News & Blog | European Master in Global Studies https://globalstudies-masters.eu Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:31:12 +0000 de hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EMGS-1-300x300.png News & Blog | European Master in Global Studies https://globalstudies-masters.eu 32 32 From Local to Global: Students Visit the Point Alpha Memorial https://globalstudies-masters.eu/news-blog/news/from-local-to-global-students-visit-the-point-alpha-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-local-to-global-students-visit-the-point-alpha-memorial Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:41:57 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6205 On Friday, July 4, and Sunday, July 6, in addition to the extensive work in methodological workshops during the summer school, the students of our Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program in Global Studies (EMGS) and the Arqus Joint Master’s Program in European Studies visited the Point Alpha Memorial on the former German internal border and had […]

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Summer School 2025 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/news-blog/news/summer-school-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-school-2025 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:11:57 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6189 From 3 to 8 July 2025 the joint summer schools of our Erasmus Mundus Master in Global Studies, the Arqus Joint Master in European Studies and the Joint Master in Global Studies with special emphasis on Peace and Security in Africa taked place in the very center of Germany, in Bad hersfeld.  Around 120 students  from […]

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Research Methods in Action: A Student Visit to the Leipzig Stasi Archives https://globalstudies-masters.eu/allgemein/research-methods-in-action-a-student-visit-to-the-leipzig-stasi-archives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-methods-in-action-a-student-visit-to-the-leipzig-stasi-archives Wed, 14 May 2025 13:54:30 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6163 On May 14, the archival sources group for the course on research methods toured the Leipzig Stasi Archives, part of the Bundesarchiv, in Leipzig. They learned about the Stasi surveillance apparatus and how this has translated into the archives today. The files have a particular history and relevance for local society and are often redacted […]

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Global Perspectives on War and Peace: GESI Students visit the Museum for Military History in Dresden https://globalstudies-masters.eu/allgemein/global-perspectives-on-war-and-peace-gesi-students-visit-the-museum-for-military-history-in-dresden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-perspectives-on-war-and-peace-gesi-students-visit-the-museum-for-military-history-in-dresden Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:05:59 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6132 Known for its striking architecture and critical, thought-provoking approach to military history, the Museum of Military History in Dresden was an ideal setting for academic reflection and tangible experience of the shaping of topical debates. We enjoyed an excellent guided tour focusing on the 20th century history of war and peace, complemented by insights into […]

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GESI students visit the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden https://globalstudies-masters.eu/allgemein/gesi-students-visit-the-german-hygiene-museum-in-dresden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gesi-students-visit-the-german-hygiene-museum-in-dresden Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:59:58 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6123 Founded in 1912, the German Hygiene Museum is home to the famous Transparent Man and Transparent Woman. Over the course of the 20th century, it became a hub for global health expertise. During the Cold War, the museum actively sought to expand its networks in the Global South. In addition to exploring the general exhibition, […]

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Student story: Global Studies Peace and Security in Africa https://globalstudies-masters.eu/allgemein/student-story-global-studies-peace-and-security-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=student-story-global-studies-peace-and-security-in-africa Tue, 20 May 2025 11:11:22 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6109 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHwXLzHbsg Mauritz Crombach is one of our students of the joined IPSS and EMGS programme Global Studies with special emphasis on Peace and Security in Africa. He talks about the programme and his summer semester in Leipzig.

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Summer Opening: Keynote lecture by Matthias Middell https://globalstudies-masters.eu/news-blog/news/summer-opening-keynote-lecture-by-matthias-middell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-opening-keynote-lecture-by-matthias-middell Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:30:53 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6083 We opened our summer term at the University of Leipzig with a keynote lecture „A world falling apart. A new world order in the making?“ by Prof Dr Matthias Middell. It was an great opportunity not only to discuss with the founding director of the Institute and current Vice-Rector for Internationalisation, but to reflect together […]

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5th ReCentGlobe Annual Conference https://globalstudies-masters.eu/news-blog/5th-recentglobe-annual-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5th-recentglobe-annual-conference Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:51:26 +0000 https://globalstudies-masters.eu/?p=6073 Social Cohesion (Un)bound: Between National, Regional, and Transregional Interdependencies This year’s ReCentGlobe conference poses the question of how regions are reacting to increasing social fragmentation and an international policy that is once again increasingly characterized by nationalism and isolationism. The conference, which takes place on May 7th and 8th aims to shed light on how […]

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