Past Times - Talking and Teaching History

Nov 12 2024 33 ep. 36 mins 194

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The EuroClio Podcast 'Past Times - Talking and Teaching History' is a podcast series for and by history educators. The aim of the podcast is to discuss topics and ideas that are relevant for the teaching of history, to inspire each other and learn from some of the great minds that are part of our community.

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Episode 32: Labelling Matters

Nov 12 2024 29 mins

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Rowntree from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford (UK) about the challenges of properly contextualising a museum collection with a strong colonial legacy. What to do with contested or questionable labels or object descriptions? How to involve affected communities whose objects are exhibited?

Episode 31: Global Migrations with Bob Stradling

Jul 09 2024 42 mins

We are joined by the head of the Historiana Content Team ⁠Dr. Robert Stradling⁠ to talk about his new project on migration history. The topic is highly present in contemporary political discourse and therefore, Bob argues, crucial to teach in order to make history feel relevant for today's students. Bob has a long track record with EuroClio and has also worked extensively

Episode 30: Education in the service of ideology - with the European Wergeland Centre

Jun 05 2024 44 mins

What is going on in Russian (history) education? Your podcast hosts speak with Valentina Papeikienė and Larisa Leganger Bronder, both from the European Wergeland Centre, a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship in Oslo. The EWC recently published their report 'Education in the Service of Ideology and Political Gain

Episode 29: Board games!

May 23 2024 18 mins

While in Vilnius for EuroClio's Annual Conference in 2023, I had the chance to sit down with Tommaso Piccinno and Michele Masini, researchers on board games in education at the University of Genoa. We talk about the use of board games in history education - with teacher Marco Tibaldini joining us briefly. Audio warning: Vilnius was also host to some very opinionated and chirpy

Episode 28: Tackling Terrorism

Apr 05 2024 34 mins

We visit the University of Utrecth and speak wth Dr. Bjorn Wansink from TerInfo. TerInfo is a project group that does research on how terrorism and war is taught and tackled in schools. In addition to research, they also create teacher guides and learning scenarios to help teachers deal with these difficult topics.

Episode 27: Seeking Justice

Mar 05 2024 23 mins

EuroClio recently had the pleasure to host students from two schools who joined us in The Hague for our Seeking Justice: From Nuremberg to The Hague workshop. We chat with Ailia Criddle and Julia Karam from the American International School in Cyprus about their experience coming to learn about various aspects of international justice, including those related to genocide and crimes

Episode 26: Artificial Intelligence in the classroom

Nov 08 2023 48 mins

We visit HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and speak with Pim Renou and Pieter Mannak about artificial intelligence and ChatGPT. How can we make best use of this new technology for teaching history? What challenges does it pose to us as educators and how do we best respond?

Episode 25: Digital Citizenship

Sep 08 2023 31 mins

Maayke and Andreas speak with Professor Joseph Kahne (from the Civic Engagement Research Group at the University of California, Riverside) about digital citizenship in education. We discuss the spread of misinformation, but also how digital citizenship can lead to greater participation in public life. With the fast-paced digitisation and automation underway, what can teachers and e

Episode 24: Historical fiction in the classroom

Jul 05 2023 33 mins

We speak with South African broadcaster and author Joanne Joseph about her novel Children of Sugarcane, set mostly in 19th century colonial India and South Africa and telling the story of a female indentured Indian labourer migrating to work at a plantation in the Colony of Natal. We speak about Joanne's own family history and how it inspired her to dig deeper into what has bee

Episode 23: Online Teaching in the Visegrad Region

Jun 27 2023 25 mins

In this episode, we speak to Helen Snelson and Katarína Pišútová who contributed to the development of the Teacher Guide on Effective and Blended Learning – as part of the project: Online Teaching in the Visegrad Region. We reflect on opportunities and challenges deriving from the implementation of online learning activities as well as crucial ingredients of valuable online l