Conférence Permanente Européenne des Associations de Professeurs d’Histoire
European Standing Conference History Teachers' Associations
EUROCLIO NEWSLETTER -December 2004-
Please contact the Secretariat if you have any information for the next EUROCLIO Newsletter.
Ø News from the EUROCLIO Board Meeting in Budapest
In November, the Board met in Budapest and worked together for three days. Many associations show interest in the work of EUROCLIO and we regularly receive requests for information from various parts of the globe. Interesting project proposals are discussed at every meeting but unfortunately the problem of financing, sometimes prevents very good ideas from materialising. This is closely linked with the finances of the association which are always discussed very carefully at each Board meeting. Details of the Annual Meeting in Riga, Latvia, next April were looked at, as well as Annual Meetings in the years after that. For the first time the Executive Director, Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, was unfortunately not able to participate in the meeting because of health problems but a representative of the EUROCLIO foundation, Kees Weltevrede, joined us for one session. All issues dealt with will be discussed with the members at the General Assembly in Riga on April 16. The next EUROCLIO Board meeting will take place in Riga on April 11. If there is anything in particular you would like the Board to address, please contact the Secretary, Ms Susanna Margret Gestsdottir at: Margret@fa.is
Ø EUROCLIO BOARD MEMBER VACANCIES FOR THE EUROCLIO BOARD
At the end of their term, Board Members can stand for re-election or retire. There are seven functions in the Board, which are currently: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Conference Officer, Policy Officer, Public Relations Officer and Web Officer. During the General Assembly in Riga on 16 April 2005 the term of two Board members will end. The EUROCLIO Board is looking for candidates who:
- Are willing to work on a voluntary, unpaid basis and with enthusiasm for the benefit of EUROCLIO;
- Are hardworking, diplomatic, creative, and in sympathy with the aims of EUROCLIO;
- Are able to show initiative, are able to work as part of a team, meet deadlines, work in English for EUROCLIO conference, international and Board business;
- Have access to e-mail and a computer in order to carry out duties, and have good computer skills;
- Are expected to promote EUROCLIO and occassionally represent the Board and the organisation at other events/conferences;
- Are able to travel four times per year to attend Board meetings.
All candidates should send an application form with details about their experiences and skills on history teaching and how they could contribute to the work of EUROCLIO to the Secretariat in the Hague (secretariat@euroclio.nl) as well as a copy to the President Manuela Carvalho (mmanuelac@sapo.pt) before 31st January 2005. Futher information on vacancies for the EUROCLIO Board and the application form can be found on the EUROCLIO website: www.eurocliohistory.org
Ø Registration forms for Latvia 2005 are coming in!
Since the registration packages have been sent out in October the registrations for the next EUROCLIO Annual Conference and professional training development course Gaining Equilibrium. Building from the Local to the Global Perspective (formerly known as: How to Balance the Local, National, Regional, European and World Dimensions in History Teaching? ) are coming in. This conference will be held in Riga, Latvia, on 11-17 April 2005 and will be hosted by the beautifully located Hotel Radisson SAS Daugava.
The registration package consists of a registration form, a questionnaire to investigate the theme, a background document, a draft programme and a call for workshops. All forms are also available on www.eurocliohistory.org under ´Annual Conference´. There are grants available for this conference through the Socrates programme of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the Dutch Plato programme. For more information please contact Ms Danielle Lefebure-Heerens at: danielle@euroclio.nl
Ø Good news: 15 Council of Europe grants available for Riga 2005!
We are very happy to inform you that the Council of Europe has 15 grants available for the EUROCLIO Annual Conference and Professional Training Development Course Gaining Equilibrium. Building from the Local to the Global Perspective, 11-17 April 2005 in Riga, Latvia. These grants cover travel costs, as well as the conference fee and stay. When you are interested in a Council of Europe grant, it is very important that you follow the correct application procedure! If you do not follow the correct procedure your application will be rejected.
- Fill out the application form and send it to your National Liaison Office in your own country as soon as possible, but before 15 January 2005.
- Inform the EUROCLIO Secretariat that you have applied for a grant at your National Liaison Office as soon as possible, but before 15 January 2005.
- The application form, as well as further information on the application procedure and guidelines can be found at:
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/History_Teaching/ under ´Teacher training´ and ´How to apply´. Here you also find the contact addresses of the National Liaison Offices under ´List of Contacts´.
The National Liaison Offices will send all correct applications to the Latvian National Liaison Office, who will make a selection in consultation with EUROCLIO and the Latvian organisers. You will be informed about the results. We strongly encourage you to apply for these grants or to inform others about the possibilities! If you have any questions please contact the EUROCLIO Secretariat at: Secretariat@euroclio.nl
Ø Last opportunity: please apply for a Comenius or Grundtvig grant for Latvia 2005!
We are happy that already 26 people have applied successfully for a Comenius grant for the EUROCLIO Annual conference and professional training development course Gaining Equilibrium. Building from the Local to the Global Perspective, Riga, Latvia, 11-17 April 2005. In some countries it is still possible to apply for a Comenius 2.2 or Grundtvig 3 grant for this event. The conference is included in the catalogue under course reference number NL-2005-004. We would like to encourage you all to apply for these grants, since deadlines are short and budgets are tight. Please contact your National Socrates Agency for more information and application procedures!
