Work in Progress. An Interim Editorial

#8
November 2020
Editorial

A History/Memory Matrix for History Education

Eine Geschichts-/Gedächtnis-Matrix für die Historische Bildung

On what grounds do the interventions of school history rest? Why not simply accept “spontaneous” community memory, family myth, commercially produced narratives (e.g., Hollywood cinema) or other state-sponsored memories (e.g., national...

Removing the “Past”: Debates Over Official Sites of Memory

Déboulonner le “passé”: les sites officiels de la mémoire | “Vergangenheit” entfernen: Debatten über staatliche Erinnerungsorte

How should governments respond to demands for removing historic monuments and renaming sites of memory? What role could historical...

Historians and Politics. Quarrel Over a Current Resolution

Historiker*innen und Politik. Streit um eine aktuelle VHD-Resolution

A "VHD-Resolution" adopted by the Association of German Historians General Assembly “on current threats to democracy” attracted attention.

“Reconquest” – Historical Narrative or Xenophobic View?

“Reconquista” – Narrativa historica o concepción xenofóbica? | “Reconquista” – Historisches Narrativ oder xenophobe Sichtweise?

It's important to consider how human beings use historical contents like the "Reconquista": The past has been conceptually re-elaborated to main...

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