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Stateness and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from former Yugoslavia

I am currently doing a research on the book - titled "Stateness and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from former Yugoslavia" - that will be published by Springer, Wiesbaden.
Filip Milačić Friedrich Ebert Foundation I am currently doing a research on the book - titled "Stateness and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from former Yugoslavia" - that will be published by Springer, Wiesbaden.
Soviet Politics of Memory about the Holocaust in Lviv (1944-1967)

This project focuses on controversial Soviet policy. On the one hand, after the Nazi occupation Soviet authorities investigated the crimes committed by Nazis in Lviv. Soviet writers created literature describing the tragic fate of Jews in Lviv during the Nazi occupation.
Mykhailo Martynenko Ukrainian Catholic University This project focuses on controversial Soviet policy. On the one hand, after the Nazi occupation Soviet authorities investigated the crimes committed by Nazis in Lviv. Soviet writers created literature describing the tragic fate of Jews in Lviv during the Nazi occupation.
The Making of Holodomor in the Shadow of the Cold War: The Production and Politicization of Knowledge about the Great Ukrainian Famine

My project is a historical ethnography of the global processes of "the making of Holodomor" informed by the Cold War-era politics of knowledge production.
Karolina Koziura The New School University My project is a historical ethnography of the global processes of "the making of Holodomor" informed by the Cold War-era politics of knowledge production.
The Rule of Law in the Dynamics of EU Integration

In September 2020 the European Commission published the first comprehensive review of member-states compliance with this core value of modern liberal democracies.
Albena Azmanova University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies In September 2020 the European Commission published the first comprehensive review of member-states compliance with this core value of modern liberal democracies. I will be conducting an analysis of the way the European Commission interprets the notion of ‘rule of law’ and applies it in its reactions to rule of law violations by member states.
Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men (English to German)

British-Somali author Nadifa Mohamed writes about the effects of war, colonialism and post-colonialism on the individual. In her third novel, she tells the story of the last man to be hanged at Cardiff Prison (1952), a case of prejudice leading to a fatal miscarriage of justice.
Susann Urban British-Somali author Nadifa Mohamed writes about the effects of war, colonialism and post-colonialism on the individual. In her third novel, she tells the story of the last man to be hanged at Cardiff Prison (1952), a case of prejudice leading to a fatal miscarriage of justice. Mahmood Mattan emigrated from Somalia to the U.K. in search of economic and legal security.

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Ruth Wodak: The Politics of Fear Ruth Wodak

Ruth Wodak: The Politics of Fear Fear Eats the Soul

A Commentary by Miloš Vec

There are several features I simply love in Ruth Wodak’s work. The recently issued second edition of The Politics of Fear.
Geoffrey Galt Harpham: Scholarship and Freedom Geoffrey Harpham

Geoffrey Galt Harpham: Scholarship and Freedom Why are scholars and scholarship invariably distrusted and attacked by authoritarian regimes? In his latest book Scholarship and Freedom, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that at its core, scholarship is informed by an emancipatory agenda based on a permanent openness to the new, an unlimited…
Ranabir Samaddar: The Postcolonial Age of Migration Ranabir Samaddar

Ranabir Samaddar: The Postcolonial Age of Migration Looking Back to the Postcolonial Age of Migration

by Ranabir Samaddar

Ranabir Samaddar reflects on his recently published volume The Postcolonial Age of Migration and what he hadn’t yet written on.
Holly Case: The Age of Questions Holly Case

Holly Case: The Age of Questions A groundbreaking history of the Big Questions that dominated the nineteenth century.

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ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
12.04.2021
The Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM), Vienna is an independent institute of advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) and generously supported by the Polish Ministry…
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Germany Needs Change. Europe Needs Integration.
02.04.2021
Europe's Futures Visiting Fellow, Judy Dempsey, in this post, discusses the current political situation in Germany, and its outlook for the future of Europe.
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14 Apr 2021
Forced Migration, the Antinomies of Mobility, and the Autonomy of Asylum
Seminar Series on Forced Migration
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15 Apr 2021
Capitalism, Alone
Books in Perspective
Panels and Discussions
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19 Apr 2021
In Memory of the “Festival Age” (1987–1994)
Was it Indeed a Phenomenon?
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