Geschichtswissenschaftliche Blogs auf einen Blick
The VHD resolution of 2018 has created a stir. So far, however, the danger that such resolutions, which positively affect specific national sensitivities, will be imitated, has been overlooked.
The post The 2018 VHD Resolution and the Pyrenees appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-12/vhd-resolution-2/
It's important to consider how human beings use historical contents like the "Reconquista": The past has been conceptually re-elaborated to maintain and to justify the present and to format the future.
The post “Reconquest” – Historical Narrative or Xenophobic View? appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-7/reconquista-populism/
Ever since its nomination as the word of the year 2016, the concept of “post-truth” continues to agitate public opinion. But what is the solution? About Alethic Populism.
The post Post-Truth and Alethic Populism appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-34/post-truth-alethic-populism/
A resolution adopted by venerable Association of German Historians (VHD) General Assembly with a large majority “on current threats to democracy” attracted considerable attention. On the much-debated VHD-resolution.
The post Historians and Politics. Quarrel Over a Current Resolution appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-31/vhd-resolution/
The rise of right-wing populists and the brutalization of public space that they pursued recalls Stefan Zweig's narration of the years predating this year’s commemorative years 1918 and 1938.
The post The World of Yesterday is not the World of Today appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-31/world-of-yesterday-not-today/
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/
This is a dangerous moment, globally, for the liberal arts, education and research, for democratic values generally, and for history and history education specifically.
The post History Educators in a New Era appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-20/history-educators-in-a-new-era/