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Sylff Fellowships for Doctoral research on „Intellectual and Cultural Change in Central and Eastern Europe“

The Sylff programme at Leipzig University supports projects related to the overarching subject of “Intellectual and Cultural Change in Central and Eastern Europe”. Sylff fellowships are intended to train doctoral candidates who have great potential for future leadership roles in international affairs, in public life and in the private

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Prof. Dr. Hartmut Elsenhans 1941-2024: An EMGS Student Appreciation

The passing of Emeritus Prof. Dr. Hartmut Elsenhans is profoundly sad news for the hundreds of his former students at Erasmus Mundus Global Studies. EMGS students will have taken Prof. Elsenhans courses at the University of Leipzig from the programme’s inception in 2006 until his untimely passing this year.

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Interview with Jr. Prof. Dr. Megan Maruschke

Learn more about Jr. Prof. Dr. Megan Maruschke, lecturer at the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI). Jr. Prof. Dr. Maruschke’s research interests include global history, border studies since the 18th century, free ports and special economic zones, French and American imperial history, the age of revolutions, and migration

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Interview with Jr. Prof. Daniela Russ: „Nature is also a socially constructed concept“

Since October 2022, Daniela Russ is a junior professor for Global Dynamics of Resource Use and Distribution at the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI), at Leipzig University. Read more about her academic journey, research focus, publications and teaching plans in our interview with her here.

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EMGS @Ghent University: Info session on 30 January

The Ghent Centre for Global Studies organises an info session about the European Erasmus Mundus Master in Global Studies (EMGS). The application round for the Master’s course will start at the beginning of 2024 If you want to get more information about the programme, come and join us. After

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Global Launch of the Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide

The University of Vienna invites to the global (hybrid) book launch of The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide which will be hosted by the University of Vienna, Austria, on November 6, 2023, from 18:30-20:00 (CET). The book is co-edited by Myrna Dawson and Saide Mobayed Vega, an alumna of

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Save the date: University of Wrocław invites to hybrid lectures by Prof. Jan Nederveen Pieterse from UCSB

In November, the University of Wrocław hosts two lectures held by Prof. Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Duncan Mellichamp Chair and Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in globalization, development studies and global political economy. He is author or co/editor of 30

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PhD in Global Studies at the University of California Irvine – Accepting Applications for Fall 2024

The University of California Irvine is home to one of the world’s top doctoral programs in Global Studies. They are looking for outstanding doctoral candidates to join their program. Students will work at the intersections of complex and pressing global issues including human rights, climate crisis, poverty, inequality, conflict,

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