Denationalization of history
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Denationalization of history is term that is describes process by which international community, the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 and nongovernmental organizations will prescribe the way in which various countries should come to terms with their past or write their history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

. Denationalization of history can only happen after process of nationalization of history
Nationalization of history
Nationalization of history is the term used in historiography to describe the process of separation of "one's own" history from the common universal history, by way of perceiving, understanding and treating the past that results with construction of history as history of a nation...

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There are different opinions about future of the history. Some believe that future events will lead to denationalization of history and a "rendering world as single place", or on the contrary, some believe that local perspectives will be strengthened.

Recent conferences

  • “Writing and Rewriting History at the Turn of the Centuries”, 3rd panel "Rewriting National Histories—The De-Nationalization of History", Kraków
    Kraków
    Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

    , Poland
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

    , in May 2000, organized by Civic Education Project
    Civic Education Project
    Civic Education Project is international non-profit organization founded in 1991 and based at Northwestern University's center that specializes in supporting of promotion of pluralism and international standards in social sciences education in transition countries.- External links :* *...

     and the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University
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