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This past year, the Global and European Studies Institute has joined the rest of the world in taking our lectures, seminars, and events online. Having recently organized several large-scale virtual events and sessions, such as our EMGS Winter School and Alumni Conference, we thought we’d share some reflections on
EMGS Students’ Working Group on Intersectionality The increased visibility of feminist struggles within and in relation to social movements all over the world has resulted in the resurgence of specific forms of feminist internationalisms. Since 2016, feminist movements in different locations have called for a general women*’s[1] strike on the 8th
In this EMGS Blog, Global Studies student Clau Tatangelo reflects on the use of images and emphatic regimes emerging from media reports, which constitute political subject „The Refugee“ as instances of broader discourses around war, democracy, human rights, and humanitarianism on national, regional and global scales. Departing from recent
With its interdisciplinary approach, RUC allowed me to understand more about the wide academic field that is out there. I took a break from studying after my bachelor’s degree to work for a few years, so when returning for my master’s, I was unsure what exactly would be the
Our Global Studies-Alumn Ingo Nordmann spend a year in Wrocław during his studies. Ten years later, he revisits the city. Read his article „Return to Wrocław – on romanticizing your student home“ here on The Leipzig Glocal – Leipzig’s International Web Magazine (leipglo.com)