Invited Speaker Session. Teaching History in the Age of COVID and Mass Social Movements: A Global Perspective

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This panel presentation focuses on the challenges and opportunities that historians of education face in light of the current pandemic and mass social movements. Leading international scholars from the USA, Egypt, Greece, and Germany will offer their perspectives and discuss the political and ideological implications in how we teach and interpret history during these crises.

Sub Unit

• Division F - Historical Inquiry in Education

Speakers

• Viola Huang, Middlebury College

• Elizabeth Todd-Breland, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Teklu Abate Bekele, American University in Cairo

• Angelos Palikidis, Democritus University of Thrace

Moderator

• Fevronia K. Soumakis, Queens College, CUNY