New Book: Negotiating Ethnic Diversity and National Identity in History Education: International and Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Helen Ting Mu-Hung and Luigi Cajani

Edited by Helen Ting of IKMAS, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (a partner to the Kyushu University UNESCO Chair) and Luigi Cajani of Sapienzia University of Rome, and featuring contributions many international scholars (including Edward Vickers of Kyushu University), this book explores the problems and challenges of negotiating the representation of ethnic minorities within history education. It investigates how states balance the (non-)acknowledgement of the reality of cultural or religious diversity with the promotion of integration (or assimilation) in their efforts to foster national identity through history education. Shifting our attention away from the immediate, intractable challenges that reconciliation poses for post-conflict societies, the contributors draw attention to the need to explore ways to prevent or pre-empt conflicts and exclusion through history education, thus contributing to a more sustainable culture of peace. Drawing on a wide range of contexts and sources, this book asks how history education could contribute to forming critical, historically informed, and committed young citizens. The book will be of interest to students and academics working on themes such as nationalism, citizenship, ethnicity, history education, multicultural education, peace studies and area studies, as well as practitioners in the fields of history, social studies, civic or citizenship.