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Registrations open - Symposium "The European dimension in national systems"
Throughout 2025 and the first half of 2026, our partners from teacher associations, universities and education authorities organiseda national events under the title "History Symposia – National Reflections, European Dimension", bringing together participants for a series of roundtables, debates...
History teachers, help shape the next OHTE General Report - take our survey
The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE) is calling on history teachers across its 19 member states to take part in a short survey that will feed directly into the next OHTE General Report on the state of history teaching in Europe. The General Report is a longitudinal study examining...
Council of Europe Congress encourages European local authorities to bridge gaps in regional-history teaching
Learning regional history nurtures sense of belonging and develops critical thinking
via Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Teaching regional history, through both formal and non-formal education, nurtures a sense of belonging. While global and national narratives are crucial for understanding broad trends and movements, regional history offers a more human-scaled...
ARTICLE BY ROBBERT-JAN ADRIAANSEN, MEMBER OF THE OHTE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
Moments that matter: critical incidents and history teachers’ historical consciousness
Robbert-Jan Adriaansen is a EuroClio Endowed Professor of Historical Culture in Transition at the History Department of Ghent University (Belgium) and Associate Professor at the History Department of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR, the Netherlands). At EUR, he co-ordinates the Heritage &...
Learning from history, strengthening democracy: highlights from this year’s session dedicated to history within the World Forum for Democracy
At the core, the session tackled the urgent question: how can societies learn from history to strengthen democracy amid rising populism, polarization, and challenges to the rule of law? First, the panellists emphasized democracy’s fragility and the ongoing work needed to sustain it. As moderator...
History teaching in 17 European countries studied in new Council of Europe report
Teaching about economic crises strengthens critical thinking and resistance to scapegoating
via Council of Europe main portal Teaching about economic crises in history lessons helps develop students’ critical thinking skills, resilience and understanding of democracy is a core finding of the “Economic crises in history teaching” report by the Council of Europe Observatory on History...
Registrations open - OHTE 5th Annual Conference - "History at all costs?"
Teaching about economic crises transforms history into a key tool for understanding contemporary challenges. It encourages students to explore multiple perspectives which are essential to grasping the complexity of the topic and for preventing the repetition of past mistakes. Integrating the...
Secretary General at Struthof: a visit to keep remembrance alive among young people
via Council of Europe main portal On 3 June Secretary General Alain Berset visited the former concentration camp at Natzweiler-Struthof (Alsace), an iconic memorial site, to reaffirm the importance of history teaching and remembrance of the Holocaust for younger generations. After a moment of...
Secretary General at Struthof: a visit to keep remembrance alive among young people
via Council of Europe main portal. On 3 June Secretary General Alain Berset will visit the former concentration camp at Natzweiler-Struthof (Alsace), an iconic memorial site, to reaffirm the importance of history teaching and remembrance of the Holocaust for younger generations. After a moment...
80 years since the end of World War II: Ukraine and the crucial role of history education with European values at heart
The echoes of history are stark. In 1945, Europe emerged from the most destructive conflict in its history determined to build peace through cooperation, human rights, and education. In 2025, as Ukrainians continue to defend their sovereignty and democratic path, that same struggle for liberty...
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