This Autumn, we wanted to talk! About history and its legacies, about identities, about our worries related to a gruelling war in Europe, but also about our visions for a peaceful future.
Even in peaceful times, graduating high school and starting a new chapter in life can be a stressful experience. But how does it feel to graduate when your country is at war? This is what our author M...
The recent past in the Ukraine was marked by several crises, interrupted by short periods of well-being. Taras Oleksyn p...
I was twelve years old. And I clearly remember the MI-24 combat attack helicopter flying over our garden, which for me s...
Olexandr grew up in Sverdlovsk, a small mining town close to the Russian border. When war reached his hometown on June 2...
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is back on the international agenda.On a political level, we can trace all the s...
We are watching the rise of the armed conflict in Ukraine, in the Caucasus, and in Israel in horror. We stand with our colleagues, partners, and alumni in these countries, and with all people who are suffering as a result of military operations. We will not cease to promote transnational collaboration and to share history, historical narratives and memories across borders – our glimmer of hope for a peaceful future.
We are always looking for new authors. If you are interested, contact us and explain your idea at eustory@koerber-stiftung.de before you start writing.
In July 2000, a bridge of 8km length between two countries was opened. After centuries of separation by sea, the Øresund Bridge made it possible to drive between the two Nordic countries of Denmark an...
How come Belgium spent nearly two years without a government? Does a Belgian identity really exist? Is a life without Fr...
Different views on religion can harbour potential for conflict. Our author Marlene from Germany declares herself an athe...
An empty cigar box containing the burden of a heavy-weighing family history: When German-Australian student Kelly found ...
A carrier of family memories, a European meeting point and a gate to new friendships: For Rusudan from Georgia, the pian...
Serbia at the crossroads: Uncertain times are fertile ground for autocrats and populism. This is what Petar and his peer...
The Polish law students Witold Janas and Marek Kaczmarczyk sum up what happened with the Polish judi...
Maria from Sweden wonders whether all this hostility in the debates about how the respective nationa...
Jonas from Denmark ponderes the question which item carries the most meaning and memories of his own...
Participants of the Workshop "Fake or Real?" explore media in the era of ›post truth‹ and trained to...