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Belgrade will once again be the venue of an inspiring symposium on history teaching, titled “Rethinking History and Civic Education for a Shared Future”, which will take place on October 30–31, 2025. Experts and specialists from different parts of the world will gather in our city to exchange innovative practices in history teaching. For the past three years, this symposium has been an indispensable event for everyone engaged in history education. Held at various locations across Belgrade, the symposium will also include engaging study visits for participants, offering diverse perspectives on cultural and historical heritage.

The project Monument(al) Challenges, carried out in cooperation with the Contested Histories Initiative, aims to address some of the challenges history teachers across Europe face in their teaching. In particular, we recognize the lack of resources that enable teachers to engage students in discussions about sensitive and complex historical topics. This is why the toolkit was created – to provide teachers with diverse materials for exploring controversial historical issues outside the classroom, using the analysis of monuments from around the world. The toolkit will soon be translated and made available in Serbian.

This year, from May 16th to 18th, 2025, we participated in the History Teaching Workshop titled “History and Identities” at the Ratiu Democracy Centre in Turda, Romania. The seminar was intended for history teachers from Romania, Moldova, and Serbia.Participants had the opportunity to attend workshops led  several other distinguished academics affiliated with prominent institutions, including the London School of Economics, the University of Maynooth, the University of Bucharest, the University of Debrecen, and University of Belgrade.

The Onsite Remembrance Learning Toolkit was created in 2023, thanks to the creativity and dedication of teachers who participated in our contest, “Sites of Memory as an Inspiration for Democratic Learning.” A total of 21 lesson and project activity plans were selected and published under the auspices of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia.

The HISTOLAB Award for Innovative School Projects in History Education, organized by the Council of Europe, was awarded to eight schools from France, Ireland, Serbia, Spain, and Turkey. Among the recipients was BeoTura from Serbia. Students and teachers from the awarded schools received their prizes during the HISTOLAB European Days of Innovation in History Education 2024. The event also served as a gathering place for history teachers, professors, researchers, practitioners, young professionals, and students to exchange ideas.

In collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Romania, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the European Union Delegation, we organized a panel discussion accompanied by an exhibition to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Revolution in Romania. Alongside guests from the academic communities of Romania and Serbia, the panel featured the ambassadors of both countries, who shared their experiences and perspectives on the key historical events that brought an end to the Cold War.