Theorizing Historical Consciousness

Peter Seixas is Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia.

Peter Seixas: Introduction.


I. Historiographies and Historical Consciousness.






Chris Lorenz, Professor of Philosophy and Medothology of History, Leiden University and Free University of Amsterdam. 'Towards A Theoretical Framework For Comparing Historiographies: Some Preliminary Considerations'
James Wertsch, Department of Education, Washington University, St. Louis. 'Specific Narratives and Schematic Narrative Templates'
Jörn Riisen, Institute for the Advanced Studies of the Humanitiies, Essex. 'What Is Historical Consciousness? A Theoretical Approach To Empirical Evidence'
Mark Phillips, Department of History, Universtiy of British Columbia. 'Historical Distance: An Introduction'



II. History Education and Historical Consciousness






Jocelyn Létourneau and Sabrina Moisan, Department of History, Laval University, Quebec. 'Young People's Assimilation of a Collective Historical Memory'
Peter Lee, University of London Institute of Education. 'Understanding History'
Christian Laville. 'Historical Consciousness and History Education: What To Expect from the First for the Second'
Roger Simon, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. 'The Pedagogical Insistence of Public Memory'
Kent den Heyer (ed.). 'A Dialogue on Narrative and Historical Consciousness'



III. The Politics of Memory and History Education






Tony Taylor, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. 'Disputed Territory: Some Political Contexts for the Development of Australian Historical Consciousness'
John Torpey, Departments of Sociology and History, University of British Columbia. 'The Pursuit of the Past: A Polemical Perspective'