Parallel Histories

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Parallel Histories
Founded2017 (2017)
Type NGO
Registration no.1174481 [1]
Headquarters London, England
Founder
Michael Davies
Julian Richer
Website parallelhistories.org.uk

Parallel Histories is a UK based educational charity that produces educational materials for teachers and students. [1] It promotes the use of a dual-narrative methodology to teach the history of conflicts from different perspectives, utilizing videos and eBooks [2] [3] [4] [5]

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History & background

Parallel Histories was founded by Julian Richer and Michael Davies in 2017, [1] during a trip of Lancaster Royal Grammar School teachers to Israel and the West Bank, funded by a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowship. [6] [7] Michael Davis came to know the difference in narrative regarding Israel-Palestine conflict which he intended to incorporate in curriculum to be taught in UK schools. [6] This dual narrative methodology was partly inspired by the book ‘Side by Side Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine’. [6] [8] [9]

Besides Israel-Palestine conflict, Parallel Histories also produce resources on Northern Ireland's history, [10] [11] as well as Russia-Ukraine War. [12]

Partnerships

Parallel Histories’ educational resources have been quality-checked by Educate Against Hate and are listed on its website. [13] It is a member of the Good Business Charter. [14]

The charity has delivered training through the Princes Teaching Institute (PTI), [15] and is part of an Erasmus+ programme connecting schools in France, Ireland and the U.K. [16] [17] [18] [19]

Parallel Histories maintains partnerships with Solutions not Sides [20] and Pearson. [21] [22] and has run debating programmes in partnership with the Naval Children's Charity, [23] PwC, [24] and veterans’ charity Forward Assist. [25]

In 2023, Parallel Histories marked Good Relations Week by running debating events in the Stormont Assembly for schools from Northern Ireland. [26] [27]

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