EUROCLIO AND LEBANESE ASSOCIATION FOR HISTORY HOST REGIONAL HISTORY TEACHER TRAINING

In May EUROCLIO in cooperation with new EUROCLIO member theLebanese Association for History (LAH), organized its first ever regional seminar in Beirut, Lebanon, within the framework of the Mediterranean Dialogues programme. Read all about the trainings and experiences of the 30 participants from Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey of the training seminar “Towards a responsible and…

LESSONS FROM FINLAND ON HISTORY EDUCATION

In collaboration with the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, the Lebanese American University, and the Finnish History Association (FHA), The Lebanese Association for History (LHA) organized on December 6, 2014 a workshop entitled “Lessons from Finland on History Education”. The workshop was attended by 40 teachers from 18 Lebanese schools and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East.  The workshop facilitated…

Lessons from Finland on History Education

In collaboration with the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, the Lebanese American University, and the Finnish History Association (FHA), LAH organized on December 6, 2014 a workshop entitled “Lessons from Finland on History Education”. The workshop was attended by 40 teachers from eighteen Lebanese schools. The workshop facilitated by Riitta Mikkola (FHA) the vice…

Towards a Responsible and Disciplinary Approach to History Education in the Mediterranean Region

LAH in collaboration with Euroclio, the European association for History Educators, organised four-day regional seminar for history educators entitled “Towards a Responsible and Disciplinary Approach to History Education in the Mediterranean Region – Empowering educators to use multi-perspective approaches and historical thinking concepts in the classroom”. The seminar hosted by Notre-Dame Univeristy-Louaize (NDU) joined a…

What does it mean to ‘do’ history?

An introduction to historical enquiry and secondary concepts with focus on continuity and change In collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Center for Lebanese Studies, LAH invited Maria Georgiou from Cyprus to facilitate activities that introduce disciplinary approaches to learning history. Maria facilitated the workshop What does it mean to…

Historical Thinking: An approach for teaching history in conflict areas

Lessons from the Greek Cypriot – Turkish Cypriot experience LAH organised a workshop on October 20, 2013 in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies, the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (Cyprus), the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut, and Notre Dame University. The workshop entitled “Historical…

Teaching and Learning the Civil War

On 18 – 19 June 2013, LAH organized a series of presentations on approaches to “Teaching and learning the civil war”. LAH partnered with the Centre for Lebanese Studies, the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, the Open Society and the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies at AUB. The presentations took place at…