Petro Kendzor is the organiser of the Ukrainian history competition and co-founder of the non-governmental NOVA DOBA association. In an interview he talks about the current situation in Ukraine, about historical literacy and freedom of opinion.
More and more EUSTORY members are using social media these days as a means of communication and information. The following member countries created a facebook account for their history competition: Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Spain.
Italian Competition Poster | Photo: Fondazione per la Scuola
New Italian Competition Topic and Facebook Presence
Young Italians are asked to send in their contributions to the new Italian competition round entitled " '14 - '18 The Great War in Europe". Participants are encouraged to use new media technologies and develop their work exclusively in digital format. Those of you who read Italian are invited to visit the competition's facebook page.
Belarusian Competition 2013/2014
Belarus is Back with New Competition Topic!
After a six-year break, Belarus offers a history competiton again. “1939 in the Memory of the Inhabitants of Belarus” is the topic that the "Belarusian Oral History Archive ", "Historika” and "Public Association DYJARYUSH" announced recently. The year 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the consolidation of the ethnic Belarusian lands into the borders of the Byelorussian SSR and its consequences - a hot topic, the organisers say.
We are very happy to welcome Israel as a new member of our EUSTORY Network. After a year-long planning period, the first Israeli History Competition was inaugurated in October 2013. The first competition topic is: "Attitudes toward the Other as Reflected in History".
EUSTORY Youth Academy 2013 | Photo: Tina Gotthardt
Reports about Youth Academies 2013 online
Summaries and photo galleries of the activities during the two EUSTORY Youth Academies in Finland (“Bridging the Gap of Civil War: Nation Building in Europe in the Aftermath of WWI”) and Slovenia ("The End of Empires: New Borders, New States, New Loyalties?") are now available online!
Finnish competition poster
Five More Competition Topics
Five more countries announced the new topics for their history competitions in 2013/14. Topics cover a wide range from the "Economic Crisis" (Slovenia) and "America" (Spain) to “World War I and its Reflection in Slovak Society“ (Slovakia), “Two Stories“ (Finland) and "The Crucial Moment" (Denmark).
