Network

info@agrararchiv.ch

https://agrararchiv.ch

The Archives of rural History (AfA) is an independent institute active in archiving, scientific research and the dissemination of information and knowledge. Since its foundation in 2002, the first "virtual" archive in Switzerland has developed into a centre for archiving and historiography on rural society. In the field of communication, the AfA operates several online portals and publishes the series Video Essays in Rural History. 

Christian Koller
Director
koller@sozarch.uzh.ch

https://www.sozialarchiv.ch 

The Swiss Social Archives in Zurich hold extensive analogue, audiovisual and digital sources on modern Swiss history as well as the relevant specialist literature. Access is free of charge. As a competence centre for the topics of social change and social movements, it also runs a range of events, offers guided tours for schools and universities, has an electronic newsletter and a list of topic ideas for student and school theses on its website. 

Dominique Lysser
Nicolas Blumenthal
info@geschichteimpuls.ch 

https://www.geschichteimpuls.ch/ 

Geschichte im Puls is a public history project that creates a bridge between the historical sciences and the public and encourages a young audience to think independently and critically. We offer students an insight into the working methods of historians and show how history is made from the past. Master students in History Education and Public History at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne can complete internships at Geschichte im Puls, where they can gain work experience in the conception and realisation of public events, in the field of social media and in the editing of popular science texts.

info@whes.ch

www.edu.unsererbe.ch 

The non-profit umbrella organisation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Switzerland is committed to education and communication in addition to the valorisation of World Heritage. Together with the 13 World Heritage Sites, it endeavours to take a holistic view of World Heritage - true to the motto: "You only want to protect what you know". As an extracurricular place of learning, the World Heritage Site offers unique opportunities for holistic education. By combining theory and practice, past and present, culture and nature, the World Heritage Site becomes an indispensable part of modern education. 

Zürich Kolonial
info@zh-kolonial.ch
https://www.zh-kolonial.ch/en 

The association Zürich Kolonial emerged from the academic environment of historical studies in Zurich. The project focuses on a public and cooperative approach, during which it constantly reviews and develops its concepts. Its goal is to educate a broad public about Zurich's colonial history with an audio guide.

‍Although Switzerland itself did not formally have any colonies, it was nevertheless heavily involved in the colonial projects of other European nations. Zurichers became rich from overseas plantations, invested in slavery, organised ethnological shows and served as mercenaries in colonial armies, to name just a few examples. The effects of this continue to this day in the form of global wealth inequality and racial prejudice.

‍With the city walk, Zürich Kolonial wants to draw attention to these colonial entanglements and thereby campaign for a non-violent, just and tolerant society. To provide access also for people who cannot be on site, there is the possibility to listen to or read the texts online.

Editor in Chief
Monika Waldis
FHNW School of Education, Switzerland
monika.waldis@fhnw.ch 

Editors
Laura Arias Ferrer
University of Murcia, Spain
Sebastian Barsch
University of Cologne, Germany
Martin Nitsche
FHNW School of Education, Switzerland
Paul Zanazanian
McGill University of Montréal, Canada
Christoph Kühberger
Universität Salzburg

Administrative Editor
Julia Thyroff
FHNW School of Education, Switzerland

https://eterna.unibas.ch/htce 
Instagram: htce_journal
Facebook: htce journal

Historical Thinking, Culture, and Education Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly journal that offers a critical space for the reflection and exchange of ideas on the creation, appropriation, and dissemination of historical knowledge and culture in both formal and non-formal educational settings. 

Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Franziska Metzger

Editor
Prof. Dr. David Neuhold
david.neuhold@unifr.ch

Editorial committee
Prof. Dr. Franz Xaver Bischof
Prof. Dr. Dr. Mariano Delgado 
Prof. Dr. Franz Mali
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Planzi
Prof. Dr. Markus Ries
Prof. Dr. Martin Sallmann
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Weichlein

Internationaler Editorial Board

https://www.unifr.ch/szrkg/en/ 

The Swiss Journal for Religious and Cultural History («Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kirchengeschichte» (SZRKG) / «Revue suisse d’histoire religieuse et culturelle» (RSHRC)) is a peer-reviewed Journal, appearing in late autumn, with scholarly contributions and abstracts in German, French, Italian and English. In its first section, the Journal contains articles about a selected main topic. In addition to further articles on diverse subjects, it also contains shorter contributions to a particular discussion. The Journal also publishes reviews of books and scholarly articles on Church History and the History of Religion, authored by Swiss as well as international scholars. 

Aline Minder
Leiterin Fachbereich Programm
aline.minder@bhm.ch 

https://www.bhm.ch

The Bern History Museum is one of Switzerland’s most important history museums. Sensory, narrative and playful offerings take centre stage in educational work. The museum's outreach programme is based on a well-developed, researched and growing collection, a cultural repository for the history of Bern and the world. Current social issues find their way into the museum in participatory formats. 

Marie-Dominique De Preter
Verantwortliche Bildung & Vermittlung und Veranstaltungen
marie-dominique.depreter@museenational.ch

https://www.chateaudeprangins.ch/de 

The Château de Prangins is the home of the Swiss National Museum in western Switzerland and its exhibitions offer an insight into art, culture and society in Switzerland from the 18th century to the present day. The castle is home to the largest historical vegetable garden in Switzerland, where almost 200 different varieties of fruit, vegetables, herbs and useful plants that grew in the region in the 18th century are cultivated. 

