Archive - 08/2018

28-Aug-2018

New Publication 'Schulbuch und religiöse Vielfalt' (Textbooks and Religious Diversity)

Volume 143 of the series ‘Eckert.Die Schriftenreihe’ is now available. Written by Prof. Riem Spielhaus and Dr Zrinka Štimac and titled ‘Schulbuch und religiöse Vielfalt’ (Textbooks and Religious Diversity) the book…

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27-Aug-2018

Event

3rd International Conference on Global Citizenship Education

The 3rd International Conference on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) took place in Seoul on the 5 and 6 September 2018. At the conference delegates from around the world discussed current issues, proven practices and…

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26-Aug-2018

News

The GEI mourns the loss of Henry H. Arnhold, benefactor of the Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace.

The Georg Eckert Institute regrets to report the sad passing of Henry H. Arnhold (1921-2018), who died in New York on 23 August, 2018. Henry Arnhold was an exceptional figure, an inspiration and example to us all, who…

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23-Aug-2018

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Europe and Educational Media

The International Society for Historical and Systematic Research on Textbooks and Educational Media e.V (IGSBi) held its annual conference, titled Europe and Educational Media, on 6 and 7 October in Brixen, Italy. The…

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23-Aug-2018

Press Review

The persistence of anti-Semitic sentiment in textbooks

Dr Dirk Sadowski, a research fellow at the GEI was among those interviewed for an article by Spiegel Online regarding the criticism levelled at German textbooks by Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews…

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22-Aug-2018

Press Release

Climate change and migration – Tobias Ide speaks to ‘20 Minuten’

‘People will continue to come to Europe over the next 50 years due to political discrimination, violence or poverty’ according to Tobias Ide, a political scientist at the GEI. Climate change may intensify the rationale…

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20-Aug-2018

Event

Islam in Eastern German Schools

On the 9 November 2018 the conference ‘Islam in Eastern German Schools’ (Islam und Schule in Ostdeutschland) will be held at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig). Riem Spielhaus, head of the…

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08-Aug-2018

News

2017 ANNUAL REPORT NOW ONLINE

Our annual report for 2017 reflects on a year that was full of new and exciting developments and events. The report presents the research departments and their projects and highlights the findings from 2017. It not only…

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06-Aug-2018

Press Release

#MeTwo: ‘The topic should be included in textbooks’

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Riem Spielhaus discusses #MeTwo, the current debate about racism and why the topic should be addressed in textbooks.

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06-Aug-2018

Press Review

Religious education in schools in the context of religious, philosophical and ideological plurality

Riem Spielhaus and Zrinka Štimac are working with the Federal Agency for Civic Education to illustrate options and approaches that address how religious education in schools can best adjust to increasing religious,…

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05-Aug-2018

Press Release

Questions on textbooks answered for children

Who defines what appears in textbooks? And who decides which textbooks are to be used in lessons? These were some of the questions answered by Eckardt Fuchs in an interview with Kakadu, the children’s radio programme by…

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