The Georgian History Competition project team was invited to the morning show of Georgia’s widely known TV channel “Formula TV” and got the opportunity to present the 2021/2022 Georgian history competition to a wide audience.
The recent Danish competition's topic "A New Beginning" sparked the imagination and inventiveness of the participants. On 27 March 2022, the best entries were awarded in a festive ceremony at the big Danish historical festival “Historiske Dage” in Copenhagen.
The history competition project in Belarus came to a (premature) end in August 2021 when the DVV International country office had to end all its activities in the country due to a decision by the Belarusian authorities.
New website provides easy access to best practise and insights into project activities of the cooperation project “History Competitions in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (2017 – 2022)” by DVV International and Körber-Stiftung.
Even after the forced dissolution of MEMORIAL International, Körber-Stiftung and EUSTORY continue to stand by their partner organisation as well as its concern to promote an open approach to Russian and European history.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Israeli prize winners and their tutors | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel
Israeli President Isaac Herzog Meets Prize Winners
On 27 December 2021, the President of the State of IsraelIsaac Herzog met with the prize winners of the Israeli History Competition 2021. The students who received their prizes during a large ceremony organised by The Historical Society of Israel submitted historical research projects on a topic of their choosing.
Teacher workshops in Kiev used immersive theatre methods as a new approach in order to "transfer" the participants into the different times of the Soviet era. An old suitcase and several letters played an important part and triggered the debate.
Armenia joins the cooperation project “History Competitions 3.0” and will conduct a first nationwide history competition of the Transcaucasian republic. Reason enough to present some more information and insights about the Armenian competition topic, the Armenian project team and their first implementation steps.
Armenia joins the cooperation project “History Competitions 3.0” and will conduct a first nationwide history competition of the Transcaucasian republic. Reason enough to present some more information and insights about the Armenian competition topic, the Armenian project team and their first implementation steps.