Dr. Felix Wirth
Leiter Ausstellung und Vermittlung
felix.wirth@enter.ch

https://enter.ch/de/

The Enter Technikwelt Solothurn is Switzerland's largest interactive museum for analogue and digital technology. Unique collections bring rapid development up to the present day to life for all generations. Events and workshops create exciting platforms and bring together a wide variety of interest groups. The Enter Technikwelt Solothurn offers internships for the master programme "History Education and Public History".

Isabelle Marcon Lindauer
Verantwortliche Bildung & Vermittlung
isabelle.marcon@nationalmuseum.ch

https://www.forumschwyz.ch/de 

The Forum of Swiss History Schwyz is the headquarters of the Swiss National Museum in Central Switzerland and sheds light on the period in which the Swiss Confederation was formed between the 12th and 14th centuries from various perspectives. Current temporary exhibitions, guided tours and events make the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz a cultural platform. One focus is on imparting historical knowledge to school classes from all over Switzerland. 

Vera Humbel
Co-Leiterin Bildung & Vermittlung
vera.humbel@nationalmuseum.ch

https://www.landesmuseum.ch/de 

The National Museum Zurich presents Swiss history from its beginnings to the present day and explores Swiss identities and the diversity of the country's history and culture. By collecting, preserving, researching, interpreting, exhibiting and communicating Switzerland's cultural heritage, the National Museum is actively involved in the field of public history in various ways.

Irène Cramm
Museumsleiterin
irene.cramm@bourbakipanorama.ch

Barbara Steiner
Kulturvermittlerin barbara.steiner@bourbakipanorama.ch

https://www.bourbakipanorama.ch/
https://bourbakipanorama.ch/vermittlung/app/

"My Bourbaki Panorama" is a pioneering project in museum and history education. The app was developed together with the Centre for History Education and Cultures of Remembrance at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. It is designed to inspire students and visitors to learn about history and motivate them to engage with humanity, tolerance and human rights. "My Bourbaki Panorama" combines knowledge with entertainment. On the tour, visitors engage with the people on the panorama and immerse themselves interactively in the history of the 19th century. 

Myriam Kärvas
Leiterin Bildung und Vermittlung
myriam.kaervas@zg.ch 

http://www.burgzug.ch/

As the historical museum of the city and canton of Zug, the Museum Burg Zug collects, preserves and communicates Zug's history from the Middle Ages to the present day. In regular special exhibitions, the Museum Burg Zug deals with socially, culturally and politically relevant topics. The museum is located in Zug's historic castle and offers a rich programme of events for children and adults and teaches history to school classes of all ages. 

Sophia Aschwanden
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Geschichte
sophia.aschwanden@lu.ch 

https://museumluzern.ch/

The Museum of Nature and the Historical Museum together form the Museum Lucerne. Lucerne Museum focuses on issues related to nature, history and society with a focus on Lucerne and Central Switzerland. Theatre tours allow visitors to experience the past up close.

Benno Seiler
Schulische Vermittlung MMBM und Klosterkirche
benno.seiler@bluewin.ch

https://www.mmbm.ch/vermittlung.html 

Excursions to Muri Abbey take the visitor to the "Muri Museum of Medical History Books" (MMBM) and the abbey church. The target audience is upper school classes (3rd cycle) and grammar schools. Students are welcome to view and further develop existing programmes.

Rahel Birrer
Fachperson Bildung und Vermittlung
rahel.birrer@burgrain.ch 

www.museumburgrain.ch
Agrarmuseum Burgrain auf Instagram 
Agrarmuseum Burgrain auf Facebook

The Burgrain Museum of Agriculture is an education and dialogue centre for sustainable agriculture and nutrition. The interactive and modern main exhibition "Who is agriculture?" combines the diverse collection of historical machines and equipment relating to farming life and work with current areas of tension in agricultural policy. The museum also offers a wide range of guided tours, events and theme days for school classes. The museum works closely with the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and offers internships for students in the master programme Public History.

Martin Bütikofer
Director, Swiss Museum of Transport
041 375 74 01 
martin.buetikofer@verkehrshaus.ch

Hannah Ralston
Specialist responsible for museum didactics
041 375 75 44
hannah.ralston@verkehrshaus.ch 

Dampfschiff Rigi
Visiting the Paddle Steamer rigi

The Swiss Museum of Transport is a key partner of the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. Together, they regularly realise exciting educational projects for families and schools.

In 2021, the Verkehrshaus and the University of Teacher Education worked together to realise a new production of the DS Rigi, Switzerland's oldest steamship.

Assistenz Peter Reichenbach
assistant.reichenbach@c-films.com

Assistenz Anne Walser
assistant.walser@c-films.com 

c-films@c-films.com 

https://www.c-films.com/ 

C-FILMS AG, based in Zurich, is active nationally and internationally in the development and realisation of cinema, television and documentary films as well as series. C-FILMS AG's films have won numerous awards and quality prizes in Switzerland and abroad, including several Swiss film awards. Films such as SCHELLENURSLI, MEIN NAME IST EUGEN, DER VERDINGBUB and PLATZSPITZBABY are also among the biggest box office successes in recent Swiss film history. In addition, in cooperation with students from the PH Luzern, school programmes are created to accompany the films in order to provide a historical reappraisal of the respective subject matter in schools. The company is managed by the producers and owners Peter Reichenbach and Anne Walser and the managing director Roland Stebler.

