Does public remembrance of past atrocities lead to decreased support for far-right parties
today? Initiatives commemorating past atrocities aim to make visible the victims and crimes …

Growing polarization in European societies has changed not only political landscapes but
also public debates about the past, which has, in turn, had an impact on the way history is …

A history of intergroup conflict threatens the basic sense of in‐group and out‐group morality.
This poses a severe obstacle to reconciliation both on socioemotional (by constraining …

The present study is about sensitive issues in history teaching that have probably been
experienced by most teachers in the field. We conducted a questionnaire study in Austria …

Ethnic identity is defined in terms of the interaction between exploration of and commitment
to a given cultural background. The present study investigated the effect of individual …

In a recent cross-national study of history teachers' perceptions of sensitive and difficult
historical issues, 1 we asked our respondents to write about an issue they considered …

The pursuit of intergroup reconciliation often includes efforts to educate with the goal of
fostering empathy. Yet little empirical evidence demonstrates whether and why greater …

While the importance of a nation's history for its current national issues is well established,
whether and how that history may be leveraged to promote inclusive and amicable …

Group-based grievance has mainly been studied from the perspective of disadvantaged and
minority groups. Following the refugee crisis and corresponding sociopolitical changes …

Holocaust education is supposed to equip students with historical knowledge. It also
pursues moral learning goals with the objective of enabling students to actively engage for …