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Since 1993 it has been gratifying to see the emergence of independent, new national organisations of history educators
across Europe, and is a matter of pride to see these develop and contribute within their own national- and within the international sphere. This policy resulted in a growing amount of EUROCLIO Members, which therefore developed in a more than Europe-wide network of independent Associations of history educators.
In order to allow most Members Organisations to participate in the democratic procedures of the Annual EUROCLIO General Assembly, the organisation works to obtain extra financial opportunities. Member Organisations can therefore apply to the Comenius/Grundvig programme. Other Member Organistion are able to find financial support through their own governments, or other International bodies.
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Lithuanian HTA: Vilnius Heritage’s Conference
In year 1387 a king of Poland Jogaila granted Magdeburg rights to the city of Vilnius. To celebrate the 625-th anniversary of this event LIMA (Lithuanian HTA) organized the Annual Conference. It took place on Tuesday 3rd April 2012 at historical Vilnius City Hall building. The traditional theme of the Conference “Modern methods of history teaching” was added. The theme of Vilnius history teaching was accented. The participants have been welcomed by the mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas, Lithuanian Parliament member Mantas Adomenas and the Executive Director of The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in LithuaniaRonaldas Racinskas.Professor of Vilnius University Alfredas Bumblauskas made a rich report about some traditional points of view on Lithuanian history. Professor said that modern history explorers must have more logical and objective thinking. He believes in multicultural heritage of Vilnius. Dr.Vitalija Stravinskiene analyzed the migration problems in Vilnius after WW2. History teachers Eugenijus Manelis, Violeta Krischiuniene (LIMA president) and Ingrida Vilkiene spoke about the experience of teaching the past of native town. After the Conference session all the teachers had a possibility to visit Vilnius Gallery of Art, there educational excursions were organized. For more information, please contact
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LIMA: The Lithuanian Student Annual History Competition
The 22-th traditional Lithuanian student history competition took place in the city of Kedainiai onApril 14-15, 2012. It was focused on the theme “The Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s culture from the 13th until the end of the 18th century”. The students had to overcome a varioushistory tests. The best of them created an essay next competition day. The teachers and students had possibility to visit most interesting sites of Kedainiai. A history of this city is closely connected to life of Lithuanian noble J.Radvilaandthefamousmodernpoet, Nobel Prize laureate C.Milosz’s childhood. The winners got a lot of books as a prize. For more information, please contact
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LIMA supported the student conference about Napoleon
200 years ago Napoleon invaded Russian Imperia. So Russian-French war was started. But Napoleon had another role for Lithuanian people. They believed in French emperor’s liberation mission. To celebrate this significant date the student conference was organized. It took place on 12 April 2012 at Vilnius W.Syrokomlasecondary school. Conference was welcomed by French Embassy’s Culture Center director P.Hanseand Lithuanian HTA Honorary President E.Manelis. Students from Vilnius and other towns of Lithuania prepared different presentations about Napoleon period in Lithuania. Very interesting movie “The days of catastrophe” was showed by film director J.Lingys. For more information, please contact
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Visit the 49th German Historians´ Symposium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, from Sept, 25th-28th this year! This year´s motto Resources and Conflict promises interesting workshops and presentations. VGD is going to chair several sections, among others presentations by EUROCLIANS Prof. Dr. Robert Stradling and Dr. Marat Gibatdinov as well as a panel discussion on the topic of trans-cultural approaches in European history textbooks.
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On the 13th of January almost all schools, different institutions and enterprises participated in the traditional civil initiative “The Memory is live because it proclaims” initiated by The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania. On the 13th January the Freedom Defenders Day at eight o’clock in the morning the memory candles were lighted in the windows for ten minutes to let people feel the consolidation of Lithuanian nation that was especially strong on the day of 13th January, 1991. The flames reminded the tragic days when the Lithuanian society was united by strong values and ideas that helped to resist against the aggression of soviet invaders and local collaborates.
History teachers association of Lithuania supported this initiative and invited all teachers and students to support this idea. In 2012 this initiative was joined by 903 schools and 113 different institutions in Lithuania and abroad.
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EUROCLIO partner, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has recently published "Guidelines for Educators on Countering Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims: Addressing Islamophobia through Education". Dr. Marat Gibatdinov, president of the Tatarstan History Teachers Association has also made a contribution to this OSCE publication.
As the foreword in of the report itself says, the purpose is: "Promoting mutual understanding and respect for diversity, along with countering all forms of intolerance and discrimination, must today, more than ever, be absolute priorities for the international community, in order to maintain peace and stability at both the global and regional levels. The attitudes and tensions that lead to inter-communal conflict are often deeply rooted in stereotypes and misconceptions, and one of the most pressing contemporary challenges is to promote knowledge about, and understanding of, different cultures. Educators play a fundamental role in meeting this challenge."
The complete publication can be read and downloaded here.
