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How much should one integrate? The ABC of minorities
After a really short night – the last participants arrived at 1 am – and a brief get-to-know-each other we moved from our nice accommodation to the centre of to Brusseles, to the museum BELvue which is our wo... (more)
Coming up next: First EUSTORY academy 2011
More than 180 ethnic minorities are living in Brussels, the capital of Belgium and of the European Union. They come from all over the world, bringing their cultural backgrounds with them. Some families have been living h... (more)
Starting a new life from scratch: Exile stories from all over Europe
The EUSTORY seminar in Madrid on the topic of Exile is coming up soon and the participating students have prepared some background work in the last weeks about the topic. One of the tasks they had to accomplish was cond... (more)
Running out of time
It may sound ordinary but it’s true – sooner or later everything comes to an end. Without even noticing it we spent a whole week in Bulgaria discussing different religions and the co-existence and cooperation... (more)
The Rose of Sofia
So, here it is; the movie produced during the academy in Bulgaria with the bloomy title: The Rose of Sofia. The movie is dealing with the BIG topics: love, family, religion, tolerance… Watch it here…
Time to move some boundaries!
After many new impressions that we had gained the previous days, Friday was our chance to present the new knowledge in a special virtual laboratory. We spent the whole day in the National History Museum of Plovdiv, where... (more)
Potatoes rule Europe!
It may come a bit out of nowhere, since in Bulgaria we are only discussing the cooperation between different religions, but there is one remain of the Swiss academy that must also be mentioned here. Before coming to the... (more)
The Last Judgement
After meeting representatives of different religions we all thought there was nothing more that could impress us any more. And of course, we were wrong! 🙂 A whole new world invaded our minds when we arrived at Bachkovo&#... (more)
“This is absolute nonsense!” – visiting the synagogue in Plovdiv
The next group, represented by Đśeta, Martin, Nikola and Benjamin, visited the Synagogue in Plovdiv. That is how they experienced the interview: “We met the guides early in the morning, and walked around the city o... (more)
“Only the peak of the iceberg” – visiting the mosque
The last, but not least group spent the morning researching the Muslim community: “Today (even if it was a rainy day) was a special one for us concerning the topic religion, taking into account that we all belong t... (more)
A city in the city – the Armenian community in Plovdiv
Mara, Alina, Nils, Jane, Ida who visited the Armenian church share their experience: “The Armenian Church is located in an idyllic area of Plovdiv, just next to the Armenian school. We were introduced by a very kin... (more)
It’s worth its weight in gold
Thursday started with a raining morning, but there was no time to think about how not to get wet. It was the day when we starting discovering different religious communities and overcoming some religious myths. Research ... (more)
Love or Religion? The eternal dilemma
What was life like in the 19th century in a small multi-religiuos town from the Balkans? Since this morning our Eustorians already know that. They all spent the morning playing their special parts in an astonishing role ... (more)
How religious is Europe?
Tuesday morning was gloomy but after our international energizing games we were all feeling enthusiastic. Although there were clouds outside we had a sunny atmosphere during our morning discussions. Everyone finally got ... (more)