A digital archive for the stories of the European inhabitants of all age and cultures

The project

  • The European Memories project is pleased to invite all European citizens, men and women of every age and cultural origin, to send their stories...

See the stories

  • Autobiographical and biographical writings
  • Photo-narrations
  • Video-narrations
  • Audio-narrations
  • Other forms of expression

Send your story

  • Through the site, by registering with the site, filling in the work description form and uploading the entries into the site (enter  and send/modify)
  • By e-mail
  • By post

Editor's Picks

Pathways through Europe (through its diversities)

Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

FinisTransilvaniae

Mairovitz The Country. The Fatherland We were born and raised in a spacious white house in the middle of a large garden which belonged to our father; in front of it there was another house, larger still, that was grandfather’s and then some smaller buildings such as the Stable, the Washhouse…...
Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

Etté, simero ce avri (Yesterday, today and tomorrow)

I had full knowledge of the Grecian nature of my being on 12 January 2000, the date of my grandfather Sebastiano’s death. Until then, I only suspected a concealed, recondite, trampled-on diversity. My grandfather died on a cold winter’s day, at six o’clock in the afternoon. I was sitting on th...

Experiences of feeling part of Europe

Un secolo d'amore
Marian Farago

Un secolo d'amore

UN SECOLO D’AMORE: i miei genitori dal 1905 al 2004 Dall’Ungheria rurale antecedente alla Prima Guerra Mondiale, attraverso le persecuzioni del periodo Nazista e le privazioni sotto il Comunismo, fino alla fuga negli Stati Uniti e l’intensa vecchiaia di una coppia di “sopravvissuti”. Queste...

FINIS TRANSILVANIAE

We were born and raised in a spacious white house in the middle of a large garden which belonged to our father; in front of it there was another house, larger still, that was grandfather’s and then some smaller buildings such as the stable, the washhouse…

Another Europe is possible (under construction)

Rubèn Dario Pardo Santamarìa

La Resistenza Nonviolenta della Comunità di Pace di San Josè de Apartadò in Colombia

Fondamentalmente le fonti di questo testo sono due: - Libro “Seminando Vita e Dignità. Comunità di Pace di San Josè de Apartadò: 10 anni di resistenza alla guerra. Quaderni Satyagraha, Rete Italiana di Solidarietà Colombia Vive!, Edizioni Gandhi, Pisa, 2007. Rispondendo all'invito della nost...
The man who REcycle the thinking!

The man who REcycle the thinking!

I`m a friend of Vyacheslav Stoyanov, the man who make REcycle expedions riding his bicycle. In his role Vyacheslav Stoyanov will study the reasons for the problem with the garbage, which he will collect from different countries. The last his expedition is around the Mediterranean 23 000 km...

Next Activities

Workshop on Autobiographical Methodologies more about Realized activities

University of Roma 3 - prof. Piccioni; trainers: CLAUDIA LIBERATO and ANDREA CIANTAR

Progetto con Istituto Professionale "A.M.Camaiti" di Pieve Santo Stefano more about Realized activities

Dopo la collaborazione dell'Istituito Camiati nell'ospitalità del Workshop "memoria viva in Europa", un'altra attività arriva a rinsaldare i legame con European Memoris... Gli alunni della classe seconda dell'Istituto, leggeranno le storie contenute nella pubblicazione e compileranno una scheda con commenti, proposte e racconti perso...

Highlights

The prize-giving ceremony

Saturday, September 11, in the charming Tempietto of Colledestro in Pieve Santo Stefano the prize-giving ceremony of the second edition of the Competition "European Memories"took place....

Winners Narrating Europe 2009 - 2010

The competition received about 400 stories submitted in seven different languages, including autobiographical and biographical writings, videos, audio narrations and photo narrations. The selection was carried out first at national level: all the stories were read and examined, resulting in a first-round selection of 34 stories. A second selec...

Methodology

In this section we are collecting documentation on auto-biographical methods, according to the different approaches. To develop the skills of project participants on methodologies, for to realize autobiographical works, or collect life stories.
Here you can find:

  •   Documentation on the cultural work with memory, as a tool for the development of social and civic competences of citizens.
  •   Documentation on methodologies for to realize autobiographical works, or collect life stories, trougth different forms of expression.
  •   Educational products, created through the use of life histories and autobiographical stories.
Methodology

Organizations working in the field of memory in Europe