What is the role of history in the Colombian peace process? How can the study of history contribute to conflict resolution? Why should we continue to have difficult conversations about the past? How can we ensure history doesn’t repeat itself? Eamon Gilmore COLOMBIA: MAKING PEACE AND HISTORY...
On 19 October we discussed the direction of European history with Professor Timothy Garton Ash. https://youtu.be/pHgz4DghfTY Watch the discussion on our YouTube channel and sign our declaration to receive invitations to our future events! ...
MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 | 4 PM – 8 PM EET How is history reflected in the public discussion in Hungary today? What kind of history-related arguments do politicians use and what kind of history is taught in schools? And what kind of restrictions are there...
There is a need for a more diverse historical narrative in Finland. The status of minorities should be addressed also in official circumstances, even if it cannot be currently painted in an honourable or just light. We must be able to question the one dimensional...
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On March 5th 2018 Historians without Borders, in cooperation with the University of Johannesburg and ACCORD - The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, organises a seminar on the legacy of colonialism. Please RSVP: Ismail Badrudin (ismailb@uaj.ac.za) or call +27 (0)11 559 2303. Welcome! HOW HISTORIANS ADDRESS...
Erkki Tuomioja´s opening remarks at the International Students of History Association Seminar in Helsinki 25.7. 2017 2015 was the centenary of the events in the Ottoman Empire in which up to a million and a half Armenians met their deaths. Historians on all sides are more...
On September 4-5 we organize a seminar on the joint and parallel histories of Russia and Ukraine. The seminar is organised in cooperation with the German Historical Institute, the University of Helsinki and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. We wish to facilitate discussion...
Speech by Erkki Tuomioja, 26.4.2017, Helsinki I think historians should approach today’s subject in a suitably humble frame of mind. With few exceptions – I am thinking for example of Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and his path-breaking History of the world’s climate from the year 1000...
Speech by Erkki Tuomioja at ICD Berlin Economic Forum 10.3.2017 A significant part and maybe even a majority of all conflicts have economic and social causes. Social discrimination and unequal access to economic resources are also at work in most ethnic, religious and other conflicts where...