On June 19, 2026, in Siena, Italy, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Christophe Kamp, launched The Siena Recommendations on Contested Histories and National Minorities (Siena Recommendations), as part of the HCNM’s thematic Recommendations and Guidelines that offer guidance to authorities of the 57 OSCE participating… Read More
At the heart of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, a very small exclusive luxury island by the name of Saint-Barthélemy carries with it a forgotten past. Slavery was a historical reality; however, a collective narrative that slavery never existed on the island has persisted until recent efforts in… Read More
Decolonialism is commonly seen as grappling with the past and present. However, one temporal concept is missing within this perception: the elusive future. At first glance, it might seem puzzling how facing the past and shaping the present clearly shape our future. Still, I can assure you that such… Read More
An interview with Olga Kvasnitska conducted by Milena Grechina on March 12, 2026. DISCLAIMER: The interview contains graphic content that may upset readers. Moreover, it was conducted in Ukrainian so that the interviewee could express herself more freely. Thus, parts of the conversation have been edited or shortened,… Read More
This article was written by Lidija Zupanic Suica, teacher and director of Education for the 21st Century in Serbia. It was originally published on Education for the 21st Century’s website, which you can visit here. As part of the Monumental Challenges project (2023–2025), led by … Read More
The Swedish workshop took place on October 27th, in Hudiksvall, a smaller city about 270 kilometres north of Stockholm. Invited to the workshop were teachers from Hudiksvall municipality and the neighbouring municipality of Ljusdal. All those invited were history teachers working with students ages 7 to 19, along with… Read More
The national workshop on the “Monumental Challenges” project was held within the framework of the IV Belgrade History Education Symposium, organised by Education for the 21st Century on October 31, 2025, at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. The workshop brought together 30 participants from across Serbia,… Read More
On September 6, 2025, seventeen teachers and museum educators spent a full day exploring how monuments can be used as starting points for historical inquiry and civic discussion during the Monument(al) Challenges workshop in Bari, guided by the two experts: Emma Abbate and Stefania Gargioni. The event aimed to… Read More
Image credit: OSCE/Eleonora Lotti 2 October 2025, Siena University The Siena Symposium on Contested Histories: Challenges and Opportunities in Building More Cohesive Societies, co-organised by EuroClio, IHJR and OSCE-HCNM, brought together practitioners, scholars, educators, and policymakers to exchange experiences on how societies remember and represent their past. Read More
The repatriation of artistic artefacts to their places of origin is a topic that has become increasingly significant in cultural and political discourse worldwide. This process restores historically and spiritually valuable objects to the communities that created them, recognising their right to preserve and reinterpret their heritage. The… Read More
On May 9, 2025, the Northern Ireland workshop on Monument(al) Challenges took place. The key focus of the training built on the ‘Train the Trainers’ Seminar in The Hague, where an overview of Monument(al) Challenges, Case Studies and Contested Histories were presented. Building on the Northern Ireland presentation in the… Read More
In the heart of Bratislava, beneath the modern tramlines and busy streets, lies a deeply symbolic piece of Jewish history: the Chatam Sofer Memorial. This subterranean site is far more than a burial ground, it is a testament to religious perseverance, cultural memory, and the complex legacy of Jewish… Read More