This is a space for young perspectives on current events, identity, history and its relevance for the present.
The EUSTORY History Campus gives voice to personal stories and perspectives on history and identity of young Europeans. It was initiated by Körber-Stiftung and the EUSTORY Network to show the interplay of history, society and current politics in order to achieve a sense of responsibility for a common Europe.
Critical thinking, creative approaches and the curiosity to develop new attitudes towards historical and social topics unite young people from more than 30 countries.
On the public blog young EUSTORY History Campus authors publish articles, opinion pieces and personal stories about topics related to history, society and identity.
During EUSTORY Summits, History Camps and online projects organised by Körber-Stiftung and EUSTORY, prize winners from EUSTORY history competitions meet and work together to use history as a laboratory for international understanding.
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EUSTORY is an informal, international network of non-governmental organisations carrying out historical research competitions for youth in 25 European countries. It creates space for encounters and facilitates dialogue on shared European history and future in regular international youth seminars. Eventually it promotes the significance of history for a common European future through international conferences and workshops. EUSTORY was established in 2001 and since then more than 200,000 young Europeans participated in national EUSTORY history competitions. The EUSTORY prize winner activities and meetengs as well as EUSTORY Alumni projects set the basis for the EUSTORY History Campus. For more information see http://eustory.eu/about-us.html
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All former participants of EUSTORY or Körber Foundation activities. Participants from partner organisations who participate in EUSTORY events can also become a part of our alumni network.
The EUSTORY History Campus is a platform for young Europeans who are interested in history and want to enter into a dialogue about history with their peers. In the public section of the platform we post articles about selected topics related to European history and identity. On this platform we also offer seminars and workshops for young Europeans from our networks and provide a safe space for exchange and discussions in the password-protected area and closed groups on our platform.
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A water glass, a metro station or a café around the corner...
🔎 When Mariya (@mizymary) set out to explore the post-Soviet legacy in her hometown Moscow, she was not interested in depicting deserted sceneries. What she wanted to capture with her camera was the interaction between people and the past.
💡 While discovering nostalgia for times gone and the nonchalant encounters with the past in everyday life, she not only became an attentive observer of others: Paying close attention to the legacies of the Soviet past that surround her, she realised how personal and relevant engaging with the Soviet legacies had become for her – also in order to better understand her own relatives...
Want to know more about personal engagements with Soviet and socialist legacies?
Over the next few days, we will be presenting the works of 19 young people who have been exploring traces of the Soviet and socialist past. During our digital programme »#30PostSovietYears: Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?« they captured relics with their cameras and found answers to the questions: What do the Soviet and socialist legacies of their home countries mean to the young generation? Do these legacies still shape the present 30 years after?
⚡ To read the complete multimedia zine they created, go to the #EUSTORY #HistoryCampus. ⚡
👉 Link in bio
The digital programme was organised in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moscow and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin.
📸: Mariya/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
#30PostSovietYears #Russia #moscow #socialistheritage #historymatters #SovietUnion #urbanphotography #PostSoviet #city #architecture #autoethnography #reflection #selfreflection #nostalgia @koerberstiftung
🏛 Sculptures, monuments, memorials – they all enshrine history. But what happens if their surroundings change? Are these stony witnesses as unalterable as we assume?
A mosaic depicting the 1917 October Revolution greets Maksim (@max_kvaks) from Russia from the train station in his hometown Krasnoyarsk, making the history cast in stone part of his daily life.
💡 The sculptures and monuments Sabina (@abby14miller) from Czech Republic, Zaruhi from Armenia and others discovered, show: The seemingly unflexible stone can blend into new surroundings – and with a little support from outside, they can even acquire a life of their own, parting from their original meanings...
Want to explore more iconic remnants of the Soviet and socialist past in Eastern Europe and beyond?
Over the next few days, we will be presenting the works of 19 young people who have been exploring traces of the Soviet and socialist past. During our digital programme »#30PostSovietYears: Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?« they captured relics with their cameras and found answers to the questions: What do the Soviet and socialist legacies of their home countries mean to the young generation? Do these legacies still shape the present 30 years after?
⚡ To read the complete multimedia zine they created, go to the #EUSTORY #HistoryCampus. ⚡
👉 Link in bio
The digital programme was organised in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moscow and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin.
📸: Maksim/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
📸: Sabina/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
📸: Zaruhi/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
#30PostSovietYears #Russia #CzechRepublic #socialistheritage #Armenia #historymatters #SovietUnion #urbanphotography #PostSoviet #city #architecture #monument @koerberstiftung
Strolling through the streets of her hometown, Anastasia (@justagirlinthiswildworld) realised one thing: “There is a lot of Soviet in post-Soviet St. Petersburg”...
