Conferences
There will be no conferenc in the near future.
Past conferences
Conference: Internationalizing Security – Securitizing the International
International Conference 2023 of the Collaborative Research Center „Dynamics of Security“ With the Russian war against Ukraine, the discussion about what we understand by international security has flared up again. While for many years, scholars have criticized state-centric understandings of security, the tides seem to change. We see for instance a return of geopolitics, territorial …
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Urban Narratives: Rebuilding and Rebranding European Cities from the 20th Century until Present Day
October 19–20, 2023Venue: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, MarburgThe conference will be organized as hybrid event by the UrbanMetaMapping Research Consortium “Fall in love with Warsaw”, „Dresden – amazingly different“, ”Liverpool. Do it your way” these are just a few examples of contemporary promotional slogans of European cities that suffered extreme …
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Rights
Health Feminism, Reproductive Knowledge and Women’s Activism Across Europe in the long 20th Century 19.-21. October 2023, University of Konstanz Conveners: Anne Kwaschik (University of Konstanz), Isabel Heinemann (University of Bayreuth), Emeline Fourment (University of Rouen), Heidi Hein-Kircher (Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe) Over the course of the 20th century, the …
Migrant everyday life in Polish cities in the 18th and early 19th century
Jahrestagung der Kommission für die Geschichte der Deutschen in Polen Marburg, 28. bis 30. September 2023 Tagungsort: Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Gisonenweg 5–7, 35037 Marburg, VortragssaalWissenschaftliche Leitung: Markus Nesselrodt, Karsten Holste, Matthias BarelkowskiOrganisation: Christoph Schutte Donnerstag, 28. SeptemberKeynote von Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg (Gießen): Stadt und Stadtgesellschaft in Polen (1750–1830)anschließend Paneldiskussion mit Heidi Hein-Kircher (Marburg) und Marta …
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Negotiating Modern Ways of Life: Life-Reform Movements in Central and Eastern Europe since 1900
EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS CONFERENCE Organised by the Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Marburg, Germany) and the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies at Södertörn University (Stockholm, Sweden)Venue: Herder-Institute, Marburg (Germany)18–19 September 2023 Since the late 19th century, a wave of issue-oriented life-reform movements has developed across Europe and America, particularly in …
Conference: Anti-Feminism and Anti-Gender Politics in Authoritarian Regimes
The Role of the State, Religion, and Feminist Counter-Strategies in the Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe The political ascent of authoritarian populist regimes has triggered fears over the erosion of existing and evolving democratic processes in various parts of the world. A particular concern are the anti-feminist and anti-gender policies advocated by authoritarian …
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Authenticity in European Cities. Creating, Visualizing, and Contesting Urban and Built Heritage
International Conference, Potsdam March 16-17, 2023 Organising Team: Dr. Achim Saupe (ZZF), Dr. Anja Tack (ZZF), Prof. Dr. Christoph Bernhardt (IRS), Dr. Daniel Hadwiger (IRS) The international conference will focus on how buildings, urban neighborhoods, urban spaces, and actors were and are perceived as “authentic”. The conference analyses processes of authentication in an interdisciplinary way …
Languages of War: Interpretive Knowledge and Debates on the Perspectives of the War in Ukraine
Sprachen des Krieges: Deutungswissen und Perspektivdebatten zum Krieg in der Ukraine Theme week of the Volkswagen Foundation “War in Ukraine – Perspectives of Science” at Herrenhausen Palace (Hanover). The symposium focuses on language(s) as a medium of war, as verbal war, media stagings, legitimation strategies and speaking about war as well as future scenarios for …
The Emergence of Gendered Power Structures since Early Modern Times: Practices, Norms, Media
International Conference of the Research Network Gender – Power Relations – State (Geschlecht • Macht • Staat) Venue: Philipps-Universität Marburg and Herder Institute Marburg / Date: November 23-25, 2022 Program and Abstract Wednesday, November 23, 2022 17:30 Opening Reception 18:00 – 18:30 Welcome 18:30 – 19:30 Keynote Prof. Dr. Myra Marx Ferree: Contested modernity in …
Urban Authenticity in an International Perspective
Perceptions – Discourses – conflicts International Conference, June 2-3, 2022 in Szczecin, Poland „Authenticity“ as the purportedly „original“ character of persons, objects, or practices has increasingly become an object of scholarly research, public discourses and a powerful driver of heritage debates. There is a broad consensus among researchers in favor of constructivist approaches, according to …
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