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Thematic focus
- Other Approaches
- Other Forms of History Education
Language
English
Country
Italy
Address
University of Padua
Date
26 - 28 August 2026
Time
09:00 - 18:00
(GMT+01:00) Rome
Description
The History Educators International Research Network [HEIRNET] hosts an annual conference which brings together colleagues from all around the world who are interested in history’s civilising, cultural, educational, moral, social, political, and citizenship roles. HEIRNET is a small but friendly informal organisation, and 2026 marks our 22nd year of existence. This year, we are delighted that the University of Padova in Italy is hosting HEIRNET 2026. As education systems across the world wrestle with political polarisation, technological acceleration, and renewed contestation over cultural memory and identity, there is a pressing need to explore the ways in which history education, including teaching and learning and scholarship, can respond to urgent contemporary challenges. In societies shaped by a multitude of cross-cutting, complex, and sometimes conflicting forces, history education faces renewed questions about its purposes, practices, and public responsibilities. By examining the diverse and wide-ranging trajectories that may shape history education over the coming decades, the 22nd annual HEIRNET conference aims to stimulate dialogue about the field’s future contributions to society. As well as the regular themes (see the website), this year HEIRNET welcomes proposals that interrogate current and emerging research trajectories or demonstrate innovation in scholarship, policy, pedagogy, and public engagement with history. Building on international work exploring historical thinking, historical consciousness, disciplinary knowledge, and the uses of the past, this conference also invites researchers to critically consider how the field might develop across the coming decades.
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HEIRNET