Network of Concerned Historians
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| Headquarters | Groningen, Netherlands |
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| Website | concernedhistorians.org |
The Network of Concerned Historians (NCH) is a human rights network that aims to provide a bridge between international human rights organisations campaigning for censored or persecuted historians (and other concerned with the past) and the global community of historians. Its work consists of two core activities: the collection of information on persecuted and censored historians, and on the intersections of human rights and history production, such as the freedom of historical research and teaching and the right to the truth; and the dissemination of urgent actions for persecuted and censored historians (and others who write about the past.[1][2][3] The NCH publishes an Annual Report covering countries around the globe.[4][5]
Background
[edit]History
[edit]The Network of Concerned Historians was created in 1995 by Antoon De Baets, prof. em. of History, Ethics and Human Rights by Special Appointment of the European Association of History Educators (EuroClio) at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2014–) and President of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (2022–).[6][7] In the Summer of 2020, Ruben Zeeman, a graduate student of Comparative History at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria, joined NCH as co-editor.[8]
Affiliates
[edit]In 2001, the Network of Concerned Historians became one of the founding members of the Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR). It has fraternal ties with Academia Solidaria of the Historia a Debate at the University of Santiago de Compostela (since 2003)[9] and with the Scholar Rescue Fund of the Institute of International Education in New York (since 2008).[10] It is further affiliated with several international human rights organisations, including Scholars at Risk (since 2007), the Science and Human Rights Coalition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2008), the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (since 2011), the International Students of History Association (since April 2013) and PEN America (since 2024).[11][12][13]
Campaigns
[edit]The NCH produces Annual Reports about the domain where history and human rights intersect. In addition, the NCH collects codes of ethics of Historians and workers in related fields, such as Archivists, and Archaeologists from all over the world.
The Annual Reports have been published since 1995, and are all available in the organization's website.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Network of Concerned Historians : Mission". concernedhistorians.org.
- ^ http://culturahistorica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/3baets-nch_australia.pdf
- ^ "Betroffene Geschichtsschreibung". 25 February 2003 – via NZZ.
- ^ "Network of Concerned Historians : NCH Annual Reports 1995–2024". concernedhistorians.org.
- ^ Zeeman, Ruben (25 September 2022). "Around the World, Censorship of Historians is Tied to Attacks on Democracy". History News Network.
- ^ Gaete, Catalina (23 October 2018). "Two Decades of Mapping History Under Threat".
- ^ "International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography : Board". www.ichth.net.
- ^ "Roundtables on 'Censorship in History Education' Address Academic Freedom | Central European University". www.ceu.edu.
- ^ De Baets, Antoon (2005). ""IMAGINATION WILL NOT BREED IN CAPTIVITY" THE NETWORK OF CONCERNED HISTORIANS AFTER TEN YEARS". Annales Aequatoria. 26: 509–512 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Partner Organizations - IIE Scholar Rescue Fund".
- ^ "Network of Concerned Historians : Affiliations". concernedhistorians.org.
- ^ "Network of Concerned Historians (NCH)". 8 January 2016.
- ^ https://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/
- ^ "Network of Concerned Historians : NCH Annual Reports 1995–2024". www.concernedhistorians.org. Retrieved 30 March 2024.