🎬The Roots & Reels submission period has ended: Over 100 videos from 200+ participants across 20 countries — a powerful sign of young people’s engagement with history, memory, identity, and storytelling. Follow #EUSTORY on Instagram to vote for the top 3 videos in June 👉 instagram.com/eustorynetwork
🎬 What story from the past still speaks to you today?
Roots & Reels, a new international history competition initiated by #EUSTORY, invites young digital storytellers to turn history, memory and heritage into a short video.
📍Deadline: April 1 — please spread the word!
👉 www.idmc.al/en/roots-and...
Katja Fausser from #EUSTORY at the #NECEFestival2025 in #Oslo: Connecting with more than 200 civic educators from #Europe to discuss how to find & maintain „HOPE“ in our work. First encouraging statement from yesterday‘s opening panel: „Small things are good enough.“
👉 nece.eu/nece-festival/
📍Live from #Riga: At today's award ceremony of the Latvian #EUSTORY history competition, president @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social honoured 9 young prize winners, emphasizing the importance of reflective #history research & critical thinking. Congratulations! 🎉
Continuities of right-wing #terrorism, but also lessons learnt - this is what 22 July stands for 14 years after the #Utøya massacre. Recently, our #EUSTORY colleagues talked to Utøya's former CEO about the island's transformation:
👉 vimeo.com/1067739249
Record-breaking❗: 12,000 participants in this year's Welsh #EUSTORY History Competition! Our colleague Caroline Finkeldey joined the award ceremony in #Swansea to congratulate the winners - and provided a short interview for @bbccymruwales.bsky.social.
👉More info: eustory.org/general-info...
Zwischen sicherheitspolitischer Notwendigkeit und persönlichem Unbehagen: Unser Autor aus #Lettland ist 19 und lebt gerade einmal 200km von der russischen Grenze entfernt. Nun steht er kurz vor dem Wehrdienst:
👉 historycampus.org/2025/a-lotte...
#EUSTORY #Baltikum #NATO #Geopolitik #Russland
32 practioners & experts from 16 countries: During the ongoing NECE Lab - organised by #Körber-Stiftung, #EUSTORY & @thecivics.bsky.social in #Sarajevo - it's all about different approaches on dealing with polarisation in #youth work. And thereby learning from NGOs operating in the Western #Balkans.
🧭How can civic educators work with polarized youth groups?
📍From 11–14 June, #EUSTORY, @thecivics.bsky.social and partners will gather in #Sarajevo to explore how civic education can help overcome emotional & societal divides among young people.
👉Stay tuned: tinyurl.com/2r92ufjv
📣We’re hiring: Im Bereich #Geschichte & #Politik, Programm #EUSTORY haben wir ein Praktikum zu vergeben.
🗓️1.9.-30.11.25
📍Hamburg.
👉Jetzt bewerben und #Erinnerungskultur in #Europa mitgestalten:
jobs.koerber-stiftung.de/de?id=dbefb3
📣 LAST CHANCE: Apply until tomorrow, 6 May, to join the NECE Lab 2025 in #Sarajevo: app.guestoo.de/public/event...
👉 For practitioners from the field of non-formal civic education dealing with #polarization in their work.
🤝 Organised by #Körber-Stiftung & #EUSTORY with @thecivics.bsky.social
How can civil society organisations & projects like #history competitions contribute to counter #polarisation? During our #EUSTORY Network Meeting in Oslo, our partners from 20 countries discussed this with experts from Norway, UK & BiH: koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
„We kept listening“ – Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and former CEO of Utøya.
At our #EUSTORY Network Meeting in Oslo, we spoke with him about the role of the Nobel Peace Prize and other strategies to counter #polarization:
👉 koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
How to teach #history in a polarized world? What moves our #EUSTORY network – and what moves #Norway when it comes to challenges of #democracy & #commemoration?
For the latter, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the #Nobel Committee, provided inspiring answers today.
