Mr Edin Veladžić,

(project coordinator). He was born in 1973. He graduated from Department of History at the Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy in 2000. After graduation he worked two years as history teacher. Since 2003 he has been employed in Historical Institute in Sarajevo as an expert for modern history of the 19th century. He received the title of Master of Science in history of the said period in 2007. He is a co-author of history textbook and history reader for the 2nd grade of Gymnasium. He was one of the founders and the first President of Association of history teachers of Bosnia and Herzegovina EUROCLIO – HIP. He participated in a number of advanced seminaries and conferences in the country and abroad. He has organized a number of conferences and seminaries for history teachers, and was a coordinator of the project for BiH.

     

Bojana Dujković – Blagojević,

(project coordinator). She was born in 1976 in Doboj. She graduated from Banja Luka Faculty of Philosophy – Department of History, where she finished her post-graduate studies as well. Her field of interest is general history of the second half of the 20 th century. She published works from the general contemporary history. She is employed as history teacher in a Gymnasium. She participated in several international projects and conferences. She is one of the founders of the Association of history teachers of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EUROCLIO – HIP.

     

Melisa Forić,

(koordinator projekta). She was born in 1980 in Sarajevo. She graduated history from the Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy in 2003, and started post-graduate studies of Illyrian history at the same faculty. She deals with antic history and archaeology. She is engaged as an expert in the Centre for Balkan researches of the BiH Academy of Science. She is an author and co-author of several history textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She actively participated in several regional and international seminaries and conferences for improvement of history teaching.

     

Edin Radušić

was born in 1970 in Udovičići, Foča municipality. He graduated history from the Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy in 1999, received an MA in south-east European studies in Athens in 2000, and M. Sc. in history of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 19th and 20th century at Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo in 2004. He has been employed as an Assistant since 1999, and as Senior Assistant since 2005 at the history department of Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. His scientific field is history of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the 19th and 20th century in broader European context. He is an author of several scientific papers and a co-author of a text book and two teacher manuals for history for seventh grade of primary school. He participated in several scientific conferences in the country and abroad.

     

Mr Boro Bronza

was born in Bosanska Dubica, BiH, in 1974. He has been employed as an Assistant for General History of 15-19 century at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka. His field of research is Hapsburg Monarchy and Germany in 18 and early 19 century, but he is also interested in history of Yugoslavia 1918 – 1991

     

Bahrudin Beširević,

was born in 1973, in Ostrozac. He graduated from History Department at the Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy. He is employed as history professor in The 2nd Secondary School in Cazin. He participated in a number of international seminaries, projects and courses.

     

Milija Marjanović,

was born in 1964 in Stara Mitrovica, Serbia. She went through the studies at Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, but graduated from Faculty of Philosophy – History Department in Banja Luka in 1996. She worked as a teacher in primary school and Gymnasium, and since 2006 she works as an assistant director of Gymnasium Banja Luka. She is one of authors of history textbooks for second grade of vocational secondary schools.

     

Elma Hašimbegović

was born in 1977 in Sarajevo. She graduated history from Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy in 2001. She received an MA at the Central- European University – Department for history of middle ages, Budapest, in 2002, and she enrolled the PhD studies there. Since 2001 she has been working as a custodian in Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, where she realized several own exhibitions and some as a co-author. She is the author of history textbook for Gymnasium, and she is an author of several scientific papers.

     

Marija Naletilić,

was born in 2006 in Siroki Brijeg. She graduated history from Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, in 1987. She enrolled post-graduate studies there in 2003. She worked as a teacher in primary school and gymnasium. She published works about the past of Siroki Brijeg.

     

Slavojka Beštić-Bronza

was born in Sanski Most in 1971. She has been working as an Assistant at the History Department of Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka, for the subject General Modern History, since 2002. Her field of research is Central and S-E Europe after the WW2. Her most prominent scientific paper so far was Willy Brandt - years in exile.

     

Darko Karačić,

was born in 1980 in Sarajevo. He studied at University of Sarajevo and Central European University in Budapest. He is employed at the Historical Institute in Sarajevo.

     

Zvjezdana Marčić – Matošević,

( is a history professor and a student of post-graduate studies of history of the 19th and 20th century. She has worked at the BiH state archive, and currently is employed in primary school. She is an author of two textbooks of history and a creator of the Federation BiH Curricula. She participated in several international projects. She is a member of Euroclio HIP association since its establishment.

