On 21 October 2016, the library of the Real Maestranza in Ronda (Málaga) hosted the 9th Iberian History Competition prize-giving ceremony. Organised by the Portuguese Association of History Teachers and the Real Maestranza de Caballería, this year’s competition encouraged students from Spain, Portugal and the Americas to explore the topic of «Heritage».
Given the many challenges in Europe caused by the Ukraine crisis, the refugee crisis, Brexit and growing populism, young Europeans are concerned about the future of the continent.
One of this year’s History Camps will – literally – be on the move from 22 September! Under the title of »Backpacking Visegrád with Pen and Camera: Traces of Social Movements in Past and Present«, 20 young Europeans from 13 different countries will board trains to travel from Hungary via the Czech Republic to Poland.
This autumn, EUSTORIANS will travel a total of more than 170,000 km when they make their ways to the annual History Camps for EUSTORY competition prize winners.
On 25 June, the director of the National Ethnographic Museum hosted the award ceremony of the 9th Bulgarian National History Competition in the Royal Palace in Sofia. Mitoko Todorv, chairman of the National Endowment Fund “13 centuries of Bulgaria”, as well as the former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanova presented the prize winners with their awards.
Under the pressure of current crises and driven by strengthened populist movements, Europe is struggling for its future. This year’s EUSTORY History Camps take up the challenge to clarify one-sided interpretations of history and nationalistic narrowing.
Andrey Kozyrev is one of the prize winners of this year´s Russian EUSTORY History Competition on the topic "Man in History – Russia in the 20th century".