The Comenius 2.2 programme is designed for the in-service training for school educators. Adult educators should apply through the Grundtvig 3 programme. Since these are decentralised actions the applications go through the National Socrates Agencies. They can inform you about eligibility, application details, forms and deadlines. Please note that the application deadlines vary per country. Contact addresses, as well as the course catalogue, can be found on the Internet at: europa.eu.int/comm/education under ´programmes & actions´. Applications should include a letter of pre-registration, which can be obtained from the EUROCLIO Secretariat. For more information please contact Ms Willemijn van der Toorn at: Willemijn@euroclio.nl
Ø Still 4 Plato grants available for Dutch participants in Riga
For participants from the Netherlands there are Plato grants available for the EUROCLIO Annual Conference and professional training development course Gaining Equilibrium. Building from the Local to the Global Perspective in Riga, Latvia, 11-17 April 2005. At this moment there are still 4 grants available of 750 EURO each. Applications can be submitted until 3 weeks before the start of the course by sending in the Plato-form (available on: www.europeesplatform.nl) including a short motivation letter and an official letter of pre-registration to the Europees Platform. There is a preference for people who have not yet received a Plato grant, but this is not a requirement. For more information about Plato please contact Mr Jan Willem Wilkens at: Wilkens@europeesplatform.nl
For a letter of pre-registration please contact Ms Willemijn van der Toorn at: Willemijn@euroclio.nl or on Tel: +31 70 3817836.
Ø Beautiful location for EUROCLIO Annual Meeting in Malta 2006
Last October EUROCLIO´s Executive Director met with representatives of the Maltese History Teachers´ Association. They started the preparations for the 2006 EUROCLIO Professional Training Conference and General Assembly Using Historical Skills and Concepts to Promote an Awareness of European Citizenship and visited several hotels. After negotiations to obtain the most favourable conditions we decided to cooperate with the Dolmen Resort Hotel, which is a beautiful location to host the conference.
Ø You can already start applying for EU grants for Malta 2006!
We are happy to inform you that the EUROCLIO Annual conference and professional training development course Using Historical Skills and Concepts to Promote an Awareness of European Citizenship, which will be held in Malta, 20-26 March 2006 is eligible for Comenius 2.2 and Grundtvig 3 grants and is included in the course catalogue under course reference number NL-2006-001.
Even though it is more than a year till the conference, we encourage you to apply for these grants, since in some countries deadlines are soon and budgets run out quickly. Please contact your National Socrates Agency for more information and application procedures!
The Comenius 2.2 programme is designed for the in-service training for school educators. Adult educators should apply through the Grundtvig 3 programme. Since these are decentralised actions the applications go through the National Socrates Agencies. They can inform you about eligibility, application details, forms and deadlines. Please note that the application deadlines vary per country. Contact addresses, as well as the course catalogue, can be found on the Internet at: europa.eu.int/comm/education under ´programmes & actions´.
Applications should include a letter of pre-registration, which can be obtained from the EUROCLIO Secretariat. For more information please contact Ms Willemijn van der Toorn at: Willemijn@euroclio.nl
Ø New links and changes of the EUROCLIO website!
Since October there have been several changes on the EUROCLIO website. The pictures of the previous EUROCLIO Conference in Cardiff, Wales, together with several maps and graphs of the EUROCLIO questionnaire 2004, have been added to the website. On the site you can also find information about the learning and teaching of history, research, as well as activities of EUROCLIO and other organisations in the field of history education. If you have suggestions or interesting links to put on the website please contact Ms Nadine Kostense at: Nadine@euroclio.nl and Mr Laszlo Bero at: lbear@mail.matav.hu
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Ø Partnership meeting between the Associação de Professores de História, from Portugal and Asociación de Profesores para la Difusión Y Protección del Patrimonio Historico from Spain.
On 25-27 February 2005 the county of Castelo Branco, in the centre of Portugal, will host the 5th partnership meeting co-organised by the Portuguese History Teachers’ Association – APH and Ben Baso – Asociación de Profesores para la Difusión Y Protección del Patrimonio Historico from Sevilla, Spain. Participants from both countries will have the opportunity to visit several historical sites and to discuss the role of strongholds in the history of both countries and in history education. Portuguese educators will meet the rich and ancient traditions and heritage of Sicily Island and Malta, from March 23 to April 2, during a study visit organised by The Portuguese History Teachers’ Association – APH. Articles relative to the latest Annual Conference of the Portuguese History Teachers’ Association, entitled “The Times of Europe”, are available in the 5th edition of the magazine “Study of History”. For more information please contact the President of APH, Ms Helena Veríssimo at: aph@netcabo.pt
Ø HTEN offers bursary for annual conference 2005 in Nottingham!
