Federal President Joachim Gauck invited prize winners of the German History Competition 2012/13 to his official residence Schloss Bellevue in Berlin. The award ceremony was the celebratory conclusion of the 23rd call for students’ research projects under the topic of: “Familiar Strangers. Neighbors in History”.
Are you fed up with reading the same old Euro crisis articles? The Europe & Me Young Journalist Award is calling young non-professional journalists to write about Europe in a fresh, personal and transnational way!
Today is the closing date for entries to the first Czech EUSTORY competition run by PANT, a Czech civic citizen’s association. Students between 15 and 20 were invited to submit their essays on the topic "Also a Place Has Its Memory - In the Footsteps of My Region's History".
The Real Maestranza de Ronda (RMR) celebrated its traditional prize-giving ceremony for the winners of the sixth Spanish Eustory competition round. Winners gathered from all over Spain to claim their diplomas and rewards. The ceremony was presided by Jorge Edwards, Chilean ambassador to France and prestigious poet and writer.
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’.
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
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. You can read a summary of the seminar on this Eustory page.
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.
