Europe and “the others”: Colonial and Decolonial Perspectives in History Education
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Date
I. Wednesday, 26.08.2026, 14:00-15:30
II. Thursday, 27.08.2026, 08:30-10:30
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LocationHouse 1- SR 223
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ThemeB - Teaching History and Public History
Abstract
Convenor
- Joanna Wojdon (University of Wrocław )
Chair
- Angelos Palikidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
Panelists
- Jacques Ngong Atembone (University of Yaounde)
- Andrea Brait (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems/Donau-Universität Krems)
- Karl Benziger ()
- Philipp Bernhard (University of Regensburg)
- Georg Marschnig (University of Graz)
- Maria Mavrommati (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Johan Wassermann (University of Pretoria)
- Vuyo Jack (University of Pretoria)
- Markus Wurzer (University of Graz)
- Leonidas Moiras (Democritus University of Thrace)
Papers
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Teaching about the Cameroon War between 1945 and 1971 in secondary schools. Between decolonisation of mindsets and the rise of anti-French sentiment
Jacques Ngong Atembone -
Chambers of wonders and the presentation of colonial worldviews
Andrea Brait -
Re-colonizing the narrative: The authoritarian turn in the United States and its attempt to capture the ‘Exceptionalist Narrative’ in the Social Studies classroom
Karl Benziger -
Postcolonial theory in history education: Potentials and limitations
Philipp Bernhard -
Colonial heritage in online spaces. Digital mapping as historical agency
Georg Marschnig, Markus Wurzer -
Roma as the absent Other: Internal colonialism and ethical responsibility in Greek history textbooks
Maria Mavrommati -
The thinking of African history teachers on Afrocentrism – a South African case study
Johan Wassermann, Vuyo Jack -
Struggling between the nation and the empire: pro-colonial and anti-colonial patterns in Turkish history education
Leonidas Moiras, Angelos Palikidis