History textbooks in post-conflict societies: Education for reconciliation? [Publication]

 

Forum for Transitional Justice #5 is exploring the issues of the role of education in the process of dealing with the past and reconciliation, particularly the history textbooks’ content in post-conflict societies and processes of democratization. This is a publication of the Humanitarian Law Center.

Content

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………. 93

Authors……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 95

An Analysis of the contents of history textbooks in Serbia regarding the wars

in the former Yugoslavia in the light of the facts established before the ICTY  ….. 97

 

The Portrayal of People in History Textbooks ……………………………………………… 114

Peter Gautschi

 

History Textbooks in Southeast Europe: Facing the Challenges

of the 21st Century ………………………………………………………………………………….. 122

Augusta Dimou

 

History Textbooks in Serbia ……………………………………………………………………… 133

Dubravka Stojanović

 

History Textbooks in Croatia …………………………………………………………………….. 137

Snježana Koren

 

Analysis of History Textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina ……………………………. 143

Vera Katz

 

From history to Courtroom and Back: What can Historiography Obtain from

Judgments for Crimes in the Wars in the former Yugoslavia …………………………. 156

Ivan Jovanović

 

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History textbooks in post-conflict societies: Education for reconciliation?    (publication in English starts at page 89)