The project

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

See the stories

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

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

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...
Upter-Storie Università Popolare di Roma

1950s-1960s : in a FIAT 600 through a changing Europe

Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Cologne. The mantle of grey above presaged the factories. The South Italy licence plate attracted small crowds of Italian emigrants, with uncertain smiles and dialect speech, and questions, questions, a great many questions. The autobahn brought us into the Rhine Valley, a...

Experiences of feeling part of Europe

Birthe Gyldion Kristensen

Et liv i Europa.

Hvordan koger man et helt livs oplevelser ned til blot at fylde nogle få ark papirer, det er en udfordring til intellektet. Det væsentlige skal med, men det må ikke fylde så meget, at det spærrer for de små oplevelser, og de små oplevelser kan meget vel vise sig at være de væsentligste.

THE GERMAN SPECIALISTS IN BULGARIA

This is a short story which describes the idea for the EU throught ordinary bulgarian man's eyes.It's showing the relationships between bulgarian and german military fitters.The story is telling you about the order and discipline the german collegues taught us during our work together.

Another Europe is possible (under construction)

[...]Wir noch jung
reinhard

[...]Wir noch jung

Wir noch jung, unsere Kinder klein. Der erste Versuch, uns über die Grenze zu unseren französischen Nachbarn vorzutasten. Schwer fällt ins Bewusstsein, Deutsche zu sein. Kaum das Elsass erreicht, erste Erinnerungsfelder an das Grauen der Kriege- unvorstellbare Zahl von Kreuzen! Zur Übernachtung...

No dal molin

Luoghi Resistenti

Luoghi Resistenti è una mostra nata per dare visibilità all'Italia che dice no. I 24 pannelli della mostra raccontano con un percorso di immagini e testi le lotte contro gigantesche e inutili infrastrutture: Tav, Mose, ponte sulo stretto. Le lotte contro le logiche di guerra: Dal Molin, F35 a C...

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

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