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#30PostSovietYears
30 Years After the End of the Soviet Union
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On 25 December 1991, Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union, which dissolved by the end of that year. Throughout 2021, we have revisited the watershed year of 1991 and its aftermath. We thank Körber Foundation, the DGO, the DHI Moscow, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia and Memorial for joining forces with us. All recordings, podcast episodes and other materials from our thematic focus #30PostSovietYears can be found on our website.
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Call for Abstracts
Traces of the Past: Between Experiences and Spatial Imaginations
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Spatial configurations or spaces of identification of the past continue to exist after the dissolution of the geopolitical order that produced them. We discuss elements that are part of the reconfiguration of places, namely the contribution of experiences and routines and the re-configurating role of spatial imaginations.
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Podcast: Roundtable Osteuropa 25/2021
#30PostSovietYears | Ukraine´s Independence
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Thirty years ago, on 1 December 1991, more than 90% of Ukrainian voters voted for the country’s independence, with turnout exceeding 80%. Serhii Plokhii, Gwendolyn Sasse and Félix Krawatzek discuss Ukrainian independence, its aftermath and what it means for Ukraine to this day.
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Vacancy
Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/div)
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ZOiS is seeking to fill the position of postdoctoral researcher (m/f/div). The full-time position is for a fixed period of four years, starting on 1 April 2022, and based on the E13 salary scale of the German collective agreement for the civil service (TVöD).
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Vacancy
PhD researcher (f/m/div)
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ZOiS is seeking to fill the position of PhD researcher (f/m/div). Starting on 1 April 2022, it comprises 66% of the collectively agreed working hours (26 hours/week) and is limited to 42 months. It is based on the E13 salary scale of the German collective agreement for the civil service (TVöD).
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Meet the Author
"Russian Messianism is a Counter Hegemonic Narrative of an Underdog"
with Alicja Curanović
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In her new book “The Sense of Mission in Russian Foreign Policy”, political scientist Alicja Curanovic explores the influence of messianism and mission narratives in Russian foreign policy. Analysing more than 25 000 documents, she works out 15 mission roles, which are ascribed to Russia by the elite.
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Spotlight 44/2021
The 6th Eastern Partnership Summit: What Should We Expect?
by Julia Langbein
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An official meeting between the EU and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries – the first in four years – is scheduled to take place on 15 December. It will focus on ambitious objectives relating to economic development and good governance. A genuinely new vision for the EaP cannot be expected, however.
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Spotlight 43/2021
Recruiting for the nation? Russia´s New Repatriation Law
by Tsypylma Darieva and Sina Giesemann
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Russian policy towards Russian speakers living abroad could soon be significantly changed. A bill aims at simplifying the procedure to obtain Russian citizenship, including the right to return to the ‘historical homeland’. The law could have extensive geopolitical consequences and has raised international concerns.
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Meet the Author
"You Can´t use Each Energy Type as a Foreign Policy Weapon in the Same Way"
with Margarita Balmaceda
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In her book , Margarita M. Balmaceda analyses the value chains of Russia’s three largest fossil fuel exports. She traces the journey of an exemplary molecule of each gas, oil and coal from production in Russia through transit and processing in Ukraine to the end consumer in Germany.
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ZOiS Research Colloquium | 12 January 2022| 6pm |Online
Captured Memories of Kolkhoz Times: How Contested Memories Affect the Land Use Strategies in Post-Soviet Armenia
with Tamar Khutsishvili
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In her PhD research project, Tamar Khutsishvili examines land use strategies in the Armenian village of Pshatavan. The presentation seeks to understand the roots of collective memory and nostalgia among the post-Soviet generation and their effects on everyday life.
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ZOiS Forum (in German)| 13 January 2022| 6pm| Kino Krokodil
Little Man, Time and the Troubadour
with Ineke Smits (Director), Diana Bogishvili (ZOiS) and Sabine von Löwis (ZOiS)
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The film "Little Man, Time and the Troubadour" is about the troubadour Sipa Labakhua, who travels through Abkhazia as a showman with a puppet theatre and tells his family story. Diana Bogishvili discusses the questions raised about home, flight and return with the director Ineke Smits.
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11 December 2021
Deutsche Welle quotes Félix Krawatzek and his research on Covid-19 in Belarus (Russian).
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25 November 2021
In the podcast Cultures monde by France Culture, Irina Mützelburg analyses how EU neighbouring countries use migration as political leverage (French).
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24 November 2021
In an Interview with Radio Svaboda / RFERL, Félix Krawatzek answers questions about a 2021 ZOiS-survey among Belarusians and presents some findings (Belarusian).
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