European Master in Global Studies

Our EMGS Winter School 2024

karen — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:03:03 +0000

The EMGS students visited Tulln, Austria, from December 6th to 9th for five days of intense work and social activities. During the first two days, the main discussions were organized around Key Concepts in Global Studies research. These discussions were organized in 5 Workshops: 1) Capitalism, Commodity Frontiers and the Transformation of the Global Countryside […]

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The EMGS Consortium congratulates the Class of 2024!

kaschner — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:18:59 +0000

On 9 November Ghent University was hosting this year’s EMGS Graduation Ceremony! 65 students received their diplomas and celebreted their success after two years of hard work. Special congratulations go to Ms Ina Niehues, M.A, who received the Best Thesis Award 2024 for her Master’s thesis „Challenging the slow violence of environmental interventions: Introducing coffee […]

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GESI Students visit Dresden!

Enrico Behne — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:40:23 +0000

As part of our semester activities, GESI students visited Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Albertinum Modern Art Museum: The first excursion took our MA students to the Albertinum Modern Art Museum. Students from the seminar “Global East – Global South: Transregional Connections from the Endings of Empires to Cold War Encounters” explored the Revolutionary Romances […]

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

Enrico Behne — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:30:11 +0000

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 sector. Sylff fellowships are awarded to […]

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

Enrico Behne — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:02:13 +0000

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. He taught global political economy, world […]

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Interview with Jr. Prof. Dr. Megan Maruschke

Enrico Behne — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:04:01 +0000

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 and refugee history. She has been […]

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

Enrico Behne — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:58:11 +0000

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

kaschner — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:15:05 +0000

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 the presentation, there will be a […]

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