Patrick M. Müller
Geschäftsführer
info@docmine.com

www.docmine.com
Danioth Digital
"Die Schweizer» (2013)
«My Bourbaki Panorama» (2016)
«Schweizer Wirtschaftsgeschichte» (2022) 

Docmine is a Zurich based creative studio that specialises in the production of high-quality documentaries and digital storytelling. For more than a decade, Docmine has been conceiving and realising projects together with the Institute for Education in Social Sciences, some of which have won international awards.

Iris Rüfenacht-Kappeler
Mesch & Ugge AG
Köschenrütistrasse 8
8052 Zürich
044/305 38 38
info@meschuggefilm.ch

Mesch & Ugge AG has been producing high-quality documentaries for cinema and television as well as for online platforms and private providers since 1999. The extensive research material for the documentary film "Danioth - der Teufelsmaler" served the Lucerne University of Teacher Education and the Dätwyler Foundation as the basis for their recent project Danioth Digital.

https://danioth-digital.ch/klassenraum

Basmaci, M. (2020). Die Geschichte des eigenen Landes erzählen: Eine Analyse historiogra-fischer Erzählungen schweizerisch-türkischer Doppelbürger zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Türkei. In P.H. Gautschi & N. Fink (Hrsg.), The Teaching of the History of One’s Own Country: International Experiences in a Comparative Perspective (S. 336-349). Frankfurt/M: Wochenschau Verlag. 

Martin Basmaci has been working as a secondary school teacher for the subjects Spaces, Times, Society, German, English and visual arts in the canton of Lucerne since 2018. Alongside teaching he is completing an MA in History Education and Public History. Since 2023, he has also been working as a research assistant at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne.

Portrait PH Luzern

In fremden Schuhen gehen
Heritage Education
Logbuch
Vermittlungsangebot Museggmauer

from the University of Fribourg

Primary school teacher

Research assistant, lecturer in mentoring and doctoral candidate at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. Historical education in primary school and out-of-school settings. Development of teaching materials and extracurricular learning centres for younger children.

Head of Center for Comparative Research on Memory Cultures  CCRMC at SWPS University
President of View. Foundation for Visual Culture
Editor of pismowidok.org academic journal
Portrait ORCID

Dr. Katarzyna Bojarska is currently working on her individual research project devoted to feminine forms of memory and female gaze in relation to political and historical violence, as well as on collective projects devoted to the memory of ordinary crisis and invisible violence in post-socialist Europe, as well as on cultures of post 2011 protest movements in Europe. Part of her academic and cultural-critical activity is editing «View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture» academic journal. She is also translator of works by Susan Buck-Morss, Dominick LaCapra, Krisitn Ross, Achille Mbembe among others. She teaches courses in memory studies, visual culture, contemporary art and art criticism.

alisha.bruegger@stud.phlu.ch

Alisha Brügger is currently a student in Secundary Education and History Education and Public History as well as a secondary school teacher at ORS Stansstad. History has always been her passion, which she can now pursue in greater depth. She is currently working on the topic of racism in schools. At the same time, she is researching the history of the Cynological Association of Zug and the surrounding area in order to be able to publish the 100-year anniversary magazine.

https://geschichte-festhalten.ch/ 

Valérie Bürgy is a graduate of the Master's degree programme in History Education and Public History. As a freelance historian and history educator, she specialises in oral history and biographical approaches to history. She is also the study programme manager for the Master of Arts in «Fachdidaktik Natur, Mensch, Gesellschaft und Nachhaltige Entwicklung (MA FD NMG+NE)».

juerg.flueckiger@stud.phlu.ch

https://www.enter.ch 
https://www.nzz.ch/geschichte 

After completing his Bachelor's degree in contemporary history at FernUni Switzerland, Jürg Flückiger has been studying History Education and Public History  at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education and the University of Fribourg since 2023. At the same time, he writes sporadically for the magazine "NZZ Geschichte" and is working on a book about the "Swiss Internees", the American airmen interned in Switzerland during the Second World War. He also taught the cultural history of technology to a wide audience as part of an internship at Enter Technikwelt Solothurn in 2024.

Peter Gautschi auf Wikipedia
Porträt PH Luzern 
Public History Weekly  
Forum historisches Lernen 

Prof. Dr phil. Peter Gautschi is Professor emeritus of History Education at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education/Switzerland. He specialises in the teaching of history in schools and the public sphere. His work focusses on educational media as well as school and extra-curricular educational programmes on historical education. He is also co-editor of history education series and journals, a member of various scientific committees and heads the advisory board of ERINNERN:AT, among others. His publications have been translated into many languages and his work has received several awards.

jasmin.gerig@phlu.ch

Heritage Education
Aski – Land
Kulturabenteuer Seetal

Jasmin Gerig is passionate about visualising and experiencing the history of our tangible and intangible heritage and communicating it. She has been involved in exhibition projects, extracurricular learning centres and playful history education for a wide audience for over 20 years. She is currently working as a research assistant at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education at the Institute for Education in Social Sciences for projects in the fields of "Heritage Education" and "Postcolonial Visibility". 

