Training Seminar for Primary and Secondary Education Teachers

• Topic: "The Teaching of History through Resources II" under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
• Dates: Saturday, October 11, to Sunday, October 12, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Location: Vouleftiko, Nafplio
• Organized by: Institute of Historical Research (I.H.R.) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.), Directorate of Primary Education of Argolis, Directorate of Secondary Education of Argolis, Harvard CHS Greece, and Municipality of Nafplio
• Open to: Primary and Secondary Education teachers, all (upon application)
• Application deadline: Sunday, September 28, 2025, at midnight (Eastern European Time)
• Language: Greek
• Organizing Committee: Christos Giannopoulos (Executive Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies Greece, Harvard University), Dimitrios Orfanos (Mayor, Municipality of Nafplio), Nikolaos Papazarkadas (Director of the Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation), Aspasia Pavlopoulou (Education Advisor for Philologists (PE02), 1st Athens District, External Scientific Associate of the Institute of Historical Research of the N.H.R.F.), Vasileios Polydoros (Director, Directorate of Secondary Education of Argolis), Dimitrios Sideris (Director, Directorate of Primary Education of Argolis)
• Seminar Coordinator: Aspasia Pavlopoulou
• Administrative Coordinator: Matina Goga

Overview

The Institute of Historical Research (I.H.R.) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.), the Directorate of Primary Education of Argolis, the Directorate of Secondary Education of Argolis, Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, and the Municipality of Nafplio are organizing a Training Seminar for Primary and Secondary Education Teachers on the topic: "The Teaching of History through Resources II." The Seminar will last two (2) days / sixteen (16) hours (including opening remarks, discussion sessions, and breaks, not including registration and reception time) and leads to a 16-hour Training Seminar certificate of attendance.

The ongoing changes that have taken place in recent years at national and international levels have shaped a particularly complex environment in education, where teachers are called upon to respond to a multitude of new, constantly changing roles and demands. This highlights the need and the request for support of educational work through systematic training programs. The subject of History is considered particularly significant, as it is related to the cultivation of historical consciousness and the development of ways of thinking and attitudes to life, while at the same time remaining complex and sensitive, subject to adverse phenomena and at risk of the distortion of its essence. For this reason, a Training Seminar is being organized to strengthen teachers' knowledge of historical methodological principles, the approach to the essence of historical events, and the systematic study of resources. Through the Seminar, teachers will be supported in guiding their students to analyze the causal relationships of phenomena and perceive history as a dynamic, complex, and evolving reality. In this way, the role of the teacher in shaping the future citizen and civil society is strengthened.

Learn more about the program and how to apply for the Training Seminar “The Teaching of History through Resources II” on its Greek webpage.

For more information, please contact epimorfosi.istoria@gmail.com or call +30 6945396460.