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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 22/04/2026

We are delighted—and a little proud, too—to introduce you to our new Department of Politics and its team. Today, we are kicking off our annual conference, which also marks the launch of our new Department of Politics. 🔭 Explore the slides in this thread to meet the team. 1/3

Slider with text: About the Department. Established at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in 2025, we are committed to: • Conducting theoretically and methodologically driven research on politics in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. • Taking regional specifics seriously and approaching political inquiry with a strong foundation in area studies. • Advancing interdisciplinary research with an emphasis on peace and conflict studies, international relations and international law, and comparative political science. • Pursuing extensive knowledge transfer activities, including policy advice.

Slider with a photo of a person and text: Head of the Department. Prof. Dr. Cindy Wittke-Hohlfeld. Cindy is Professor for Normativity in International Politics at the University of Regensburg and Head of the Department of Politics at the IOS. She studies war and territorial conflicts, peace negotiations, and the politics of international law, focusing on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Slider with a photo of a person and text: Research Associate. Dr. Fabian Burkhardt. Fabian is a senior researcher and editor of the Country Analytical Digest series. A political scientist, he is interested in comparative authoritarianism and studies the domestic governance and transnational influence of autocracies. His regional focus is Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

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seeFField @seeffield.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

📖Echoes of the War in Ukraine: Political Ramifications in the Baltics and the Balkans | Book Presentation by Vassilis Petsinis 📆28.01.2026, Wednesday 🕐5-7 pm 📍IOS R017, Landshuter Straße 4 👉🏻https://seeffield.app.uni-regensburg.de/event/snaklab-regensburg-southeastern-europe-research-seminars-28/

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 20/11/2025

📣 #CfP Join our 13th Annual Conference on "From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and #SoutheastEurope". Keynote: Maria Mälksoo (U of Copenhagen). We welcome proposals from various social sciences on democratic erosion, security, digital politics & more. 📆 Deadline: 15 Dec ⬇️

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IOS Annual Conference 2026: From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and Southeast Europe

Call for Papers für the 13th IOS Annual Conference from 22 to 24 April in Regensburg. Submission deadline: 15 December 2025.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 11/11/2025

🧵 In #Croatia, there is currently another public and legal debate about the #Ustaša salute. Among other things, this has been triggered by concerts by singer Marko Perković, known as #Thompson, during which the salute was chanted en masse. 1/6

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 10/11/2025

🎙️ New episode of the @seeffield.bsky.social podcast "Balkans Calling" is out! @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (#LeibnizIOS) talks with Djuddah Leijen (U of Tartu) about #ScienceCommunication, #AI in academic writing & the power of social writing practices. Recorded in November 2024. To the episode ⬇️

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Ep. 21 - What Makes Academic Writing Effective – and Why You Should Try Social Writing

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 17/09/2025

Exploring overlooked Holocaust history in #Croatia: The Davis Center at Harvard offers a 6-part webinar series on "The #Holocaust in Southeastern Europe". With @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) & other experts, examining regional complexities missing from broader narratives. 📅 Start: 27 Sep ⬇️

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Curriculum-Writing Fellowship: The Holocaust in Southeastern Europe

Explore the overlooked history of the Holocaust in Croatia through a free online curriculum-writing fellowship for K-14.

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Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg @europeamerica.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Who gets to imagine the future—and how? In our latest blog post, Katarina Damčević (@leibniz-ios.de) explores how cultural ruptures in (post-)conflict societies unsettle dominant systems of meaning and open up space for hopeful, transformative futures. ➡️ frictions.europeamerica.de/research-not...