Portrait Désirée Hilscher
LEBENSGESCHICHTEN
Désirée Hilscher, Den Helden geschaffen. Fritz Bauers Rückkehr ins kollektive Gedächtnis, Wallstein Verlag, 2022 

Désirée Hilscher is a history teacher and research assistant at the Institute for Education in Social Sciences at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education. She develops and coordinates digital learning programmes on the topic of genocide as part of the trinational project IWitness - "LEBENSGESCHICHTEN". Other focal points are: Learning with digital games; working with contemporary witnesses; memory culture; public history and teaching.

vera.humbel@nationalmuseum.ch

Drogenparcours

Vera Humbel completed her Master's degree in History Education and Public History at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and the University of Fribourg in 2020. She then worked as a research assistant at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland at the Centre for Democracy in Aarau on two research projects. This was followed by a position as a research assistant in Education & Mediation and later as co-head of the department at the National Museum Zurich. Parallel to her professional career, she obtained a teaching diploma in history at upper secondary level in 2023. The combination of historical-scientific work and practical educational work fills her with great joy.

Annica Huwyler has completed her Master's degree in History Education and Public History in 2024. As part of this, she completed her internship at C-Films, where she developed the initial foundations for a historical programme to accompany the film "HALLO BETTY". Annica gained her first practical experience in the areas of digital mediation, conducting oral history interviews and project management.

marigona.ibrahimi@stud.phlu.ch

Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte

Marigona Ibrahimi is a student in the Master programme History Education and Public History at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and the University of Fribourg. She has been specialising in research on political speeches, rhetoric, film, politics of history

She was an assistant to the editorial team of the Swiss Journal for Religious and Cultural History (SZRKG) for several years.

She works as a Secondary school teacher at Reiden School (LU)

helen.kaufmann@phsg.ch

LebensGeschichten
Zug in die Freiheit
https://www.museumburgrain.ch/

After studying at the PH Zurich (teaching diploma Sek I) and gaining several years of teaching experience, Helen Kaufmann completed a Master's degree in History Education and Public Historyat the University of Fribourg and the University of Teacher Education Lucerne in 2019. She then worked in museum education and as a research assistant and lecturer at various universities of teacher education. Since 2022, she has been a doctoral student, lecturer and research assistant at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen, where her dissertation focuses on oral history and individual and collective memories.

thomas.kirchschlaeger@phlu.ch 

LUKIRE
Kinderrechte in der Tasche
CAS Kinderrechte, Demokratie und Menschenrechte leben, lernen und lehren
Weiterbildungskurse
Fachberatung Kinderrechte
www.menschenrechtsbildung.ch
Compasito - Handbuch für Menschenrechtsbildung mit Kindern 
Zentrum für Menschenrechtsbildung
Internationales Menschenrechtsforum Luzern  

After studying law at the University of Bern and Louvain-la-Neuve (Be), Thomas Kirchschläger was admitted to the bar in 2002. In 2020/2021, he completed the academic training programme for mediation and conflict management at the University of Fribourg (CAS). Thomas Kirchschläger has been writing a dissertation on "the individual complaints procedure at the UN Commission on the Rights of the Child" at the University of Lucerne since 2021.

He founded the International Human Rights Forum (IHRF: 2004-2020), the Centre for Human Rights Education (ZMRB: 2007-2020), launched and co-directs the Specialisation in Human Rights Education (SPMB: 2008 to date) and the CAS Human Rights Education (CAS HRE: 2011 to 2020) at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education. Since 2020, he has been a lecturer and responsible for human rights education at the Institute for Education in Social Sciences at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne, specialising in civic education: Human Rights and Democracy. In his work, he focuses on children's rights, participation, involvement and recognition in schools, institutions and society in general. He is responsible for the project Learning Environment Children's Rights (LUKIRE: since 2017).

Together with Thomas Metzger, University of Teacher Education St. Gallen, he launched a CAS in 2023 on the topic of children's rights, democracy and human rights, provides further training and advises and supports institutions and schools. He has been a specialist advisor for children's rights education in Lucerne since 2020. In addition to his work at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education, he has been President of the Social and Society Commission (KSG) of the Canton of Lucerne since 2012, has co-chaired the cantonal sub-network Schüler:innenpartizipation since 2013, has been active in the working group on human rights education in Reckahn (Brandenburg/Potsdam) since 2011 and is co-founder of Dialogwerkstatt.ch.

s.lingenhoele@hotmail.com

Didaktischer Leitfaden Thema Flucht 
Virtueller Rundgang Thema Flucht  
Agrarmuseum Burgrain
Malereien von Vertriebenen und Heimatlosen
SAGW-Studie «Erinnerung partizipativ gestalten»
Sozialgeschichte Ostschweiz «Energischer Widerstand: Die Anti AKW-Bewegung» 

Sebastián Lingenhöle has completed his Master studies in History Education and Public History in 2024 and is a secondary school teacher specialising in contemporary history. He is particularly interested in democracy education and the history of Latin America. During his educational studies, he has worked in depth on the topics of flight and migration, visual history, the preservation and design of cultural memory assets in public spaces, and the history of indigenous peoples in the Andean region (Ecuador and Chile) by participating in history education projects. It is important to him to make didactically prepared facts accessible to the public and to include current socially relevant topics in history lessons.

He currently works at the ipw Klinikschule in Winterthur.

dragana.ljuboja@outlook.com

Klug und Kühn didaktische Unterlagen

Dragana Ljuboja-Oehninger has been a secondary school teacher since 2017 and completed the Master in History Education and Public History in 2022. During her studies, she developed the didactic material for the exhibition "Klug und Kühn - Frauen schreiben Geschichte" to mark the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage and voting rights. She also completed university internships in the history department of secondary school teacher training. Her areas of interest are memory studies, digital public history, particularly in the social media sector, and the teaching of history and political education in and out of school.

