6th Congress on Polish Studies (March 14 – 17)
Hörsaalzentrum TU Dresden, Bergstraße 64, 01069 Dresden
How to teach history in the context of war in Ukraine?
Sharing European stories through the Polish-German history textbook and new projects on teaching Ukrainian history. (Panel V, 7)
March 16, 2024, 2 pm – 4.30 pm
(The panel is organized in cooperation by the Centre for Historical Research in Berlin of the Polish Academy of Science with the Joint German-Polish Textbook Commission at the Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut in Braunschweig, the EFREC Program and the European Association of History Educators EuroClio)
Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine brings challenges for history education in schools in EU countries. It also raises many questions: How to teach Ukrainian history in Poland and Germany? How to inform the general and professional public in the European Union about the current situation of the education system in Ukraine? How can we support teachers and schoolchildren in Ukraine? To what extent can we use the experiences from the Polish-German textbook project "Europe. Our History", but also other transnational teaching materials, to produce similar materials on history of Ukraine in the broader context of European history? We will try to find answers to these questions during a panel discussion following the presentation of the documentary “War on Education” by Italian director Stefano Di Pietro who takes a close look at the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian education system (https://www.waroneducation.org/).
Program
Part One
2:00 – 2:15 pm: Introduction to the film presentation by Steven Stegers (Executive Director of European Association of History Educators EuroClio) in Hague and Mahdalina Rozhniatovska – EuroClio (online)
2:15-3:10 pm: Presentation of the documentary: “War on Education”, directed by Stefano Di Pietro (53 min.)
Part Two
3:30-4:30 Panel discussion (in English and German): How to teach history in the context of war in Ukraine?
Moderation: Marcin Fronia – Centre for Historical Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin (CBH PAN)
Participants:
Igor Kąkolewski – Director of Centre for Historical Research Berlin Polish Academy of Sciences (CBH PAN)
Marcin Wiatr – Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut in Braunschweig, EFREC Programme
Maryna Kaftan – European Association of History Educators EuroClio in Hague (online)
Mykoła Popadiuk – Ukrainian Youth Delegate to the UN, Country Director of ENGin Program in Ukraine (online)
Thomas Canino and Bjorn Wansink – Utrecht University (online)
