Transitional Justice Video: Education
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Tony Gallagher on the Challenges for Teachers and Students in Northern IrelandTony Gallagher is a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Queen's University, Belfast. Gallagher attended Facing History's Global Symposium during the Summer of 2005. In this video clip filmed during the symposium, Gallagher outlines some of the challenges that students and teachers are facing in Northern Ireland. |
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John Rutayisire on the Future of Education in RwandaJohn Rutayisire is a Rwandan educator who has taught in Uganda , Lesotho and Botswana. Rutayisire is currently the Director of the National Curriculum Development Centre in Rwanda, where he leads curriculum policy development. In this video clip, Rutayisire talks about where education has been in Rwanda, and where it should be heading. |
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Larisa Kasumagic Discusses Non-Violent CommunicationLarisa Kasumagic is an educator from Bosnia and Herzegovina who has worked with organizations offering support for war-traumatized children and their families. Her work deals with issues of healing, non-violent communication, peace building and reconciliation in the context of the Bosnian war and post-war recovery. In this clip, Kasumagic talks about the how non-violent communication can be used as a tool for trauma in post-war societies. |
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Samantha Power on the Lessons of the Holocaust In this clip from a Facing History and Ourselves panel discussion, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Samantha Power discusses the lessons learned -- and not learned -- from the Holocaust. |
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Richard Goldstone on Documenting a Common HistoryRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses the value of the TRC in recording a common history of the apartheid era. He compares this aspect to the Nuremberg trials in Germany after World War II. |
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Richard Goldstone on Writing South African History BooksRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses how the government in South African is writing history textbooks that include the history of the country before white colonizers arrived in South Africa; a rich history that had not been previously explored in school textbooks. |
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Elie Wiesel Talks About Fighting Indifference Elie Wiesel-activist, author, and humanitarian-has committed his life to education about the Holocaust. In 1993, Facing History and Ourselves brought students from different neighborhoods in Chicago together with Elie Wiesel to discuss issues related to racism, antisemitism, hatred, and violence. In this clip, Wiesel explains why indifference is humanity's most formidable adversary. |
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Bill Moyers on Confronting our Past Renowned journalist and filmmaker Bill Moyers talks about how the history of the United States is perceived and taught, and how important it is to confront the truth of that history. |
