La fin de la Yougoslavie dans l’histoire scolaire française. Entre prisme totalitaire et géopolitique des nouvelles conflictualités

The case of Yugoslavia serves to shed light on public uses of the history of Europe by examining the curriculum and manuals of history and geography in French secondary schools since 2000, along with the contexts of the teaching of history and of discussions (in schools and in public). By analyzing recurrences and ellipses in the references to Yugoslavia (in particular in relation to Communism, 20th-century conflicts and Europe), the interactions, dependencies, influences and passages can be documented that exist between the history made for schools and the circulation of references and construction of knowledge that figure in discussions in France about the traditional function of history and geography in educating citizens. From a transnational perspective, questions are raised about the commemorative and historical issues related to Communist Yugoslavia by offering the possibility of comparing trends in the public use of the history of Europe.