The University of New Europe and Off University invite applications from colleagues to form a team delivering a 12-week online course titled “History Textbook Workshop”, starting in February 2026. We are looking for colleagues who are committed to exploring new and interactive teaching formats. More specifically, we invite applications from educators with a background in history with a minimum of three years’ teaching experience in the Academic or High school sector, who have recent or current experience of risk from war, political persecution, and displacement.
Accredited by the Historisches Seminar at Zurich University (3 ECTS), the course takes place fully online and is being hosted on a secure digital platform managed by Off University. All regular and successful participants will receive a 3 ECTS point certificate. The platform enables participant anonymity where required. The teaching team is appointed and supported by an advisory board associated with the academic solidarity network University of New Europe, comprising experts in History and other Social Sciences from leading international schools and universities.
Application Requirements for Course Convenors:
- Being (1) politically persecuted and/or displaced and (2) unemployed and/or in material need
- Proven ability to facilitate an online workshop of 12 sessions of 90 minutes each in English, with an emphasis on interactive and collaborative teaching methods
- PhD and a minimum of 3 years teaching experience in History, especially in the related field of textbook research and nationalism
- Experience with teaching literacy skills, source criticism, and critical thinking
- Willingness to contribute to, and think along with, the publication of textbook reviews as crowd-sourced open educational material.
- Instructors are required to act in accordance with the Off University Code of Conduct, which can be found here in German, English and Turkish.
