Our host: La Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda
Besides the Spanish history competition the Real Maestranza also carries out educational and arts activities. These include a programme of prizes and grants to local university students, organising Ronda Music Week and publishing books on subjects related to the Mestranza’s origins and its cultural heritage.
EUSTORY General Assembly 2010
20 to 23 January 2010, in Ronda / Spain
From 20 to 23 January 2010 the second General Assembly of the network EUSTORY took place in Ronda, Spain, generously hosted by the "Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Ronda". Representatives of the 21 EUSTORY member organizations discussed possible approaches in order to evaluate organizational structures of EUSTORY as well as the future pedagogical orientation of the network. After almost two years experiences within the new structure it was about time that the “Eustorians” evaluated the association, the aims and the operational structures. It was an intense discussion that led to a modification of priorities, responsibilities and strategies.
On Thursday evening the Real Maestranza took advantage of the broad European presence in Ronda and launched the third round of the Spanish History Competition to the topic: “Local heroes”. (www.eustory.es) in a public event . The competition is aimed at young people up to 21 years of age enrolled in their last three years of secondary school or adult education throughout Spain.
Francisco Ruiz Cañestro, member of the Eustory Executive Committee and History teacher at UNED and Rodríguez Delgado School in Ronda, gave an overview over the other best works they had received. The first prize received the work : “50 años no es nada” ("50 years is nothing") – a documentary by pupils from Seville. For their work they have talked to their grandparents and had compared several aspects of their lives and experiences with their own. The movie was shown to the audience. Please take a look at the movie here in Spanish language with English subtitles.
Present on stage was Germán Jiménez, also from Seville, who received the second prize for his work: “Permanencia del antiguo régimen en la España de la posguerra” ("Traces of the Ancient Regime in post-war Spain"). He told the audience about his experiences during his research work. You can find the interview here in Spanish language.
Also on stage were the EUSTORY Managing Director Gabriele Woidelko who presented the opportunities for prize winners within the EUSTORY network and the organizer of the Polish history Competition and member of the EUSTORY Executive Committee, Alicja Wancerz-Gluza , who showed some works from prize winners from Poland.
Spain had two role models for the topic of this year’s competition round: Germany and Sweden had just ended their competition rounds 2009/2010 on the topics of “Heroes”. For Sweden it has been the second competition round and therefore Sweden’s application for full membership was accepted by all members present at the GA. Now the EUSTORY association consists of 22 full members.
