Projects

Critical History Tours

‘Critical History Tours’  is a dynamic, multi-partner initiative designed to create and promote successful critical history walking tours across European countries. By utilising  walking tours as an intervention located at the intersection of public history, heritage, and tourism, the project aims to address tensions tied to historical debates in modern societies.

Duration: January 2025 to December 2027

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Monument(al) Challenges

Monument(al) Challenges addresses teachers’ requirements for resources and training materials which equip them with the skills for discussing sensitive and complex histories, including colonialism and slavery, in diverse classrooms across Europe. Project partners will be developing an educational toolkit and other resources which aim to foster dialogue about heritage and identity.

Duration: January 2023 to December 2026

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Contested Histories Onsite

Onsite offers insights into different memory case-studies in Europe through lectures, tours and podcasts on four contested sites across Europe: Warsaw’s Uprising Museum, Tallinn’s Bronze Soldier statue, Bolzano’s Bas-Relief of Mussolini and Madrid’s Valley of the Fallen. The project aspires to offer tool-kits to educators and other stakeholders to better understand and address complex legacies of Europe’s totalitarian past.

Duration: 2021 to 2023

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Associated & Relevant Projects

On this page you can see an overview of projects where the Contested Histories Initiative has acted as an Associated Partner, or projects who are dealing with similar topics such as dissonant heritage and uncomfortable pasts.

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