From 4 September to 30 October 2021, young Europeans challenge their own perspective on history, uncover hidden stereotypes and develop a tool kit for peaceful and democratic conflict resolution in a digital workshop programme.
EUSTORY Youth Activities 2021
Thirty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, participants of the programme, taking place online from 18 August to 2 October 2021, explore mental and physical traces of the past in urban landscapes.
More details on the digital programme #30PostSovietYears
Contested Monuments
How to cope with outdated monuments from the past? Young perspectives on controversies around memorials in Europe.
Climate Change
Young Voices from South- and Eastern Europe on Climate Strikes in their Home Countries.
Identity
Identity shows how the past influences us and how it shapes our perception of the present. Take a look at the dividing and uniting power of history.
The Green Cigar Box or: How to Deal With Your Family’s Nazi Past
An empty cigar box containing the burden of a heavy-weighing family history: When German-Australian student Kelly found out that her great-grandfather's cigar box is a relic of her family's involvemen...
Making Friends with Music: In Search of Traditional Tunes
A carrier of family memories, a European meeting point and a gate to new friendships: For Rusudan from Georgia, the pian...
Discovering China: The Art of Finding Yourself
Experiencing China from a Georgian perspective: Mertsia about the importance of language, cuisine and finding ways to in...
Moldova’s Pathway Through the 20th Century
In an interactive map, Ilinca, Veronica and Oxana from Moldova show how a painful past and present Moldovan identities b...
One People, Two Peoples, Neighbours or Enemies? North Macedonia and Bulgaria
Kristijan from North Macedonia and Liliana from Bulgaria discuss the tense relationship between their countries regardin...
Memory Suitcase
A Memory Suitcase is something that every one of us has: a real physical suitcase, an old shoe box or in our minds. It contains objects, images and other items we collect in the course of our life and they become a symbol of our very personal history. What is in your Memory Suitcase?
Populism
Radicalisation, Populism, Nationalism: Are we drifting apart?
Polish Populism Plague
The Polish law students Witold Janas and Marek Kaczmarczyk sum up what happened with the Polish judiciary system since 2...
My Life Without A National Identity
Maria from Sweden wonders whether all this hostility in the debates about how the respective nationa...
A Memory You Can Wear
Jonas from Denmark ponderes the question which item carries the most meaning and memories of his own...
Fake or Real? The Media in the Era of ›Post Truth‹
Participants of the Workshop "Fake or Real?" explore media in the era of ›post truth‹ and trained to...
Analysing Populism: Against Radicalisation in Contemporary Europe
Right-wing populism is omnipresent in Europe. What does it have to do with history? And what possibl...
Legacies of 1989
Memories and legacies of regime changes in different parts of Europe.
One Telegram, six Words, Thirty-five Letters
Neasa from Ireland tells us the story of a telegram: A piece of paper that enabled her family to be reunited and without which she wouldn't be alive.
Where Were You When… The Transition of 1989 Took Place in Europe?
Where were you when the transition took place in Europe in 1989? Trixi from Germany spoke to four EUSTORY organisers who...
Our Personal “Wind of Change”
Phillip (Germany), Miguel (Spain), Julia (Switzerland) asked participants of the EUSTORY Summit 2019 about the very pers...
What If… You Woke up 30 Years Ago in a Communist Regime?
What if... you woke up 30 years ago in a communist regime? How would you react?
More Freedom of Choice or a Vacuum of Values?
25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Anna from Moscow finds herself caught in the middle of a heated debate ...