In addition to her teaching activities, she currently works as a cultural mediator and project collaborator in memory institutions.

Kurt Messmer auf Wikipedia
Porträt PH Luzern
Porträt Nationalmuseum

Professor emeritus Kurt Messmer was Head of History at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education until 2011, lecturer in History Education at the University of Fribourg CH and member of the Monument Commission of the Canton of Lucerne. Since 2011 he has worked as a freelance historian specialising in history in public spaces. He regularly publishes entries in the blog of the Swiss National Museum.

Joséphine Métraux

www.metrauxund.ch

métraux& accompanies and realises projects in the fields of culture and society. One of its areas of specialisation is the communication of contemporary historical topics with a reference to the present, such as Switzerland's colonial past, administrative detention or the history of communication in the 20th century. These topics are explored in close dialogue with experts from academia and society.

The & in the name refers to the wide range of partners that Joséphine Métraux calls on for her projects, particularly professionals from the fields of graphics and web design. This is because métraux& thinks about the form and content of its projects together from the outset. The interplay between what is to be communicated and the questions of how and for whom it is to be communicated gives each concept time to mature.

Porträt PH Luzern
Porträt ORCID
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte
Publikationsreihe Erinnerungsräume / Spaces of Memory 
Memories of Europe

Franziska Metzger is Professor of History and Head of the Master programme in History Education and Public Historyas well as director of the Department of History at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. She teaches in the study programmes Secondary Level I, Secondary Level II and History Education and Public History with a focus on Swiss and European history of the 19th and 20th/21st centuries and topics of memory and memory construction, history politics, dealing with memory in schools and the public, participatory remembrance especially of minorities, narratives of memory in literature, art and social media.

She researches and publishes in particular in the fields of memory studies, public history, history of religion and historical theory. She is co-editor of the publication series Erinnerungsräume / Spaces of Memory (with Dimiter Daphinoff) and editor-in-chief of the Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte.

In recent years, she has pursued various international projects in memory studies and religious history. She is co-editor with Dimiter Daphinoff of the publication series “Spaces of Memory – History, Literature, Art” (Böhlau/Brill) and editor in Chief of the Swiss Journal for Religious and Cultural History (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte). 

She is a member of national and international scientific commissions and advisory boards (e.g. she is head of the expert commission of the "History of Muri Abbey" project, a member of the scientific advisory board of the historical-critical complete edition of Jeremias Gotthelf's works and of the board of the History Days 2025 at the University of Lucerne). 

Porträt PH Luzern

Wer hat eine Stimme?
Aski – Land
Spurensuche im Staatsarchiv Uri
Kurzfilme zur Geschichte der Viscosuisse, im Auftrag der Stiftung Viscosuisse
Dauerausstellung Festung Fürigen, Nidwaldner Museum

Angela Müller is a historian and cultural scientist. She specialises in visual history, the visible and invisible in public spaces, cultures of remembrance and extracurricular learning spaces. She works as a research assistant at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and realises projects in the field of public history.

laszlo.muntean@ru.nl

https://www.ru.nl/en/people/muntean-l
https://radboud.academia.edu/LaszloMuntean

László Munteán is an assistant professor of cultural studies at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. At the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH) he leads the research group ‘Memory, Materiality, and Affect’. His publications have focused on the memorialization of 9/11 in literature and the visual arts, as well as on photography, urban culture, architecture, and cultural heritage. In a broader sense, his scholarly work revolves around the juncture of literature, visual culture, and cultural memory in American and Eastern European contexts. He is co-editor of Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture (Routledge 2017), Animation and Memory (Palgrave 2020), and Materials of Culture (Transcript 2023).

Wer hat eine Stimme?
Geschichte im Puls

After completing her Bachelor's degree in Contemporary History and Media Studies at the University of Fribourg, Anna-Lena Nägler has been studying in the Master programme in History Education and Public History at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne since 2020. In addition to her experience in archival work, she has completed several mediation internships and is active in the Geschichte im Puls association.

She is currently working as a research assistant for the Swiss Network for Public History at the Institute for History Didactics and Memory Cultures at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne.

chrisi.nanz@gmail.com 

https://frauenarchivostschweiz.ch/
Artikel: Ekstase auf der Leinwand
Artikel: Europäische Geschichte ausstellen

After completing her bachelor's degree in history and ethnology at the University of Zurich, Christina Nanz completed a master's degree in History Education and Public History in 2021 in order to delve deeper into the communication of history. She does this especially in the archive sector, for example in her Master's thesis in the form of a digital mediation programme for an oral history project of the Archive for Women's and Social History of Eastern Switzerland. She also communicates historical topics in the form of blog posts such as the blog "doing public history" or "Geschichte im Puls". She expanded her international network during an exchange semester in public history at the University of Cologne and in a participatory research project with the House of European History in Brussels. Her research and mediation interests lie in the fields of women's and gender history, colonial history and cultures of remembrance.

She currently works at the Archive for Women's and Social History in Eastern Switzerland.

kirsty.raeber@stud.phlu.ch 

Aski – Land
Figurenführung im Kloster Muri
Flyer Klosterfuehrung mit Figuren

Communicating history in public spaces is one of Kirsty Räber's passions. That's why she decided to train as a public historian. She is fascinated by the many different channels of communication: from guided tours specially tailored to families to scenic tours, from films to living history events. When history becomes an experience, we reach our audience in a sustainable way.

