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10 September 2012

Award Ceremony in Poland in 2012

The award ceremony of the 16th Polish history competition (History at Hand) took place on 10 September 2012 in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. 470 students sent in 237 contributions in three different categories.

05 September 2012

Start of the 10th Italian History Competition

On September 5th, the announcement for the tenth Italian History Competition went online. The topic for the year 2012/2013 is "Exchange and Conflict Between the Peoples after the Second World War." Visit the competition's website.

01 September 2012

Start of the 23rd Round of the German History Competition

The topic of the 23rd round of the German history competition is "Familiar Strangers - Neighbours in History". Everybody has them. They live next door to us, down the street, in the next village or country. Young people in Germany are encouraged to find out what brought neighbours together, what made them quarrel, and how they reacted to changes and challenges.

Claus Leggewie | Photo: David Ausserhofer

30 August 2012

European Identity despite a History Conflict

Political scientist Claus Leggewie argues against an “EU-machine of harmonisation” of memory and supports the European Commission’s recommendation to establish a common day of commemoration on 23 August, the anniversary of the Hitler-Stalin Pact.

06 August 2012

New Competition Round in Sweden

The new topic of the Swedish history competition 2012/2013 is: (E) MIGRATION - Emigration and immigration in a local perspective." As with the previous competitions, this topic is a very general one and the exact research topic is to be chosen by the students themselves. Download the brochure here.

30 July 2012

43 Participants of EUSTORY Youth Academies selected

After a two-months selection process, the 43 participants of our EUSTORY academies have been named. They come from Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, and Wales and will attend our academies in Berlin and Tallinn in September 2012.

13 July 2012

Unconditional Basic Income

Imagine a country where every person receives a fixed amount of money, every month. Two Eustory alumni, Janosch Delcker and Zuzana Novakova, along with 4 other young Europeans, debated the controversial topic of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) with an expert at a conference in Belfast in June. >> Watch an 11 min video >>

27 June 2012

Award Ceremony in Belgium in 2012

The award ceremony of the Belgian history competition took place on 27 June 2012 in the BELvue Museum in Brussels. The topic of the 5th competition round was "history in a suitcase". Apart from members of the jury and past winners of the competition, Gabriele Woidelko, managing director of EUSTORY, spoke at the event.

Group photo at award ceremony in Slovakia

15 June 2012

Award Ceremony in Slovakia in 2012

The award ceremony of the 7th Slovak history competition took place on 15 June 2012 in Bratislava. It was held under the auspices of MEP Peter Stastny. Along with the ceremony and the presentation of the winning works, there were interesting discussions with experts.