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Young Voices Blog

Young authors from all over Europe regularly publish blog posts about current events, discuss the relevance of historical anniversaries and share their personal approaches to issues related to history and identity in Europe. You can navigate the EUSTORY History Campus Blog by choosing a category or scrolling through the entire blog.

 

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The History Campus Blog features a variety of topics, articles and formats. Check out the articles on personal artefacts, experiences and thoughts of young Europeans in the Memory Suitcase, learn about their views on current political events and debates in European countries in #callEurope, see them @work at one of the various seminars and projects, find out how historical events effect people on the personal level in Where were you when, explore the thoughts and intercultural learnings of young Europeans travelling abroad in The Image of the Other and follow the discussion on the means of Heritage & Identity for Europes present and future. You can find all the categories and all the posts of the History Campus Blog in the Archive.

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Do we Inherit the Experiences of our Ancestors?

What's the connection between history and biology? Inspired by a testimony of his great-grandfather, Decho from Bulgaria explores the field of epigenetics.

Book cover depicting a horseman

Wizards and Demigods – The Time Capsule on my Bookshelf

For our author Marlene, a book is more than just a story – it’s a time capsule. While browsing her bookshelf, she found a window into the past, only to realize ...

City Centre of Metz with cathedral

The Forgotten Night of the Paras: A Tragedy in Metz

In France, certain historical events remain buried in silence. One such event is the "Night of the Paras" in Metz, a violent confrontation in 1961 between North...

Protesting students. A banner says "We don’t have a Plan B, but we are tearing down Plan A."

Serbia’s Student Protests: A Generation Demanding Change

For months, Serbia’s students have been protesting against corruption and political failures. What began with the tragedy of a collapsed train station roof has ...

Men waving Bulgarian flags while swimming in icy waters.

Where Fire Meets Ice

Will the Bulgarian rituals Nestinari fire dance and Ice horo survive in spite of a young and less superstitious generation?

Two people taking ice samples next to a boat

The Global South’s Small Emissions: An Overlooked Climate Solution

Global North as a role model for the South? Not when it comes to emissions and climate protection. Nils from Germany went to Cameroon and felt some narratives t...

Are you Really Lucky?

Sewing and knitting are among Sofie's passions. When getting to know Myroslav and Bodil, she decided to turn their shared fate of suffering under war into sweat...

Tales From a Tattered 20th Century Transcript

A transcript of Luke's great-grandfather’s military pension application reveals a lot about Ireland's struggle for independence.

The Power of Participation

The Czech tricolore is more than just flag material. When Sabina from Czechia found a historical badge and some keys in white, red and blue in a drawer at home,...