over the course of three days, the core team will agree on an action plan for study visits, and develop a common strategy for the documentation of strategies. Besides that, the core team will participate in parts of the “Teaching for Peace” conference.
Dealing with the Past in History Education
The objective of the project is to create, empower and increase the impact of a global core team of civil society actors who work on dealing with the legacy of a violent past. By doing so, the networks of the core team members will be expanded. The project will result in a knowledge base consisting of teaching resources, multi-lateral textbooks, relevant stakeholders, policies and recommendations, journals, (action) research and strategies that are not yet sufficiently disseminated. In addition, core team members and the organizations hosting the study visits will engage in joint advocacy to inter-governmental organisations and targeted media on regional and global levels, raising awareness among policy makers and civil society actors on the importance of responsible history education on dealing with the past for sustainable peace.

Dealing with the Past in History Education

2016 International Conference on History Education for Peace in East Asia and Europe