     

Mr Midhat Spahić

graduated from Faculty of Philosophy – Department of history and geography in Tuzla, as the best student of the generation, in 1999. He taught history in gymnasium and general and national history of middle ages at Faculty of Philosophy at Tuzla University. He became Master of Science at Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka in 2007. He published over 20 scientific papers, he is a co-author of textbook of history for the fifth grade of primary school and of the book “Znameniti Tuzlaci” (Significant people of Tuzla). He participated in a number of seminaries and conferences.

     

Velibor Vasović,

(graduated history from the Faculty of Philosophy in Pale, University of East Sarajevo. He has worked as a teacher in primary school and gymnasium. He is currently employed at the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH.

     

Darko Benčić,

was born in Zagreb in 1970. He graduated history and comparative literature from Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy. He is currently employed as a history teacher in a primary school in Jabukovac – Zagreb. He also teaches Civil education in the same school. He is a mentor and a chairman of the Cantonal council of history teachers for the city of Zagreb, author of a number of workshops in history teaching and a reviewer of a history textbook for 5 th grade.

     

Denis Detling

was born on 22 October 1977 in Osijek. He graduated from Faculty of Pedagogy in Osijek, Department of history and German language, in 2003. He has been employed at The 3rd Gymnasium in Osijek since 2002. So far he published several papers in specialized magazines, held several public lectures and workshops, and participated in a number of school, out-of-school and international projects. His work with students achieved significant results also at the state level. He participated in this project from 2004 as an author.

     

Kiti Jurica Korda

&was born in Dubrovnik, where she finished primary and secondary education. She graduated history from Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. She has been working as a history teacher in Dubrovnik gymnasium since 1996. In her work with the students she initiated and realized a number of projects, some of which achieved significant results at the state level school competitions. She participated in several advanced seminaries for history teachers. She became a member of Croatian Association of history teachers in 2004, when she joined the project as one of the authors.

     

Hrvoje Petrić

was born in Koprivnica in 1972. He graduated geography and history from Faculty of Science and he got his Master of Science title at Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, where he works as an Assistant – intern in the project “Triplex Confinium – hrvatska rijeèna vi!egranièja” at the Institute for Croatian history. He taught lectures from history of environment (Eco-history), history of Central and S-E Europe at Universities in Zagreb and Split. He is editor of scientific magazines “Podravina” and “Ekonomska – Ekopovijest” (Economic – Eco- history). He took part in several dozens scientific conferences. He attended advanced courses abroad (USA, Germany, Israel, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, etc. ). He was awarded for his work (award “Dr. Franjo Markovic” of Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy in 1993; annual award of the Society of university professors and other scientists in Zagreb to young scientists and artists in 2005). He is the President of the Society for Croatian economic history and eco-history, Vice-president of Koprivnica historical society and a Board member of Croatian Historical Society. He is an author of a dozen of scientific books, school textbooks and a number of scientific articles. He is active as an editor for history at the publishing house “Meridijani” in Samobor, where he edited several dozens textbooks and other books.

     

Mr. Sc. Hrvoje Klasić

is an Assistant at the History Department of Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy, at the cathedra for World’s history of the 20 th century. He worked as a museum pedagogue in city museum in Sisak and as a history professor in Sisak gymnasium and other secondary schools in Sisak and surrounding places. He wrote a book “Hrvatsko proljece u Sisku” (Croatian Spring in Sisak) and a number of scientific articles. He is engaged as an expert in several projects at Croatian Television.

     

Ivan Dukić

was born in 1969 in Zagreb. He graduated from Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy – Group of history and geography. He has worked in primary and secondary schools. For several years he was writing materials for the TV show “TV calendar” of the Croatian Television. For two years he was the editor for geography and history in the publishing house Profil. He is an author of a number of textbooks and supplemental teaching material published by “Skolska Knjiga” (School Book). He participated in creation of Croatian national education standard and the actual Curricula for primary schools. He held a number of workshops at cantonal seminaries and at the state level. He is currently employed at The 7 th Gymnasium in Zagreb.

