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Guest Post: What stories does Europe tell?
What stories does Europe tell? Tuning into the narratives that shape the past, present and future

Après le déluge, nous: what past catastrophe teaches us about future possibility
How has the post-imperialism historical context shaped US and EU responses to the Covid pandemic? Read this overview of Professor Timothy Snyder’s public lecture for the House of European History...

Medical staff: the new heroes
From the very beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, healthcare workers have been on the front line. In hospitals, as in the care-giving sector in general, many workers paid for their jobs with their lives, often due to insufficient protective equipment.

Fundamental rights under lockdown
How have Europeans defended their fundamental rights during the Covid lockdown?

Life Beyond the Ruins: Extracts from 'The Europe(s) that emerged in 1945'
Read highlights from our live online debate: 'The Europe(s) that emerged in 1945'...

Rainbow banners “Everything will be alright”
The rainbow is a symbol of better times after the storm...

Europe with Borders?
As part of our 'History in the Making: Documenting Covid' initiative, we are collecting messages of longing and loneliness that have appeared along former borderlines.

Documenting solidarity at the House of European History
The current pandemic is not only a health emergency, it is having a deep social, economic and cultural impact. The world is changing as we speak. In order to understand how it is changing, we need to look carefully around us, even if we are only looking out from the windows of our own homes.