In 2005, the annual conference of the History Teachers Education Network of the United Kingdom will be held from 11-13 July at the University of Nottingham. The theme of the conference is Teaching Sensitive and Controversial Issues in History. The History Teachers Education Network offers one bursary to meet the costs of a member of a EUROCLIO affiliated organisation who wishes to participate in the annual conference. Further information and details about the conference and the EUROCLIO bursary will be available in due course on the HTEN website www.hten.org.uk or from the HTEN Secretary Mr Richard Dargie at: richard.dargie@ed.ac.uk.
Ø EUROCLIO responsible for Third Michael Sant Memorial Lecture on Malta
On the evening of 15 October 2004 members of the Maltese History Teachers Association plus colleagues from the University of Malta and other related institutions came to gather for the third Michael Sant memorial lecture. The Executive Director of EUROCLIO had the honour to present her view under the title History Works, Common Concerns in History Education. In her talk she focused on issues as common concerns for the learning and teaching in Malta and the rest of Europe, the importance of constant quality improvement and EUROCLIO examples of best practice. The evening was ended with a lively exchange of opinions sustained by superb Maltese drinks and snacks.
Ø Please contact EUROCLIO Secretariat about address changes
If there are any changes in e-mail address, website, local moderator etc. please inform the EUROCLIO Secretariat. This will make it easier for us to update our mailing list and keep you informed. For changes please contact Mr Jan Hartman at: Secretariat@euroclio.nl
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Ø History is not only Past, the Past is not yet History - Controversies in History. Final seminar in Tallinn, 19-21 November 2004
In total 59 participants attended the final seminar in the EUROCLIO/Matra project Integration of society in Estonia. After three years of hard work the results were presented in this meeting. The teacher resource guide History is not only Past, the Past is not yet History was launched and workshops were given by the project authors about their specific chapters. Consultants from Macedonia, the Netherlands and United Kingdom presented active classroom methods. Observers from Latvia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Russia attended the seminar and presented the problems and challenges in history education in their own countries. The Dutch Ambassador invited the project team for a reception at the brand new Dutch Embassy in Tallinn. Four academics combined their visions on objectivity in history in a debate. The Dutch team and the Estonian team finalised the project reportage afterwards in a reflective session on three years of working on integration in Estonia. For more information, please contact Ms Mare Oja at: mare.oja@ekk.edu.ee or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø The integration of society in Latvia, a combined approach for history and civic education and public debate. Final seminar in Riga, 2-4 December 2004
In the parallel project Integration of society in Latvia the final seminar was planned one week later. In this seminar 64 participants joined the official launch of the teacher resource guide We in Latvia. Six Themes and received training in how to implement the guide in classroom practice. Besides the Estonian representative, also history educators from Croatia, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine shared experiences in history teaching. Both the Dutch and the Finnish Ambassador were present, as well as the Latvian Under Secretary of State and Mr Nils Muiznieks, former Minister of Integration Affairs, who delivered a speech. At the last morning of the seminar the Latvian History Teachers' Association had scheduled their General Assembly which attracted 180 history educators from all over the country. This turned out to be a good opportunity to widen the interest for the debate on integration of society, our project and the resource book that resulted from it. Like in Estonia, the Dutch team finished the reportage in evaluative sessions together with the Latvian team. For more information, please contact Ms Dzintra Liepina at: dzintral@e-teliamtc.lv or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø Annual Conference of ASH-EUROCLIO, Belgrade, Serbia, 4 December 2004
Each year EUROCLIO’s member organisation in Serbia, ASH-Euroclio, organises an Annual Conference for its members. This year’s theme was Teaching Everyday-Life History. Representatives of the Danish History Teachers’ Association and EUROCLIO and Serbian experts conducted active workshops on different topics, like working with visual and written sources, working with key-questions and new topics and approaches in teaching everyday life history. For more information please contact Ms Ljiljana Lazarevic at: llila@eunet.yu
Ø Second General Assembly APIR-CLIO in Timisoara, 9-12 December 2004
In the beautiful city of Timisoara the second General Assembly of the Romanian History Teachers´ Association APIR-CLIO took place in the framework of the EUROCLIO/Center Education 2000+/Matra project Fostering History and Citizenship Education in Romania. The theme of the Assembly was History teachers, professional associations and the issues of the present-day Romanian society. The number of 100 Romanian history educators participated in this meeting with active working sessions to discuss the activities, objectives and policy of APIR-CLIO for 2005. EUROCLIO President Ms Manuela Carvalho was invited to speak about the role and the benefits of the EUROCLIO network for national associations. One coordinator of our current project in Former Yugoslavia gave a presentation on the problems and challenges in history education in Serbia and the teaching materials that are developed in cooperation with history educators in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. These presentations certainly inspired the participants, who were very active and discussed how these examples could benefit the Romanian situation. For more information please contact Ms Nicoleta Sasu at: nsasu@cedu.ro or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø International conference, Global History at Secondary School: the Present and Prospects, 10 December, Vilnius, Lithuania
This conference, organised by the Faculty of History of Vilnius Pedagogic University, hosted a variety of speakers and participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Russia. EUROCLIO was present with a lecture on approaching the controversy between National History and World History. Other contributors dealt with topics like the use of ICT in teaching world history, interdisciplinary approaches and new topics in teaching World History in Lithuania. Before the conference, a meeting was set between the Lithuanian History Teachers’ Association and a representative of EUROCLIO to prepare Lithuania’s official proposal to host the 2009 EUROCLIO Annual Conference and General Assembly. For more information please contact Mr Benediktas Setkus at: benediktas@delfi.lt
Ø Coordinators meeting in Romanian project, Bucharest, Romania, 20-23 January 2005
On 20-23 January the next coordinators meeting will take place in the EUROCLIO/Center Education 2000+/Matra project Fostering History and Citizenship Education in Romania in Bucharest. On the agenda will be the next project seminar that will take place in May 2005. Furthermore, the authors team will present their revised framework and topics of the teaching materials, as well as some newly developed chapters.
