Collaborating for Peace
As war raged in Yugoslavia, Sarajevo residents braved the bitter winter of 1992. As their country fell apart traumatically, a group of forward-thinking, multi-ethnic historians from Yugoslavia and other nations came together in Germany to write curriculum for the high school classrooms that would emerge after the fighting ceased. They knew it would be a difficult sell, and it was. But their hopes for history teaching have borne remarkable fruit.
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Henry S. Bausum (1924–2019)
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T.K. Hunter (1956–2018)
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Glen Jeansonne (1947–2018)
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Joseph C. Miller (1939–2019)
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Elisabeth Israels Perry (1939–2018)
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On Tenure in Digital History
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Robert Thurston is professor emeritus at Miami University. He lives in Oxford, Ohio, and has been a member since 1979.…
AHA Member Spotlight: Anne Rothfeld
Anne Rothfeld is a historian/archivist in the federal government. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has been a member…
AHA Member Spotlight: Jason Dyck
Jason Dyck is a sessional lecturer at Trent University Durham. He lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, and has been a…
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AHA Member Spotlight: Constantinos E. Scaros
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