Annual EUSTORY Network Meetings

Once a year, the organisers of national history competitions gather at EUSTORY network meetings (formerly General Assemblies) to discuss network issues.


Tatiana Zhurzhenko, keynote speaker at EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2022 | Photo: ZOiS
Tatiana Zhurzhenko, keynote speaker at EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2022 | Photo: ZOiS

Under the Spell of Current Politics: EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting 2022

29 March - 01 April 2022

35 staff members of national EUSTORY History Competitions used the network’s digital kick-off event of 2022 for a joint reflection of impacts of the war in Ukraine and other current challenges on their work.

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The city of Hamburg is currently renovating the Bismarck monument at the port of Hamburg at a cost of several million euro | Photo: Körber-Stiftung
The city of Hamburg is currently renovating the Bismarck monument at the port of Hamburg at a cost of several million euro | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

Digital EUSTORY Network Meeting 2021

17 March - 20 March 2021

During the EUSTORY Network’s first virtual annual meeting, EUSTORY Competition Organisers not only shared digital innovations from their national projects but also focused on (post)colonial monuments that polarise.

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Reception of the EUSTORY Network in Málaga's Town Hall | Juan Jesús Pan Aguilera
Reception of the EUSTORY Network in Málaga's Town Hall | Juan Jesús Pan Aguilera

Spain Hosts EUSTORY Network Meeting

20 February - 23 February 2020 | Málaga, Spain

At this year's network meeting in Málaga, hosted by the Spanish foundation Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda (RMR), the focus was on dealing with the legacy of the Franco dictatorship. The conference programme was developed together with Körber-Stiftung.

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Reception of the EUSTORY Network by Estonian President Kaljulaid | Photo: Aron Ur
Reception of the EUSTORY Network by Estonian President Kaljulaid | Photo: Aron Ur

Estonian President Kaljulaid Receives EUSTORY

27 March - 31 March 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia

The Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, patron of the Estonian national history competition, received representatives of the EUSTORY Network. The Estonian history competition, one of the founding members of EUSTORY, kindly hosted this year’s Annual Network Meeting in Tallinn together with Körber-Stiftung.

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EUSTORY Competiton Organisers 2018 | Photo: Fondazione per la Scuola/Andrea Guermani
EUSTORY Competiton Organisers 2018 | Photo: Fondazione per la Scuola/Andrea Guermani

The Role of Archives in the Digital Age

22 March - 25 March 2018 | Turin, Italy

Which competences do young Europeans need to research historical sources and information for historical projects on the internet? And how does the role of archives change in the progressing digitalisation? During this year’s EUSTORY-Network meeting, which took place from 22 - 25 March 2018 in Turin and was hosted by the Fondazione per la Scuola, the organisers from more than 20 national history competitions discussed these questions and the relevance of archives for their work.

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EUSTORY Competiton Organisers 2017 | Photo: Körber Foundation
EUSTORY Competiton Organisers 2017 | Photo: Körber Foundation

EUSTORY Network Meeting 2017

18 May - 21 May 2017 | Lisbon, Portugal

During this year’s EUSTORY Annual Network Meeting, representatives from 19 national EUSTORY competitions discussed experiences from and strategies for political-historical education in the light of current Europe-wide trends of renationalisation and digitalisation. Their aim is to ensure a stable perspective for historical research competitions through steady participation of students and teachers. Best-practise for didactical and methodological support, effective jury work and the integration of new media formats were presented and exchanged during the workshop sessions.

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