Mirja Lecke & Oleksandr Zabirko (Regensburg) examine how Russia's imperial expansion created diverse North-South relations regarding Ukraine and the Caucasus, while Russia itself was framed in shifting East-West constellations.

Isabella von Treskow (Regensburg) explores the spatial semiotics, spatial-temporal tensions and significance of affect in decolonization discourse relating to France and Algeria.

In this online series, doctoral researchers, postdocs and faculty in Leipzig, Marburg and Regensburg discuss the range and limits of Area Studies today, present their latest research in the field and debate pressing issues in scholarship and beyond.…

Silke Jansen & Lucía Romero Gibu (Erlangen) explore how approaches in linguistics can be used to trace how migrants from Hispanic America have experienced acts perceived as verbal violence in encounters with German institutions.

In the second session of this semester's research colloquium, Madina Tlostanova (Linköping) explores decolonial thought in post-socialist and post-colonial spaces. The research colloquium is organized in cooperation with the Graduate School for East…

6 May - 10:00-13:00, 7 May - 10:00-16:00

Register by 6 April at graduiertenschule@ur.de

Anna Steigemann (Regensburg) explores how the twenty-first-century city, a symbol of globality, mobility and inequalities, can be more effectively conceptualized and theorized when viewed through the lens of "the South".

Ciraj Rassool (Cape Town) explores how efforts to rethink citizenship and personhood in late-apartheid and early democratic South Africa were linked to the work of museums and public history.

The new blog-journal frictions launches with essays on EU migration policy and Brexit literature, notes from Berkeley on protest movements and Bucharest on post-socialist housing estates, plus critical reflections on doing a master’s degree and life…

In the first lecture of the "Rethinking Area Studies and Space from the 'Global South'" series, Sinah Kloß (Bonn) offers a critical overview of the concept of the 'Global South', exploring the problems and controversies that are associated it with,…

On 15 April 2021, at 16:15, we welcome Kathryn Ciancia to the research colloquium, which the ScienceCampus organizes in cooperation with the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies. Her Zoom lecture explores the idea of…

In der Abschlussdiskussion der Ringvorlesung "Special Relations Revisited" diskutieren Prof. Dr. Lora Anne Viola (John-F.-Kennedy-Institut) und Dr. Jana Puglierin (European Council on Foreign Relations) mit Dr. Gerlinde Groitl (UR) über die Zukunft…

In the final session of this semester's Research Colloquium, Catherine Davies (University of Zurich) explores the transatlantic history of financial crises in the 19th century.

Leading expert on Russian, Eurasian and transatlantic relations Marlene Laruelle will explore the consequences of policies towards Eurasia for broader transatlantic relations and the international order.

28-29 January 2021. The ScienceCampus Research Module Practices of Belonging (Verheimatlichung) in co-operation with our partner institution, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is organizing a…

For the lecture series "Special Relations Revisited" Gerlinde Groitl examines developments and future perspectives in the security partnership between Europe and the US. This lecture will be held in German.

For the lecture series "Special Relations Revisited" Katharina Gerund (FAU Erlangen) takes a closer look at the role of "Military Spouses in the Transatlantic World".

This is the third event in the Area Studies Under Discussion series. In these online events doctoral researchers, postdocs and faculty in Leipzig, Marburg and Regensburg discuss the range and limits of Area Studies today and present their latest…

In third session of this semester's Research Colloquium Stefan Link will discuss his book Forging Global Fordism: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Contest over the Industrial Order (Princeton UP, 2020), in conversation with Ulf Brunnbauer. This…

The lecture and discussion on 12 January 2021 outlined key issues relating to the intersection of academic research and journalism in the context of efforts to promote research communication, i.e. making aspects of research available not only to…

Der Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus "Europa und Amerika in der modernen Welt" lädt Sie herzlich zum Online-Vortrag von Leonid Klimov (Dekoder) am 12. Januar um 14:00 ein: "An der Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Journalismus, oder Freude an der…

In his lecture for the "Special Relations Revisited" series Klaus Buchenau explores religious entanglements between Eastern Europe and the US in the 19th and 20th centuries. This lecture will be held in German.

Join Anne Brüske, Acting Professor for Spatial Dimensions of Cultural Processes at UR, for a workshop (in German) that address spatial theory and new paradigms in area studies. The workshop is open to students and PhD students at UR, IOS and the…

In his lecture for the "Special Relations Revisited" series Mathias Häußler examines Elvis Presley's role in the development of a transatlantic youth culture. This lecture will be held in German.

Film-Screening und digitaler Roundtable

Di., 08.12.2020, 18.00-20.00 Uhr s.t.

Digital über Zoom

Friederike Kind-Kovács explores US child relief efforts in post-WWI Central Europe in her lecture for the "Special Relations Revisited" series. This lecture will be held in English.

Im zweiten Vortrag des Forschungskolloquiums setzt sich Mirja Lecke mit Kolonialität in Romanen über Georgien auseinander. Das Forschungskolloquium wird gemeinsam mit der Regensburger Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien veranstaltet.

In her lecture for the "Special Relations Revisited" series Dagmar Schmelzer explores Francophone Canadian identity and its transnational dimensions and relationship with Anglophone North America. This lecture will be held in German.

The Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies at the University of Regensburg is holding its first Graduate Workshop, titled "Unbuilding Binaries: Exploring Affective and Analytical Responses to Binary Divisions as Encountered in the…

Pia Wiegmink explores German American women's antislavery literature in the fourth lecture of the "Special Relations Revisited" series. This lecture will be in English.