The Europast Summer Schools are designed to offer theoretical and methodological training, whilst placing a strong emphasis on supporting the development of early-career researchers (ECRs) in their chosen fields, promoting research integrity, conduct, and communication.

The 2025 Summer School will take place at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF) in Potsdam and across various heritage sites in Berlin. It aims to gather early career researchers and provide insights into research integrity, career pathways and research communication by focusing on the practice of several local memorial institutions.

The Summer School will run from the 23 to the 27 of June 2025, with a daily timetable divided into four modules:

• Conversations. Keynote presentations followed by a discussion;
• Workshops. Conducting biographical and life history interviews; Archival pedagogy and education;
• Presentations. 10-minute lightning talks by ECRs on their work;
• Guided Tours. Leistikowstrasse Memorial in Potsdam; Berlin Wall Memorial; Berlin’s Monuments; Exhibition of the Stasi Records Archive; Stasi Museum; Tours of Potsdam.

To apply for the Summer School, please email a biography written in the third person (400-500 characters, including spaces) and a motivation letter (maximum 250 words) explaining your interest in attending.

All applications must be submitted by Monday 31 March by sending the required documents to your designated EUROPAST coordinator. All members associated with one of the four EUROPAST partners can apply. Please find the contact details for your EUROPAST coordinator below:

University of Luxembourg – Rhianne Morgan ()
ZZF – Annette Steyn ()
Lund University – Odeta Rudling ()
Vilnius University – Rūta Vyšniauskaitė ()

See further information and the program of the summer school here.

Organising committee
C²DH University of Luxembourg
Sandra Camarda
Thomas Cauvin
Dora Komnenovic
Rhianne Morgan

Local organising committee
Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History
Juliane Fürst
Corinna Kuhr-Korolev
Annette Steyn
Irmgard Zündorf

In collaboration with
Berlin Wall Foundation
German Federal Archives/Stasi Records Archive Berlin
Leistikowstrasse Memorial Potsdam

This summer school is part of a project funded by the European Union under the WIDERA programme (EUROPAST project, grant agreement No. 101079466).