For more information please Ms Nicoleta Sasu at: nsasu@cedu.ro or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø General Assembly of the Croatian History Teachers' Association, 25 November 2004, Zagreb, Croatia
In this well-organised Assembly 65 history educators from every region of Croatia participated in the workshops and the plenary session of this day. Two Danish consultants organised active workshops and the representative of the Federation of Serbia-Montenegro gave a presentation about the Serbian History Teachers' Association. Another presentation dealt with the reform ideas of the Ministry and resulted in a fierce debate in which everyone was involved and ventilated the overall felt scepticism about the plans. The EUROCLIO project Enhancing Regional History Education and Civic Society was introduced and the participants were invited to be involved in the thinking process. For more information please contact Ms Karolina Ujakovic at: karolina.ujakovic@zg.htnet.hr or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø Presentation of new teaching materials in the project Enhancing Regional History Education and Civic Society, 26-28 November 2004, Zagreb, Croatia
The coordinators from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, EUROCLIO, Slovenia and Federation of Serbia-Montenegro came together in the capital of Croatia to discuss past activities and plan for the future. In this EUROCLIO 2004/2005 project Enhancing Regional History Education and Civic Society, Common approaches for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro a common teaching resource guide is being developed. After the presentation during the seminar in September, the Croatian authors team adjusted their materials and prepared a presentation of the new and the results were extraordinary. Many sources were used, the focus was upon those sources that provoke empathy. The teacher resource book Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Country, Every Day Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia between East and West 1945-1990 aims to show everyday life in Former Yugoslavia between 1945-1990. The current political focus in history teaching is widened by this effort and includes also social-economic and cultural aspects. For more information please contact Mr Edin Veladzic at: veladzic@bih.net.ba, Ms Karolina Ujakovic at: karolina.ujakovic@zg.htnet.hr, Ms Ljiljana Lazarevic at: llila@eunet.yu or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø Coordinators and editing meeting of the project Mosaic of Cultures. Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia, 11-15 December 2004
The Russian editing team worked hard during the last weeks to prepare the resource book on teaching multicultural history teaching for publishing. During the coordinators meeting in December a new publisher was approached, as the earlier one turned out to be unable to deal with the technical challenges of the new materials. Also meetings took place with representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Institute for Teacher In-Service Training, who were both very supportive of the projects’ work and aims. Further preparations were made to organise six teacher training seminars in different Russian cities in the summer and autumn of 2005.
For more information please contact Ms Tamara Eidelman at: Tamara-Eidelman@yandex.ru or Mr Huibert Crijns at: huibert@euroclio.nl
Ø Proposal EUROCLIO and Norwegian History Educators Project for Montenegro 2005
Together with the Norwegian Historical Association HIFO, EUROCLIO submitted a project proposal at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs To Support the Development of a Regional History Education Network in Montenegro to identify ways ahead for school history strengthening enhancing Civic Society, Democracy and Regional Stability. This one-year pilot project focuses on founding a History Teachers' Association in Montenegro and establishing a local and regional network of history educators in Montenegro and neighbouring countries. We aim to enhance the involvement and cooperation of history educators from Montenegro in our current project in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. For more information, please contact Ms Lieke van Wijk at: lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø Waiting for news about submitted project proposal for follow-up in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Federation of Serbia-Montenegro
The project proposal with the title History in Action – Planning for the Future. A regional approach for the learning and teaching of history in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Federation of Serbia-Montenegro (2005-2007) has been submitted in September for the Matra programme of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the past two years we have been working to set up a network of history educators in society and to complete a project group per country; consistent of coordinators, authors and resource persons. The working frame for the teacher guide has been designed and now the collection of the materials has started. For finishing the collection of the materials, the printing and the implementation of the teacher resource guide we went searching for other donors. We hope to receive response from the Dutch Ministry very soon. For more information, please contact Ms Lieke van Wijk at: lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø New project proposal of EUROCLIO and the Council of Europe Fostering Citizenship, Intercultural Dialogue and Civic Society through the Learning and Teaching of History
Since the summer of 2002 the Council of Europe and EUROCLIO together execute a project on the innovation of history education in all the countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This project will come to an end in July 2005. As a follow-up, the Council of Europe and EUROCLIO are developing a new project proposal with a focus on Citizenship and intercultural dialogue. The new project envisages to organise a series of international seminars and conferences, to build network and to disseminate information. One of the aims will be to build relations with the Islamic countries bordering Europe, like Turkey and Morocco. The proposal will be submitted under the Matra programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the beginning of 2005 for funding. For more information please contact Mr Huibert Crijns at: huibert@euroclio.nl
Ø EUROCLIO is asked to work with colleagues in Georgia and Abkhazia
The Executive Director of EUROCLIO has been asked by the NGO International Alert to meet with colleagues in Georgia and Abkhazia and explore common opportunities and challenges for future cooperation. The preparation meeting in London on January 25-26 and the fact finding mission, which will take place in the beginning of March 2005, should produce a report with recommendations and suggestions for further ways for cooperation related to history and history teaching in the region.
