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Coordinators
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Professor Monika Wingender, Professor Andreas Langenohl, Professor Hannah Ahlheim, Professor Thilo Marauhn
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Abstract of Area of Potential
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Since around 2009, concepts and notions of conflict and violence have been culturally studied at JLU both in historical and current political contexts—particularly in Eastern Europe. The collaboration between GiZo (Giessen Center for Eastern Europe), DiML (Center for Diversity, Media, and Law), and RCSC (Research Center for the Study of Culture) enables the integration of fundamental cultural studies expertise. Cooperation with the Herder Institute for Historical East Central European Research, a Leibniz Institute in Marburg, has significantly expanded the potential area’s capabilities in scientific infrastructures and digital humanities.
The performance of this potential area is also underlined by its broadly based third-party funding (SFB/TRR 138 – Dynamics of Security, the applied-for CRC “Conflict Communities”). Participation in the BMBF project “Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe)” additionally provides the area with great visibility nationally and internationally.
The research group “Human Rights Discourses in the Migration Society,” the German-Colombian Peace Institute (CAPAZ), and involvement in the SDGnexus Network of the ZEU deliver important knowledge transfer to politics and society due to their topical relevance.
Finally, the potential area shows significant overlaps with JLU’s activities within the framework of the European University Networks “EUPeace – European University for Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Societies.”
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Involved Disciplines
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History, Eastern European History, Slavic Studies, Turkology, German Studies, English Studies, Law/International Law, Sociology, Political Science, Political Theory
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External Cooperation Partners
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In Germany:
- Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung—Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Marburg: Dr. Simon Donig, PD Dr. Christian Lotz, Dr. Anna Veronika Wendland
- PRIF Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, Frankfurt am Main: Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff, Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase
- Center for Conflict Research, University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker
International:
- Universität Łódź, PL: Prof. Dr. Joanna Jabłkowska
- National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA): Prof. Dr. Maksym Yakovlev
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Department of Security Studies and Criminology (Prof. Julian Droogan)
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Structures and Programs for Supporting Early Career Researchers
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- Gießener Graduiertenzentrum Kulturwissenschaften / International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GGK/GCSC)
- Gießener Graduate School Social, Economic and Legal Sciences(GGS)
- Integrated Graduate School (IGK) in CRC/TRR 138 ‘Dynamics of Security: Forms of Securitization in Historical Perspective’
- Herder Institute Research Academy (HIRA)
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Most significant scientific achievements since 2018
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Structural elements:
- Giessen Center for Eastern Europe (GiZo) as a regional studies research and teaching center for Eastern Europe
- Giessen Graduate Center for Cultural Studies / International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GGK/GCSC)
External funds / awards
- CRC/TRR 138 ‘Dynamics of Security: Forms of Securitization in Historical Perspective’ (2014–2025)
- Awarding of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lenger (2015)
- LOEWE Focus ‘Conflict Regions in Eastern Europe’ (2017)
- SPP 1981 – Transottomanica: Eastern European–Ottoman–Persian Mobility Dynamics (2017)
Publications
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Gawrich, A. et al. (2022): Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Reactions from IOs and other Key Regional Actors. Global and Regional Implications. In: Eurasia Global Policy Paper No. 1 / 11 March 2022
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Haslinger, P. (2022): Language conflicts and securitization in multilingual societies. In: Language Problems and Language Planning 46/2, 131-145.
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Lenger, F. [2023]: Der Preis der Welt. Eine Globalgeschichte des Kapitalismus.
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Wingender, M. (2021): From Contact and Conflict Linguistics towards Linguistic Conflict research: Developing a Multifactorial Language Conflict Model. In: Müller, D. / Wingender, M. (eds.), Language Politics, Language Situations and Conflicts in Multilingual Societies. Case Studies from Contemporary Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Wiesbaden 2021, 15–35.
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