The international communication and collaboration platform "Young History Forum" went live! If you participated in EUSTORY activities or in activities by partners of the Koerber Foundation, then you are welcome to register to join the closed community
After the crisis ends, Ukraine will be a different country, says Orest Franchuk, a EUSTORY alumni who has been on the Maidan from the very first night of 21st November 2013.
„All important historical events had their beginning in Prague,“ started the Czech writer and actor Zdeněk Svěrák his opening speech, giving the Defenestration of Prague in 1618 as an example. Svěrák may have exaggerated the role of Prague as the cradle of historical events a bit, but one thing is true: This ceremony on 20 February in Prague was the kick-off event for EUSTORY’s award ceremony season 2014.
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.
