My Europe 2011
My Europe 2011 was screened from December 2011 until February 2012 across Europe. The festival brought productions made by European filmmakers and dealing with European issues to screen. Our local…
Posts by Julia Mattstedt
Solidarity with Belarusian election observers
Anastasiya Matchenko (in the Belarusian version of the name also Matchanka), who participated in several of our events and actively contributed to several projects, was arrested yesterday after taking part…
CfP: ACTIVacting the E-Factor
Youth unemployment is one of the most relevant challenges in contemporary Europe. The international financial crisis makes the challenge more visible and problematic, especially for younger generations: unemployment is a…
Looking Ahead: Follow up ideas for the project How We Shape Our Past
At the end of the Weimar seminar, participants, working in small groups, developed ideas for future events. These were based on »How we shape our past«: trying to build upon…
Typical Aspects
Based on all the workshop presentations, the participants were asked to collect ideas on questions we had prepared before already: 1. Do winners and losers of recent transformations deal with…
Europe and the memory of conflict: Some thoughts on history and identity
In modern Europe, there emerged a differentiation of spheres such as the economy, religion, politics, etc. but in 20th century European politics, especially ideologically-led politics tremendously expanded its reach, ideologically…
CfP: Managing my organization, managing myself
Our partner organisation NaturKultur organises the project “Managing my organisation – managing myself” on 27 November – 2 December 2012 in Boltingen, Switzerland. The aim of the training course is…
Buchenwald Visit
The Buchenwald concentration camp on the Ettersberg near Weimar was established by the SS in 1937. The purpose of the camp was to combat political opponents, persecute Jews, Sinti and…
Influences: Actors, Factors, Institutions and Media
Who contributes to shaping the past? This was the first question we worked on after a presentation of the four different worksops (both concept and results) by the organising teams…
EVS Volunteers needed in Minsk
Citizens of Europe is looking for people aged 18 – 30 who currently live in Germany and are interested in working at the “Open Youth Center FIALTA” in Minsk for…