Africa, history and education: conference in Uganda

History: the castle in Cape Town at nigh.

The African Association for History Education (AHE-Afrika)’s Second International Conference on “Teaching and learning history in a changing Africa: possibilities and challenges in the 21st century” will be held at the Makerere University, College of Education & External Studies (CEES), School of Education Department of Humanities and Language Education Kampala, in Uganda  on 7 and 8 December 2017.

The African Association for History Education (AHE-Afrika) is actually based in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria but works in partnership with the Makerere University. 

The First International Conference on History Education in Africa, was held in Durban, South Africa, in 2015, and this second conference aims to give the African perspectives on education a larger space in international research and debates regarding history education. The working language of the conference will be English. The registration fee of 120 USD that includes lunches, teas and the dinner. The closing date for submission of abstracts is 15 May 2017.

Proposals for papers, panels and round-table discussions on all aspects of history education in Africa, including political and practical issues related to curricula, textbooks, pedagogy, teaching practices, and teacher education at primary, secondary and tertiary level. Scholars, postgraduate students, and practitioners are invited to submit proposals. African scholars and proposals on the following topics will be particularly welcomed:

▪ History education in colonial and post-colonial societies in Africa

▪ History education in contemporary multi-cultural societies in Africa

▪ History education, citizenship, democracy and human rights in Africa

▪ History education in emergency and post-conflict settings in Africa

▪ Teaching controversial and sensitive issues in history in Africa

▪ History education between nationalism and globalisation in Africa

▪ History education, memory and cultural heritage in Africa

▪ History education and historical consciousness in Africa ▪ History in the Social Studies Learning Area in Africa

▪ The role of language in history education in Africa