So Ashamed Not to Know “Our” History
Year: 2025

This chapter explores the complex relationship between education in the humanities subjects, especially history, and the sense of national identity and belonging that permeates notions of citizenship. The chapter takes as its case studies the four countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Ukraine and the specific conflicts in which these countries have become embroiled: the annexation of Crimea and escalating conflict between Ukraine and Russia culminating in the Russian invasion of 2022 and th