Event series

ZOiS Lecture Series | Ukraine: What Social Science Research Tells/Told Us

The online lecture series, organised in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is timed to coincide with the academic summer semester in Germany, but is open to all. It brings together social scientists, among them many scholars from Ukraine, who will address aspects of the war but also long-term political and societal trends.

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Event Recordings

ZOiS Forum

The ZOiS Forum brings together academic, artistic, and political perspectives on the issues driving Eastern Europe today. Our aim is to make the significance and variety of our region of research accessible to a broad audience. Readings, discussions, presentations, and film screenings take place once a month during the semester.

Summer semester 2022

ZOiS Forum

Ukraine at War: A Country at the Centre of the World’s Attention

Russia’s invasion of its neighbour Ukraine came as a shock to many people in Germany, even though a Russian-backed war had been smouldering in the east of the country for years. What are the defining characteristics of this country that the Russian leadership calls a ‘brother nation’ and on which it is at the same time inflicting a brutal war?
when
27/04/2022 05.30 pm 07.00 pm
where
Urania
An der Urania 17
10787 Berlin

ZOiS Research Colloquium

The colloquium is intended to serve as a forum to discuss work in progress by PhD candidates, postdocs, and established researchers whose work in the social sciences focuses on Eastern Europe. The aim is to establish a permanent meeting point in the Berlin-Brandenburg area for people engaged in research on Eastern Europe.

Summer semester 2022

ZOiS Research Colloquium

Pre-emption and Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments and Leadership Change in the Post-Soviet Space

Threats to hegemonic rule create the context for constitutional change. In an article co-authored with Ben Noble and Paul Fisher, Anna Fruhstorfer discusses the role of constitutional politics in the context of elite conflicts, anticipated power changes in post-Soviet regimes, and the ways in which they are instrumentalised.
when
11/05/2022 06.00 pm 07.30 pm
where
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Mohrenstr. 60
10117 Berlin
ZOiS Research Colloquium

Legitimisation strategies of Russian companies. A bricolage of social responsibility

In the context of organisational 'bricolage', this article explores how managers blend different ideas and understandings of social responsibility to create narratives that address multiple audiences, including the market, the state, employees and the local community.
when
13/07/2022 06.00 pm 07.30 pm
where
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Mohrenstr. 60
10117 Berlin
ZOiS Research Colloquium

Legitimisation strategies of Russian companies. A bricolage of social responsibility

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.
when
13/07/2022 06.00 pm 07.30 pm
where
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Mohrenstr. 60
10117 Berlin

Organisers

The ZOiS colloquium is organised in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). It takes place online at 6 p.m. every second Wednesday during the semester.

  • Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse, Centre for East European and International Studies
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Bluhm, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Sabine Kropp, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Silvia von Steinsdorff, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Timm Beichelt, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Contact

Anja Krüger
Communications Coordinator
events(at)zois-berlin.de