Contemplating Historical Consciousness

Anna Clark is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her latest book, Private Lives, Public History (2016), uses interviews with one hundred Australians to consider the ways personal connections to the past intersect with broader historical narratives and debates.

“Without any doubt, this expansive volume represents an important contribution to research on historical consciousness. Expert authors, including some new and promising voices, offer a concise overview of the field while developing thought-provoking new ideas.” • Carlos Kölbl, University of Bayreuth“Clearly written and engaging, Contemplating Historical Consciousness makes new and important contributions to the current conversation on historical consciousness by giving readers a glimpse into the researchers’ thought processes, their conceptual frameworks, the aspirations for their own work, and their hopes for the field.” • Ann Chinnery, Simon Fraser University

• List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Historical Consciousness: Theory and PracticeAnna Clark and Carla L. PeckPART I: HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CURRICULUM, AND PEDAGOGYChapter 1. Schools, Students, and Community History in Northern IrelandAlan W. McCully and Keith C. BartonChapter 2. “Orientation to the Past”: Some Reflections on Historical Consciousness Research from EnglandArthur ChapmanChapter 3. History Educational Research into Historical Consciousness in FlandersKarel Van Nieuwenhuyse and Kaat WilsChapter 4. Historical Consciousness: A Learning and Teaching Perspective from the NetherlandsCarla van BoxtelChapter 5. Historical Consciousness and Representations of National Territories. What the Trump and Berlin Walls Have in CommonMario CarreteroPART II: HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN AND BEYOND BORDERSChapter 6. Mothers’ Darlings of the South PacificAngela WanhallaChapter 7. Looking Back at Canadians and Their PastsPeter SeixasChapter 8. Private Lives, Public History: Navigating Australian historical consciousnessAnna ClarkChapter 9. “Chinese and the Pasts”: Exploring Historical Consciousness of Ordinary Chinese—Initial Findings from ChongqingNa LiChapter 10. “They Fought for Our Language”: Historical Narratives and National Identification among Young French CanadiansStéphane Lévesque and Jocelyn LétourneauPART III: HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND CULTURAL IDENTITYChapter 11. What is Black Historical Consciousness?LaGarrett J. KingChapter 12. ‘There Are Current Lessons from the Holocaust’: Making Meaning from Jewish Histories of the HolocaustJordana SilversteinChapter 13. The “Realness” of Place in the Spiral of Time: Reflections on Indigenous Historical Consciousness from the Coast Salish TerritoryMichael MarkerChapter 14. Intergenerational Family Memory and Historical ConsciousnessAnna GreenChapter 15. Researching Identity and Historical ConsciousnessCarla L. PeckEpilogue: Why Historical Consciousness?Maria GreverIndex