📷Ilja C. Hendel
“Beyond Bias: Teaching History in a Polarised World” - For our EUSTORY Network Meeting, organisers of 20+ national #EUSTORY History Competitions come together to exchange on strategies, challenges & best practice. Today, the pre-programme started in #Oslo: 👉 koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
Persönlich und multiperspektivisch: Auf dem #EUSTORY History Campus bloggen junge Europäer:innen zu aktuellen Fragen rund um #Identität, #Politik & #Erinnerungskultur.
👉Nun hat das neue Redaktionsteam seine Arbeit aufgenommen: historycampus.org/seminars-pro...
#Journalismus #Blog #Europa
Das wars.
Bzw. das war er; der #EUSTORY Summit 2024. In vielerlei Hinsicht lieferte unser europäisches Jugend-Geschichtsfestival Antworten auf die Frage, wie die junge Generation grenzübergreifend auf #Polarisierung reagieren kann.
👉 historycampus.org/project/eust...
📢We're hiring: Du hast Lust, junge Menschen & zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure aus #Europa bei der Gestaltung von #Erinnerungskultur zu unterstützen?
🤝Dann komme als studentische Hilfskraft ins Team #EUSTORY: jobs.koerber-stiftung.de/de?id=bb304b
#NECEFestival2024 "Borders" in #Tirana starting today! Our #EUSTORY delegation is much looking forward to tonight's Bridging Gaps Award Ceremony🏅& many networking opportunities the next days..!
Unser Team von #EUSTORY hat sich heute auf den Weg nach #Riga gemacht – denn morgen startet dort der EUSTORY Next Generation Summit 2024. Wir freuen uns auf 120 junge Teilnehmende aus 23 Ländern...: historycampus.org/project/eust...
Grüße aus @unimainz.bsky.social: Heute sind #EUSTORY + #Geschichtswettbewerb bei der Konferenz für #Geschichtsdidaktik. In der Sektion zu #citizenscience diskutiert Katja Fausser Rahmenbedingungen für Partizipation von Jugendlichen an Forschung & Geschichtskultur: kgd2024.uni-mainz.de/sektion-iii/
Sometimes, it needs small stories & personal perspectives to better grasp the complexity & conflicts of our time.
Our #EUSTORY #History Campus is the place for such (young) perspectives - reason enough to celebrate its 10th anniversary 🎉: historycampus.org/10-years-eus...
🗝️Preparation is key: Visiting the National Library of #Latvia
as venue of this year's #EUSTORY Next Generation Summit in #Riga was a pleasure! We can't wait to welcome >100 young #history enthusiasts from #Europe & beyond from 23-27 Oct here: historycampus.org/project/eust...
7 persons sitting at a wooden office table
As the 2nd edition of the Armenian History Competition just ended, our #EUSTORY team discussed future perspectives with our partners in #Yerevan today.
🤝Thanks to @diplo.de for funding the program within their #CivilSocietyCooperation framework!
Collage of photos with impressions of the Armenian award ceremony
It’s crucial to uncover propaganda's role for disseminating #Soviet ideology. So did 209 participants in the Armenian #EUSTORY #History Competition - 11 contributions were awarded today🎉.
Implemented by DVV International in cooperation with Körber-Stiftung, funded by @diplo.de
❗“Be careful about what kind of messages come from #Transnistria”, journalist Paula Erizanu warns.
During our #EUSTORY #Network Meeting in #Chisinau / #Moldova, we met her for an interview. Check out the video: 👇https://vimeo.com/925420858
How to teach "#History in a Polarized World"? Our #EUSTORY Network Meeting in #Moldova has just come to an end. 🙌We thank all partners & participants for bringing their perspectives on future history #education in #Europe +beyond. Get to know EUSTORY: koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
📷Ramin Mazur
During our #EUSTORY Network Meeting in #Chisinău, we currently bring together the organisers of #history competitions in #Europe & beyond. Also to hear from local historians how they assess the latest developments in #Transnistria. Stay tuned for more insights here!