Being cast in stone, the past manifests itself in architecture, surrounding young people in Russia, Georgia, Serbia and other post-Socialist countries everyday: houses, streets, and metro stations – the legacies of socialism are hard to miss.🗺 In the busy streets of Belgrade, Petar (@hranim_gugutke) from Serbia discovered a relic of the past – fading, but still defying the ravages of time...
🏢 At a bustling street corner in Kutaisi, Mariami (@mariamm_do) from Georgia stumbled across a transformation between old and new: A former Soviet-era children’s retailer, now casino and open-air market for books, attracts booklovers and gamblers from all over the town.
🔎 Whether as a fading presence or as an old architecture containing a new inner life: Anastasia’s, Petar’s and Mariami’s hometowns carry the imprint of the Soviet and socialist past. 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist states in Eastern Europe, history becomes tangible in the built.
Want to discover the urban pastscape even further?
Over the next few days, we will be presenting the works of 19 young people who have been exploring traces of the Soviet and socialist past. During our digital programme »#30PostSovietYears: Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?« they captured relics with their cameras and found answers to the questions: What do the Soviet and socialist legacies of their home countries mean to the young generation? Do these legacies still shape the present 30 years after?
⚡ To read the complete multimedia zine they created, go to the #EUSTORY #HistoryCampus. ⚡
👉 Link in bio
The digital programme was organised in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moscow and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin.
📸: Mariami/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
📸: Anastasia/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
📸: Petar/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
#30PostSovietYears #serbia #georgia #socialistheritage #historymatters #urbanphotography #PostSoviet #city #architecture @koerberstiftung
What’s behind the walls of the abandoned factory overgrown with vines..? Discovering this intriguing place close to his neighbourhood, Petar (@hranim_gugutke) from Serbia began a journey back in time:
🔦 Entering the deserted building 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist states in Eastern Europe, Petar caught glimpses of his home country’s past, becoming tangible in the factory: A safety sign offering instructions to workers, a photo of Marshal Tito, – and a graffiti showing that Serbia’s young generation perceives Yugoslavia’s lifelong leader differently than many of the elderly do....
💭 Is the socialist past closer than we sometimes think? To what extent does it still leave its imprints on the everyday lives of the young generation?
Over the next few days, we will be presenting the works of 19 young people who have been exploring traces of the Soviet and socialist past. During our digital programme »#30PostSovietYears: Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?« they captured relics with their cameras and found answers to the questions: What do the Soviet and socialist legacies of their home countries mean to the young generation? Do these legacies still shape the present 30 years after?
⚡️To read the complete multimedia zine they created, go to the #EUSTORY #HistoryCampus. ⚡️
👉 Link in bio!
The digital programme was organised in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moscow and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin.
📸: Petar/Körber-Stiftung, FES, ZOiS
#30PostSovietYears #serbia #PostSoviet #Postsocialist #socialistheritage #history #yugoslavia #factory #historymatters #abandonedplaces #photography
A warm welcome to our new partners in Armenia 👋: With great enthusiasm and energy, DVV International Armenia and the NGO “Hazarashen” Armenian Center for Ethnological Studies plunged into the adventure of organising the first Armenian history competition!
🔎 Bringing in expertise in ethnographic and oral history research, the NGO “Hazarashen” is well equipped to prepare teachers and students to approach a complex topic for the current competition: Its topic “Between Forgetting and Remembering: Soviet and Post-Soviet Memory Landscape in Families and Communities” encourages students to engage with the Soviet heritage in their surroundings.
We wish our partners in Armenia much success and the tutors and students much curiosity and enthusiasm in delving into the muted stories of buildings, monuments and memorials from the Soviet and Post-Soviet era! We are curious to take a glance at the competition entries to be handed in until April 2022!
Want to read more about the competition in Armenia and the partner organisations? Follow the 👉 link in bio!
The pilot history competition in Armenia is organised within the framework of the cooperation project “History Competitions 3.0” which was initiated by DVV International, in cooperation with @koerberstiftung and with the financial support of @auswaertigesamt.
#armenia #historymatters #historycompetition #postsoviet #soviet #heritage #CivilSocietyCooperation
How can we overcome what seemingly separates us and find a common ground for international understanding?
Building walls and stirring up prejudices and fear – physical walls and mental barriers are ever-present in our world. How can we overcome them?
🧐Young Europeans participating in the EUSTORY Summit 2019 reflected on where they experience (mental) borders – in their daily lives. They realised: It is possible to cross a border, and even necessary to find connection across the alleged division, in order to change perspectives and to better understand the other.
📺 On today’s International Day for Tolerance have a look at the young Europeans’ reflections and let us know: When was the last time you were able to overcome a division? Which role do mental or physical borders play in your life?
@decho_meeh289 @pavel.franzusov
📸: Pavel Franzusov
🎥: Pavel Franzusov
📸: Pavel Franzusov
#tolerance #hope #EUSTORY #historymatters #HistoryCampus #eustorysummit #eustorysummit2019 #border #crossingborders #internationaldayfortolerance #peace