“They’re at it again”: The ‘English’ in Irish Textbooks
How does a former colony depict its coloniser once given the opportunity to tell its own history in school books?
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/english-irish-textbooks/
Teaching Difficult Histories and Countering Avoidance
Whatever past grievances were ingrained in social and political structures, history teaching did not challenge the myths enough.
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/difficult-irish-history/
The Words Of Nations: England, Scotland & Wales
What words come to the English, the Scots, and the Welsh when they are asked to summarize the history of their country?
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/words-nations-england-scotland-wales/
The Words Of Nations: England, Scotland & Wales
What words come to the English, the Scots, and the Welsh when they are asked to summarize the history of their country?
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/words-nations-england-scotland-wales/
When was Britain? Answers from Scotland and England
The contexts in which the term ‘Britain’ is favoured over ‘England’, ‘Scotland’ or ‘UK’ reveals much about the underlying assumptions.
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/britain-england-scotland/
“For Wales: See England”: Unsilencing Welsh History in Schools
There are multiple obstacles to the teaching of Welsh history, arising from its linguistic and identity-related complexity.
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/welsh-history-schools/
“Shadows cast by our shared past” – the Irish Famine
The Irish Famine, a catastrophe which resulted in large scale loss of life and emigration, signalled a turning point in Anglo-Irish relations.
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/irish-famine/
The British Isles: Simple Geography or Complex Histories?
Monthly Editorial: June 2023 Abstract: Is it possible to separate geography from history and what role do place names play in positioning the things they name politically? These are two... Read More ›
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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-5/british-isles-editorial/