Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The EVZ Foundation is seeking applications for the local.history Program to support projects which deal with historical places, people or families, events, companies, and buildings from the time of National Socialism by means of local references. The current call for applications is aimed at project sponsors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
The Local history approaches convey historical contexts directly and connect general historical narratives with particular local events. The focus on local and regional references to the history of National Socialism, the Second World War and the German racist occupation politics is productive: it makes possible to spotlight concrete places, biographies and relevant events, thus enabling a more direct understanding and yielding educational work.
Objectives
- The objective of local.history is to make history tangible in the here and now by supporting inclusive, multi-perspective and contemporary cultures of remembrance in those countries.
Methodologically, projects should sensibly combine two educational approaches:
- Critically examining and/or referring to available historical sources and addressing complicated, at times even conflicting narratives;
- Exploring relationships between past and contemporary experiences of antisemitism, racism or discrimination. Ideally, they will critically engage with local histories, informed by today’s democratic norms, and thereby strengthen local initiatives committed to pluralistic and inclusive societies.
Funding Information
- Application for grants between 20,000 and 60,000 euros
- Project duration up to 24 months
Eligible Projects
- They are supporting projects that
- Deal with specific historical places, persons/ families, events, companies, buildings from the National Socialist era in a local context.
- Use available historical sources as essential in historical education and they expect this to be reflected in the projects.
- Create educational opportunities with witnesses and their descendants that are integrated into a larger project context.
- Involve local actors, groups that have received little attention so far, and different generations.
- Link history and the present and initiate a critical examination.
- Create an impact locally and regionally through appropriate participatory activities and public relations
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit organizations such as local NGOs/ associations, memorial sites, support associations at historical sites, international meeting places, museums, local history initiatives, local history associations, regional museums, libraries, research institutes, universities, schools, archives.
- Organizations registered in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine.
For more information, visit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/en/what-we-support/calls-for-projects/#c2164