Dynamics of war in Ukraine. How can teachers address conflictual and controversial histories?

Lektorprogrammet and the research group “Researching education in a globalized world” invites you to a lecture on the dynamics of war in Ukraine. Welcome to this open guest lecture with Professor Karina Korostelina at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, Virginia.

The lecture addresses the complexities of teaching and learning about conflicts, ongoing war and occupation. Concentrating on teachers as agents of peacebuilding, the lecture discusses diverse classroom practices in teaching difficult history in divided societies.

Karina V. Korostelina is a Professor and a Director of the Peace Lab on Reconciling Conflicts and Intergroup Divisions at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University (GMU). She has been Fulbright New Century Scholar, fellow at the Eckert Institute for International textbook research, and a visiting scholar at the Central European University and University of Singapore. Her scholarship is supported by 46 grants. The results of her research were presented at numerous international conferences and in more than 90 articles and chapters.

She is an author or editor of 16 books including authorship of The Social Identity and Conflict: Structure, Dynamic and Implications (2007), History Education in the Formation of Social Identity: Toward a Culture of Peace (2013), Constructing Narrative of Identity and Power (2013), International Insult: How Offence Contribute to Conflict (2014), Trump Effect (2016), and Neighborhood Resilience and Urban Conflict (2021).