Personal Details: Seixas, Peter
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Peter Seixas, PhD, was Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia, where he was also the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness. His edited collections include New Directions in Assessing Historical Thinking (2015) with Kadriye Ercikan, Theorizing Historical Consciousness (2004), and Knowing, Teaching and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (2000) with Peter Stearns and Sam Wineburg. He is also a co-author of The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts (2013) and Canadians and Their Pasts (2013). His contributions have been recognized with (among others) the Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness (2001-2014), a fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, the American Studies Association’s Constance Rourke Award, the American Historical Association’s William Gilbert Award, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Service to Canada and the 2015 Grambs Distinguished Research Career Award from the National Council for Social Studies (USA).
Peter Seixas passed away in 2022, October.
In memoriam, by the University of British Columbia
Peter Seixas, Dr. phil., war Professor am Institut für Bildungswissenschaften der Universität von British Columbia (Vancouver), wo er ebenfalls der Gründungsdirektor des Zentrums für Geschichtsbewusstseins-Studien war. Seine Herausgeberschriften umfassen u.a. New Directions in Assessing Historical Thinking (2015) zusammen mit Kadriye Ercikan, Theorizing Historical Consciousness (2004), und Knowing, Teaching and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (2000) zusammen mit Peter Stearns und Sam Wineburg. Darüber hinaus ist er auch Co-Autor von The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts (2013) und Canadians and Their Pasts (2013). Seine Veröffentlichungen und Projekte sind u.a. ausgezeichnet worden mit dem Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness(2001-2014), einem Stipendium der Society of Canada, des American Studies Association’s Constance Rourke Award des Historical Association’s William Gilbert Award, der Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Service to Canada und des 2015 Grambs Distinguished Research Career Award from the National Council for Social Studies (USA).
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Culture, Civilization and Historical Consciousness
Kultur, Zivilisation und Geschichtsbewusstsein
Culture, Civilization and Historical Consciousness
Revisions to the history curriculum currently under way in British Columbia, Canada replace, among other changes, a senior course on Comparative Civilizations with one entitled Comparative Cultures.
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History Educators in a New Era
Geschichte lehren in einem neuen Zeitalter
History Educators in a New Era
This is a dangerous moment, globally, for the liberal arts, education and research, for democratic values generally, and for history and history education specifically.
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In Search of Narrative Plausibility
Auf der Suche nach narrativer Triftigkeit
In Search of Narrative Plausibility
How shall we articulate a concept of plausibility of historical narratives as a way to assess their adequacy? Jörn Rüsen offers a starting point with his definition of 'Triftigkeit'.
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A History/Memory Matrix for History Education
Eine Geschichts-/Gedächtnis-Matrix für die Historische Bildung
A History/Memory Matrix for History Education
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...