[Bilimsel Haber] Teaching History and Textbooks in Europe, Istanbul, 18th - 19th May 2007

[Onur Inal]

Writing History Together
Teaching History and Textbooks in Europe
18th - 19th May 2007

Conference organized by the French Institute of Anatolian studies (IFEA)
in Istanbul, in collaboration with Notre-Dame de Sion High School in
Istanbul and the Orient-Institut Istanbul.

Programme:

Friday the 18th of May

14.30 - Opening:
Yann de LANSALUT (Director of Notre Dame de Sion high school - Istanbul)
Pierre CHUVIN (Director of the French Institute of Anatolian Studies
(IFEA) - Istanbul)

14.50 - First session: "How to transcend national history?" President of
the session: Alexandre TOUMARKINE (IFEA - Istanbul)
Rereading national history and opening it to the world: Turkish
experiences

14.50 - Ahmet KUYAS (Galatasaray University) :
"The textbook TUSIAD: a national history in an international
background".

15.15 - Faruk ALPKAYA (Tarih Vakfi - Ankara University):
"The history textbook of Tarih Vakfi"

15.40 - Questions-Answers

16.00 - Coffee Break

Transcending national antagonisms

16.15 - Pierre MONNET (Scientific Council of the French-German
University): "Genesis of the French-German textbook Nathan-Klett"
16.40 - Alain DELISSEN (Director of the Research Center on Korea -
EHESS): "About the 2005 Japanese-Korean History textbook".
17.05 - Questions-Answers
17.30 - End of the First Session
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Saturday the 19th of May

10.00 - Second session: Work in progress : Writing history of Southeast
Europe
President of the session: Etienne COPEAUX (Historian, specialist on
Turkish history textbooks)

10.00 - Christina KOULOURI (University of the Peloponnese - Center for
Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe CDRSEE): "Teaching a
common History in a divided area: the works of CDRSEE"

10.25 - Stefan IHRIG (Georg Eckert Institute):
"Turkey in Europe? The Balkans nexus with Europe in history textbooks"

10.50 - Irena STEFOSKA (Institute of National History)
"History curricula and textbooks in multicultural and multiethnic
societies: the case of Republic of Macedonia"

11.25 - Questions-Answers

12.50 - End of the second session

13.00-14.00 : Mealtime

14.00- Third session: Reception and uses of new textbooks
President of the session: Huguette MEUNIER-CHUVIN (Journal l'Histoire -
Galatasaray University)

14.00 - Nikos SIGALAS (IFEA - Istanbul) :
"The polemic about the new Greek history textbook"

14.25 - Valérie HANNIN (Journal l'Histoire - High Council for National
Education):
"Reception and uses of the French-German textbook"

14.50 - Hayrettin KAYA (History teacher at the Notre Dame de Sion High
School-Istanbul):
"How to use new textbooks and skills of history teaching in Turkey?"�

15.15 - Questions-Answers

15.40 - Coffee Break

16.00 - General Discussion: The diffusion of new tools and textbooks and
its obstacles.

Moderators: Mutlu ÖZTÜRK (Toplumsal Tarih Dergisi - Egitim-Sen Istanbul
- 3) Hasan Tahsin ÖZKAYA (Tarih Vakfi Ögretmenler Platformu] - HEV
Kemerköy Okullari Tarih Ögretmeni [History Teachers]

17.00 - End of the conference

Simultaneous translation will be given

Place:
Lycée Notre Dame de Sion
Cumhuriyet Cad. 205
Harbiye 34373 Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 219 16 97 +90
212 231 26 16

For more information:
French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA)
Phone: +90 212 244 17 17 (113)
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