After a successful kick-off in Cracow, Poland in October 2009, the second event within the EUROCLIO Project “Connecting Europe through History – Experiences and Perceptions of Migrations” takes place in Berlin, January on January 29-31 2010 and will be hosted by the Freie Universität Berlin. EUROCLIO with the Project Partners EVROPAEVM and the International Students of History Association are preparing an inspiring Programme with a roundtable discussion focused on the challenge of teaching history to students who do not share the same historical background where teachers will be involved and share their experiences with students of the Freie Universität Berlin. Benny Christensen and Agnete Holst Anderson, representatives of the Danish History Teachers Association will give a good insight into the way the History of Migrants is being taught in Denmark, while Annemarie Cottaar will enlighten the participants on the Project “Moroccan Pioneers in the Netherlands”. A series of events is planned for the year to come and more information will be published on the Project Page on the EUROCLIO Website and at the Project Website will be launched in January 2010 including information on the upcoming events and reports from the ones already carried out. For registering, please contact Maria Kazamiaki at maria@euroclio.nl

The new EUROCLIO Project “Connecting Europe through History – Experiences and Perceptions of Migrations in Europe” has taken off with the first of a series of international events scheduled within the Project during 2009-2010. The seminar took place in Cracow, Poland on October 16th-18th  at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University and brought together history teachers, representatives of the DG Enlargement of the European Commission and students attending the EVROPAEVM Graduate Workshop “Europeanisation in Central and Eastern Europe: How have the new member states changed?” EUROCLIO Partners in this Project, Dr. Paul Flather (EVROPAEVM), Frerik Kampman and Marko Halonen (International Students of History Association-ISHA) engaged the participants from Poland and beyond in a Round Table discussion on “Migration as a Theme in History Teaching”. Issues on which extent has migration been integrated into the national curriculum in Poland, how much nationalistic or politically coloured versions of the past affect the Polish teachers and the different perspectives on the topic in other countries than Poland were addressed. A good insight was gained into what has changed in teaching about Migration after the fall of communism and how pupils perceive the theme of migration.