Strategy development, expert insight, exchange on current challenges and best practices: At the annual EUSTORY Network Meeting everything is about the competitions. With the regular, transnational exchange between the organisers of the national EUSTORY History Competitions, the network guarantees its constant further development – and prepares itself for the hardships of the future.

What part do EUSTORY Activities play in the commemoration culture of different countries? What real-world experiences do network members gain with their respective competitions? Where can cross-border synergies be developed, and what do current developments mean for the history competition yet to come? Moreover, national competition organisers also make use of the meetings to exchange information about new developments in school and extracurricular education. For example, they deliberate on challenges such as inclusion, digitalisation, or possible funding for civic history activities in Europe.

Since the host countries rotate, the meetings also offer intensive insights into the specifics of recollection and federal commemoration in different European places. On site, participants consider different approaches in dealing with difficult backgrounds such as the legacies of dictatorships, imperialism, or colonialism.

The meetings are organised and conducted by Körber-Stiftung in close contact with the respective host country. During the pandemic, the exchange took place in alternating digital formats.

“EUSTORY adds an international dimension to our individual competition projects. Taking part in the EUSTORY Network Meetings provides me with additional knowledge and inspiration for my work.”
Miguel Monteiro de Barros, EUSTORY Iberia, Portuguese Association of History Teachers

What our network meetings focused on

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Travelling Europe: The EUSTORY Network Meetings

  • 2018

    Turin, Italy “History 2.0. The Role of Archives in the Digital Age”

  • 2017

    Lisbon, Portugal “The Estado Novo Dictatorship”

  • 2016

    Moscow, Russia “Man in History – Russia in the 20th Century”

  • 2015

    Helsingør, Denmark, in cooperation with EUROCLIO