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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“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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Divisive Memories in Three Italian Videogames

Talking about divisive memories means touching the core of the contemporary society, which is also reflected in historical video games.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-3/divisive-memories-italian-videogames/

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Cultural Heritage in Russian Public Memorial Practices

We study “shared authority” as extremely important for the study of non-state public forms of talking about the past and heritage.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-10/russia-cultural-heritage/

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De-colonizing Public History – at the Humboldt Forum?

How can historiography be decolonized in a German institution which is the exhibition site for Berlin’s historical ethnological collections?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonizing-humboldt-forum/

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The Decolonization of the “Conquest” in Mexico

The political leadership of Mexico is using the country’s double anniversary in 2021 to decolonize its Public History.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonization-conquest-mexico/

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