What is Historia Play and what does it consist of?
It is a competition organized by the School of Philosophy and Letters and the department of History, History of Art and Geography of the University of Navarra, with the partnership of the Museum of the University of Navarra and the bookshop University of Pamplona (group TROA).
Historia Play consists of the presentation of an audio file (podcast) of a maximum duration of 7 minutes and can be in the format of a program, report, interview, news report, documentary or audio fiction (stories, fables, historical recreations...). In any case, the contents must always be based on real facts.
THEMATIC EDITION 25-26
"Rebuilding peace: postwar periods throughout history".
In the study of history, special attention is paid to armed conflicts as they redefine relationships between peoples and destroy lives, infrastructure and livelihoods. However, official peace agreements are followed by long periods in which the survivors strive to rebuild their world in some way. Some well-known processes are the "miraculous" revival of Korea after the 1950 war, the reorganization of Granada after its conquest in 1492 or the new life of Saxons and Vikings thanks to the peace of Alfred and Guthrum in the 9th century. How does a people articulate itself in post-war times? This is the goal of the 6th edition of the competition Historia Play: history in 7 minutes, which invites you to discover, analyze and explain in audio format these collective stories of the return to peace.
Participants and categories
The competition is aimed at students in the 4th year of ESO and 1st year of high school diploma, from any center educational of the Autonomous Community of Navarra. They can participate individually or in group (maximum 3 students per team).
The podcasts will be divided into two categories that will be evaluated separately:
- 1st of high school diploma
-4th of ESO
Each work must always be supervised by the figure of a legal tutor (father, mother) or the tutor of the center educational (delegate, teacher, etc.).
Podcasts may be submitted in Spanish, Basque or English.
Objectives
In the first place, to put in contact students and teachers of secondary school History and high school diploma of educational centers of Navarra with the university academic community, specialized in the teaching and research historical, of the University of Navarra. The aim is to raise the profile of non-university History programs of study in the region by means of a competition between students who stand out for their interest in subject.
Secondly, the competition aims to show the usefulness of the digital world to recreate History in a dynamic way, at the framework of the Humanities Digitals.
submission
If you have already enrolled before January 26, 2026...
How do I send my podcast?
The podcasts should be sent together with the work presentation guide document to the following address: olimpiadahist@unav.es before Tuesday, March 4, 2026 .
It is a prerequisite for the submission of work that the document guide (see template) is correctly filled in. The files should be titled as follows:
audiofile : Play History 2026: PODCASTdegree scroll guide
Document guide: History Play 2026: PODCASTdegree scroll guide
The audio file should be sent in mp3 format; and the document guide, in PDF .
Awards
The awards will be presented on Friday, March 27, 2026.
The prizes will consist of a discount on the enrollment of the first year in one of the Degrees of the School of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Navarra and a gift certificate for the bookshop University of Pamplona (group Troa), collaborator in this competition.
*Important: in the event that a team is awarded a prize, the amounts will be distributed as a percentage among its members.
Discount of 1200€ and a gift voucher for 125€.
900 discount and a gift voucher for 100€.
600 discount and a gift voucher for 75€.
DRAWING
Among all the participating teams there will be a raffle for a one-week stay in the field of work of the archaeological site of Los Bañales de Uncastillo. This activity is part of a campus of training in archaeology, of reference letter international, of the hand of the "Archaeology Program'' of the Diploma of Archaeology of the University of Navarra. They will share the experience with students from all over the world and with the director of project, Javier Andreu, Full Professor of Ancient History of the University of Navarra.