The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research of Cyprus recognises the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, the covenants of Human Rights issued by the United Nations, and the UNESCO recommendations relevant to history teaching .
Mission: to defend and promote productive dialogue and research in issues regarding history and history teaching to strengthen peace, stability, democracy and critical thinking.
Award for exceptional contribution to island-wide cooperation!
ENTER THE ZONE OF COOPERATION:
CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOME FOR COOPERATION IN THE UN BUFFER ZONE
The Home for Cooperation project is approved under the EEA (European Εconomic Αrea) Financial Mechanisms by the donors Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein that will contribute most of the overall costs. The project is also supported by individuals, organisations, local authorities in Cyprus and abroad, embassies and UNFICYP. The Home for Cooperation also received significant donations by Switzerland and Sweden. Contributions were also made by friends and members of the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, historical and intellectual societies and organisations, academics and civil society in Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
We welcome any ideas, thoughts, and suggestions at hisdialresearch@yahoo.com . We thank you for your support and we hope to see you in our next educational event on the teaching and learning of history.
Updates
| Cypriot Civil Society Strengthening Programme |
| International Civil Society Forum, June 2008 |
| Booklets with events and key findings |
| Turkish: Booklet 1, Booklet 2 |
| Greek: Booklet 1, Booklet 2 |
| English: Booklet 1, Booklet 2 |
| New articles |
Theoretical Framework: For designing innovative activities in history teaching (by G. Mavrogiorgos) |
| Globalisation and History Teaching The Need to develop Historical Anthropology (by C. Wulf) |
| Newsletter |
| The November edition of the Newsletter of the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research is ready and available here on our website. We look forward to your feedback, ideas, thoughts, lesson plans, photographs, drawings, research findings, articles, news, links and suggestions at: hisdialresearch@yahoo.com |
| read the newsletter |
| PRIO Cyprus Centre 3rd Annual Conference |
| "One Island, Many Histories: Rethinking the Politics of the Past in Cyprus" 28-29 November 2008, Nicosia Ledra Palace, Fulbright and Goethe Centre |
| Extensive program |
| Registration |
| List of Abstracts |
You may also contact: Mr Guido Bonino, PRIO Cyprus Centre at prio.guido@cytanet.com.cy/ |
Living Together Congress in Poland, 4-6 March 2009 |
Congress organised in the framework of the British Councilʼs regional project ʽLiving Togetherʼ. |
| Announcement for the Congress |
| Application Form for the Congress |
| Information sheet for the Congress |
| General information on the Living Together Project |
| Deadline for applications is 21st November. |
Completed applications should preferably be sent to monica.tantele@cy.britishcouncil.org to enable British Council in Cyprus to keep track. However, if some applicants prefer to send the completed forms directly to the organisers, they can do so. |
| For more information, |
| E-mail: monica.tantele@cy.britishcouncil.org |
| www.britishcouncil.org/cyprus |
| Article in the Financial Times about the Home for Coperation |
"The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, a bi-communal group led by educators and historians, is already addressing the issue of teacher-training through seminars. Its latest project aims at bolstering co-operation on sensitive issues by establishing an educational centre in the "Dead Zone", the buffer area of derelict buildings in central Nicosia that separates the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sections of the capital." |
| read the article |
| 'Children as Social Researchers; a Resource Book for Teachers and Other Educators' |
| http://www.csca.org.cy/cru |
| Why do I consider this book an example of breakthrough scholarship?
by Dr Stavroula Philippou Firstly, it is a book about research methodology encompassing a range of topics and issues in doing social research. There is a variety of chapters addressing different topics such as research design, approaches to research methodology, research ethics, doing field research, report writing and disseminating research findings, collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, social research and children. The scope of the book is therefore an achievement, as it manages to cover almost all the needs of a novice researcher or a teacher who would like to teach social research methods to children...more |
| download the book |
| PRESS RELEASE |
| On Thursday, 9 October 2008 at 12:00, at a press conference in Chateau Status the Greek and Turkish edition of the four history workbooks– prepared as alternative history teaching material for all Southeast European countries under the aegis of the Joint History Project, initiated by the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE) – will be launched. |
| read the press release |
| Online forum |
Our online forum is ready and you are all welcomed to present and discuss your ideas there. Hopefully this will become a place of free expression and productive discussion. In our forum you can read interesting articles and discuss them with other users or suggest articles of your preference for discussion. You can also share interesting links for online resources about history teaching you have in mind or any teaching material you have and believe it will be useful for others too. Moreover, you can post announcements for events (seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions) regarding history education. We are, of course, open to any suggestions about other discussion categories or ideas to make our forum more interesting and efficient. You may join our forum at: http://www.hisdialresearch.org/onlineforum |
| PRESS RELEASE |
| On Thursday, 9 October 2008 at 12:00, at a press conference in Chateau Status the Greek and Turkish edition of the four history workbooks– prepared as alternative history teaching material for all Southeast European countries under the aegis of the Joint History Project, initiated by the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE) – will be launched. |
| read the press release |
Our History Education Reform Proposal
Since its foundation, the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) has enlisted members from various ethnic, linguistic, and professional backgrounds working at various educational levels in Cyprus , making the first steps of a greater effort: an effort to maintain a continuous, productive dialogue about enhanced pedagogic practices that would encourage the values of the discipline of history. Its Board, comprising Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot educators and historians, is a brilliant example of how productive cooperation; creative ideas and respect can blossom across the divide.