Past

Professor Rafael Biermann (FSU) will give two lectures at the University of Bologna, titled "Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia" and "Failed Crisis Prevention in Ukraine." Additionally, he explored the possibility of establishing an Erasmus exchange agreement for students and staff with the Institute of International Relations at the University of Bologna. 

14 April 2023 in Bologna

KonKoop-member Rafael Biermann (FSU) will participate in joint sessions of workshops of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), presenting the introductory paper 'Patron-Client Relations in World Politics. State of the Art.'

25-28 April 2023 – 9:00 CET in Toulouse/online

Organisation: European Consortium of Political Research

ECPR Workshop in Toulouse, France
25-28 April 2023
Organisation: Rafael Biermann and Géza Tasner (FSU Jena)

Rafael Biermann (FSU) will give series of lectures in Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Lectures will be on the added value of a historical classification of current crises: the Russian war against Ukraine, the authoritarian turn in Moscow and its roots in the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

17 May 2023 – in Jena

Paper by Nafisa Mirzojamshedzoda at the 7th Annual Tartu Conference “War and Peace: What’s Next for Eastern Europe and Eurasia?": "Russia’s war in Ukraine: a postcolonial moment for Central Asia?"
11–13 June 2023 in Tartu, Estonia 

Ekaterina Mikhailova and Cindy Wittke (both IOS) presented individual papers at "Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order" organised by PeaceRep-Ukraine on 10-11 July 2023 in Vienna

Cindy Wittke: Unpacking the Domestic and International Contexts of Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan New Allied Relations: View from the Borderlands

Ekaterina Mikhailova: Untying the Caucasian Knot - How Democracy and Security Interact in Ukraine's Southeastern Neighbourhood