Prof. Dr. Jan C. Behrends

Principal Investigator, ZZF

• A1: Genesis of Transnational Violent Actors in the Post-Soviet Area (with Alyona Bidenko)
• A2: Irregular Armed Units and the State in Eastern Europe – Workshop (with Alyona Bidenko, ZZF & Bettina Bruns, IfL)
• A4: Post-Imperialistic Nation Building Processes – Imperialistic Disintegration Processes – Workshop

Jan C. Behrends is research associate at ZZF and Professor of History at European University Viadrina Frankfurt on Oder

Jan C. Behrends studied History, Literature, Education and Philosophy for Higher Education at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and holds a doctorate in History from Potsdam University. Among others, he was a research fellow and lecturer of East European and Modern History at Social Science Research Center, Berlin, Bielefeld University, Herder-Institut, Marburg, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

• Modern history of Eastern Europe
• Dictatorships
• War and violence

Behrends, Jan C. Postsowjetische Lebenswelten. Gesellschaft und Alltag nach dem Kommunismus. Berlin: Metropol, 2021.

Behrends, Jan C (ed). The Return to War and Violence. Case Studies on the USSR, Russia and Yugoslavia, 1979-2014. London, New York: Routledge, 2017.

Behrends, Jan C. Die erfundene Freundschaft. Propaganda für die Sowjetunion in Polen und in der DDR. Köln/ Weimar/ Wien: Böhlau, 2006.