A2: Irregular Armed Units and the State in Eastern Europe (Workshop)

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Behrends, Alyona Bidenko, MA (ZZF) and Dr. Bettina Bruns (IfL)
Foto: Destruction of Russian Tanks by Ukrainian Troops in Mariupol, 2022 © Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Description

Workshop in Berlin, scheduled on May 2024.

Project team

Alyona Bidenko, MA

Alyona Bidenko is a PhD student in History and a Research Associate at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam. She completed her MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala University with the support from the Swedish Institute as a recipient of the Visby Programme scholarship. She also studied political science at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.”

Dr. Bettina Bruns

Bettina Bruns is a senior researcher and vice coordinator of the research group “Geographies of Belonging and Difference” at IfL where she studies the paramilitary production of security in local social contexts in Poland.

Bettina Bruns studied cultural studies, sociology, and anthropology at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), the Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, and the Uniwersytet Wrocławski in Poland. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Bruns held positions as research assistant at the Institute for Applied Research for Family, Children and Youth at the University of Potsdam and at the Institute for World Society Studies at the University of Bielefeld.

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Behrends

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.

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Behrends

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.

Dr. Bettina Bruns

Bettina Bruns is a senior researcher and vice coordinator of the research group “Geographies of Belonging and Difference” at IfL where she studies the paramilitary production of security in local social contexts in Poland.

Bettina Bruns studied cultural studies, sociology, and anthropology at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), the Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, and the Uniwersytet Wrocławski in Poland. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Bruns held positions as research assistant at the Institute for Applied Research for Family, Children and Youth at the University of Potsdam and at the Institute for World Society Studies at the University of Bielefeld.

Alyona Bidenko, MA

Alyona Bidenko is a PhD student in History and a Research Associate at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam. She completed her MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala University with the support from the Swedish Institute as a recipient of the Visby Programme scholarship. She also studied political science at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.”

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