Bringing regional history teaching to the fore

See a document on teaching regional history, initiated by The Euroclio, in the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. 50th SESSION. Report: CPR(2026)50-01prov. 4 March 2026. Title: Squeezed out? Bringing regional history teaching to the fore. Peter Drenth as a Repporteur.

Prof. Angelos Palikidis: “Worth to say that it is the first official document of the Council of Europe, approved by all member states and stakeholders, that highlights the value of regional history in educating young people to develop historical competences and become democratic citizens and active members in contemporary diverse societies. My wish is to make as much as possible use of it in your countries by encouraging teachers to develop regional history projects and by pressuring local and regional authorities to support such initiatives, as well as to shape the ground for transregional – transnational cooperation. Special thanks to Steven Stegers and EUROCLIO. Without their support in Bratislava, probably this effort wouldn’t be successfully completed.”

See the full Document here.

Workshop in Budapest

On February 28, 2026 the Teachers’ Branch of the Hungarian Historical Society organized a workshop /roundtable on the current history teaching practice in Hungary in general, and on the future of the Hungarian School Leaving examination in particular. The key speaker of the event was Associate Prof. Imre Knausz, and there were contributions by Prof. J. Kaposi (member of the ISHD), Dr. A. Herber, Dr. I. Repárszky, Dr. P. Jakab, and Dr. A. Gyertyánfy. The event took place at the Apáczai Csere János Secondary School in Budapest with a participation of some 30 in-sevice history teachers, university educators, and PhD students.

Photos by B. Vajda

Second ISHD Online Webinar

The second ISHD Online Webinar, organized by Elize van Eeden, and in cooperation with the EuroClio, is scheduled for November 12, 2025 at 15:00 Central European Time. Johanna Norpa, Paula O’Donohoe and Andreas Holberget will discuss the topic of Exploring Youth’s Attitudes towards History – and Their Consequences to History Education. See the webinar invitation here.

History Education Dissertation Prize

The International Society for History Didactics is pleased to announce the launch of a new History Education Dissertation Prize, in partnership with our partners: The EUROCLIO, the Centre for Historical Culture at Erasmus University Rotterdam, IRAHSSE, and HEIRNET. Through this award, we want to recognize the value of research for the advancement of teaching and learning history, and promote its use by educators, reducing the gap between academic research and practice. For further details, please visit the site of the Prize in the “News” section of the Euroclio (https://euroclio.eu/)

Update from 2 February, 2026:

Up to 29 submissions arrived for the History Education Dissertation Prize which will be announced during the forthcoming EuroClio Conference in Brussels in April 2026. The evaluation has just started and by February 15 the best three candidates should be announced. Shortlisted dissertations will be presented in a form of a visual story, and the participants of the EuroClio conference will vote on the best of them.