As part of our ongoing conversations with young people within the Joint History Project, this lesson is dedicated to one of the most important topics of our history and daily lives—the question of conflict and peacebuilding in the Balkans.

In this video, high school students analyze testimonies and historical sources—from the 1996 Treaty of Understanding between Hungary and Romania and research on relations in Transylvania, to the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement which changed the political landscape in Macedonia, all the way to moving encounters in divided Cyprus in 2003 when people crossed the “Green Line” for the first time in three decades. Through these examples, we explore the difference between the “end of conflict” and “true peace,” questioning what matters more—the paper that gets signed or the fact that people can meet freely—and learning how to build a peace that has lasting foundations in shared living. Join our students in critically examining historical sources and building an understanding of our shared past.

Multiperspectivity in History Teaching In history teaching, there is rarely only one side to the story.

That is why through this video, as well as through all of our work, we promote multiperspectivity—a methodology that teaches us to view historical events from different angles, critically examine sources, and understand the complexity of the past without bias.