Ø Russian teacher trainers in Kazan, Rostov and Vladivostok organise seminars
Three new cities have started to work with the 2002-2005 EUROCLIO/MATRA project Mosaics of Culture, Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia. Teacher trainers from Kazan, Rostov, and Vladivostok decided to organise teacher training seminars in their region after participation in the last training and development of this project. They gave critical but positive feed back on the materials in development and felt inspired by the training and the way the seminar was organised. The seminar, which was also attended by history educators from Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Serbia, united the project core group for the last time. It aimed to finalise all modules of the Teaching Resource Pack and to prepare them for editing and publishing. The feedback from the piloting in schools played an important role in this process. The group of Russian specialists and experts from abroad (Bulgaria, England, Norway and Scotland) supported with theoretical and practical advice. With this seminar the preparation of teacher training seminars in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk (June 2005) and Vadikavkaz and Rostov (August 2005) and in Moscow and Kazan (November 2005), has started. For more information please contact Ms Tamara Eidelman at: Tamara-Eidelman@yandex.ru or Mr Huibert Crijns at: huibert@euroclio.nl
Ø Awaiting reaction on new Matra project proposal for Bulgaria
EUROCLIO and the Bulgarian History Teachers´ Association have submitted a new Matra project proposal for Bulgaria to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main aim of the proposal is to strengthen the European and international dimension in Bulgarian history education by developing innovative teaching materials and by training history educators. For more information please contact Ms Willemijn van der Toorn at: willemijn@euroclio.nl
Ø New Matra project proposals for Belarus and Ukraine postponed
The EUROCLIO Secretariat has been preparing new project proposals for Belarus and Ukraine, but after meetings with the envisaged donor, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the submission of the proposals is postponed for the time being. The political situation in Belarus is at the moment so difficult that the Ministry is very reluctant to grant projects in this country. They advised us to strengthen our position in Belarus before submitting a proposal. In Ukraine our last project was so successful that the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not think it is necessary to support a follow-up project. Both the EUROCLIO Secretariat and the Ukrainian History Teachers Organisation Nova Doba regret this as there is still a long way to go in Ukraine. Especially as the earlier project lacked a good implementation programme. The Secretariat is looking for new approaches to submit project proposals for both countries in 2005.
Ø The Continuing Professional Developments (CPD) weekends of the Historical Association!
There are still places available for participation in the CPD weekends on 4-6 February, 5-6 March and 9-10 April 2005. The first weekend is designed to help with the development of your own website. The second weekend will provide the participants with the opportunity to try out, evaluate and create several ICT resources which will directly impact on the teaching and learning of History. The third weekend will explore Interpretations of History. It will be a practical and reflective weekend exploring tradition, current practice and future possibilities in helping secondary pupils to examine the ways in which the past has been interpreted and represented. For more information and questions please contact Mr Alf Wilkinson at: alf.wilkinson@history.org.uk
Ø In-service teacher training at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
The Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, has started to organise short in-service teacher training courses for foreign Social Sciences, Art and Economics teachers who are interested in learning more about the Czech Republic. At the moment the courses are taught in English, but in the future the management plans to organise these courses also in French, German, Russian and Spanish. All courses are lead by University teachers. Offered subjects are among others: Gender Studies and Issues in the Czech Republic, Modern Czech Art and Architecture and Jewish History in the Czech Lands. Guest lectures and workshops can be organised according to the wishes of the participants. Also, guided tours, educational visits and hiking tours can be part of the programme. For more information please contact Ms Marie Homerova at: homer@intersim.cz or phomer@volny.cz
Ø Call for partners for a Comenius Development Project 1.3 (36 months) Studying European Migrations through Oral History and New Sources - Exploring Family Memories by Pupils
Most nations and communities in Europe have experienced periods of emigration and immigration, particularly during the XIX and XX centuries. Men’s and women’s mobility across State borders deeply marked European social and demographic identity, promoted and fuelled the dynamism and the openness which characterizes the core of European cultural life. Today in our schools pupils of European and non-European origin are living side by side. All of them can discover the weight of such experiences by exploring their own family memories and by retrieving both recent experiences of immigration and less recent experiences of emigration. Pupils can discover not only a cognitive resource of extraordinary value even from the emotional point of view, but even a tool for a fully conscious integration based on each other’s values appraisal. This Comenius project should concern (through a twinning of schools system) five schools of five European countries. An Italian high school (pupils 16-19 years old) belonging to an area characterized by recent and old migration experiences (Lucca) will coordinate the project, together with a first ´associated partner´, the SSIS (School of Specialization for Secondary teaching) of Pisa, which laid the basis for the project, and together with a second partner, the Fondazione Paolo Cresci per la storia dell’emigrazione, which, in the first stage of the project, will collect proposals of cooperation from other European schools. Please join our project addressing E-mail: info@fondazionepaolocresci.it care of Ms Marinella Mazzanti, Fondazione Paolo Cresci per la storia dell’emigrazione, Cortile Carrara, 55100 Lucca- ITALY, Phone: +39 (0) 583 417483
