The fourth and final TranCit workshop will take place in Stavanger from May 11th to 13th. The theme of the workshop is “Navigating multiple and shifting loyalties in history and citizenship education – past and present”. We aim to explore how history teaching shapes citizenship in diverse and globalised societies.

Transloyalities in Citizenship Education (TranCit) is an NFR-funded project that has run over three years (2023-2026) and is now in its final phase. TranCit explores how the teaching of history in secondary school has promoted citizenship, both historically and today. Over the last year of TranCit, we host four workshops in South Africa (September 2025), Mauritius (January 2026), Madagascar (April 2026), and Norway (May 2026). More than 80 historians, educational researchers, and postgraduates have participated and explored how history teaching shapes citizenship in diverse and globalized societies.

Program
Monday 11 May: 11:30 – 16:00 (Introduction, keynotes, presentation with discussion workshops)
11:30 – 12:00

Introduction by Ellen Vea Rosnes

(Room: 261K)

Coffee and tea

12:00 – 13:00

Keynote speech by Professor Johannes Seroto

Title of keynote speech: “Transloyalties and Citizenship Education in South Africa”

Introduction of keynote by Ellen Vea Rosnes

Last 15 min: open plenary discussion

(Room: 261K)

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:45

15-minutes presentation by Martha Shaw: Understanding the Interplay; Education, Lived Worldviews and Citizenship, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Geir Skeie
Chair: Mari Refve Østerhus

(Room: 257K)

14:45 – 15:00

Coffee and tea break

15:00 – 15:45

15-minute presentation by Marianne Bøe & Kjersti Gjerde Brekklund: Teaching citizenship through controversial issues: Inquiry-based teaching in Norwegian upper secondary school, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Kerenina Dansholm
Chair: Marie-Sophie Caroline Lafleur-Yallappa

(Room: 257K)

16:00

Excursion, more information will come

Tuesday 12 May: 09:00 – 16:00 + dinner at 19:00 (Keynote, presentations with workshop discussions, workshop dinner)
09:00-09:30

Coffee and welcome

09:30 – 10:30

Keynote speech by Professor Emerita Audrey Osler

Title of keynote speech: Education for flexible citizenship in an inflexible and intolerant age

Introduction by Øystein Lund Johannessen

Last 15 min: open plenary discussion

(Room: 261K)

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45-11:30

15-minutes presentation by Knut Vesterdal: Human Rights Education in the Norwegian Context, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Øystein Lund Johannessen
Chair: Frieder Ludwig

(Room: 257K)

11:30-12:30

Lunch

12:30-13:15

15-minutes presentation by Marta Magdalena Stachurska-Kounta: Critical Race Theory as a lens for inclusion and representation in history education in Norway, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Sheetal Sheena Sookrajowa
Chair: Sanjana Arora

(Room: 257K)

13:15-14:00

15-minutes presentation by Vidar Fagerheim Kalsås: Provincialising history education in Norway? An exploration of possible pathways for exploring colonial entanglements, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Geir Skeie
Chair: Cliff Chinyama

(Room: 257K)

14:00-14:15

Coffee and tea break

14:15-15:00

15- minutes presentation by Marialuisa Lucia Sergio: Unmasking Colonial Biopolitics: From Fascist Propaganda to Migrant Memories and Postcolonial Human Rights Education, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Frieder Ludwig
Chair: Marie-Sophie Caroline Lafleur-Yallappa

(Room: 257K)

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15-16:00

15- minutes presentation by Merethe Skarås: NFR-project: History education for reconciliation and justice: Difficult history in divided societies, followed by 30 minutes discussion

Moderator: Brit Marie Hovland
Chair: Kerenina Dansholm

(Room: 257K)

19:00

Workshop dinner at Kjerringholmen Brasserie (Kjeringholmen Brasserie – Kjeringholmen Brasserie)

Wednesday 13 May 09:00 – 12:00 (closing day, TranCit focus)
09:00-09:15

Mingling and Coffee

09:15-10:15

WP presentations of TranCit findings from Norway, Madagascar, Mauritius, and South Africa

15 min: Brit Marie (Norway)

15 min: Helihanta (Madagascar)

15 min: Sheena (Mauritius)

15 min: Kalpana (South Africa)

Moderator and chair: Frederique Brossard Børhaug

(Room: 257K)

10:15-10:20

(5 min)

Break

10:20-11:05

10-minute Ph.D. thesis presentations by Marie-Sophie Caroline Lafleur-Yallappa, Cliff Chinyama & Mari Refve Østerhus

Followed by 15 minutes discussion at the end

Moderator and chair: Kalpana Hiralal

(Room: 257K)

11:05-11:15

Break

11:15– 11:45

Brainstorm session: Learning from and future potential of TranCit

Opportunities and limitations
Future collaborations: results from the workshop discussions

Moderator and chair: Ellen Vea Rosnes
Chair: Mari Refve Østerhus

(Room: 257K)

11:45 – 12:00