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NAHF Participates in the EUROCLO Annual Conference

Between the 21 and 26 of April 2018, the Northeast Asian History Foundation (NAHF) hosted a workshop and a session at the 25th annual conference of the European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO). EUROCLIO is an umbrella organization that facilitates individuals or organizations related to history education in authoring joint history textbooks and exchanging didactics to resolve historical conflicts in Europe. NAHF has been involved in exchange with EUROCLIO since 2016.

From April 22, NAHF hosted a two-day workshop for those involved in joint history textbooks. The workshop’s purpose was to help those involved in history textbook development in Europe establish connections with those involved in developing the Korea-China-Japan joint history textbook. The event was able to offer new inspirations for exchanging information and developing joint history textbooks in East Asia.

On April 24, NAHF hosted a session for Korean history teachers who presented about the direction of narratives in Korean textbooks, cases on teaching history in class and through extracurricular activities, and efforts to resolve historical conflicts involving Korea. Professor Maurizio Riotto of the University of Naples chaired the session and moderated discussions based on presentations given by current Korean history teachers Kwon Oh-cheong from Gajeul High School, Bang Dae-gwang from Korea University High School, and Jo Hyun-suh from Hwibong High School.

Following this annual conference, NAHF plans to invite to Korea European teachers who are EUROCLIO members and introduce methodologies used for history education in 28 different countries that are part of the European Union. The history teachers from Europe will also be asked to perform demonstrations at Korean schools on how they carry out lessons in class. Their visit is expected to serve as a good opportunity to learn from Europe’s experience of integration and study European cases of history education.