GSC 1046:  Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies

• Subject Area: History
• Term: from 2012 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194536232

The Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies, located in Munich and Regensburg, provides an excellent framework for innovative research projects investigating history, politics, law, language, culture and the arts in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The individual projects introduce new prospects for discussion and cooperation across the disciplines. In a ground-breaking approach the region of East and Southeast Europe is regarded not as self-contained, but in its interdependencies with other world regions, such as East Asia, Turkey, Western Europe or North America. This is based on the perception that East European societies are strongly influenced by transregional relations: For example, migration or the antagonism between "East" and "West" during the Cold War period, had a powerful impact on East and Southeast European societies and cultures. Vice versa, European history can only be fully understood if Eastern and Southeastern Europe are conceived as integral parts of European history. Mediating dialogue between expert scholars and outstanding young academics, the Graduate School will foster the further methodological development and establishment of transdisciplinary integrated regional studies. As many of the questions posed are of great importance for contemporary society, a part of the Graduate School’s lectures and workshops are open to the public: In the event series "Forum" researchers, politicians and the interested public meet to exchange and discuss new ideas put forth in the Graduate School. By 2017 up to 60 doctoral students will have received a scholarship on their way to completing their dissertations in no more than 3,5 years. In addition, up to 40 associated doctoral students will have participated in the programme’s benefits without having received a scholarship. The curriculum is designed to train and supervise the doctoral students enrolled to do independent research. They are being supported in their future career plans at an early stage, be it scientific or non-scientific, for example in national and international organisations or administration units, political consulting, media, cultural education or the private sector.

• DFG Programme: Graduate Schools
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Universität Regensburg
• Participating Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Historisches Seminar; Abteilung für Geschichte Osteuropas und Südosteuropas; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Collegium Carolinum e.V.; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Institut für Kunstgeschichte
• Spokespersons: Professor Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer; Professor Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Rainer Arnold; Professor Dr. Martin Aust; Professor Dr. Christopher Balme; Professor Dr. Michael Brenner; Professorin Dr. Marie-Janine Calic; Professor Dr. Volker Depkat; Professorin Dr. Burcu Dogramaci; Professor Raoul Eshelman; Professor Dr. Hans van Ess; Professorin Dr. Dorothee Gelhard; Professor Dr. Alex Graser; Professor Dr. Björn Hansen; Professor Dr. Aage A. Hansen-Löve; Professor Dr. Walter Koschmal; Professor Dr. Marek Nekula; Professor Dr. Christoph K. Neumann; Professorin Dr. Evelyn Schulz; Professor Dr. Ulrich Schweier; Professorin Dr. Elena Skribnik; Professor Dr. Mark Spoerer; Professorin Dr. Petra Stykow; Professorin Dr. Margit Szöllösi-Janze