     

Karolina Ujaković,

was born on 4 April 1965 in Garesnica, Croatia. After finishing classic gymnasium in Zagreb she graduated history from the Faculty of Philosophy at Zagreb University. She is an author of a history textbook and a methodic manual. In the time of this project she was the President of the Croatian Association of history teachers. She teaches history in a gymnasium in Zagreb.

     

Svjetlana Vorel,

( is a history teacher in a gymnasium in Zagreb. She was in a group of historians and history teachers who established the Croatian Association of history teachers in 1993. Since the establishment of the Association she has been its Secretary. In cooperation with the President of the Association and EUROCLIO she organized three seminaries with a number of workshops in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. She is an author of a textbook in history.

     

Snježana Koren

&was born in 1965, in Zagreb. She graduated history from Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1984. She is currently attending PhD studies of Croatian history there. She worked for a number of years as history teacher in primary school, and starting from 2004 she is teaching methodics of history teaching at the History Department of the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy. She is dealing with history teaching, memorizing and remembering and the image of ‘others’ through history textbooks, history curriculum, intercultural education, teaching sensitive and controversial issues, and education politics after 1945. She is engaged in advance training for history teachers in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. She is an author of several history textbooks for seventh and eight grades of primary schools, as well as a number of scientific works. She participated in several international projects (Joint History Project, South East Europe Textbook Network, Evropska iskustva i nacionalni kurikulum za obavezno obrazovanje u Hrvatskoj) dealing with textbooks and history teaching, and she presented her works in several scientific conferences in Croatia and abroad.

     

Mr Goran Miloradović

was born in 1965. He is employed at Institute of modern history in Belgrade as a research-associate. He is using Russian and English language. He deals with topics from history of Central and East Europe (Russia, Hapsburg monarchy, Yugoslavia) and particularly with history of ideas, as well as social and cultural history. He is the coordinator in Belgrade Association for social history – EUROCLIO, as well as the head of seminaries for history teachers. He is the Chairman of the Program Council of history seminary in the research resort ‘Petnica’, which deals with education of talented secondary school students. He is a member of editorial board of the almanac Godisnjak za drustvenu istoriju.

     

Lazarević Ljiljana,

was born in Belgrade on 7 September 1973. She graduated from History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. The topic of her thesis was Family life in Serbia in the first half of the 20 th century. She is a history professor in Belgrade primary school “Kralj Petar I”, she is a coordinator on behalf of the Serbian team in the project and one of editors of this collection of workshops. She is a member of the Steering Board of the Belgrade Association for social history – EUROCLIO. She actively participated in a number of international and domestic conferences and seminaries dedicated to modern history teaching. Interests: social history of the 20th century, history of mentality, issues of expanding of European influences in Serbia in the 20th century, modernizing history teaching (in sense of methods as well as contents).

     

Mr. Radina Vučetić

&was born 1972 in Belgrade. She graduated in 1998 from Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, and she received her Master of Science title there in 2002. She is currently working on her PhD thesis American cultural influences in Yugoslavia in 1960s. In the period 2002 – 2005 she worked as a research- associate at the Institute for newer history of Serbia. She has been employed as an Assistant at the cathedra for General modern history of the Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. Her field of research: cultural history of Belgrade and Yugoslavia, modernizing processes in Yugoslavia in the 20th century, Yugoslav – American relations, Yugoslavia in the Cold War, emancipation of women, textbooks and history teaching. She published several papers in domestic and foreign magazines, and a monography Evropa na Kalemegdanu, “Cvijeta Zuzoric” i kulturni zivot Beograda 1918 – 1941.

     

Zvezdana Petrović,

&has been history teacher since 1990. She works in two schools: primary school “Rada Miljkovi6” and secondary school “EGS Nikola Tesla”, both situated in Jagodina. Since 1990 she has been in the program ‘non- violent communication’ and program of active learning. She attended various seminaries in the research resort ‘Petnica’. EUROCLIO – UDI, together with Kerber institute organized a competition for secondary schools students titled “A memory of childhood”, where she was a member of the Board of arbiters. She represented Serbia at some international seminaries: in 2003 in Blagojevgrad, “Project Management in the field of History Teaching” organized by the Centre for the study of Balkan societies and cultures”; in 2007 in Sarajevo, “ICT in History Teaching” organized by the DVV International. She participated at the EUROCLIO Annual Assembly in 2006 in Malta, with a workshop representing this project.

