School History and Textbooks: A Comparative Analysis of History Textbooks in Japan and Slovenia

Nobuhiro Shiba; Aleš Gabrič; Kenta Suzuki; Žarko Lazarević; Peter Vodopivec; Hiroshi Mitani; Yasuhiko Torigoe; Andrej Bekeš; Shinichi Yamazaki; Luka Culiberg; Ryoji Momose; Shinichi Ishida; Dubravka Stojanović; Riko Shiba; Snježana Koren

School History and Textbooks: A Comparative Analysis of History Textbooks in Japan and Slovenia

Authors

Nobuhiro Shiba; Aleš Gabrič, Institute of Contemporary History; Kenta Suzuki; Žarko Lazarević, Institute of Contemporary History; Peter Vodopivec, Institute of Contemporary History; Hiroshi Mitani; Yasuhiko Torigoe; Andrej Bekeš; Shinichi Yamazaki; Luka Culiberg; Ryoji Momose; Shinichi Ishida; Dubravka Stojanović; Riko Shiba; Snježana Koren

Keywords:

analysis, textbooks

Synopsis

This volume is a product of four workshops by Bilateral Joint Research Projects between Slovenia and Japan, which were held in Ljubljana and Tokyo with the financial support of Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST) and Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2010 to 2011. The joint research was given the title “Comparative Analysis of History Textbook in Japan and Slovenia: Structures, Contents and Interpretations”.

Chapters

Introduction

Nobuhiro Shiba

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History Education and History Textbooks in Slovenia since 1991

Peter Vodopivec

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Controversy over History Textbooks, the Publication o f Regional Histories and Improvement o f History Education in Japan and East Asia

Hiroshi Mitani

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The Education System and the Role of History in Slovenia in 20th Century

Aleš Gabrič

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The Challenges of Japanese History Teaching in Secondary Schools

Yasuhiko Torigoe

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Revelation through omission
Treatment of National Language in Japanese History Textbooks and General Works

Andrej Bekeš

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Attempts to Write Regional History
In Search of Reconciliation in East Asia and the Balkans

Nobuhiro Shiba

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Characteristics o f National History in History Textbooks of Yugoslav Successor States: Territoriality, Minorities, Yugoslav Experiences

Shinichi Yamazaki

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Speaking a Common Language
On the Unity in the Human Sciences and the Question of School History Curricula

Luka Culiberg

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Nationalism and Historiography in Contemporary Serbia: Kosovo Issues as a Historical Question

Ryoji Momose

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The Concept of Progress in the Teaching of History
some Observations from Slovenian Textbooks

Žarko Lazarević

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Cultural History in School Textbooks
An Overview of Descriptions in Croatia, Serbia, and Japan

Shinichi Ishida

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News from the Past. Survey of the Historical Awareness of Serbia’s Citizens

Dubravka Stojanović

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Between Japan and Russia
The Balkans in Meiji-Japan’s Newspapers

Riko Shiba

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History Teaching in Croatia (1990-2012)

Snježana Koren

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