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Norwegian Award Ceremony | Photo: Karsten Korbøl

28 September 2013

Norwegian Award Ceremonies

In 2012-2013, the Norwegian Historical Association (HIFO) organised the 14th history competition. The year 2013 marked the 100 anniversary of universal suffrage in Norway. So In addition to the traditional competition ‘My family and history’, HIFO organised an additional competition called ‘Participation in the democracy’.

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26 September 2013

EUSTORY Alumni Seminar in Spain

Eighteen EUSTORY alumni discussed "Images of the Other" for a week in Ronda, Spain. The seminar started on 22 September. As ususal, you can read about the seminar on the EUSTORY blog. This time the participants decided to add a new format to their report: a v(ideo)log.

13 September 2013

New Competition Topics Announced

In the past few days, seven countries have announced the topics for their national history competitions for 2013/2014. Here they are in alphabetical order: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, and Wales.

Start of Youth Academy in Finland | Photo: Tina Gotthardt

09 September 2013

Youth Academy in Helsinki

“Bridging the Gap of Civil War: Nation Building in Europe in the Aftermath of WWI” was the topic of the week-long EUSTORY Youth Academy in Soumenlinna, near Helsinki, which started on September 1st. Anna and Sofia wrote about the happenings during and after seminar hours on the EUSTORY blog, and you can read a summary of the seminar on this Eustory page.

22 August 2013

Divided Memories in a Unified Europe?

In 2008, the European Parliament issued the „Declaration on the Proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism”. Latvian politician Sandra Kalniete, member of the European Parliament, talks about the importance of that day.

EUSTORY alumni at work | Photo: Claudia Höhne

15 August 2013

EUSTORY Alumni Seminar in Spain about Prejudices and Stereotypes

Against the background of the ongoing discussion in European media about differentness and stereotypes regarding the Muslim world, the topic of the upcoming EUSTORY alumni seminar is: “Images of the Other: Constructing and de-constructing of Stereotypes”.

Participants at a EUSTORY Youth Academy | Photo: Tina Gotthardt

01 August 2013

History Matters! Prizewinners selected for EUSTORY Youth Academies in 2013

Fifty prizewinners of national history competitions from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine will take part in the EUSTORY Youth Academies in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Helsinki, Finland in the autumn.

28 June 2013

Welsh Award Ceremony 2013

This year’s Welsh award ceremony took place in the President’s Lounge at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on June 28th. Excited schoolchildren and their teachers from 45 schools came to find out who had won the prizes in this, the 23rd year of this national competition.

Belgian Award Ceremony 2013

In 2012-2013, BELvue, the centre for democracy and history organised the 6th EUSTORY history competition. The topic dealt with migration: 'The story of a suitcase'. On 26 June, all the winners were invited to the awards ceremony at the BELvue-museum in Brussels.