Created in November 2020 at the instigation of the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Observatory for History Teaching in Europe organised its first annual conference on 2 and 3 December 2021 in Strasbourg. The theme was: “How can the teaching of history help us protect democracy?”
“The long-term objective is to take stock of the state of history teaching in Europe”, explained Alain Lamassoure on the eve of the conference.
“A modest...