The topic of the 23rd 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.
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.
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.
Conference participants
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 >>
Belgian History Competition Poster
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 | Photo: Katarina Czetmayerova
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 ceremonyand the presentation ofthe winningworks, there wereinterestingdiscussions with experts.
The new competition round in Finland 2012-2013 has been announced. The topic of the 5th Finnish EUSTORY History Competition is “Two stories”. To find out more, please visit the competition’s website.
The award ceremony of the Slovene history competition 2012 took place in the Museum of Contemporary History in Ljubljana last Thursday, 31 May. On the photo you see the awarded participants.
The award ceremony for the fourth competition round in Sweden was held in Kristianstad 29th of May, 2012. The three best students and their teachers were rewarded for their excellent work in a small ceremony at Högskolan Kristianstad.
