PeaceWorks—An initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and the Nerve Centre in Northern Ireland conducted the Teaching Divided Histories Teacher Training Workshop from the 18th to the 21st of June at Calcutta International School. It consisted of two workshops of two days each, in which instructors Emma McDermott and Matthew McAleer worked with…
It was in the winter of 2012 that Priya Machado and Loes Singels from the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam arrived in Calcutta at the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. The outcome of the visit was a teachers’ workshop and the decision to bring the project Anne Frank—A History for Today, consisting of an international travelling…
Teaching Divided Histories is an innovative 3-year project developed by Nerve-Centre [Derry-LondonDerry] and funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the Peace III programme. Teaching Divided Histories – International partnerships A new curriculum-linked approach that explores the potential of Digital Media for in-school learning and practices. The key aim of this project is to…
‘I love Bollywood dance moves and I want each one of you to introduce yourself with one move’ was how Aaron Peterer from the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam began the three-day Free2Choose Create workshop. At the end of the introduction, the fourteen of us had outdone Farah Khan in creating the next magnum opus for…
28–29 November 2013 The Anne Frank exhibition had finally arrived in India with Calcutta hosting it for the first time—thank you Seagull. Before the exhibition opened for public viewing, 18 students from four schools—La Martinere for Boys, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Modern High School for Girls and Calcutta International School—came together for a two-day workshop at…
