The research group History@Erasmus and the Center for Historical Culture invite you to attend the book presentation of Tina van der Vlies’ Echoing Events: The Perpetuation of National Narratives in English and Dutch History Textbooks, 1920-2010. This book explores the perpetuation, actualization, and canonization of national narratives in English and Dutch history textbooks over the course of the past century. The book is published in hard copy and open access by Brill | V&R Unipress in a series on educational media research, edited by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media.
- Researcher
- Date
- Thursday 19 Jan 2023, 14:00 - 16:00
- Type
- Introduction
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- T3-39
- Space
- Mandeville Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
Programme
| 14:00 | Welcome by Dr. Robbert-Jan Adriaansen, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 14:05 | Book presentation by Dr. Tina van der Vlies, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 14:40 | The first copy will be given to Johannes Westberg, Professor of Theory and History of Education at the University of Groningen |
| 14:45 | First reaction by Prof. dr. Johannes Westberg |
| 15:00 | Questions and discussion |
| 16:00 | Drinks and bites at Erasmus Pavilion |
Registration
Please register with the following form: https://forms.gle/9YH3ydt1pAXzfTgH7
Book abstract
Echoing Events questions the perpetuation, actualization, and canonization of national narratives in English and Dutch history textbooks, wide-reaching media that tendentially inspire a sense of meaning, memory, and thus also identity. The longitudinal study begins in the 1920s, when the League of Nations launched several initiatives to reduce strong nationalistic visions in textbooks, and ends in the new millennium with the revival of national narratives in both countries. The analysis shows how and why textbook authors have narrated different histories – which vary in terms of context, epoch, and place – as ‘echoing events’ by using recurring plots and the same combinations of historical analogies. This innovative and original study thus investigates from a new angle the resistance of national narratives to change.
About Tina van der Vlies
Dr Tina van der Vlies is assistant professor of history and education at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a member of the scientific advisory board of the Dutch National Museum of Education. In 2021 the Erasmus University Rotterdam awarded her work with the Research Prize at the opening of the academic year. In 2022 she started her new research 'Why school history matters: public discourses on the purposes of history education, 1920-2020', funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO Rubicon). For this project she is affiliated with the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education (UK).
