This Handbook provides a systematic and analytical approach to the various dimensions of international, ethnic and domestic conflict over the uses of national history in education since the end of the Cold War. With an upsurge in political, social and cultural upheaval, particularly since the fall of state socialism in Europe, the importance of history textbooks and curricula as tools for influencing the outlooks of entire generations is thrown into sharp relief. Using case studies from 58 countries, this book explores how history education has had the potential to shape political allegiances and collective identities. The contributors highlight the key issues over which conflict has emerged - including the legacies of socialism and communism, war, dictatorships and genocide - issues which frequently point to tensions between adhering to and challenging the idea of a cohesive national identity and historical narrative.

Global in scope, the Handbook will appeal to a diverse academic audience, including historians, political scientists, educationists, psychologists, sociologists and scholars working in the field of cultural and media studies.

Autorentext
Luigi Cajani has taught Early Modern History and History Didactics at the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He is also an Associated Scholar of the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig, Germany. His research interests include the history of historiography, history didactics and the political use of history.
**Simone Lässig is Professor of Modern History at the University of Braunschweig, Germany, and Director of the German Historical Institute, USA, a position she has held since 2015. Her main areas of research concern modern Jewish and European history, the history of knowledge, textbook research, and history politics.
**Maria Repoussi is Professor of History and History Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her main research interests are the history of history education, the controversies surrounding school history, gender in history education, and history textbooks.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: History Education Conflicts around the World: Backgrounds, Settings, Foci; Luigi Cajani, Simone Lässig, Maria RepoussiChapter 2. Argentina; Gonzalo de AmézolaChapter 3. Armenia; Philip GamaghelyanChapter 4. Australia; Ann ClarkChapter 5. Azerbaijan; Sergey RumyansevChapter 6. Belgium; Tessa Lobbes and Kaat WilsChapter 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina; Katarina Batarilo-HenschenChapter 8. Bulgaria; Krassimira DaskalovaChapter 9. Burundi; Denise BentrovatoChapter 10. Canada; Christian LavilleChapter 11. Caribbean; John HamerChapter 12. Chile; Rodrigo HenríquezChapter 13. China; Biao YangChapter 14. Croatia; Snjeana KorenChapter 15. Cyprus; Eleftherios KleridesChapter 16. Czech Republic; Antonie DolealováChapter 17. France; Marcus OttoChapter 18. Georgia; Nino ChikovaniChapter 19. Federal Republic of Germany; Falk PingelChapter 20. Greece; Hercules (Iraklis) MillasChapter 21. India; Michael GottlobChapter 22. Iceland; Thornsteinn HelgasonChapter 23. Israel; Eyal NavehChapter 24. Italy; Luigi CajaniChapter 25. Japan; Sven SaalerChapter 26. Latvia; Daina BleiereChapter 27. Lebanon; Nemer FrayhaChapter 28. Malaysia; Helen Ting Mu HungChapter 29. Republic of Moldova; Stefan IhrigChapter 30. The Netherlands; Maria GreverChapter 31. New Zealand; Mark SheehanChapter 32. Northern Cyprus; Hakan Karahasan and Mehve BeyidoluChapter 33. Northern Ireland; Alan McCullyChapter 34. Norway; Bente AamotsbakkenChapter 35. Pakistan; M. Ayaz NaseemChapter 36. Palestine; Samira AlayanChapter 37. Poland; Joanna WojdonChapter 38. Romania; Mirela-Luminia MurgescuChapter 39. Russia; Victor A. nirel'manChapter 40. Rwanda; Denise BentrovatoChapter 41. Senegal; Ibrahima SeckChapter 42. Serbia; Marko uicaChapter 43. Slovakia; Slávka OtenáováChapter 44. Slovenia; Vilma BrodnikChapter 45. South Africa; Johan WassermannChapter 46. Spain; Rafael Valls-Montes and Ramón López-FacalChapter 47. Sudan; Julia NohnChapter 48. Sweden; Björn Norlin and Daniel LindmarkChapter 49. Switzerland; Markus FurrerChapter 50. Taiwan; Wei-chih LiouChapter 51. Tatarstan; Marat GibatdinovChapter 52. Turkey; Büra ErsanlChapter 53. Ukraine; Polina VerbystkaChapter 54. United Kingdom; Terry HaydnChapter 55. United States of America; Gary B. Nash and Ross E. DunnChapter 56. Venezuela; Tulio RamírezChapter 57. Zimbabwe; Marshall Tamuka Maposa.