Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien
gsoses.bsky.social
Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien
@gsoses.bsky.social
Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies and MA East European Studies (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & Universität Regensburg)
Congratulations, Vita🎓

We warmly congratulate Vita and wish her every success for the exciting path ahead — both professionally and personally.
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#PhD #doctorate #AcademicSuccess #research #graduation

The picture shows Vita and her two supervisors: Ger Duijzings and Anna Carastathis.
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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📚 Our journal, #COMPSEES 73/4 available in #OpenAccess!
Articles on anti-gender mobilisation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, EU accession dynamics in the Western Balkans, Greece's role in maritime security, finance-driven poverty reduction & a film review of J. Žbanić's "Blum".
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February 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
❗Tomorrow is finally the day ❗

Join us for the keynote lecture at the 7th Annual Graduate Workshop of the GS OSES (UR) in cooperation with the Leibniz ScienceCampus on this year's theme, ‘Memory Matters: Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies.’

More details see here 👉 www.gsoses-ur.de/.../Final_Wo...
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Why did East Germany's efforts to catch up economically stall after reunification? Matthias Mertens (MIT) shows how tech gaps reduced firms' incentives to compete & invest, perpetuating existing disparities. More in our economics talk.
📅 27 Jan | 13:30 CET | Online
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January 26, 2026 at 8:52 AM
👇 SAVE THE DATE 👇

We are pleased to invite you to this year’s Graduate Workshop “Memory Matters: Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies”, taking place on 5–6 February in Regensburg

More information see here: www.gsoses-ur.de/events-and-n...
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
❗Save the Date for our final colloquium of the Winter Semester ❗

This talk will examine how food chemistry addressed postwar food shortages in the Soviet Union through experiments with synthetic food produced from non-edible materials.
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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We are delighted to welcome the third speaker in our Margins of Memory series. In this talk, Eve Rosenhaft offers insights on her book project “Ronald Roberts, the Lad Who Outwitted The Nazis: From Weimar Germany to Windrush Britain”. (1/2)
#memory #resistance #research #untoldstories #regensburg
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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How did privatization affect workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Anđela Pepić (U Banja Luka) examines industrial decline & labor struggles, exploring how ethnonational frameworks undermined worker solidarity. More in our economics talk.
📅 16 Dec | 13:30 CET | Online
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December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
✨ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS AND SEE YOU BACK AGAIN ON 7 JANUARY 2026✨
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
We are delighted to share fantastic news from the GS OSES community: 🏅 Volha Bartash and 🏅 Čarna Brković, two of our former postdoctoral researchers have just been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants!

Congratulations to both awardees, we look so much forward to our continued collaboration!
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
+++ Call for Applications +++

PhD position at the Department of Historical Studies, CEU (Vienna) in collaboration with the ProletGard ERC Starting Grant project, Kassák Foundation (Budapest, Hungary).

❗Deadline pre-application: 5 January 2026❗
❗Deadline application: 4 Februrary 2026❗
December 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
+++ SAVE THE DATE +++

We are delighted to invite you to our second career talk on 9 December 2025, at 16:15 (ZOOM). Where four former doctoral researchers of the GS OSES will share insights into their professional journeys both within and beyond academia.

www.gsoses-ur.de/.../career-t....
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Vampirglaube verbreitet nicht nur Furcht unter Sterblichen – sondern kann auch eine ganze Staatsverwaltung aufschrecken. Bei @spektrum.de erklärt #LeibnizIOS​-Historiker Peter Mario Kreuter, wie erste Meldungen über Vampire vor 300 Jahren Beamte des Habsburgerreichs auf Trab hielten (Paywall) ⬇️
Vampir Petar Blagojević: Als Österreich an die Grenzen der Wirklichkeit stieß
Vor 300 Jahren betrat der Prototyp des Vampirs die Weltbühne – in Gestalt eines untoten Bauern.
www.spektrum.de
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
+++ Stellenausschreibung +++

