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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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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,...

photo of old houses

My Great-Grandfather’s Journal – Remembrance and Heritage

Growing up in northeastern France, a region shaped by significant upheaval related to the French-German tensions, Naela became aware of the importance of reconc...

Tracking Down the Invisible Man

Hidden like a ghost: Henrich Bruning, a 19th-century weaver from a small German town, has a story that represents the invisibility of countless ordinary people.

Black Minolta Camera Bag

The Fortune-Teller

For MarĂ­a from Spain, an old Minolta camera bag holds more than just photographic equipment; it carries stories, memories, and a touch of destiny.

Viking at work

Becoming one With History: Vikings at Work

Reenactment as Disneyfication? For Jakob and Johan from Denmark, dressing up like a viking, telling stories and guiding guests through Trelleborg's Viking Museu...

The 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, a red metallic hanging bridge that crosses over the Tagus River

A Dictator Under the Bed: Portugal, Spain and the Ghost of Autocrats

As a country having lived through a dictatorship, you carry your burden - and in the best case your learnings, too. Pedro from Spain draws connections between P...