Ø Thesis on the national and European dimension in English and Dutch history curricula is completed
Secretariat staff member Nadine Kostense finished her Master thesis at Rotterdam Erasmus University. She has studied the EUROCLIO Questionnaires: Belonging to Europe - Small Nations and Big Issues (2004), History on the Move (2003), A Changing World (2001), Remembering and Commemorating History (2000) and National Identity and Heritage (1999). By analysing the outcomes of these questionnaires she examined the history curricula of England and the Netherlands. One of the issues she looked into was, as the European cooperation increases, the increasing emphasis on national history due to the fear of losing national identity. The last few years there has been a debate about the ‘the lack of historical knowledge and awareness’ among young people and about the role of history education. In this light a re-orientation on the national past and national heritage – which probably arises from the changing position of the Netherlands and England within Europe and the relativity of one´s own culture in a multicultural society – brings about a bigger emphasis on national identity. There are still a number of people, among them politicians and academics, that seem to see history education as a tool to enhance national identity and sentiments. In their opinion, history education should focus in the first place on national history and facts and in the second place on an understanding of the wider (international) context and skills. In the period of 1993-2003 Dutch history education as well as English history education shows an increasing focus on national history, although partly in relation to the international (European) context. Especially in the media, some politicians and academics, express their feelings that history education should emphasize historical facts and data. Opponents argue that without skills, the focus on international, social-cultural, economic and gender perspectives and multiculturality, history education will not contribute to the aims stated in almost all European history curricula, including those of England and the Netherlands. In spite of the tendencies towards national history and identity, the majority of the English and Dutch history educators feel that history education should concentrate on making young people interested in the past, making them understand the world they live in, enhance their critical thinking skills and teaching young people about citizenship and democracy. Those history educators do not fear to loose themselves in the changing world. For more information please contact Ms Nadine Kostense at: Nadine@euroclio.nl
Ø We and our neighbours!
A new publication is the book We and our neighbours. The majority and the minorities in the recent history textbooks in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, with as a case study the Republic of Moldova. This work is the final product of the project “Should we be afraid of our neighbours? The majority and the minorities in the recent textbooks in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria”, run in 2003-2004 by the Council of Europe, Center Education 2000+, the Open Society Foundation in Romania and the East-East Programme. The authors and editor of this book are all teachers involved in secondary education, teacher trainers and academic. This volume contains an analysis as well as some synthesis on history education in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Also the role of minorities, lesson plans, activities and some recommendations to the Ministries of Education of the respective countries are included in this book. For more information and questions please contact Ms Nicoleta Sasu at: nsasu@cedu.ro
Ø Ukrainian Teacher Guide and CD-Rom History through the eyes of an individual
The new Ukrainian textbook Ukraine and Europe from 1900-1939. The History of an Epoch through the Eyes of An Individual that was published last Spring as a result of the EUROCLIO/Matra project New Times, New History is followed by the publication of a Teacher Guide and a CD-Rom. These materials privide history teachers in Ukraine with guidelines how to use the new textbook, which consists of new materials and approaches for history learning and teaching, in classroom. For more information please contact Mr Huibert Crijns at: Huibert@euroclio.nl or Ms Polina Verbitska at: doba@mail.lviv.ua
Ø History is not only Past, the Past is not yet History
Under this title a EUROCLIO Teacher Resource Book on controversial topics in Estonian Twentieth Century history is published. The materials focus on issues such as the role of Konstantin Päts, the Estonian president in the late thirties, the USSR and Nazi occupations, the crimes against humanity, internationalism, russification and migration. The publication of History is not only Past, the Past is not yet History is available in the Estonian and Russian language and is distributed among all schools in Estonia.
Ø We in Latvia
Under this title a EUROCLIO Teacher Resource Book on controversial topics in Latvian history and citizenship education is published. The materials focus on issues such as what does it mean to be a citizen of the Republic of Latvia, which identities have shaped the Baltics during the times, the role and position of the Latvian Riflemen and the society of Latvia during the end of the 1980s. The book was used in a series of teacher training seminars in Goldiga, Kraslava and Jumurda, in the end of October and will be distributed via the Latvian Educational Boards. The publication of We in Latvia is available in the Latvian and Russian language.
