Archive

Taming the Garden documents the creation of a botanical park by and for Georgia's most powerful man. Commercial cinemas in Georgia refused to show the film, which was deemed ‘too political’. In conversation with director Salomé Jashi, we talk about (in)visible politics in Georgia.

Volodymyr Ishchenko and Oleg Zhuravlev apply the Gramscian concept of the crisis of hegemony to post-Soviet conditions. Flawed solutions to this are Caesarism and maidan revolutions. They show how the Euromaidan revolution of 2014 reproduces and exacerbates the hegemonic crisis to which it responds.

Anna Abalkina investigates academic misconduct and dishonest publication practices at Russian universities. She shows how the internationalisation of Russian universities has not only brought benefits but also created incentives for Russian scholars to engage in fraudulent behaviour.

This year public and scientific discourse have been focused on Ukraine. But how should Ukraine be researched? The panel critically discusses current research shortcomings, including the narrowing of methodological approaches and analytical tools on ethical grounds, and how they can be overcome.

This ZOiS Forum is part of the ‘Life in Dictatorships’ series organised by the Förderverein Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer and asks what role (in)equality plays in the legitimisation of authoritarian regimes. The discussion focuses on the GDR, Belarus and Russia.

The fourth event in the ‘Quo vadis, Belarus?’ series highlights the role of Belarus in the war against Ukraine, seen, for example, in the establishment of a joint force with the Russian army. We also discuss the ongoing repression in the country, the activities of the opposition around Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and the influence of the Belarusian diaspora.

Conflicting views of the past are one of the biggest challenges in international relations: they can lead to confrontations but also serve as a means of reconciliation. At the conference we will discuss the different ways of remembering historical events and their influence on international relations.

Processes of connectivity are often accompanied by disconnectivity, for instance due to post-war instability and insecurity. We look at the South Caucasus and discuss how the term 'connectivity' is perceived, bearing in mind the disruptions of recent years, like the pandemic or the wars in Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine.

The photo exhibition shows four places: Chervonohrad and Sambir on the Polish-Ukrainian border and Berehove and Uzhhorod on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. It is part of the research project The Liberal Script in Ukraine's Contested Border Regions, which is being carried out within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS.

The recently declared mobilisation affects broad segments of the Russian population, yet its effects are not evenly distributed. Reactions to it are also varied. We look at how conscription is organised and how inequalities play out on the ground. We also discuss how the mobilisation affects regime support.

Recently, the German initiative #OutInChurch draw the public attention to the conflicts LGBTIQ*-people experience within their religious communities. After a brief introduction on the religious and human rights situation in Ukraine strategies to reconcile or ignore competing identies will be discussed.

As part of the GLocalEAst Summer School, at this public event we will ask what migration and border studies can contribute to understanding Russia’s war on Ukraine and its consequences, and how they should be designed to address the new social challenges, especially with regard to migration processes.

Im Original geändert Five years have passed since the ceremonial opening of ZOiS in March 2017. To mark this anniversary, at our 2022 Annual Conference we want to provide insights into the wide range of social science research undertaken at ZOiS.

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has not spared universities as military targets: What can transnational academic networks do to support displaced researchers and students and to uphold cooperation with Ukrainian universities?

Adopting the framework of organisational ‘bricolage’, this article explores how managers blend various ideas and understandings about social responsibility, creating narratives addressed to multiple audiences, including the market, the state, employees, and the local community.

Adopting the framework of organisational ‘bricolage’, this article explores how managers blend various ideas and understandings about social responsibility, creating narratives addressed to multiple audiences, including the market, the state, employees, and the local community.