The programme Confronting Memories of the Civil Society Forum e.V. invites historians and history educators to a discussion at the European School in Tbilisi. The discussion will tackle the conflict areas related to Georgia, such as the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian conflicts, their didactic aspects and how these issues are presented in history textbooks.
The discussion in Tbilisi will coincide with the first meeting of the project participants – history teachers – with the project coordinators and other invited experts from abroad. After a short presentation about the Confronting Memories programme and its current project “ History Education at a Time of War”, we will open the panel discussion.
The speakers will address the following questions:
- What is the ethnic aspect of the confrontation between Georgia and Abkhazia, and Georgia and Ossetia and how can we teach it?
- What kind of narratives or sources do we need to put into the history textbooks? What kind of additional resources do we need to overcome misunderstandings between opposing sides?
- What is the best way to teach history with conflict resolution in mind?
Speakers:
Dr. Giorgi Kiknadze – Historian and professor at the European University
Dr. Lela Kakashvili – History teacher at Gori Public school #9
Amiran Jamagidze – History educator, trainer, lecturer and history teacher at Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium
Moderator:
Dr. Nana Tsikhistavi – Historian, professor at the New Higher Education Institute-NEWUNI