AHDRcy on Youtube

Aiming to communicate its messages to a wider audience, the AHDR has created a series of short informative videos regarding its projects and initiatives. Watch history take place in the buffer zone through these short videos.

Old Places New Faces: A History of Home (2010)

Renovation work on the much-anticipated Home for Cooperation in the divided island of Cyprus has begun. The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research has spent the last three years raising funds and acquiring all the necessary permits to buy and renovate the dilapidated building sitting in the heart of the buffer zone in Cyprus split capital, Nicosia. The Home will be the first intercommunal building dealing with history education. The Cyprus Community Media Centre takes a look at the history of the place and the hopes for the future.

Watch: ‘Old Places New Faces: A History of Home’: 

Profile: AHDR

Profile piece showcasing the work of CCMC member Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) (By CCMCFilms)

Watch: Profile: AHDR 

Representations of History and Intergroup Relations, Highlights from AHDR Symposium

Training seminars on teaching conflict and Multiperspectivity, as well as Symposium were held to launch the groundbreaking research results from the AHDR:

• With English text and subtitles:

• With Greek text and subtitles:

• With Turkish text and subtitles:

Teaching to Learn

In April 2010, The Council of Europe and the Association of Historical Dialogue and Research with the support of   the Teacher Trade Unions of Cyprus, brought educators from across the island to work on history teaching.

Watch ‘Teaching to Learn’:

Capturing History

This short film shows the enormity of the task and the methods employed in creating the Cyprus Critical History Archive. The archive contains digitised past newspaper articles and editorial perceptions from both sides of the divided island of Cyprus from the period 1955-1964 and is accessible through www.ccha-ahdr.info/

• Watch ‘Capturing History’:

Learning History Together

One of the AHDR's major initiatives is the development of supplementary educational materials for educators and young people. It is the objective of the AHDR that such materials foster multiperspectivity, historical understanding and critical thinking amongst educators and students.

Watch ‘Learning History Together’: 

Theorizing and Practicing: A Bridge

Theorizing and Practicing: A Bridge This video examines the theoretical background to the AHDR’s approach to history teaching, by highlighting how the AHDR’s supplementary educational materials are being used in teachertrainings, as well as in classrooms across Cyprus. Authors of the materials, as well as historians familiar with the current situation in the Cyprus educational system, also offer their perspectives.

Watch ‘Theorizing and Practicing: A Bridge’:

Policy Paper: AHDR Policy Paper Animation

This video is intended to promote the official publication of the Policy Paper of the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR), to educators and students in Cyprus and around the globe, spreading the message of dialogue and critical thinking.

Watch ‘AHDR Policy Paper Animation’:  

AHDR Podcast

-          “Education in Conflict – Conflict in Education”

29th & 30th March 2014, Home for Cooperation

The conference discussed examples, ideas and practices on how education and educational projects could help societies dealing with conflict, move beyond the vicious circle of violence (of all types). Hosting scholars from different sociopolitical settings, such as Israel/ Palestine, Northern Ireland, the Balkans, South Africa, India/ Pakistan, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Middle East and, of course, Cyprus, this conference provided an invaluable opportunity to Cypriot academics and educators.

-          Lands of no return: population exchange and forced displacement in the 20^thCentury. An open lecture by Prof. Zetter & Screening of 'Twice a Stranger'

30th January, 18.00, Home for Cooperation

The AHDR, in collaboration with the NGO Support Centre are hosted an open lecture entitled 'Lands of no return: population exchange and forced displacement in the 20^thCentury'.

The lecture was delivered by Prof. Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, University of Oxford.

Click here to listen to Prof. Zetter's open lecture

H4C Short Videos

The Home for Cooperation opened its doors officially on May 6th 2011. This is a video shot on the opening weekend of celebrations:

Watch The Home for Cooperation's official inauguration video:

Watch the incredible journey of the H4C from a derelict house in no man’s land, to a new centre of learning and dialogue open to all, through this series of 4 short videos:

We asked people on the streets of Nicosia, 'What does cooperation mean to you?'. This video captures people’s thought provoking answers!