She can currently be found at Muri Abbey. There she works as a mediator in various areas.

laura.rompietti@phlu.ch

Danioth Digital

As a cultural communicator, Laura Rompietti wants to inspire people with history.

In her day-to-day work, she analyses historical content and creates educational formats for the general public.

She is currently working as a research assistant at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne in the Danioth Digital project and as a research assistant at the Forum for Swiss History Schwyz.

hannah.ralston@verkehrshaus.ch 

Dampfschiff Rigi

The Swiss Museum of Transport offers a rich field of practice in museum work. During her Master's degree in History Education and Public History (2019-2021), Hannah Ralston completed an internships in the field of museum didactics and exhibition design and ultimately wrote teaching material on the Rigi steamship for her Master's thesis.

Today, she is responsible for museum didactics at the Swiss Museum of Transport.

Wie verändere ich die Stadt Luzern?
Kulturabenteuer Seetal
Digitale Unterrichtseinheit zur politischen Bildung im Kanton Luzern
Erarbeitung von digitalen Lernmodulen für die Berufsmaturitätsschulen auf der Platform ORBIT

After completing a Master's degree in German, history and economics at the University of Bern and the Freie Universität Berlin, Urban Sager obtained a teaching diploma for secondary schools at the Bern University of Teacher Education. He has been working as a specialist teacher of history and German at a technical and business secondary school since 2008.

Since 2015, he has also worked as a lecturer at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. He is active in teaching, research and development with a focus on political education. His dissertation on the question of how pupils tell the history of their own country at the end of their general school education was published in 2023.

Dr. Anne Schillig
anne.schillig@phlu.ch

When We Disappear
Heritage Education
Partizipativer Umgang mit materieller Erinnerungskultur im öffentlichen Raum

Anne Schillig studied history and ethnology at the Universities of Potsdam, Basel and Lucerne. In 2019, she completed her dissertation on material culture and family in the Sattelzeit period. Since 2015, she has been working at the Institute for Education in Social Sciences in various research and development projects, particularly in relation to cultures of remembrance from a transnational perspective. Since 2024 she is the Director of the International Office at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne.

Porträt PH Luzern 
Danioth Digital

Christine Szkiet is an art historian, history teacher and cultural manager. Her research and development focus is on communicating cultures of history and remembrance and public history. During her work in museums and galleries, she has designed numerous exhibitions on art and cultural history topics and has been involved in the digital mediation of cultural heritage.

At the Institute for Institute for Education in Social Sciences, she focussed on coming to terms with the past and history policy in school history textbooks in international comparison and Holocaust education. She has developed numerous concepts for teaching various historical topics. Most recently, she realised her concept for the Danioth Digital website. This is a digital narrative world for the artist Heinrich Danioth with a presentation of the collection and various educational programmes for different target audiences.

Since 2017, she has been involved in the development and consolidation of the Master programme in History Education and Public History as a programme manager, works as a lecturer on the development and communication of history and remembrance culture in schools and the public sphere and coordinates the Swiss Public History Network.

As a high-school teacher and student of History Education and Public History, Mirjam Truniger is interested in teaching history, politics and culture at different age levels. During her studies, she was able to benefit from an enriching internship in the "Zug in die Freiheit" research project at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen and was able to gain valuable experience in teaching history didactics with a position at the university.

Projekte
Übersicht

Aktuelle Projekte
Wie sicher sind wir? Sicherheitspolitik in der Schweiz
Verschachtelte Geschichten. Immigrationsschicksale in der Region in den letzten hundert Jahren
When We Disappear
Fliehen vor dem Holocaust
Sorge oder Zwang? Fürsorgerische Zwangsmassnahmen im Kanton Graubünden

Hans Utz worked as a secondary school teacher at the Gymnasium Oberwil BL and in secondary school level 2 education at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. Since his retirement, he has worked at the Institute for Education in Social Sciencesin practical training and in the development of educational media for secondary levels 1 and 2.

He also runs cycling courses for migrants.

anna.voser@gmail.com

Zug in die Freiheit

Since completing her Master's degree in History Education and Public History, Anna Voser has been working intensively with digital and analogue education. She developed an app-based tour through the special exhibition "Conquest of the Night" for the Lucerne Cantonal Museums and designed an IWalk as part of an internship and her Master's thesis for the "Zug in die Freiheit" project at the St. Gallen University of Teacher Education. After gaining a teaching diploma for secondary schools in the subject of history, she gained teaching experience through internships and substitute teaching and conducted city tours on Zurich and colonialism. Her research focuses on the Holocaust, Jewish history, women's and gender history and colonialism.

Since August 2024, she has been working as a research assistant at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen in the Department of Democracy Education and Human Rights in the "Zug in die Freiheit" project.

Anna Werren 
Projektleitung im Bereich Vermittlung und Gewaltprävention
anna.werren@gmx.ch

https://ichdochnicht.ch/

With the thesis «Häusliche Gewalt noch immer ein Tabu? Die Gendergeschichte: Umgang in der Geschichtsvermittlung gestern, heute und morgen», Anna Werren completed her Master's degree in History Education and Public History in 2022. This thesis laid the foundation for the prevention project "Ich doch nicht.", which deals with the communication and education of domestic violence in schools. Anna is currently self-employed in the project area and is working on founding an association that will specialise in the implementation of prevention projects.

