Beyond the Canon : History for the Twenty-first Century

'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and transmission of historical knowledge and its consequences for the construction of narratives and the teaching of history in multicultural environments.

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