Geschichtswissenschaftliche Blogs auf einen Blick
Hedwig Richters „Democracy“ has become a German affair – an affair as historians commonly understand it, that is: without romance.
The post Konfliktlinien deutscher Demokratiegeschichtsschreibung appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-3/demokratiegeschichtsschreibung/
After Ibizagate and with a new government, once again we may ponder the Austrian idea of democracy, which is sometimes confused with harmony.
The post Austrian Democracy appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-26/austrian-democracy/
Some Germans, even in Academia, grow tired of the intense confrontation with the Nazi past. Many historians have stopped exploring it, attributing marginal value to it explaining current developments
The post National Socialism: What We Can Learn Today appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-14/nazi-past-present/
In the age of Trump we must refocus if we are teaching democratic principles in our classes. As teacher educators, we must make sure that students understand these ideas so they are prepared to teach them.
The post Focusing on Democracy: A Teacher Educator’s View appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Times of crisis are productive times for the humanities. During the oil crisis in 1973, at the very latest, the western world’s certainty about the future began to fade and was gradually replaced by a sense of history that enabled the discipline of history didactics to develop. In a similar fashion, we should welcome the current global and European crises as opportunities to learn and to add historically based directional options to our rusty political thinking.
The substantial migration events of the past months and the coming years will alter standards of living in Germany and Europe. Naturally, those who emigrate permanently from Africa or Asia are obliged to develop an appropriate attitude towards the new, prevailing local values and legal systems and, if necessary, to learn about democracy.
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