Dr. Katarzyna Bojarska
Center for Comparative Research on Memory Cultures

At our research centre we are devoted to interdisciplinary research in the field of social sciences and humanities as well as visual and performative arts, using innovative methodologies of memory studies, visual culture studies and research on historical trauma, affect, ethnicity and nationalism. We specialise in research that is part of the rapidly growing international interdisciplinary study of new trends in memory policies, memorialisation institutions and practices in public space. 

Irma Gadient MA
Studienberatung Master Geschichtsdidaktik
Departement für Zeitgeschichte 
irma.gadient@unifr.ch 

https://www.unifr.ch/histcont/de/
https://www.geschichteimpuls.ch
Geschichte im Puls is a public history project that creates a bridge between the historical sciences and the public and encourages a young audience to think independently and critically.

https://colonial-local.ch/projekt/
Using the example of Fribourg, three researchers from the University of Fribourg show how the Swiss had an impact in the colonial world and how colonial entanglements have changed and continue to change local histories. Glossary, blogs and dialogue on an interactive platform - do you notice colonial traces in your surroundings? Colonialism still shapes our lives today!

The Department of Contemporary History at the University of Fribourg, together with the Institute for Education in Social Sciences at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne, offers the Master's programme "History Education and Public History". 

The study of contemporary history, which can be completed at BA and MA level at the Department of Contemporary History, focuses on the history of the 19th to 21st centuries, with an emphasis on the period after 1945. The development of historical depth dimensions of current social and political contexts, the critical analysis of a wide variety of sources, the communication of history to the general public - these skills are central to all courses offered by the Department of Contemporary History. New forms of teaching and the option to study in two languages (German and French) round off the programme.

Research specialisations are: Migration and racism, social movements and countercultures, right-wing extremism, right-wing populism, colonialism, decolonisation, post-colonialism, gender history, political iconography, the Cold War and anti-communism, Antisemitism, the history of Zionism, Israel and Palestine, the Holocaust and post-history.

Prof. Dr. Christian Mathis
Präsident
christian.mathis@phzh.ch

https://www.dggd.ch/ 

The Deutschschweizerische Gesellschaft für Geschichtsdidaktik (DGGD) promotes research, development and teaching in the field of history education. History education is the science of communication and learning, presentation and representation or the teaching and learning of history in formal, non-formal and informal (educational) contexts. History education understood in this way has numerous overlaps with public history and makes an important contribution to political maturity in democratically organised societies.

The DGGD therefore takes a position on educational policy issues and developments in the field of historical learning in schools and society. In particular, it is the point of contact for questions relating to the teaching of history in the Swiss education system.

Prof. Dr. Nadine Fink
nadine.fink@hepl.ch

Prof. Dr. Lyonel Kaufmann
lyonel.kaufmann@hepl.ch

www.hepl.ch
Didactiques des sciences humaines et sociales

La Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud est l’une des institutions partenaires du programme de Master en Didactique de l’histoire et de la Médiation historique publique. Elle propose des modules de formation dans le champ de la didactique de l’histoire et des stages dans le cadre de projets de médiation de l’histoire. Par ses projets de recherche et sa participation à des réseaux nationaux et internationaux, elle contribue au développement du champ scientifique des didactiques disciplinaires.

Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke
martin.luecke@fu-berlin.de

Dr. Nina Reusch
nina.reusch@fu-berlin.de

Didaktik der Geschichte

At the Department of Didaktik der Geschichte we research and teach on topics of history education and public history and are part of the Master's programme in Public History at the FU Berlin.

Prof. Dr. Astrid Schwabe
astrid.schwabe@uni-flensburg.de 
oder sekretariat@frzph.de 

https://www.frzph.de/home.html 

The Forschungsstelle für regionale Zeitgeschichte und Public History (frzph) is a central academic institution of the Europa-Universität Flensburg based in Schleswig. It researches and communicates the regional contemporary history of Schleswig-Holstein in a supra-regional and international context and is dedicated to historical education research on historical learning in society and schools. In doing so, it places particular emphasis on the application-oriented transfer of knowledge to the general public as reflected in public history. The staff of the Institute for Education of Social Sciences at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and the Europa-Universität Flensburg pursue their joint research and teaching interests within the framework of several joint projects and also in transnational teaching co-operations.

Dario Treiber 
treiber@uni-wuppertal.de

Geschichte und ihre Didaktik

The Department of Geschichte und ihre Didaktik at the University of Wuppertal deals with all forms and manifestations in which societies engage with their past, and thus with core questions of public history. Dario Treiber, on behalf of the department, took part in the workshop «Public History in Teaching», which took place at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne in September 2023, and presented his experiences with social media contributions created by students.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Speich Chassé
daniel.speich@unilu.ch 

Historisches Seminar Universität Luzern

Short distances to lecturers, proximity to research, individual scope for creativity: studying history in Lucerne offers manageable structures and innovative topics, from the medieval image machine to the history of photography, the history of marginalised groups and global networking in the modern age. We don't just make history, we have history: The Department of History at the University of Lucerne is older than the University of Lucerne. It was founded in 1989 at the then already existing Lucerne School of Theology. At the youngest university in Switzerland, we are therefore one of the oldest in today's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

In addition to the founding professorship specialising in modern times, a second professorship specialising in the Middle Ages and Renaissance was added in 2004. Various SNSF professorships and titular professorships have complemented and temporarily supplemented the team. Since 2018, there has also been a professorship for Global History and, since 2021, another professorship specialising in Modern Times. The teaching and research programme is shaped by a large number of externally funded projects and established lecturers. In teaching, we cooperate with the in-house Seminar for Cultural Studies and Science Studies and the Institut d'Histoire at the University of Neuchâtel, among others.

