“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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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“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/

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“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/

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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/

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