Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES)
Public History and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
The project "Public History and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Regional Perspectives" under the direction of Anja Hennig, in cooperation with the Institute of History at the University of Szczecin and the Willy Brandt Centre at the University of Wroclaw, deals with the tension between local places of remembrance and transnational interest in politics of memory. The aim is to develop relevant questions for a larger research project in workshops and discussions and establish a German-Polish teaching and research network. You can find more information about the project here (in German).
Zeit-Schriften der Moderne
Author Clara Frysztacka presented her dissertation "Zeit-Schriften der Moderne - Zeitkonstruktion und temporale Selbstverortung in der polnischen Presse (1880–1914)," which has been published recently, in conversation with Andreas Bähr (EUV).
The event was recorded and is available on the Viadrina media portal. Click here to watch the video.
The IFES COVID-19 Blog. Thinking together in times of pandemic
Please send your contributions or comments to: ifes@europa-uni.de
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Anja Hennig writes about the closely interwoven German-Polish civil society relations and examines the question of what impact the pandemic will have on these projects (in German language). Verflochten und nicht verloren: Corona und die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen, 16 June 2020 |
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In his latest blog entry Reimund Schwarze writes about the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic (in German language). Was wissen wir über die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Folgen von COVID-19 und was nicht?, 02 June 2020 |
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In the most recent article on our COVID-19 blog, Timm Beichelt writes about populist leadership in times of the corona pandemic. Pandemic populism – how Corona brings a certain form of government to the crossroads, 28 May 2020 |
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Mykhailo Minakov writes in his text about the COVID-19 situation in Ukraine and the meaning of biopolitics in the decisions of the governments of post-soviet states. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Ukraine: On the Horns of a Biopolitical Trilemma, 4 May 2020 |
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Reimund Schwarze warns against interpreting the pandemic as a positive influence on the climate. His plea: make the Green Deal binding by integrating it into the constitutions of the EU member states (in German language). Über den zweifelhaften Nutzen der Corona-Krise für das Weltklima, 21 April 2020 |
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Estela Schindel writes about the growing relevance of infrastructure and logistics in border studies, and about how the pandemic makes their role dramatically crucial: Infrastructures, borders, and the pandemic. A reflection for the summer term 2020, 21 April 2020 |
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An account of positions about the pandemic crisis from the sociological point of view can be found at the blog Soziopolis (in German language):
Soziologisches zur Pandemie IV, 17. April 2020
Soziologisches zur Pandemie III, 9. April 2020
Soziologisches zur Pandemie II, 3. April 2020
Information on past events can be found in our archive.