Leitung (m, w, d) für das Informationszentrum in Kyjiw in Vollzeit
Bewerbungsende: 31.12.2025
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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📣 #CallForPapers: "Homecomings" & Internal Migrations in Central & Southeast Europe.
Conference at the University of Primorska, Koper, June 11–12, 2026. Exploring return migration, remittances, internal mobility & diaspora connections.
📅 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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On 30 November 2025, around 2,000 people gathered in #Rijeka for an #antifascist protest, while masked men performed fascist salutes & intimidated participants. On our #ostBLOG, @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) argues that the mayor’s refusal to take a stand creates space for the far right. ⬇️
Rijeka’s Antifascist Protest and the Mayor Who Saw Nothing
by Katarina Damčević On 30 November 2025, around 2,000 people gathered in Rijeka for an antifascist protest, while masked men performed fascist salutes and intimidated participants. This blog post arg...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Gulnar T. Kendirbai: Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia. Frontier Power Dynamics, Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century. Rezension von Ricarda Vulpius #OpenAccess in Heft 4/2024 #JahrbücherJGO:

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December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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#CfP #DeadlineExtended 7 Jan! To broaden the regional + temporal balance. work on the Americas (incl. the US) in relation to independence + post/colonial dependencies, papers on contemporary debates about sovereignty, dependence, and infrastructures esp. welcome. europeamerica.de/news-and-eve...
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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📣 Reminder: The deadline for our 13th #LeibnizIOS Annual Conference "From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures" is approaching! Keynote: Maria Mälksoo (U of Copenhagen). Submit your proposals on democratic erosion, security, digital politics & more in East & #SoutheastEurope.
📆 Deadline: 15 Dec ⬇️
IOS Annual Conference 2026: From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and Southeast Europe
Call for Papers für the 13th IOS Annual Conference from 22 to 24 April in Regensburg. Submission deadline: 15 December 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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In unserer #Bibliothek lagert NS-Raubgut. Wie entdeckt man es? Welche Geschichten verbergen sich dahinter? Daniela Mathuber mit einer Serie auf unserem #ostBLOG über Fundstücke & #Provenienzforschung am #LeibnizIOS.
Teil XIV: wie über 100 Judaica zurück nach Budapest gelangten. ⬇️
Walking into Spiderwebs XIV: Gut Ding braucht Weile. Die Judaica aus der Privatbibliothek von Michael Schwartz kehren nach Ungarn zurück
von Daniela Mathuber In der Bibliothek unseres Instituts befindet sich Raubgut aus der NS-Zeit. Wie entdeckt man es Jahrzehnte später? Welche Geschichte erzählen betroffene Bücher, Zeitschriften und K...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
+++ Call for Applications +++

The Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies is offering two part-time positions (50 %) to be filled by 1 April 2026 as a Pre-Doctoral Researcher.

More information see here: www.gsoses-ur.de/.../detail/c...

❗ Deadline: 6 January 2026 ❗
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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🔎 Come and join us for the first talk in the speaker series organised by the Margins of Memory network! Martin Fotta agreed to share his research on Romani Presence and the Making of a Pilgrimage Site in Piaui, Brazil.
Abstract: lnkd.in/dVJedspT
#memory #research #exchange #romani #regensburg
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📣 #CfP
Join our 13th Annual Conference on "From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and #SoutheastEurope". Keynote: Maria Mälksoo (U of Copenhagen). We welcome proposals from various social sciences on democratic erosion, security, digital politics & more.
📆 Deadline: 15 Dec ⬇️
IOS Annual Conference 2026: From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and Southeast Europe
Call for Papers für the 13th IOS Annual Conference from 22 to 24 April in Regensburg. Submission deadline: 15 December 2025.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
+++Save the date for our upcoming colloquium next week+++

This talk focuses on Jewish economic life in postwar West Germany. The speaker, Anna Holian, is currently a visiting researcher at the Leibniz ScienceCampus Regensburg as part of the fellowship programme.

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November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
NEUERSCHEINUNG!
Die Biografie "Tito Der ewige Partisan" von Professorin Dr. Marie-Janine Calic aus dem Jahr 2020 wurde nun von Ksenija Chochkova ins Makedonische übersetzt und ist im ili-ili Verlag erschienen. Wir gratulieren!
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM