Conference
Share and Teach a Mutual History: the French-German Experience
Date: Friday April 29th
Locations:
9AM to 12:15PM
AWTY International School
7455 Awty School Lane, Houston 77055
2PM to 5:30PM
Rice University
Humanities Building 117
6100 Main, Houston 77005
Free Admission
RSVP by April 27th at aide.culture@consulfrance-houston.org
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship in 2003, and to strengthen the relations between the two countries, France and Germany decided to write a common history textbook for high school.
The ambition of the textbook gathers the historical and education heritage of the 2 countries to create a common vision of the past and future projects together.
In the fall of 2006, for the first time, high school students and their history teachers from France and Germany used the same history textbook.
Speakers:
- Dr. Rainer Bendick, German Historian and co-editor of Histoire/Geschichte
- Dr. Sarah Fishman, History Professor, University of Houston
- The Honorable Pierre Grandjouan, Consul General of France
- The Honorable Roland Herrmann, Consul General of Federal Republic of Germany
- Prof. Philippe Joutard, French Modern History Professor in France and former rector
- Mr Michael Ott, Consul for cultural affairs at the Consulate of Germany, Los Angeles
PROGRAM
AWTY International School
9 am: Introduction and welcome address
Speakers:
Peter Cooper: Head of School Awty International School.
Pierre Grandjouan, Consul General of France.
Roland Herrmann, Consul General of Germany.
Boualem Maizia, Proviseur, Awty International School.
9.40 am: Genesis and history of the textbook
Speakers:
Rainer Bendick, German historian, author of the book and Michael Ott, Consul for cultural affairs at the Consulate of Germany, Los Angeles.
10.20 am: extract of 10 minutes from the documentary “Chacun son Histoire” by Pierre-Olivier François
10.35 am: Break
10.50am: Q&A between Awty students and the Historians and the Consuls
The questions will be prepared by the students from Awty.
Speakers:
Rainer Bendick
Pierre Grandjouan
Roland Herrmann
Philippe Joutard French Historian and Rector
Michael Ott.
11.45am: Conclusion: A French-German experience, a unique experience? History and Nations
Speaker:
Philippe Joutard.
12.15pm: Break.
AFTERNOON at Rice University (Humanities Building 117)
(open to the public, historians, university teachers and secondary teachers, journalists, etc…):
2pm: Genesis and history of the textbook
Speakers:
Rainer Bendick
Michael Ott.
2.40pm: How to write and teach history (objective / subjective standpoints)
Speaker:
Philippe Joutard.
3.10pm Break
3.30pm: New challenges on conceiving and teaching history / Teaching history in a global world / roundtable
Speakers:
Rainer Bendick
Philippe Joutard
Sarah Fishman, professor of history at the University of Houston
Peter C. Caldwell, professor of history at Rice University.
4.15pm: Teaching French and German history at an American university: Inspiring student interest, challenging national stereotypes
Speakers:
Sarah Fishman
Peter C. Caldwell.
5.00pm: Conclusion
Speakers:
Rainer Bendick
Philippe Joutard.
5.30pm: End
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship in 2003, and to strengthen the relations between the two countries, France and Germany decided to write a common history textbook for high school.
The ambition of the textbook gathers the historical and education heritage of the 2 countries to create a common vision of the past and future projects together.
In the fall of 2006, for the first time, high school students and their history teachers from France and Germany used the same history textbook.