Ø Available soon: Bulletin 20: Belonging to Europe – Small Nation, Big Issues
This week Bulletin number 20 will be printed, and will be sent out in the beginning of January, after the Christmas Holidays, to all our members. EUROCLIO Bulletin 20 reports about the Annual meeting and professional training development course that has been held in Cardiff, Wales, 29 March-4 April 2004 and will look into the question of the relation between national and international history in the learning and teaching of history in Europe. Also some of the new member organisations that became EUROCLIO members in Cardiff, will present their association. For more information please contact the editor Ian McKellar at: ibac.mckellar@tiscali.co.uk, Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl or Nadine Kostense at: Nadine@euroclio.nl
Ø Bulletin 21 on Assessment: call for articles!
Interesting ideas from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Israel, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain will be included in this volume. But we are still looking for more ready to use examples about assessment in the learning of history for volume 21 of the Bulletin. For more information and suggestions please contact the editor Ian McKellar at: ibac.mckellar@tiscali.co.uk, Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl or Nadine Kostense at: Nadine@euroclio.nl
Ø History Textbooks and the Thinking of Youth in post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pilvi Torsti (Finland) has recently published his doctoral dissertation Divergent Stories, Convergent Attitudes. Study on the Presence of History, History Textbooks and the Thinking of Youth in post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina (Helsinki University Press). A short presentation of the book with details for ordering can be found at: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/ptorsti/dissertation.pdf The academic abstract is available at: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/ptorsti/abstract.pdf The book is also published electronically http://ethesis.helsinki.fi For more information please contact Mr Pilvi Torsti at: pilvi.torsti@helsinki.fi
Ø Volume on approaches to teaching and learning history in Cyprus
The proceedings of the Educational Seminar organised by the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research in Cyprus on 7 and 8 February 2004 in Nicosia, Cyprus have been assembled in the volume "What does it mean to think historically? Approaches to teaching and learning history". It is one of the largest volumes yet published in Cyprus on history teaching, and, representing ideas from a range of disciplinary, religious and linguistic backgrounds, it is one of the most diverse. Several papers offer valuable information on current practices and others call attention to new ways of teaching and learning history. If you are interested in obtaining the volume at the price of 20 EURO (postal costs included), please contact the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research at: hisdialresearch@yahoo.com
Ø Full colour publication History Changes. Facts and Figures about History Education in Europe since 1989 by Joke van der Leeuw-Roord
The results of the EUROCLIO questionnaire 2003 School history on the move. Changes in the learning and teaching of history in the decade of educational reforms are available as book and CD-rom now! This full colour publication contains over 100 maps and graphs, and articles exploring various themes as curricular and government control, students’ perceptions, E-learning and time allocated to history education in Europe since 1989. The prices are: 20 EURO for the book, 20 EURO for the CD-rom and 35 EURO for both. These prices include sending and administrative costs. For more information and orders please look at the EUROCLIO website: www.eurocliohistory.org or contact the EUROCLIO Secretariat at: Secretariat@euroclio.nl
Ø After the Wall. History Teaching in Europe, 1989-2003 at: www.stiftung.koerber.de
The EUROCLIO anniversary book After the Wall. History Teaching in Europe, 1989-2003 (new volume in the series ´Shaping European History´ of the Koerber Foundation) is available now! The book has been presented in an interesting panel discussion during the EUROCLIO Annual Meeting in Cardiff on March 30. The conference participants enjoyed the special conference price of the book: the sales were impressive! The book can be ordered through the site of the Koerber Foundation: www.stiftung.koerber.de
For more information please contact Ms Gabriele Woidelko at: Woidelko@stiftung.koerber.de or Ms Lieke van Wijk at: Lieke@euroclio.nl
Ø www.english-heritage.org.uk
This website gives information about various forms of heritage in England. Under the link about us you can find a hyperlink to other websites such as www.english-heritage.org.uk/battleabbey and www.english-heritage.org.uk/kenilworthcastle
Ø www.show.me.uk
Show.me.uk is the children's section of a website called the 24 Hour Museum. The website is a free to use, non-commercial site produced by the 24 Hour Museum. This site contains games and resources generated by the UK's museum, gallery and heritage sector. Some sections on the site are specially designed to help teachers access relevant content quickly and easily. The interactive resources are organised by topic and are listed in scrollable menu’s. All content of the website is targeted at Key Stages 1 and 2. There is also space for feedback, letters and artwork from pupils and suggestions for the content of the website. The initiator of the website, 24 Hour Museum, is the award-winning gateway to the UK's museums, galleries and heritage sites. This website, 24hourmuseum.org.uk, also provides useful information - from opening times and collection details to daily news articles and educational resources.
Ø www.cdsee.org
This website of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe shows information about the activities undertaken by CDRSEE. This is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation that seeks to foster democracy and peace in the Southeast of Europe by advocating principles of social responsibility, sustainable development, and reconciliation among the peoples in the region. These goals are accomplished via seminars, conferences, research projects, exchange programs, opinion polls and publications.
