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Historical Consciousness, Fake News, and the Other
Historisches Bewusstsein, Fake News und das Andere
Historical Consciousness, Fake News, and the Other
Seldom does a day go past since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States without reports of "alternative facts" and "fake news". This presents both a problem and an opportunity for history educators.
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Socialism Realised
Sozialismus greifbar gemacht | Socialism Realised - cesta tam a zase zpátky
Socialism Realised
Might the experience of living in a communist regime be useful for the general international public? This is our attempt to answer this question.
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Photographs and Occupied Cities
Fotografien und besetzte Städte | Photographies et villes occupées
Photographs and Occupied Cities
Historical photos are a favoured instrument of Public Historians, especially in exhibitions. They evoke emotions and create narrative dimensions for a broad audience.
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“Whitewater Canoeists” or “Rule Applying Automats”?
"Wildwasserpaddler" oder "Regelanwendungsautomaten"?
“Whitewater Canoeists” or “Rule Applying Automats”?
The question in History Didactics isn't always so much as what the students need to know but what a history teacher actually needs to know in order to be able to work successfully.
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The Reformation Jubilee. A Polemic
Das Reformationsjubiläum. Eine Polemik | Het reformatiejubileum. Een polemiek
The Reformation Jubilee. A Polemic
Unconcerned minds may fall prey to the idea – quite appropriate for a first intuition – that the Reformation jubilee has something to do with historical reassessment.
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Curriculum Debates as Public History: Australia
Lehrplandebatten als Public History: Australien
Curriculum Debates as Public History: Australia
Curriculum debates: Increasingly, school history has become the focus of public interest, although the fault lines of related debates seem to fall along predictably and often polarised political orientations.
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Remembering in Dresden 2017
Erinnern in Dresden 2017
Remembering in Dresden 2017
The bombing of Dresden in 1945 has been interpreted as a barbarian destruction of an “innocent city” - until today. The “Monument” by the Syrian-German artist, M. Halbouni, challenges this remembrance.
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History Education in Times of Trump
Historische Bildung in Zeiten von Trump | La enseñanza de la historia en tiempos de Tump
History Education in Times of Trump
What interpretations of Mexico-United States relations will the new curriculum of Mexican history recommend? What should we study to prepare a critical citizenry?