Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies (GS OSES): Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies

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News | 04 May 2022

Support for Ukraine

GS OSES (UR) Emergency Programme for Ukrainian PhD Researchers and Early Career Researchers at the University of Regensburg

Event | 20 July 2026

Semester Break: 20 July – 9 October 2026

We're already preparing an exciting programme for the 2026/27 Winter Semester, which will be available here by 1 October. Until then, we wish you a wonderful summer and look forward to welcoming…

News | 20 July 2026

Doctorate accomplished

Sarah Grandke, Visiting Doctoral Fellow of the GS OSES/UR, successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "From an intermediate station to a space for action. Life paths, networks and…

Event | 20 July 2026

Another successful Dr. phil. completed!

Olga Trufanova, member of the GS OSES/UR, succesfully defended her doctoral thesis on "Absorbing the Asian Frontier: Food and food-related knowledge in seventeenth and eighteenth century Siberia".…

News | 20 July 2026

Congratulations to our newest Dr.phil. graduate

Sara Žerić Đulović, associated member of the GS OSES/UR, succesfully defended her doctoral thesis on "Gastarbeiters as agents of development in Socialist Yugoslavia". Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ulf…

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Volker Depkat

Lässt Trump was von der Demokratie übrig?

Spot On: Die vergessene Front

Our doctoral candidate Jeremias Schmid (Historian) introduces himself and his research project in 3 minutes!

Corals and Concrete: Exploring Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies

At our Annual Graduate Workshop 2026 “Memory Matters: Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies“, the participants examined the ways in which material objects and natural elements shape our recollections of the past. The organizers Anni-Lotta Hamer, Teona Ivashchenko and Elisa Mucciarelli gave an interview for the UR ScienceBlog about their findings.

Olha Martyniuk

Helden eines Landes, das es nicht mehr gibt

Die Transformationen des Gedenkens an gefallene sowjetische Soldaten und Veteranen des Zweiten Weltkriegs in der Ukraine

Spot On: Refugees in Slovakia

Our doctoral candidate Eva-Maria Walter (Anthropologist) introduces herself and her research project in 3 minutes!

Eva-Maria Walther

Book Review in SLAVIC REVIEW

We are pleased to announce that Eva-Maria Walther’s book has received a positive review in SLAVIC REVIEW, a leading journal in the field.

Spot On: Falsche Zaren

Our doctoral candidate Daniela Mathuber (Historian) introduces herselve and her research projects in 3 minutes!

Spot On: Der Fluss als Grenze

Our doctoral candidate Frederik Lange (Historian) introduces himself and his research project in 3 minutes!

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