The Role of Teaching History for a Nation-Building Process in a Post-Conflict Society: The Case of Macedonia
by
Biljana Popovska

Introduction

The theoretical framework of this article is based on several published works whose content deals with history teaching as a key mechanism of justice in transitional societies. Then, it draws from the work of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe and their project “Clio in the Balkans” and the Joint History Textbook Project. In addition, there are materials from interviews with Macedonian and Albanian history teachers, experts, and government representatives selected from the participants in the Macedonian project presented at a United States Institute of Peace conference in Washington, D.C. in November 2005.

*    Mrs Popovska is a lecturer at the Military academy of the Republic of Macedonia that is an associate member of the State University Goce Delchev, Shtip. She holds an MA in International relations in conflict resolution from University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius,” Skopje – Faculty of Philosophy. She was a visiting research fellow at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Summer 2013). Her area of research includes post conflict societies and transitional justice.

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