From 22nd till 26th of June 2011 the second Regional Work Session in the EUROCLIO Project “History that Connects. How to teach sensitive and controversial history in the countries of Former Yugoslavia” took place in Veles, Republic of Macedonia. History Teachers Associations from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia participated actively. They were joined by observers, representing the Associations in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Switzerland and Turkey. Dr Cecyl Esau (Institute of Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town, South Africa) presented how reconciliation through oral history investigations is helping South Africa move on as a “rainbow nation”. This was extremely relevant as it gave way to an open and honest debate about the role of recent conflict, memories of revenge and victimhood in people, which is an element in addressing sensitive and controversial issues in societies. On the second day, new draft teaching modules were presented and peer-reviewed, all had a focus on the period 1900-1945 and built on the draft timeline and ideas from the first seminar in Sarajevo. Finally, using different discussion groups a reflection and consultation process took place, which led to a common understanding of the results, challenges and next steps for the project. In general, the meeting was very successful in reaching the aims, as well as it provided the capacity to continue the cross-border grassroots civic engagement and networking for history education.
Please read the Report 2st Regional Work Session June 2011 (1.31 MB) or Browse the presented materials and available resources. For more information please visit the EUROCLIO History that Connects Page, or contact Project Manager Jonathan Even-Zohar via jonathan@euroclio.nl
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