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Wed 14 Feb 2018

New at TRAFO: “Das koloniale Erbe der Achsenmächte nach 1945. Ein Interview mit Patrick Bernhard”

The interview with workshop participant Patrick Bernard was held in the framework of the Explorative Workshop “The Axis …

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Wed 07 Feb 2018

New at TRAFO: “In the Borderlands of War of Eastern Ukraine. Making Borders by Mapping Needs and Social Practices”

Sophie Lambroschini (Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin), has written an overview of recent academic and NGO expertise on life …

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Tue 06 Feb 2018

New at TRAFO: “The Japanese Empire’s Enduring Vestiges”

An interview with Sherzod Muminov, participant of our workshop (13-14 December 2017, Berlin) “The Axis Powers and …

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Wed 17 Jan 2018

New on TRAFO: One’s own Present, and the 18th Century Present

A comment on the Workshop »Landscapes of the Long 18th Century: Mediating Places, Powers and Pasts in South Asia and …

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Wed 03 Jan 2018

New at TRAFO: Workshop report “Mediterranean Perspectives in School History Teaching”

Romain Faure summarizes the discussions and results of the workshops and gives future prospects.

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Tue 19 Dec 2017

New on TRAFO: “Europas Erbe, Menschen und Grenzräume – Russisch-türkische Verflechtungen im Spiegel der Zeit”

An article by Zaur Gasimov, Research Associate at the Orient-Institut Instanbul, whose research focuses on the …

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Tue 12 Dec 2017

Annual Conference 2017: Chronologics. Periodisation in a Global Context

From 7 to 9 December our Annual Confernce together with the Max Weber Stiftung was held at Maison de France, Berlin. It …

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Wed 06 Dec 2017

Annual Conference 2017: CHRONOLOGICS. Periodisation in a Global Context

7 to 9 December 2017 at Maison de France, Berlin. It will be convened by Thomas Maissen (DHI Paris), Barbara Mittler …

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Wed 06 Dec 2017

MLA Prize for a First Book awarded to EUME Fellow Michael Allan

Congratulations to Michael Allan (EUME Fellow 2017 & 2018) who will be awarded the MLA Prize for a First Book for “In …

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Wed 22 Nov 2017

New on TRAFO: “Messing with the Mess we are in”

A comment by Thomas Dollmaier on the Transregional Academy “Redistribution and the Law in an Antagonistic World” that …

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Wed 22 Nov 2017

Workshop: “On the Ruins of History” – A Walter Benjamin Moment in Arab Thought?

The workshop is organised by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and Europe in the Middle East—The Middle East in …

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Wed 08 Nov 2017

WeberWorldCafé “Russland in Europa – Europa in Russland”

1 December 2017, 14:00 to 17:30 at Deutsches Historisches Museum

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Mon 06 Nov 2017

Conference: The Global Power of Private Museums

Conference on private museums from 16 to 18 November 2017 at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Forum …

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Wed 11 Oct 2017

In the academic year 2017/18 we welcome 24 postdoctoral scholars from 14 countries to Berlin

As fellows they will have the opportunity to work jointly on their projects and to network with colleagues from Germany.

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Thu 05 Oct 2017

Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship

The Turkish scholar Seda Altuğ was awarded the fellowship, which was announced in the framework of our research program …

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Thu 14 Sep 2017

Jews in Muslim Majority Countries – History and Prospects (24-27 Oct 2017, Berlin)

International 4-day conference in the Jewish Museum Berlin that will discuss questions of Jewish culture, identity, and …

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Tue 29 Aug 2017

Out now: “Philological Encounters” Volume 2, Issue 3-4

We are happy to announce that issues 3-4, “Formation of the Semitic: Race, Religion and Language in Modern European …

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Wed 23 Aug 2017

ERC Starting Grant awarded to EUME Fellow Refqa Abu-Remaileh

Congratulations to Refqa Abu-Remaileh (EUME Fellow 2012/13, 2014-18) who is awarded an ERC Starting Grant.

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Wed 19 Jul 2017

Research with scholars at risk

The Forum Transregionale Studien was enabled by the Philipp Schwartz Initiative to award a stipend to a scholar at risk. …

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Wed 19 Jul 2017

Workshop “Culture as Politics”

On July 19, 2017, a Prisma Ukraina Workshop on "Culture as Politics" will take place at the Forum Transregionale …

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