GEI Colloquia
Colloquium: Religion in School History Textbooks: An integrative approach to knowledge dissemination from the perspective of history didactics and the study of religion.
At 3pm on 14 March the GEI colloquium will explore how the topic of ‘religion’ is addressed in history lessons and how the disciplines of religion and history can be combined in the classroom. Read more
Colloquium: ‘Engaging European Citizens with their Common Past- Europeana 1914-1918 and Transcribathon.eu’
The online archive ‘Europeana 1914-1918’ allows people to share their family memories of the First World War with an international audience. It also provides a new approach to the challenge of European commemoration. On 14 February at 5pm Frank Drauschke will present his projects ‘Europeana 1914-1918’ und ‘Transcribathon.eu’ at the GEI in Braunschweig. Read more
Colloquium - The Invention of Democratic Subjectivity: Political Education in the Federal Republic of Germany
What skills should a democrat possess? What defines a democratic personality? How can democratic characteristics be fostered? Philipp Wagner will address these questions on 17 January (6pm) in his presentation titled ‘The invention of democratic subjectivity: Political education in the Federal Republic of Germany’. Read more
Schulbücher als Spiegel von Geschichtskultur - Keltendarstellungen im deutsch-französischen Vergleich
Die frühgeschichtlichen "Kelten" oder "Gallier", die vor der römischen Epoche in Europa lebten und ihre Darstellungen in Geschichtsschulbüchern stellen ein Beispiel dar, wie Vergangenheit immer wieder anders, mit neuen Schwerpunkten und Deutungen erklärt wird. Miriam Sénécheau wird im Kolloquium am 13. Dezember um 17.00 Uhr dieses Beispiel aufgreifen. Read more
Colloquium: Al-Andalus in Syrian and German Versions of History
The Syrian refugees who have arrived in Germany since 2015 were socialised under a dictatorial system. As a result, they transport the knowledge and historical interpretations conveyed in their textbooks to German schools and universities. Franziska Proskawetz (M.Ed.) examines this historical view in her talk on 18 October. Read more
Colloquium on education for sustainable development (ESD): Opportunities and challenges for textbooks and teacher training.
Education for sustainable development is a new trend in educational policy, lately reinforced by a related international UNESCO decade which took place between 2005 and 2014. Nadia Lausselet’s presentation examines the challenges and opportunities facing ESD in terms of textbook development and teacher training. The colloquium will take place on 30 August 2017 in the Georg Eckert Institute... Read more
Colloquium: Digital education using OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) or freely-available educational materials provide innovative and interactive educational possibilities in the digital world. But how are such OER prepared and published through relevant networks? Ingo Blees and Luca Mollenhauer from The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) will present an insight into their work on 7 June. Read more
Human rights education and historical learning
Prof. Martin Lücke, professor of history didactics at the FU Berlin, will talk at the GEI colloquium on 22 March at 5pm. He specialises in the fields of the Holocaust and historical learning, the history of gender and sexuality, and on theoretical debates within history didactics. Read more
Narrative Analyses in Textbook Research: An Example from Religious Studies. Colloquium on 25 January
Anja Kirsch, recipient of the 2016 Georg Eckert Research Award for her dissertation ‘Ideology as Narrative Culture’, spoke on 25 January at the GEI Colloquium on narrative analyses in textbook research. In the GDR, civics textbooks in schools were a central tool in the systematic communication of the Marxist-Leninist scientific worldview. Read more
Transnational Education Influence during the Interwar Period: The League of Nations and China (1930-1939) (Kopie 1)
On 7 December research fellow Kaiyi Li, a research grantee from China, will hold a talk on transnational interrelations in the education sector in the interwar years. She will focus on the relationship between the League of Nations and China in the period from 1930 to 1939. The presentation will begin at 5pm and will be held in English. Read more