Apologies for History

Mexico debates if Spain should apologize for crimes during the Conquista de México. The controversy shows the urgency to write a new history that fights contemporary racism and inequality.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-18/conquista-de-mexico/

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Understanding Empire in the 21st Century

People should have some understanding of what empires are, and what effect they have. What questions are worth asking about the concept of Empire at this point in the 21st century?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-13/understanding-empires/

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#HistoriansCollaborate: Family History Today

Community and Family history inhabit benefits for public historians, especially in migrant societies: Aboriginal family history uses their research for political purposes. #historianscollaborate

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-10/historianscollaborate/

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LUK – Reading Re-Writings of Official History

Official narratives as in LUK give us insights into national identity management. This is particularly true when they aim to project identity outwards.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-3/luk/

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Groot Constantia: Wine or Slaves?

Groot Constantia is the iconic South African colonial estate. Located on the slopes of the Table Mountain among oak trees, it embodies both its wine history and its epitome of Cape slavery.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-1/groot-constantia/

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The Whig Tradition and Commonwealth History

British and Commonwealth history are deeply entangled. A fresh approach is not to look at British action, but at the Commonwealth' own agency and decisions.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-32/commonwealth-history/

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Public History in Schools? Why and How?

Teenagers encounter history outside schools in varied forms and related to a multitude of topics. But teaching with representations of the past that are not academic ideas, is largely absent from guidelines for history teaching.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-19/public-history-in-schools/

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Māori History and a Sense of Place

The recently launched Māori History website has the potential to see Māori views successfully accommodated in history. It also provides an example of how a bold curriculum initiative ...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-1/maori-history-sense-place/

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