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Fri 04 Nov 2022

Rethinking East European Studies in Times of Upheaval: Some Reflections on Ukrainian Studies in Germany (and Not Only)

New TRAFO Blog series addresses questions on the state and future of East European studies. #DossierUkraine

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Mon 31 Oct 2022

A New Iran Has Been Born – A Global Iran

Interview with Asef Bayat, professor of sociology and Middle East studies (University of Illinois Urbana-Champain) on …

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

Rethinking East European Studies in Times of Upheaval

New monthly Prisma Ukraïna Seminar starts in October 2022

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Battered statue of Shevtshenko in Borodianka after Russia's Kyiv offensive and withdrawal early 2022.
Wed 26 Oct 2022

Picturing the Labor Landscape: The Silahtarağa Power Plant and Istanbul’s Electrical Infrastructure

By Nurçin İleri in the TRAFO series »Envisioning Work: The Visual Cultures of Labor«

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Thu 13 Oct 2022

The Forum Transregionale Studien welcomes 60 Fellows from 22 Countries

In the academic year 2022/23 the Forum welcomes 60 postdoc researchers from 22 countries, who conduct research in Berlin …

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Thu 13 Oct 2022

State Secretary Armaghan Naghipour visits the Forum

On October 7th, 2022, Armaghan Naghipour, State Secretary for Higher Education, Research and Equality, visited the Forum …

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Tue 11 Oct 2022

Figuring a Women’s Revolution: Bodies Interacting with their Images

“Is the uprising in Iran a feminist revolution?” – By L. and translated by Alireza Doostdar on our TRAFO Blog

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Mon 10 Oct 2022

Das Forum ist Mitglied im neu gegründeten Verein Berlin Research 50 (BR50)

Der in 2020 gegründete Verbund Berlin Research 50 (BR50) hat sich Anfang Oktober zu einem Verein zusammengeschlossen, in …

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Teilnehmende und Gäste der BR50-Vereinsgründungsversammlung am 4. Oktober 2022 am WZB.| Foto: Lasse Monske, WZB
Wed 05 Oct 2022

Two new Ukraine-related projets launched at the Forum Transregionale Studien

„War, Migration, and Memory“ is the topic of a new research group headed by the Ukrainian sociologist Viktoriya Sereda, …

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Wed 05 Oct 2022

PRISMA UKRAÏNA Fellows 2022/23

The research program Prisma Ukraïna: War, Migration and Memory welcomes its Fellows of 2022/2023.

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Fri 30 Sep 2022

EUME Berliner Seminar Winter Term 2022/2023

In the Winter Term 2022/2023, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Disruptions«.

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Thu 29 Sep 2022

Ukrainian Comics and War in Ukraine

By Svitlana Pidoprygora (Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University) in our TRAFO Blog series #DossierUkraine

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Tue 27 Sep 2022

Normalization of Violence Against Women in Iran

By Nassim Mehran on the death of Mahsa Amini and the ongoing oppression of women in Iran on our TRAFO Blog

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Graffiti of the main motto of the ongoing protests: ‘Women, Life, Freedom’. Source: Twitter
Wed 21 Sep 2022

EUME Fellows 2022/23

The research program Europe in the Middle East — The Middle East in Europe (EUME) welcomes its Fellows of 2022/2023.

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Mon 19 Sep 2022

Distance & Convergence: re:constituting Democracy and the Rule of Law in Europe

First re:constitution Alumni and Network Conference was a great success

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Wed 14 Sep 2022

Web Scraping and Digital Archives: A Program for the Retrieval of the Transcripts of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia

New contribution to the TRAFO series »The Digital Humanities Interface« by Katarina Ristić and Nikola Ristić

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Mon 12 Sep 2022

Time out of Joint. Literary (Re)Visions of Time in Eastern and Central Europe

EUTIM Annual Conference, 17–19 September 2022, Hybrid event

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Thu 21 Jul 2022
Tue 05 Jul 2022

Special Issue: Internationale Politik “Standhalten!”

Special issue on Europe’s fight on the rule of law with contributions by re:constitution Fellows, alumni and partners

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