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KFG Universalism and Particularism
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Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Universalism and Particularism in European Contemporary History", School of History, @LMUMuenchen.bsky.social, a project funded by the @DFG.de

Homepage: https://www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.html
We are delighted to announce that Philipp Ther will open our colloquium events in the winter term. Welcome!
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Our Senior Fellow, Philipp Ther, will present his new book at the Collegium Carolinum on October 21 at 6 p.m.: Welcome!
www.collegium-carolinum.de/institut/akt...
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today marks the start of the winter term, and we are pleased to announce our program for the coming months 😀
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We are delighted to announce our first event of the winter term! It is a workshop organised by Paul Betts and Gabriele D'Ottavio.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Join us for this week’s KFG Colloquium on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 5:15 to 6:45 pm, featuring a lecture by our Senior Fellow, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/collo...
July 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Join us for this week’s KFG Colloquium on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 5:15 to 6:45 pm, featuring a lecture by our Junior Fellow Václav Rameš: www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/collo...
July 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us for this week’s KFG Interdisciplinary Workshop on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 5:15 to 6:45 pm, featuring the session "Self-Determination" by our Junior Fellow Sevanna Poghosyan (Tartu) and Oliver William Rowe (Tartu) www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/inter...
July 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please register via info@cas.lmu.de
July 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us for thisweek’s KFG Colloquium on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 5:15 to 6:45 pm, featuring a lecture by Gideon Chitanga!

📍 Historicum, Room K302, Schellingstr. 12, Munich
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Welcome to our workshop on Thursday and Friday!
June 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Lecture Series with Benjamin Ziemann!
www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/lectu...
June 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Und am 18.06.2025 präsentiert unser Senior Fellow Reinhard Schulze das Thema: ´The Crisis of Religion´ in unserem Kolloquium
June 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Join us for next week’s KFG Colloquium on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 5:15 to 6:45 pm, featuring a lecture by Alexa Stiller (University of Zurich):

“The Paradox of Universalism: Historicizing the Practice of International Criminal Law in the 1990s”

📍 Historicum, Room K302, Schellingstr. 12, Munich
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The KFG colloquium of this summer term 2025 is finally starting!

Our first speaker KFG Junior Fellow Sevanna Poghosyan will talk about "Contemporary Russian Approaches to Democracy in International Law".

🗓️ May 14
🕔 5:15–6:45 PM
📍 K302, Historicum, Schellingstr. 12
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A warm welcome to @reinhardschulze.bsky.social!

Reinhard Schulze joins the KFG as Senior Fellow at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social this summer term.
During his stay, he will pursue research on "Post-secular redefinitions of the antinomy of universalism and particularism in Europe and the Middle East."
May 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📢CfA: The KFG is looking for 3 Junior Fellows with a research topic focusing on economy, human rights or religion/secularity in European contemporary history for the Summer Term 2026
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

Submission deadline: June 15, 2025

www.kfg20.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/news/cfa-jun...
April 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Welcome to KFG Junior Fellow Alexa Stiller.

Her research project "Visions of Accountability. The Emergence of the International Criminal Law Regime, 1989-2002" examines the establishment of the international criminal tribunals in response to the Bosnian War and the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.
April 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The summer term 2025 has recently started at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social!

Check out the program for this term’s KFG Colloquium below.
We’re excited to welcome our new fellows in Munich: Till van Rahden, Reinhard Schulze, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, et alteri.

Looking forward to an inspiring semester!
April 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Welcome to KFG-Junior Fellow Václav Rameš, who joins the KFG for the Summer Term 2025!

Václav's research focuses on "In Search of a New Balance of Power: Transforming Industrial Relations in Late Socialism and Post-Socialism from the Perspective of International Agents (Late 1980s – Early 2000s)."
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We are delighted to welcome Sevanna Poghosyan as a Junior Fellow for the summer term 2025 at the KFG @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. Sevanna will be conducting research on "Russia and Challenges to Liberal Democracy within the European Regional Order", and we look forward to her contributions.
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are delighted to announce a new publication by KFG Director @schulzewessel.bsky.social:

Schulze Wessel, Martin/Volf, Darina (eds.): Changing Times, Persisting Legacies. The Uneven Development of East-Central Europe since 1989, Göttingen 2025.

Published by Collegium Carolinum with the KFG
February 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨

The KFG welcomes Jürgen Bast (Giessen) as a guest speaker. He'll discuss "The Discovery of Migrants' Human Rights in the Long 1990s: A Legal History."

🗓 February 5, 2025
🕔 5:15 - 6:45 PM
📍 Room K201, Schellingstr. 12

Join us for an insightful talk!
February 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
KFG has joined Bluesky!
Here, you will find news about the KFG Fellows, events and other KFG activities. We look forward to staying in touch!
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM