Censorship and self-censorship in history education a comparative approach to backsliding democracies edited by Ruben Zeeman

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeeman, Ruben, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching.

History.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Budapest CEU Press [2026]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

"Censorship of history education takes place around the world. A striking feature of recent examples is that they often coincide with challenges to democratic governance. This book examines this interplay between censorship and self-censorship in history education and so-called democratic backsliding. It does so in two parts. The first brings together an interdisciplinary group of academics, high school teachers and human rights advocates to assess the characteristics of censorship and self-censorship in Brazil, India, Hungary and the United States. Their analyses move between local, national and transnational developments to capture the overlaps and differences between state and non-state censorial practices and strategies of resistance. The second, thematic part explores some of the formal characteristics of contemporary censorship of history education, including the impact of social media, continuities of colonialism and the challenges against gender and sexuality education"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Transnational history education and backsliding democracy / Ruben Zeeman

The diffuse vigilance of history teaching in contemporary Brazil / Paula Otero dos Santos

Historical visibility for women, Black, and Indigenous peoples in Brazil and Latin America / Luanna Jales

History, sexuality, and gender education : Intersections and interactions in Brazil / Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes

Illiberal history education : The case of Hungary / Andrea Peto and Flore Higuet

History teaching in Hungary / Péter Bihari

History teaching under threat? Recent cases from East-Central and Southeastern Europe / Andreas Holtberget

Weaponizing history : Threat to democracy in India / Aditya Mukherjee and Mridula Mukherjee

History textbooks in Maharashtra : Vernacular realities / Shraddha Kumbhojkar

“Saffronization” of the history curriculum in India under the BJP / Adnaan Farooq

State-level educational censorship legislation affecting colleges and universities / Jeremy C. Young and Jacqueline Allain

Teaching in the age of anti-history : A teacher’s reflections / Nelva Williamson

European critiques and actions against critical race theory / Mathias Möschel

Teaching on thin ice : Social media, epistemic conflict, and the targeting of history educators / Robbert-Jan Adriaansen

Reimagining gender and sex education as a political right / Mariana Prandini Assis

The hidden history curriculum : Negotiated gendered history education in Ghana / Eugenia Ama Breba Anderson and Samuel Adu-Gyamfi

History education moratoria during transitions to democracy / Antoon De Baets

Censorship in school education / Eckhardt Fuchs and Wibke Westermeyer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed September 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Censorship and self-censorship in history education

ISBN:

9789048578962

9048578965

9789048578955

9048578957

9781042041305

104204130X

OCLC:

1584632399

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access