Starting in Janary 2025, we will offer the Joint Degree Master programme in History Education and Public History together with the University of Teacher Education Lucerne. 

Peter Spillmann
Dozent HSLU DFK
peter.spillmann@hslu.ch

Hochschule Luzern – Design Film Kunst
https://www.master-kunst-luzern.ch/ 

The Master's degree programme in Art at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is an applied art degree programme. It follows the principle of informed practice and is a programme with a special interest in public-relevant topics and with regard to artistic, aesthetic, pedagogical, media, political and social issues. With the Art in Public Spheres major, artists qualify for artistic-interventionist and artistically mediating fields of work - whether as freelance artists and curators, with projects in public spaces or with specific communities, or in co-operation with various institutions or companies. In addition to developing a profile in artistic practice, students also acquire knowledge of current mediation formats, different working contexts and international fields of discourse. 

As a partner of the Master programme History Education and Public History (University of Teacher Education Lucerne and University of Lucerne), we reflect on how we can convey historical knowledge in an artistic and interventionist way in public spaces.

Dr. Christine Szkiet
christine.szkiet@phlu.ch 

PH Luzern 
Schwerpunkt Geschichtsdidaktik, Erinnerungskulturen und Public History Masterstudiengang Geschichtsdidaktik und öffentliche Geschichtsvermittlung 
Institut für Fachdidaktik der Gesellschaftswissenschaften 

Dr. Irmgard Zündorf
zuendorf@zzf-potsdam.de

https://zzf-potsdam.de/en 
Master's degree in Public History

The Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) researches German and European contemporary history in the 20th century and its impact up to the present day. It works together with numerous university and non-university research institutions in Germany and abroad. The ZZF also attaches great importance to communicating its topics and research findings to the public. It therefore co-operates with museums and memorials as well as other institutions involved in the communication of history. Together with the Freie Universität Berlin, it has been running the Master's degree programme in Public History since 2008. This recognises the high level of media interest in history as well as the growing social importance of historical places of learning in research and teaching. The programme qualifies its graduates in particular for activities that require the preparation and communication of academic findings in a broad public context.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Cauvin
Associate Professor of Public History
University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
University of Luxembourg

Master in Digital and Public History
Flyer MA Digital Public History
https://www.madiph.uni.lu 

The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is the University of Luxembourg's third interdisciplinary research centre, focusing on high-quality research, analysis and public dissemination in the field of contemporary Luxembourgish and European history. It promotes an interdisciplinary approach with a particular focus on new digital methods and tools for historical research and teaching.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzger 
thomas.metzger@phsg.ch

Prof. Johannes Gunzenreiner
johannes.gunzenreiner@phsg.ch

Centre of Democracy Education and Human Rights at PHSG

The University of Teacher Education St. Gallen is one of the partner institutions of the Master's degree programme in History Education and Public History. It organises an annual educational trip to Berlin and other courses for students in the Master's degree programme and offers internships in research and public history projects as well as university teaching.

Dr. Thekla Keuck
Lektorin für Public History
keuck@uni-bremen.de 

Public History Bremen

History for everyone! Public History Bremen sees itself as a hub for those interested in history and those who teach and receive history. The special profile of the Master's degree programme in Public History at the University of Bremen - like the University of Teacher Education Lucerne, a comparatively young university - lies in the combination and interweaving of historical expertise and analogue and digital application orientation. The acquisition of practical skills during the degree programme is particularly important to all those who teach on this Master's programme.

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Logge
thorsten.logge@uni-hamburg.de

www.uni-hamburg.de/public-history

Public History at the Department of History at the University of Hamburg has been established by Thorsten Logge at the interface between research, teaching and transfer since 2012. Current focal points are citizen science, digital source collections and history in social media, which also build exciting bridges to the innovative projects in Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Christine Gundermann christine.gundermann@uni-koeln.de

Studienrichtung Public History
Public History Köln auf Instagram 

Public History at the University of Cologne is fundamentally dedicated to analysing and reflecting on the public use of history. Since the winter semester 2015/16, we have been offering a cross-epochal Public History specialisation in the Master's degree in History with the second German professorship for Public History, with which we combine application-oriented research and teaching of Public History. For more than four years, we have been linked with our Swiss colleagues not only through joint teaching in our International Blended Learning Seminar on History and the Culture of Remembrance in Europe, but also through a lively exchange - for example, in the biennial conferences of the Applied History I Public History working group on public history in teaching, through the exchange of interns or the joint discussion of research questions.

Swiss Sports History
Historisches Seminar
Universität Luzern
Frohburgstrasse 3
CH-6002 Luzern

sportshistory.ch 
Swiss Sports History

The digital platform "Swiss Sports History" facilitates access to the history of sports in Switzerland and ensures that the cultural heritage of sport is preserved. In addition to educational programmes and information for the media, researchers and the general public, we also offer archiving and publication services. As part of the University of Lucerne, we regularly work together with the University of Teacher Education Lucerne and contribute to the further dissemination of public history in theory and practice.

Prof. Dr. Monika Waldis
monika.waldis@fhnw.ch

Zentrum Politische Bildung und Geschichtsdidaktik

The PH Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz with the University of Basel is a partner institution of the Master's degree programme in History Education and Public History and makes various courses available for the Master's degree programme every year.