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#callGreece: Dignity for citizens and refugees?!
In the last months it has become quite silent on Greece media-wise. But is the less coverage also connected to the most urging issues in the last years – debt and refugees? We decided to activate our European network and #CallGreece to get some insights in the actual happenings.
@work in Gdansk, day 7: Switching the roles – interviewing the usual interviewers
On their second day in Gdansk, our participants realized that the “Backpacking Višegrad” History Camp is slowly coming to an end. Saddened by this fact, but highly motivated, they began their day that promised interviews, media archives, a library… and ended with a very unique public performance.Read More
@work in Gdansk, day 6: Learning about solidarity and bloody pacifications of protests
Wednesday is the day for starting a new, this time Polish, adventure in the city of Gdansk. The first day in Gdansk included four interesting and inspiring interviews, a visit to the Solidarity centre’s library and their archive, where our participants looked at, touched and explored the leaflets, posters and other interesting documents, prod...Read More
@work between Prague and Gdansk, Day 5: On the trace of social movements and people’s uprisings
After two days in Prague our history “campers” felt the need to move again. This time they followed the traces of social movements and people’s uprisings to the north and ended in the city of Gdansk. How they spent and finished their second day in Prague and how they entertained themselves on their trip is presented in today’...Read More
@work in Prague, Day 4: New day, new city, new experiences: Socialism realised
New week deserves a new location of our History Camp – from Budapest we moved to Prague to analyze yet another uprising – the Prague Spring of 1968. Have a look at our first day spent in the Czech capital and learn what we did, which institute we visited and which different and inovative means of transport we used in only one day.Read More
@work in Budapest Day 1 part 2: Video-journalists-to-be on tour
Wondering about and wishing to see what our group of young history enthusiasts and researchers produced after spending the first part of the Visegrád backpacking tour in Budapest? We thought you might! Scroll on, see and enjoy the first two videos produced in the Hungarian capital.Read More
@work in Budapest Day 1 Part one: Living on the edge? Independent Journalism in Hungary
The History Camp season starts again, this with the first ever camp that takes place in three different countries: Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland. Budapest is only the first stop on our tour through the Visegrad countries, but the participants of our History Camp jumped right in.Read More
#callGreece: Dignity for citizens and refugees?!
In the last months it has become quite silent on Greece media-wise. But is the less coverage also connected to the most urging issues in the last years – debt and refugees? We decided to activate our European network and #CallGreece to get some insights in the actual happenings.Read More
Where were you when…9/11 happened?
Today marks the fifteenth year since two planes were directed into the World Trade Center in New York City, starting the war on terror and marking a date has been a clear day-to-day change in history. 9/11. For the first time, this year junior year high schoolers will be taught about the act as a historical event that they weren’t yet alive t...Read More
History To Go: The spirit of the street and the fate of the bridge
Pokémon GO is so yesterday, be the trend-setter and try out our History To Go!You do not necessarily need a smartphone or the Pokémon GO app to see your street in a different light. Read More
When politics come alive – Going to bed with Trump and Clinton
In case you ever wondered how does a European student of politics and philosophy feel like going to bed with Trump and Clinton or how he would cope with the election campaign craze in Washington, D. C., you can now find the answers in Martin’s new column.Read More