NEWSFLASH! Read AHDR's  August 2010 newsletter

Watch our video-blogs 'History on the Grill', 'New Faces, Old Places: A History of Home' and introducing our latest video-blog 'Teaching to Learn'

Call for Education Program Associates

The inter-communal Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) is inviting applications for Associates for its 2010-2011 Education Program under its Multiperspectivity and Intercultural Dialogue in Education (MIDE) project, funded by UNDP-ACT.

Interested candidates are asked to apply by 15 September 2010.

Click here for further information

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Ledra Palace Buffer Zone, Nicosia, Cyprus

To celebrate the “International Day of Action for Peace”, a bi-communal event is being organised in the Ledra Palace buffer zone.  The event is being organized by the Bi-Communal Peace Initiative United Cyprus in association with the unions of PEO and DEV-IS.   This year the marking of Peace day be unique in the sense that unlike in previous years in which small events were organised separately across the divide, 2010 will see one big event co-organized by the organisations on both sides of the divide.

7.00pm  Marches from Solomou square in the southern part of Nicosia and Kyrenia gate in the northern part of Nicosia.
 
7.30pm Marches will converge at the stadium opposite Ledra Palace for the joint event.

Flyer in Greek

Flyer in Turkish

HISTORY EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE

13-15 September 2010, Hunter College, New York

Themes of the conference include: History Education and Pupil Voice; History Education and the Digital Age; History Education and Racial Identities and Gender Stereotyping.

For further information and a booking forms please visit the following website:  www.heirnet.org or contact conference coordinator, Cherry Dodwell at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please note the application deadline of 4 September 2010

SAVE THE DATE!!!

22 OCTOBER & 23 OCTOBER 2010

Part one in a series of two workshops organised by the AHDR, entitled “Developing historical understanding” will take place in Ledra Palace Buffer Zone, Nicosia, Cyprus.  

For further information, please contact us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We look forward to your participation!

CALL FOR AHDR EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES

The AHDR is currently recruiting Educational Associates.  For further information, please visit the AHDR website: http://www.cyprus-tube.com/historical-dialogue  or alternatively email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

AHDR PRESIDENT  IN CYPRUS MAIL & CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION NEWS

In an article entitled: “A richer understanding of history” featured in the Cyprus Mail (8 August 2010), Dr Chara Makriyianni reflects on her life as a refugee, activist and President of our inter-communal AHDR.                   

Read the whole article at:http://www.cyprus-mail.com/living/richer-understanding-history/20100808

Cambridge University, from where Chara gained her PhD from the Faculty of Education with a focus on museums and the teaching of history, hosts the article commenting on the pioneering work of AHDR and the Home for Cooperation.            

More at: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/

EUROCLIO BULLETIN (28)

This EUROCLIO Bulletin is one of the important outcomes of the EUROCLIO 16th Annual Professional Training and Development Conference that was successfully completed in Cyprus on 5-11 April 2009 thanks to the commitment, hard work, trust and cooperation between EUROCLIO, AHDR and Teacher Trade Unions from across the divide.  Get an online taste of the fruitful debate and find out about all those who contributed to this unique initiative on "Taking the Perspective of the Others: Intercultural Dialogue and Teaching and Learning History" event at:  http://www.euroclio.eu/temp/EUROCLIO%20Bulletin_web.pdf