GWZO Events Calendar
Events calendar
GWZO Events
–
Losing a City That Was Never Gone: The Problem of "Loss" in the Armenian Town in Transylvania (Armenopolis)
Lilit Mnatsakanyan (Pázmány Péter Catholic University / GWZO)Seminar Series: Armenian Lost Cities: Histories, Imageries, and Perceptions Location: online
Event series
–
Sexual Dissidence in the Soviet Union
Dan Healey (University of Oxford) Location: Prague/online
Prague Histories Forum
–
Ani's Protean Gestalt in Spatiotemporal Transition
Prof. Peter Cowe (University of California, Los Angeles)Seminar Series: Armenian Lost Cities: Histories, Imageries, and Perceptions Location: online
Event series
–
Queer Histories and Affective Architectures in Hungary
Hadley Z. Renkin (Central European University, Vienna) Location: Prague/online
Prague Histories Forum
–
The Two Traditions of China Studies in Hungary
Dr. Péter Vámos (ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of History) Location: GWZO and online
Lecture series
–
Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and early »Reform and Opening« in China (1978–1989): A Transnational History of Intellectual Exchanges
(University of Cologne, Institute of East Asian Studies) Location: GWZO and online
Lecture series
–
Closing Roundtable
Studying Global Easts in a Changing World OrderPD Dr. Daniel Hedinger (Leipzig University, Research Centre Global Dynamics), Dr. Steffi Marung (Leipzig University, Global and European Studies Institute), Prof. Dr. Maren Röger (GWZO), Prof. Dr. Sören Urbansky (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of History) Location: GWZO Leipzig and online
Lecture series
-
Call for Articles
WALKING MATTERS: Kinaesthetic Modes of Memory, Belonging and Research
Český lid Special Issue 1/2028
Please email an abstract (max. 500 words) and a brief biography to sabine.stach@leibniz-gwzo.de and noskova@eu.cas.cz.
Deadline: 15 November 2026
-
Call for Papers
Sixth annual meeting of the Research Network Premodern East Slavic Europe: »War and Environment in Early Modern Eastern Europe and Eurasia«
Conference, Mainz, GermanyDate: 11.–12. März 2027
Location: Mainz
Organiser: Julia Herzberg (Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), Jan Kusber (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), and the Premodern East Slavic Europe Network
Please submit a proposal including a title, an abstract of approximately 300–500 words, and a brief biographical and institutional note.
Deadline: 15. Oktober 2026
-
Call for Applications
9th Forum on Animals and History: »Globalizing Animal History«
Datum: 3–4 September 2026
Venue: Leipzig
Organiser: Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
Those interested should please send an informal expression of interest, including a short biographical note and details of current projects or research interests, to Timm Schönfelder (timm.schoenfelder@leibniz-gwzo.de).
Deadline: 15 Juni 2026