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📢 Join the EuroClio Board!
Passionate about history education? 🏛️ EuroClio is seeking new Board Members! Apply by March 3rd, 2025. Elections will be held April 5th in Bratislava.
Apply now or share! 🔗euroclio.eu/2025/02/03/call-…
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Excited about history education? EuroClio seeks Research Fellows to explore global themes, collaborate internationally and publish impactful work. 👩🎓👨🎓
Apply by Jan 30: [email protected].
More information here: euroclio.eu/2025/01/13/call-…
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🗣️Panel 3 spotlighted the dynamic role of #YouthActivism in shaping memory policies and democratic values across Europe trhough inspiring contributions from Xesc Mainzer @JEF_Europe, David González #EUROM, and Paula O’Donohoe @EuroClio @ContestedH #CERV #EuropeanRemembrance
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The Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, source of controversy since 2012, was removed and melted down in 2023. The brass will be used for a new art piece due to the contested legacy of Confederate monuments in the U.S.
Read the full case study: contestedhistories.org/resou…
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In 2020, the Afro-Swedish National Federation called for the removal of King Gustav III's statue in Stockholm, citing his ties to Sweden's colonial past and the slave trade.The case highlights Sweden's struggle with its colonial past.
Read the case study: contestedhistories.org/resou…
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Contested for representing colonialism and white supremacy, Oriel College Oxford chose to keep the Cecil Rhodes statue while providing context to spark discussions on race, history, and its lasting impact.
Learn more in our full case study: contestedhistories.org/resou…
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Excited to announce the launch of the Monument(al) Challenges webinar series!
📍Monday 21 October (16:00-17:30), featuring educators discussing their experiences teaching contested monuments and sensitive topics.
More information here: euroclio.eu/event/teaching-c…
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Great events and turnout in Belgrade 🇷🇸 for the 3rd Belgrade History Symposium w/ @CoE_History @GeorgEckert @ForumRatiu among others. Panel discussing @ContestedH and the 'disarming of history' at French Embassy – at Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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🔗We join these milestones to #StopRacism and honor the victims of slavery by sharing the findings of our 2d report for the Trans-Atlantic Racial Redress Network. It contains 46 initiatives for the reparation of colonialism and the slave trade in Spain 👉
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📢Registrations are open for our next Annual Conference '(Be)longing: Confronting our memories'!
📆📍Join us 25-27 April in Sofia 🇧🇬
euroclio.eu/event/30th-annua…
🎓Host a workshop? Pitch your idea by 5 February!
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It’s almost time for “The Case of Paraguay” webinar! Next week, 22 November at 16:30!
Do not forget to register here: bit.ly/470m9ok
If you want to read more about EuroClio’s webinar offer, check this link: euroclio.eu/event/our-2023-w…
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Today is the Spanish Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the victims of the military coup, the war and the dictatorship of Franco.
Want to know more about this chapter in Spain's history? Listen to the @ContestedH podcast on the Valley of the Fallen
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My piece on the UK Commission on COVID Commemoration report and how we might remember the pandemic in the UK is now in @ConversationUK:
theconversation.com/memory-i…
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Call for Papers 📣
We’re glad to invite you all to send your proposals for the Annual MSA Conference in Lima, from July 18-20, 2024! 🇵🇪
The conference’s theme will be “Memories in Transit” 🔎
For more information, please visit our website: bit.ly/3LJPXgi
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I am #hiring a #research assistant at the UvA #Sociology department. A master’s degree in Sociology or a related field is required. Being able to read and translate #Farsi is a plus. See the full #vacancy and information on how to apply here: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Jun…
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Join our team! We're looking for a doctoral researcher in digital storytelling and history
Info and application ➡️bit.ly/3RyXfXT
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📣A reminder that this Call for Papers for a journal Special Issue on ‘Queer(ing) Art, Curation and Collaboration’ has a deadline of 1 November for abstracts/proposals - get your 300-word abstract in now!
🚨Call for Papers🚨Chris Green and @Dominic___James are editing a special edition of the journal, Art and the Public Sphere called ‘Queer(ing) Art, Curation and Collaboration’. Pls do submit an abstract. Details are in the link 👉intellectbooks.com/art-the-p……
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SAVE THE DATE! 23-25 November 2023
The Italian association of history teachers Clio'92, in partnership with EuroClio, is organising the Pan-European Gathering of History Teachers.
Register here: clio92.org/2023/09/14/call-f…
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A reminder that the Histories at Risk group will be discussing Eritrea next week, all welcome FREE @HistoriesAtRisk @thomascauvin @mcrhistfest @Dr_MaiMusie
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EuroClio is hiring a Professional Development Coordinator / Project Manager to join the staff at the Secretariat. Read the full vacancy on our webpage ->
euroclio.eu/2023/09/11/vacan…