     

Emina Dautović

was born in Ćuprija on 13 March 1970. She graduated from Faculty of Philosophy – History Department in Belgrade, in 1997. Starting in 2000 she has been employed as a history teacher in Belgrade primary school „Djura Jaksic”, and from 2003 she works also as a history teacher in a secondary vocational school in Zemun. She was engaged as an expert for reform of history teaching during the education reform in Serbia in 2000. She took part in the Thessaloniki based CDRSEE project. She is a member of the Board of the Belgrade Association for social history – EUROCLIO and a coordinator on behalf of the Serbian team in this project.

     

Vesna Dimitrijević

&was born 1 February 1961 in Belgrade. She graduated from History Department, Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, in 1988. She received her Master of Science title in 1997, defending the thesis “Political and ideological on Yugoslav postal stamps 1931 – 1952”, at the Department for modern history under the mentoring of Prof. Andrej Mitrovi6. She is working on her PhD thesis “The history of Dundjerski family”, under the mentoring of Prof. Ljubodrag Dimi. She has been working as a history teacher in primary school “Laza Kosti 6” since 1989. She has several published papers.

     

Joke van der Leeuw Roord

was born in Netherland. Founder, President and Executive Director of Euroclio, a European History Teachers’ Association specialized in long-term projects in order to improve the level of history education. My key qualifications are project coordination and development, history and history education, curriculum assessment, research, textbook development, giving workshops and lecturers. I am an expert on European History and history didactics and am and have been a senior coordinator in more than 20 project throughout Europe. Since 1997 I initiated, designed and processed a wide variety of European wide studies on topics related to the learning and teaching of history as executive director of Euroclio.

     

Mire Mladenovski

was born in 1967 in Macedonia. He graduated from History Department of Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje in 1991. Since 1992 he has been working in a primary school. He participated in a number of international conferences and projects. He is a co-author and an editor of supplementary teaching material for secondary schools “Understasnding the past, learning for the future ” and an author of the CD with the same title. He is an expert for using the Information- communication technology in teaching, and is an accredited trainer for modern history teaching.

     

Benny Christensen

BA English, MA History, University of Copenhagen 1974. Senior Teacher at Fyns HF-kursus (Upper secondary school/gymnasium) Odense, Denmark. Board member Danish History Teachers’ Association, 1997-2003, Chairman of International Committee 1999-2003. Project Manager and Expert in the project: “Towards a New History” (Serbia and Montenegro) 2001-2003, funded by The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

     

Thomas Notz

was born 1961 in Zurich; MA for History and German; Teacher at Kantonsschule Plten (lower and upper secundary school/gimnasium), Olten, Switzerland; Board member of the Swiss History Teacher’s Assotiation 1997-2007; Teaching practice supervisor (teacher trainer) for history students.

     

Jelka Razpotnik

ro!ena je u Sloveniji. Nakon diplomiranja na studiju historije Filozofskog fakulteta u Ljubljani (1994.), zavr"ila je postdiplomski studij iz savremene historije Slovenije i magistrirala 2001. Zaposlena je kao profesor historije u gimnaziji #entvud u Ljubljani i sara!uje sa Nacionalnim obrazovnim centrom na usavr"avanju nastavnika i Odsjekom za historiju Filozofskog fakulteta na obuèavanju studenata za nastavu historije. U periodu 1999-2003. predsjedavala je Slovenaèkim udru•enjem nastavnika historije. U periodu 2001-2007. bila je èlan borda EUROCLIO-a. Uèestvovala je u nekoliko trening-programa za nastavnike historije koji rade u "kolama, u organizaciji Savjeta Evrope. Tako!er je autor i urednik triju ud•benika historije za srednje struène "kole

     

Lieke van Wijk

Born 18.03.1977, Gouda, the Netherlands. Studied at Utrecht University from 1995-2001, specialized in History of International Relations and the Early Modern Period (1500-1800). Started at the Euroclio office in 2000, and run several projects as project manager up till early 2006. She was project manager in the three year projects in Estonia and Latvia, worked in the three years Romanian project and worked three years in Former Yugoslavia. From 2006 onwards she works as policy maker at the Prosecutor’s office in The Hague.