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When the politician Roman Haider of the party FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) caused the interruption of a lecture about political extremism in an Austrian school in spring 2017, a heated debate erupted over the place of politics in school education. The controversy raises important questions over the aims and principles of civic education.
The post Political Aberrations appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-16/political-aberrations/
History is strongly present in public, be it in historical-political debates or on the occasion of anniversaries. At the same time, it is more and more difficult for the science of history to make its voice heard.
The post History Boom versus Crisis of the Science of History appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-15/crisis-of-history/
The new coalition agreement was closely examined with a view to so-called future issues. But it is also noteworthy with regard to Public History – and to the historical classification of the present.
The post Time and History (in) of the Grand Coalition appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-14/history-grand-coalition/
An increasing number of television serials about Turkish history such as "Payitaht Abdülhamid" or "Resurrection Ertugrul" have been produced in Turkey in the second decade of the 2000s...
The post Learning History through Television Serials appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-6/learning-history-through-television-serials/
Public history in Russia reveals the state's desire to monopolize public space associated with the past. This new direction, consequently, cannot find a constructive dialogue with the state, society and professional historians.
The post Public History in Russia: What Is It? appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-2/public-history-in-russia-what-is-it/
As progress, urbanization, economical growth transform China, its official and inofficial versions of history change rapidly, too. Public History in China. If history is no longer intellectual navel-gazing, but a social form of knowledge...
The post Some Patterns of Making Public History in China (1) appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-35/public-history-in-china-1/
Historic monuments are making the news. The removal of Confederacy leaders’ statues has provoked reaction in the USA. In Australia, at the same time, news that vandals had defaced the Captain Cook statue in Sydney, garnered attention.
The post Are Monuments History? appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-34/are-monuments-history/
In New Zealand, young people are encouraged to engage in the commemoration of war. They are in an ambivalent position. Whilst they are expected to reinforce the war remembrance, questioning New Zealand’s war record is not an option.
The post ANZAC and the Right to Dissent appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-21/anzac-and-the-place-of-dissent/
Curriculum debates: Increasingly, school history has become the focus of public interest, although the fault lines of related debates seem to fall along predictably and often polarised political orientations.
The post Curriculum Debates as Public History: Australia appeared first on Public History Weekly.
The House of History Austria will be opened in November 2018. It is a museum with a long history, characterised by disputes about the location, the content orientation and the fear of political influence.
The post Highly Controversial: The House of History Austria appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-7/highly-controversial-house-of-history-austria/