Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena

Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena

Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century: Comparative Historical Experience

The Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena is an Institute of Advanced Studies, with a thematic focus on the history, culture and societies of twentieth-century Eastern Europe.

Events

09. June 2025 - 00:00

Upcoming Monday Seminar

Whit Monday

public holiday


05. June 2025 - 09:30

Research Area: The Holocaust and the Cold War - WORKSHOP

Workshop within the framework of Katrin Stoll’s research project: Pathfinders? Polish-born Jewish-Survivor Researchers and their Place in the…

Microhistory from the perspective of critique of culture. The topographical study of Holocaust sites in Poland

Workshop at the German Historical…

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Featured Article

A Trident on the Shield

Ukraine’s Decommunization Strategy and the Case of the “Mother Ukraine” Statue

by Viktoriia Nechyporuk

While there have been recurring debates about how to deal with the Soviet legacy since the country's independence, in 2015 decommunisation became a systemic imperative of Ukrainian state policy. Particularly in the case of monuments that are an essential part of the public space, redefinition became a strategy of decommunisation. The article examines the debates surrounding and the alteration of such a monument, the Motherland statue in Kiyv.

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New Publications

Recht und Gerechtigkeit?

Ahndung von Menschheitsverbrechen in Jugoslawien zwischen Völkerrecht und…

Sabine Ferhadbegović gibt in ihrem Buch einen umfassenden Überblick über die Entwicklung des jugoslawischen Rechts zur Ahndung von Kriegsverbrechen und nennt zentrale Akteure und Institutionen.

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Unter deutscher Besatzung

Europa 1939 - 1945

Tatjana Tönsmeyer zeigt eindrücklich, wie die deutsche Besatzung das Leben von Millionen Europäerinnen und Europäern veränderte, und was es bedeutet, unter einer Besatzungsherrschaft zu leben. Eine Erfahrung, die vor dem Hintergrund der russischen Besatzung großer Gebiete der Ukraine von bedrückender Aktualität ist.

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bookcover:  Unter deutscher Besatzung Europa 1939-1945.
Activities

Vortragsreihe

Mit der bedingungslosen Kapitulation des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands am 8. Mai 1945 endete in Europa der Zweite Weltkrieg, der weite Teile…

Fellows

Professor Jerzy Kochanowski

Jerzy Kochanowski is professor of history and teaches at the Faculty of Culture and Art Sciences, Warsaw University, Polen.

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Professor Jerzy Kochanowski

Marta Gospodarczyk

Marta Gospodarczyk is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Faculty of Sociology at the University of Warsaw.

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Marta Gospodarczyk

Professor Tetiana Grebeniuk

Tetiana Grebeniuk is a philologist with a research focus on contemporary Ukrainian literature and culture.

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Professor Tetiana Grebeniuk

Dr Veneta Ivanova

Veneta Ivanova is a historian of Eastern and Southeastern Europe with an interest on the interplay between socialism, occultism, religion, science, and utopia in twentieth-century Europe.

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Dr Veneta Ivanova