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"Rarities of Anarcho-Futurism", 1963-65
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15 January 2019
Deadline for
CfA: Hans Koschnick Scholarships
Workshop Media + Politics
Call for Papers

Deadline: 31 March 2019

“Media control as source of political power in Central and Eastern Europe”
Workshop at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
organized by the Russian Media Lab in collaboration with the
Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen
Helsinki, 02 – 03 September 2019

Holidays of our archive in 2019
Our archive will be closed for visitors from 4th to 22nd February 2019 and from 19th August to 16th September 2019.

Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen

The Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa – FSO) is an independent research institute attached to the University of Bremen. It is funded jointly by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs and the State of Bremen. Founded during the Cold War in 1982, the FSO today combines two goals: the (re)examination of societies and cultures in the Eastern Bloc and the analysis of contemporary developments in the post-Soviet region. 

 

Archive and Research News
New journal article: Heiko Pleines: A Critical Reflection on the Validity of Political Regime-Related Country Rankings » open access

New journal article: Gulnaz Isabekova: The Contribution of Vulnerability of Labour Migrants to Drug Resistance » open access

 
 
Archive
With an archive and library spezialising in the literature on dissent, emigration and repression in Eastern Europe after 1945/1953 and the political transformation after 1989/1991, the Research Centre offers scholars from the humanities unique conditions to conduct research on the history of "Dissent and Consensus" in Eastern Europe after 1945.

Researchers who plan to use the archive are kindly requested to contact us 4 weeks in advance.

We are extremely grateful to anyone wishing to give documents to our archive or willing to inform us of materials related to our profile!

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Research
The guiding concept of the centre's research is "Dissent and Consensus". This posits that deviant opinions, political opposition, defiance or forms of obstinacy can only be understood in the context of the political system, its discourses and repressive measures. To this end, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and specialists in literary and cultural studies collaborate using interdisciplinary approaches.

This approach places particular emphasis on the following areas:
  • the shared worlds of representatives of dissent, consensus, state and party;
  • networks and corruption;
  • the functioning of (post-) authoritarian regimes.
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E-mail Services

One of the core missions of the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen is the dissemination of academic knowledge to the interested public. This includes regular email services with over 25,000 subscribers in politics, business, civil society and the media. All email services are produced in cooperation with leading international research institutions.
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