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On October 24, at 10:30 a.m., the South Caucasus Regional Conference "Teaching History: Education and Identity Construction in the South Caucasus" on Memory Politics will be opened at Ilia State University.

The Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – The South Caucasus Region together with Ilia State University and the Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SovLab) organizes the South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics annually to review history research and teaching in the South Caucasus.

The researchers and scholars of Memory Politics describe how educational institutions today continue Soviet educational practices in the South Caucasus. In classrooms and history books, students are often introduced to one official interpretation of the past, like the Soviet era.

Speakers discuss methods of teaching history, historical narratives and discuss current debates about the role of history in youth identity formation.

The Heinrich Boell Foundation, together with its partners, supports research and discussions on the important topic of Memory Politics and contributes to the process of democratic development in the countries of the South Caucasus.

Scientists, researchers and students working in the direction of history, anthropology and political science will take part in the conference.

Read more about the conference https://bit.ly/3DiMe5D

Working languages: Georgian, English

Time: October 24, 10:30 a.m.

Venue: Auditorium B 201, Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32

Attendance is free.

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