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Mischa Gabowitsch
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Historian & sociologist. Professor of Multilingual and Transnational Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Mainz. Movements & monuments
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Out now in open access with CEU Press:
Mischa Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk: Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
ceupress.com/book/monumen...
Neuer Aufsatz von Mykola Homanyuk und mir: "Legitimierungsumkehr: Denkmäler für den Zweiten Weltkrieg und den Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg in der heutigen Ukraine". In: Meienberger/King-Savić/Biegger (Hrsg.) Mit Osteuropa denken: Kultur, Wissenschaft, Politik. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2025. S. 483-512.
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hat jemand einen direkten Kontakt zu @zeit.de? Es geht (leider) um einen Nachruf, den ich dort gerne veröffentlichen würde.
August 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The print version of Monuments and Territory is now available for purchase through Amsterdam University Press's website: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Monuments and Territory
From the very first weeks of Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian soldiers, politicians, and proxy administrators expended considerable effort interacting with monuments on...
www.aup.nl
May 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reminder: this summer, Zhazira Bekzhanova and I are teaching a summer school course on the analysis of history textbooks. The application deadline is 15 May. The course is open to BA and MA students as well as practising history teachers.
Please share!

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May 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I've updated the calendar of my upcoming public talks: gabowitsch.net/events/
Events from 14 May – 14 November – Mischa Gabowitsch
Events archive.
gabowitsch.net
May 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Tofutümelei ins Grundgesetz!
May 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sprachen lernen in Germersheim in unserem neuen Studiengang!
Viele von Euch haben in der Familie oder im Bekanntenkreis Teenager oder junge Erwachsene, die „irgendwas mit Sprachen“ studieren wollen. Für einige von ihnen könnte unser Fachbereich interessant sein! @ftsk-unimainz.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Russisch-Intensivkurs in Armenien. Offen für alle! Bitte weiterleiten!
April 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
www.rosalux.de/news/id/53351

Ein neuer Überblickstext von mir zum Gedenken an den 2. Weltkrieg in der Ukraine und Russland. Gedacht als Einführung in das Thema auf Grundlage neuerer Forschung
80 Jahre danach: Gedenken an den Zweiten Weltkrieg in der Ukraine und Russland - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Das Kriegsgedenken in der Sowjetunion und die Rolle der Ukraine
www.rosalux.de
April 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's here! Come to our book discussion in Vienna on Thursday to see for yourself. www.recet.at/event-news/e...
March 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Come to our book launch in Berlin this coming Friday: berlin.instytutpileckiego.pl/de/events/mo...
Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine - Instytut Pileckiego
Book Launch and Discussion
berlin.instytutpileckiego.pl
March 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A recording of the dMSA seminar in which Mykola Homanyuk and I presented our book is now available.
Thanks a lot to Violeta Davoliūtė for chairing, and to Katarzyna Anzorge, Ulla Savolainen, and Lana Đaković for organizing the session!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVpDP0xDCY0
dMSA February 2025 - Monuments and Territory - War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
YouTube video by Memory Studies Association
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February 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
July 2025 summer school course in Germersheim: "Analyzing History Textbooks: Texts, Images, Translation" taught by Zhazira Bekzhanova and me. Open to all levels from BA to practicing history teachers.
For details, see fb06.uni-mainz.de/en/2024/11/1...
Please spread the word!
Analyzing History Textbooks: Texts, Images, Translation (28.7.-1.8.2025) – Fachbereich 06 – FTSK
fb06.uni-mainz.de
January 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Conference "Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts. Part II." 12-15 Feb, Mainz. tinyurl.com/embedded-mainz
Geography: Europe, Canada, Ghana, the Indian subcontinent, Japan, New Zealand, Peru.
Period: 16th to 21st centuries
Genres: drawing, music, painting, photography, sculpture, theater
12.-15.2.2025 | Tagung "Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts. Part II" | Russisch
russisch.fb06.uni-mainz.de
January 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
RIP Hrant Dink, Anastasia Baburova, Stanislav Markelov
January 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Upcoming public presentations of "Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine" with Mykola Homanyuk and myself: www.gabowitsch.net/events

As a reminder, the book is available in open access at ceupress.com/book/monumen....
Events from 20 January – 14 November – Mischa Gabowitsch
Events archive.
www.gabowitsch.net
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The deadline for OVD-Info's essay competition on repression, surveillance, and censorship in Russia has been extended until the end of January. That's just to submit a brief abstract, students will then have another five months to write the full essay: en.ovdinfo.org/competition
OVD-Info Prize for Master’s and PHD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary Russia
Независимый правозащитный медиапроект ОВД-Инфо
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January 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Monuments and Territory is now available in open access on JStor: www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
January 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Monuments and Territory is currently the first book featured on Central European University Press's homepage!
December 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Out now in open access with CEU Press:
Mischa Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk: Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
ceupress.com/book/monumen...
December 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
TODAY @4.50 pm CET in Germersheim (N.316) and on Zoom uni-mainz-de.zoom.us/j/64264620621

Vitaly Chernetsky @globalrhizome.bsky.social: Odesa's City Myth Rethought and Reframed: Ukrainian Black Sea Narratives, Multidirectional Memory, and the Challenges of Decolonization

tinyurl.com/odesamyth
9.12.2024 | Gastvortrag von Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas / Universität Basel): Mythos Odesa, neu gedacht: ukrainische Schwarzmeer-Narrative, multidirektionale Erinnerung und die Herausforde...
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December 9, 2024 at 11:38 AM