Taking advantage of Council of Europe’s strategic positioning in Strasbourg, the annual conference involves local stakeholders, including schools, institutes and museums. They organise side events in line with the main topic, programme and objectives of the conference. 

Tuesday 29 November, 18.30 - 20.00

ERAGE, 4 rue brûlée, Strasbourg  

The teaching of European History: Methodological and curricular issues

Conference co-organised by the MESA and the University of Strasbourg

Participants: 

  • Ms Marie FONTANEL, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe
  • Mr Alain LAMASSOURE, Chair of the Governing Board of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe
  • Mr Sylvain SCHIRMANN, Professor of Modern History, University of Strasbourg
  • Ms Annick COUVAL, Professor at the Lycée international de Strasbourg
  • Mr Hervé Moritz, PhD student in history, University of Strasbourg

Wednesday 30 November, 18.30 – 20.00

Hôtel de Ville, 9 rue brûlée, Strasbourg

 

Between history and memory,

Strasbourg and Alsace facing Nazism

Conference-debate co-organised by the City, the University of Strasbourg and the BNU

 

In May 2022, the Historical Commission for the History of the Medical Faculty of the Reichsuniversität Straßburg (CHRUS) made public the results of its work, which documented, among other areas, the fate of the 86 Jewish men and women from all over Europe who were deported and executed at the Struthof camp.

A conference-debate on this theme will be based on the topicality of the report published in May 2022 and on the exhibition "Facing nazism. The Alsatian case".

  • Ms Catherine Maurer, professor of contemporary history at the University of Strasbourg, co-curator of the exhibition of the National and University Library of Strasbourg (BNU) "Facing Nazism. The Alsatian Case" and member of the Historical Commission for the History of the Medical Faculty of the Reichsuniversität Straßburg (CHRUS)
  • Ms Frédérique Neau-Dufour, associate professor and doctor of history, former director of the European Center of Deported Resistance Members located on the site of the former Natzwiller concentration camp and president of the association "Regards d'enfants"
  • Mr Jérôme Schweitzer, doctor of history, curator of libraries at the BNU and co-curator of the exhibition "Facing nazism. The Alsatian Case"
  • Mr Thomas Serrier, germanist and historian, professor at the University of Lille, member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Observatory of History Teaching in Europe

Moderation: Jean-Luc Fournier, editor of "Or Norme". 

Tuesday 6 December,  20.00

Cinéma Vox, rue des Francs-bourgeois, Strasbourg

Screening and debate of the film "Simone”

Co-organised by the University of Strasbourg, the RCA and the Bureau of Arts of Sciences Po

 

Debate with:

  • Mr Dominique JUNG, President of the RCA and former editor-in-chief of the DNA
  • Mr Faruk GUNALTAY, RCA member
  • Mr Thibaud VIAUD, Student at Sciences Po
  • Mr Sylvain SCHIRMANN, Professor of Modern History, University of Strasbourg