Past Times - Talking and Teaching History

Historian, educator, and EuroClio Board Member Juraj Varga joins the podcast to discuss Making Visegrad Histories Digital , a free online resource hub for teaching communist-era history across the Visegrad region, as well as plans for a new Central and East European teacher network within EuroClio. The conversation also covers Slovakia's new history curriculum and the recent controversy over t...

In this episode, Andreas Holtberget talks to Nayla Hamadeh about her motivations for founding the Lebanese Association for History (LAH) and its impact on history teaching in Lebanon as a post-conflict country following the civil war. Nayla and Andreas go on to talk about the current war on Lebanon and its implications for teaching and the importance of a teacher's community in times of confli...

This podcast by Maastricht University student Alex Gonzalez Diaz discusses contested historical sites, Syncretismo in Guadalajara (2017), and Monumento al Mestizaje (Malinchismo) (1982) in Mexico City. It provides context and history of the monuments, introduces the actors involved in the contestation, and explores themes of syncretism and ethnic hybridisation. Syncretismo by Ismeal Varjas combine...

Contested Histories co-director Marie-Louise Jansen and Timothy Ryback, Director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation , joins our podcast to celebrate 10 years of the Contested Histories intiative. The intiative, now hosted at EuroClio, maps contestations and controversies over statues, memorials, street names and other representations of disputed historical legacies in publi...

Stefania Gargioni and Maria Vlachaki, history educators in Paris and Thessaloniki, join the podcast to talk about their ongoing work for EuroClio's Moving Europe project. The two are making a step-by-step guide for teachers on how they can collaborate with (migration) museums in taking history outside of the classroom.

Simona Stankutė joins our podcast to talk about her recent residency with EuroClio and the work done by her colleagues at the Lithuanian History Teachers' Association creating an alternative history curriculum. We talk about challenges of overcrowded curricula , the steps needed to change a curriculum, and how teachers in Lithuania are in dialogue with the government in shaping the future of h...

Em. prof. dr. Judith Pace (University of San Francisco, USA) joins our podcast to talk about her research on teaching controversial topics, notably her latest academic work in South Africa, while also sharing some tips and recommendations for teachers. Judy's latest article, Deliberative dialogues with preservice teachers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa using a gradient of controversy a...

In this episode Andreas Holtberget speaks with Jessica Ellison from the National Council for History Education in the United States. They talk about the challenges arising from Trump's re-election, from defunding of education and the chilling effects of his many executive orders to book banning and teacher solidarity in response.

In this episode, Andreas Holtberget speaks with Jonathon Dallimore , Executive Officer for the History Teachers' Association of New South Wales (HTANSW) on his recently published book, 'Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers'.

Andreas Holtberget is joined by Dominic Studer to talk about global history and why we should teach it. Dominic has over the last few years been working on a project titled Globalgeschichtliche Perspektiven im Schweizer Geschichtsunterricht (Global perspectives in Swiss History Education) and he shares some of the findings and results of this project. How did the Swiss teachers involved "globalise...

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Rowntree from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford (UK) about the challenges of properly contextualising a museum collection with a strong colonial legacy. What to do with contested or questionable labels or object descriptions? How to involve affected communities whose objects are exhibited?

We are joined by the head of the Historiana Content Team ⁠ Dr. Robert Stradling⁠ to talk about his new project on migration history. The topic is highly present in contemporary political discourse and therefore, Bob argues, crucial to teach in order to make history feel relevant for today's students. Bob has a long track record with EuroClio and has also worked extensively in the past with the...

What is going on in Russian (history) education? Your podcast hosts speak with Valentina Papeikienė and Larisa Leganger Bronder, both from the European Wergeland Centre , a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship in Oslo. The EWC recently published their report 'Education in the Service of Ideology and Political Gain: The Case of Ru...

While in Vilnius for EuroClio's Annual Conference in 2023, I had the chance to sit down with Tommaso Piccinno and Michele Masini, researchers on board games in education at the University of Genoa. We talk about the use of board games in history education - with teacher Marco Tibaldini joining us briefly. Audio warning: Vilnius was also host to some very opinionated and chirpy birds...

We visit the University of Utrecth and speak wth Dr. Bjorn Wansink from TerInfo . TerInfo is a project group that does research on how terrorism and war is taught and tackled in schools. In addition to research, they also create teacher guides and learning scenarios to help teachers deal with these difficult topics.

EuroClio recently had the pleasure to host students from two schools who joined us in The Hague for our Seeking Justice: From Nuremberg to The Hague workshop. We chat with Ailia Criddle and Julia Karam from the American International School in Cyprus about their experience coming to learn about various aspects of international justice, including those related to genocide and crimes against humanit...

We visit HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and speak with Pim Renou and Pieter Mannak about artificial intelligence and ChatGPT. How can we make best use of this new technology for teaching history? What challenges does it pose to us as educators and how do we best respond?

Maayke and Andreas speak with Professor Joseph Kahne (from the Civic Engagement Research Group at the University of California, Riverside ) about digital citizenship in education. We discuss the spread of misinformation, but also how digital citizenship can lead to greater participation in public life. With the fast-paced digitisation and automation underway, what can teachers and educators do to...

We speak with South African broadcaster and author Joanne Joseph about her novel Children of Sugarcane , set mostly in 19th century colonial India and South Africa and telling the story of a female indentured Indian labourer migrating to work at a plantation in the Colony of Natal. We speak about Joanne's own family history and how it inspired her to dig deeper into what has been a largely neg...

In this episode, we speak to Helen Snelson and Katarína Pišútová who contributed to the development of the Teacher Guide on Effective and Blended Learning – as part of the project: Online Teaching in the Visegrad Region. We reflect on opportunities and challenges deriving from the implementation of online learning activities as well as crucial ingredients of valuable online learning materials.

In conversation with Laurence Bragard and Blandine Smilansky, we discuss the challenge of setting up a museum on European history from scratch. Which artefacts finds its way to the exhibition and what is left out? We also discover the possibilities for teachers and students visiting Brussels or working with the House of European History online from their own classroom

In this episode, Maayke and Andreas speak with Rodrigo Mayorga (Instagram rodrigomayorgac ), Director of Momento Constituyente , about the consitutional reform process that took place in Chile over the last few years. Momento Constituyente is an NGO based in Santiago de Chile and focusing on civics/citizenship education. Both Rodrigo and his NGO were actively encouraging conversations around the c...

EuroClio's Adam Dargiewicz and Andreas Holtberget speak with Prof. Joanna Wojdon (University of Wrocław) and Jacek Staniszewski (history teacher, headmaster, and co-founder of The Good Education Association). We discuss the latest developments and proposed changes to the Polish history curriculum, the new and controversial subject ‘History and the Present’ (HiT in the Polish abbreviation) and the...

In this episode, EuroClio staff Eugenie Khatschatrian and Andreas Holtberget speak with a teacher, Tatjana Juric, and a student, Teofan Badza, both from a high school in Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina about their project focusing on the victims of the Ustase regime during World War II.  The work in Banja Luka was part of the   "Who were the victims of the national socialists" project f...

Our latest podcast guest is the social activist, teacher, and president of the South African Society for History Teaching, Marj Brown. We speak on overcoming the deep racial divides post-Apartheid, current challenges for history teaching in South Africa and possibilities for regional and global collaboration in history education.