Year: 2014
Labor Union Archive
Today, we visited the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library, where we were received by the director Frank Meyer. After getting stickers with our name on it, which is a point to remark, he showed to us many inter... (more)
Visiting Ombudsman for Equality (Likestillings og diskrimineringsombudet)
Mrs. Randi Hagen Eriksrud told us that there are several types of discrimination: it could be based on the gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ethnicity or disability. The organization operates in five diff... (more)
Juss-Buss: Road Trip for Democracy
Juss-Buss is a Norwegian pro-bono law organisation that provides legal aid for free. The organisation was founded by law students in 1971 when they decided to do a research about the need for legal aid and drove a... (more)
Really the 4th power? The Role of Media in Norway
Today we went and met Havlar Tjønn who has been a journalist for 30 years. He is an interesting character and very knowledgeable about the the history os Oslo and the surrounding areas. Halvar was keen to show us around ... (more)
Knowledge is Power or What Does Climate Change Have to do with Democracy?
What does climate change have to do with democracy? This question was the first that came to our minds when we were given our institution, CICERO (Centre for international climate and environmental research). After, firs... (more)
Day 1: Exploring the Dimensions of Institutional Work in Norway
This whole day was dedicated to interviewing different kinds of people. We started off by interviewing each other aka getting to know each other a little better. After the whole group had been properly introduced includi... (more)
Big Arrival! History Camp in Oslo About to Start
Wednesday – Arrival day. All excited to go to Norway, we finally arrived. At dinner we were almost all represented, apart from 4 people, who had a very late flight. We all looked at each other with curiosity and we talke... (more)
What is WWI to us? – Impressions of a German student from a celebration ceremony in the German Parliament
Lotta Schneidemesser (27) was invited to attend a national hour of remembrance at the German Bundestag on the occasion of the outbreak of WWI one hundred years ago. The event provided insights not only into recent debate... (more)
East Germany’s Secret Police Files – who Owns the Past?
June 2014: the Koerber Foundation and the The Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic invited 36 winners of the German Federal President’s ... (more)
„No Freedom Without Solidarity“ – Impressions of a German Student From a Multinational Celebration Ceremony in Poland
On June 4th, 2014, the Presidents of Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary commemorated the start of the Peaceful Revolutions in Eastern Europe twenty-five years ago. Twenty-five university... (more)
“They all Fell, one After the Other”: Interview With Prof. Lucian Boia
Finding Personal Relevance in the Centenary of World War One “It is always easier to understand a historical event if you try to find a personal connection to it. When thinking about the century that passed since W... (more)
All of a sudden, the homeland was gone – the legacy of World War I for Slovenia
In connection with the HistoryCampus Europe 14/14 in Berlin, young Europeans from 40 different countries dealt with the legacy of the Great War for their countries and for themselves. Tamara Čakič from Slovenia want... (more)
HistoryCampus – last day of workshops
Day 3: On the last day of the HistoryCampus workshop "Your World War One Story", Adnan, one of the participants, was kind enough to bring some food for thought. As Ruben's face clearly reveals, the already ... (more)
HistoryCampus – workshop progress report
Day 2: Members of the HistoryCampus workshop "Thinking in Pictures" finished their storyboard (you see it on the table) and they are busy turning their storyboard into a script for the animated video. This... (more)