Ø www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/Teaching_Remembrance/Yad_vachem.pdf
This site is the publication of the book, Our Memory of the Past and for the Future, edited by Richelle Budd Caplan, based on the Proceedings of an International Forum in Jerusalem, Israel, September 15-21, 2003, concerning Our Memory of the Past and for the Future in relation to the Shoah.
Ø www.eurydice.org/Doc_intermediaires/term_tools/en/frameset_term_tools.html
This database of the European Glossary on Education currently contains terms relating to examinations, qualifications and titles (Volume 1 - 1999 Edition), educational institutions (Volume 2), Teaching staff (Volume 3) and Management, Monitoring and Support Staff (Volume 4).
Ø www.history.org.uk
On this homepage of the Historical Association you can find information about their upcoming events, newsletter, literature and interesting links. Their website is based on sharing and providing information to people interested in history.
Ø www.stiftung.koerber.de
The website of the Koerber Foundation contains information concerning upcoming events and conferences. On 17 and 18 February 2005, the Koerber Foundation organises the conference with the Theme "Integration: Listen and Engagement" in Hamburg. This conference will focus on topics such as immigration regulation, multicultural society and the so-called ‘war of cultures’.
Ø www.qca.org.uk/history
The pages of the website of The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) have been expanded and revised. The renewed website provides you for instance with access to a range of information about the activities of the history team. The QCA history team has developed the Innovating with History website to help schools plan and teach history courses that will engage and motivate pupils aged from 5-14. You can visit these sites by clicking on the image.
Ø www.thehistoryproject.co.uk
The History Project is a new website written by teachers and experts for teachers and students. Most of the contributors are published authors or teachers, all are here to offer their help to you as students of history.
Ø www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/Teacher_Training/
Here you find all information on the Council of Europe In-service Training Programme for Educational Staff: programme, application procedure, rules and National Liaison Officers.
Ø News from the EUROCLIO Secretariat
The EUROCLIO Secretariat will be closed from December 20 until January 3.
Ø Contact e-mail addresses EUROCLIO Secretariat!
The EUROCLIO Secretariat has two new e-mail addresses. The Secretariat can now also be reached on: info@euroclio.nl and secretariat@euroclio.nl
Ø Deadline next Newsletter February 10
The next edition of the EUROCLIO Newsletter will be available in March. If you have information that you would like to see included, please send your contribution of maximum 15 lines in English to Ms Willemijn van der Toorn at: Willemijn@euroclio.nl before February 20.
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The EUROCLIO Secretariat wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2005!
January
20-23: Bucharest, Romania. Coordinators meeting and authors workshop in the EUROCLIO/Center Education 2000+/Matra project Fostering History and Citizenship Education in Romania.
25-26: London, United Kingdom. Preparations for the Caucasus project, Confidence-building between Georgian & Abkhaz Societies, with participation of the Caucasus Forum of NGOs.
28-30: Warsaw, Poland. EU-story symposium, Commemorating 20th Century Migration in National Societies.
February
10-13: Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Third project seminar in the EUROCLIO/Neighbours project Enhancing Regional History Education and Civic Society, common approaches for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
28-13: Georgia and Abkhaz. Fact-finding mission the Caucasus project, Confidence-building between Georgian & Abkhaz Societies, with participation of the Caucasus Forum of NGOs.
March
30-31: Moscow, Russia. Annual Conference of the Moscow History Teachers Association, with contributions from EUROCLIO.
April
1-2: Moscow, Russia. Coordinators meeting of the project Mosaic of Cultures- Teaching the Multicultural Society.
7-10: Finland. Meeting in the EU/Socrates project Structures and Standards of Initial training of
history teachers in Europe – a comparative study.
11-17: Riga, Latvia. EUROCLIO Annual Conference and Professional Training Development
Course Gaining Equilibrium. Building from the Local to the Global perspective.
May
2-5: Bucharest, Romania. Fifth project seminar in the EUROCLIO/Center Education 2000+/Matra project Fostering History and Citizenship Education in Romania.
27-29: The Hague, The Netherlands. EUROCLIO Board meeting.
June
16-18: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. International conference at Rotterdam University Beyond the Canon, History for the Twenty-First Century, EUROCLIO Contribution.
27-7: Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, Russia. Teacher training seminars in the EUROCLIO/Matra project Mosaic of Cultures, Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia.
July
1-3: UK. 17th Annual Conference of the Schools History Project.
3-9: Sydney, Australia. International Congress of Historical Sciences.
11-13: Nottingham, UK. HTEN Annual Conference on Teaching Sensitive and Controversial Issues in History.
August
September
3-13: Vladikavkaz and Rostov, Russia. Teacher training seminars in the EUROCLIO/Matra project Mosaic of Cultures, Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia.
9-11: EUROCLIO Board meeting.
October
November
6-14: Moscow and Kazan, Russia. Teacher training seminars in the EUROCLIO/Matra project Mosaic of Cultures, Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia.
December
2-4: EUROCLIO Board meeting.
8-10: Moscow, Russia. Final symposium in the EUROCLIO/Matra project Mosaic of Cultures, Teaching the Multicultural Society in Russia.