How to become actively involved
Join the Narratives community!
Welcome to ECF’s Narratives for Europe website!
We are happy that you are interested in the themes we are tackling on this online space.
Voice your visions and opinions here
- if you want to share topical ideas
- if the opinions of our contributors appall or enlighten you enough that you are inspired to share your thoughts
We are interested in your voices and visions about, and for, Europe. It doesn’t matter what field you work in or where you are writing from – in or outside of Europe. Join the debate.
To become an active contributor:
- Create a profile and share who you are with our community
- Share your social media content through your profile
- Comment on the Narratives content: Voices & Duos, Reading Room, Comics
- Trigger new discussions linked to the themes addressed by other contributors
Please note: Besides your own contributions, the ECF Narratives for Europe project invites special monthly guests. Currently we are unable to accept any external submissions. However, we are open to suggestions and ideas. If you feel the participation opportunities cited above are not enough for you, please write us.
Join the debate
"Voices" is the interactive section of this site where you can join the online discussion.
Our first topic: Historical taboos
Guests include: Ece Temelkuran, Neel Mukherjee, Chrissie Faniadis, Kinan Azmeh, Irina Vidanava…
Face to Face – Back to Back
Abdelkader Benali and Jan Brokken open this series of very personal online exchanges on whatever European topics that strike them – one reflects, the other reacts and back and forth. There’s a new topic every two weeks. Enjoy!
Essays, book reviews, research, debates…
We invite you to read the contributions of internationally renowned thinkers who are, as we, investigating and questioning European Narratives and their making in the present and the future. Contributors include: Wolfram Kaiser, Svetla Kazalarska, Sywert van Lienden, Jason Dittmer and many more…
Visual narratives
Europe gets captured by the pens and pencils of up-and-coming and established comic artists. In partnership with comics collectives as Comixiade, London Print Studio and Samandal, we are pleased to introduce you to such new talents as: Aneta Bendakova, Dzaizku, Joseph Kaï, Maja Veselinovic, Vladan Nikolic, Guido van Hengel and more...
Our Team
Odile Chenal, ECF, Head of Research & Development (France/ The Netherlands) has the overall responsibility for the project.
Mascha Ihwe, ECF Senior Communications Officer (Germany/ The Netherlands) is responsible for the Voices and Comics sections.
Work with a team of freelancers across the whole Narratives website:
Farid Tabarki, founder Studio Zeitgeist, researcher developer moderator, (The Netherlands) will be moderating the Voices section of the Narratives site, together with Mascha Ihwe.
Canan Marasligil, writer, editor, literary translator (Belgium/ Turkey/ The Netherlands) focuses on the Comics section and is overall web editor for the project.
Bas Snelders, editor at Eastern Christian Art, Peeters Publishers (The Netherlands/ Belgium) together with Odile Chenal, invites intellectuals and writers from Europe and beyond to share in the Reading Room their reflections on European Narratives.