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 21/07/2025

🗺️ Our new KonKoop Research Map is now online: an interactive overview of 80+ organizations conducting peace and conflict research across Eastern & #SoutheastEurope and #CentralAsia. @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) introduces this digital tool on our #ostBLOG. ➡️ ostblog.hypotheses.org/7986

Interactive research map of Eastern and Southeastern Europe showing colored markers for peace and conflict organizations. Left side displays a regional map with numbered points, right side features blue background with title "Explore Peace & Conflict Organizations in Eastern & Southeastern Europe". Bottom shows logos of Leibniz-IOS and KonKoop. Text indicates "Interactive | Open Access" and "New Research Map"

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 14/07/2025

During the recent protests in #Serbia 2024 and 2025, many demonstrators wore religious symbols, even though the church did not take their side. In the following article, Nikola Gajić (#LeibnizIOS) examines the significance of this paradox. ➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge... #OpenAccess

New publication by Nikola Gajić: "Symbolic Resistance and Ecclesiastical Silence: The SOC and the 2024-25 Student Protests" published in Contemporary Southeastern Europe journal.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 09/07/2025

In a crowd of half a million at Thompson’s Zagreb concert, the #Ustaša salute was chanted while officials looked on. @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (#LeibnizIOS) examines how #Croatia mainstreams fascist symbols as "patriotic entertainment." More on our #ostBLOG. ➡️ ostblog.hypotheses.org?p=7963

New blog post by Dr. Katarina Damčević with quote: "If shouting Za dom spremni in a crowd of half a million now passes as patriotism or teenage mischief, then the loudest thing at the Hippodrome wasn't the sound system—it was the silence of accountability." Published in ostBLOG.

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Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg @europeamerica.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

📌 We are pleased to support the 6th Graduate Workshop of the Graduate School for East- and Southeast European Studies at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social. Organized by: @cindywittke.bsky.social, Nikola Gajić, @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social 🔗 lnkd.in/d7PsXfpe #ScienceCampus #KonKoop @leibniz-ios.de

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 07/05/2025

🇷🇸 What’s behind #SerbiaProtests? Ivana Dinić spoke to historian Dubravka Stojanović—active in the 90s antiwar movement and at the forefront of the democratic struggle in #Serbia ever since—about causes and impact. In our #OpenAccess journal #COMPSEES. ➡️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg @europeamerica.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Margins of #Memory: ScienceCampus Early Career #Research Network Launch - 7 May at @uniregensburg.bsky.social. Learn more about this new international collaboration also involving @leibniz-ios.de. On 6 May, network member Tigran Amiryan of the CSN-Lab will discuss his research in a teatime talk

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Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg @europeamerica.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Zoom panel on #Trump II & #HigherEd: academic freedom, funding cuts, and global collaboration. April 29 | 17:00 CEST (8 am PT, 11 am ET) With: Astrid Böger, John Connelly, Nicole Hodges Persley, Jan Kubik. Chairs: Ulf Brunnbauer @leibniz-ios.de , Birgit Hebel-Bauridl @uniregensburg.bsky.social

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Myself and my colleague Dr Raul Carstocea are inviting applications for a PhD scholarship at Maynooth University , looking at the imperial roots of the Ustasha fascist movement. If successful, the position is fully-funded for four years. Please share and feel free to contact me!

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Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino @inz-ljubljana.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The European Summer University in Digital Humanities “Culture and Technology” will take place at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in Besançon, France from 21 July to 2 August 2025. More information on the programme and registration on the website: esudh.github.io

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This is the website of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities ‘Culture and Technology” organized in Besançon from 21 July to 2 August 2025.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 20/03/2025

Join us: Panel "A Just Peace for #Ukraine?" exploring global perspectives on Russia's war against 🇺🇦. W/ @cindywittke.bsky.social, Guido Hausmann (both #LeibnizIOS), Gerhard Gnauck (LMU) & @klimeniouk.bsky.social. Part of the Winter School "🇺🇦’s Cultural Heritage" 📅 24 Mar | 19:00 CET | #Regensburg ⬇️

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A Just Peace for Ukraine? Positions on a Current Debate

Panel discussion on the evolving global perspectives on the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine.

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