Future(s) in History Textbooks
Zukünfte in GeschichtsbüchernDigital learning tools for history lessons enjoy great popularity, at the same time textbook publishers top the sales lists of the book trade.
Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Textbooks
The article is dealing with the connection between fake news, conspiracy theories and school history textbooks. The spread of fake news and conspiracy theories in the public sphere represents a social challenge of the future. The leading medium textbook can be part of the answer to this challenge if it consistently aims to initiate critical-historical thinking.
Elastic Textbooks: Pulling National Pasts Forward
Historical Maps between History and Memory
In his contribution, Mario Carretero takes up current research findings on historical maps in textbooks and describes them as a missing link between history and memory. The misunderstandings found among... Read More ›
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History’s Trolley Problem
History’s Trolley Problem
Should history be taught on big scales, or should it focus on the experiences of small groups or even individuals over shorter times?
Kant – a Racist?
Kant – ein Rassist?
Kant – a Racist?
Abstract: The question of whether Immanuel Kant is a racist or even the founder of European racism is subject to ongoing debate in philosophical research and has only recently sparked... Read More ›
Once the Statues are out of Sight?
Was, sobald die Statuen außer Sicht sind?
Once the Statues are out of Sight?
Underlying inequalities will remain despite the erasure of historically racist monuments, and perhaps even by virtue of such erasure.
The Future of Objects—The Future of Academic Exchange?
Zukunft der Objekte – Zukunft des akademischen Austauschs?
The Future of Objects—The Future of Academic Exchange?
This paper examines how conferences and symposiums can be organised in the digital space with the example of their own symposium "Zukunft der Objekte".