Despite difficult political circumstances, the 22nd edition of the Russian History Competition organised by Memorial International counted 1,096 entries from 76 regions – a tremendous success!
Ireland’s EUSTORY Competition went nationwide this year as »The Irish National History Competition« (INHC). The new competition iteration extended essay invitations much farther afield to more than 260 secondary schools within the Irish Republic.
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.
The whole world is experiencing the crisis, but young people’s voices are often ignored. The EUSTORY eCommemoration Campus 2020 "Beyond the Crisis" focused on young Europeans' perceptions of the crisis.
Isolation has given the Irish National History Competition a newfound lease of life: In 2020, the Irish National History Competition has cast its net much farther afield - this year appealing for entries from more than 700 Irish secondary schools. Directly aligned with Europe’s EUSTORY Network, this year the Irish competition is poised to go viral.
Carrying out physical experiments, writing short stories, doing historical research and playing the piano – Elene has a lot of hobbies. But first and foremost, she aims at contributing to change in her home country Georgia.
Rafael Atienza Medina, Lieutenant of the Grand Brother and President of the Governing Board, Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda l Photo: Juan Jesús (Centro Imagen)
The 13th award ceremony of EUSTORY Iberia took place on 23 October 2020 as part of the Real Maestranza Scholarships and Awards Ceremony. This year’s topic was "Political Transitions". More than 40 schools and 105 students from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Romania, Portugal and Spain took part in the competition, making the jury’s decision a tough one.
For the 2019/20 competition "Restarting Life From Scratch", 55 pupils explored their local or family past. Because the focus lay on migration, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) office in Georgia supported the current competition.
