Beyond the Canon

Introduction: Beyond the Canon: History in a Globalizing World; S.Stuurman & M.Grever PART 1: THE FRAMING OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE Who Needs a Canon?; P.Seixas Plurality, Narrative and the Historical Canon; M.Grever From National Canon to Historical Literacy; P.Lee 'Another Brick in the Wall'. Historical Culture and History Teaching; K.Ribbens PART 2: FOUNDATIONS AND REVISIONS OF THE WESTERN CANON Can the Enlightenment provide a Canon for Modernity?; S.Stuurman The Canon after the Crisis of the Humanities; E.Jonker Rethinking the Nation in German Historical Museums; H.Henrichs Moving History: How Gender has touched the Canon; G.Mak PART 3: TRANSMISSION OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS Heritage Museums and the Transformation of South African History; C.Rassool Internationalizing the Classic United States History Survey; P.Stearns French History Confronts the Multicultural; N.Tutiaux Decolonization and the Canon; S.Legêne & B.Waaldijk Disrupting the Canon: The Case of Slavery; A.van Stipriaan LuIscius