Think Space Ukraine

24/08/2026

З Днем Незалежності України! 🌻

Herzliche Grüße zum Unabhängigkeitstag der Ukraine – verbunden mit den besten Wünschen für Frieden, Freiheit und eine gute Zukunft.

Am 24. August 1991 erklärte die Ukraine ihre Unabhängigkeit. 35 Jahre später ist der Unabhängigkeitstag ein wichtiger Anlass, die Geschichte, Staatlichkeit und kulturelle Vielfalt der Ukraine zu würdigen.

19/08/2026

On our website, you can find relevant academic related to Ukraine and Eastern Europe, including calls for applications for , , conferences, and funding programs, such as programs.

👉 Learn more: https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/en/opportunities

🌐Don’t forget to check the German version of the website: https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/moeglichkeiten

“Denkraum Ukraine” / “Think Space Ukraine” at the Universität Regensburg is financed by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) through the funds of the Federal Foreign Office.

17/08/2026

🌍 The Program for Visiting Fellows 2027 of the IOS Regensburg is open! Historians, economists, and political scientists as well as scholars of cognate disciplines are encouraged to apply.

📚 The program allows the scholars to spend up to four weeks in Regensburg to concentrate on their research, to network with experts and get an access to the extensive library.

🔸 Apply until 30 September 2026! More details ➡️ https://leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge-transfer/news/newsdetail/program-for-visiting-fellows-2027

Join us – We have just launched the call for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program! 🌐 📚

Work alongside outstanding international researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities: The Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) invites historians, economists, political scientists and scholars of cognate disciplines to apply as a 2027 guest researcher. You will work on projects that align with the Institute's focus and collaborate closely with IOS members.

What we offer:

• A stipend to support your stay of up to four weeks.

• Close cooperation with our three research departments (History, Economics, Politics) and exchange with specialized institutions at the Universität Regensburg.

• Full access to our extensive library holding over 360,000 media items of literature in humanities and social sciences relating to Eastern and Southeastern Europe + a variety of electronic research services and repositories.

• A fully equipped workplace situated close to the old town of Regensburg, a vibrant UNESCO World Heritage site known for its exceptional quality of life.

Additionally, we offer the opportunity for a dedicated fellowship linked to the VolkswagenStiftung-funded project Seeffield to advance Southeast European Studies.

📅 Deadline for applications: September 30, 2026.
🔗 Find more details and submit your application online: https://leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge-transfer/news/newsdetail/program-for-visiting-fellows-2027

Please consider applying – and share widely!

14/08/2026

🎓 The KonKoop Research Network invites early career scholars to join its free Early Career Lab (ECL). This initiative is an academic incubator that provides various opportunities for the professional development such as research support and professional skills training, access to advice and support from the wider KonKoop network, mutual knowledge transfer and so on.

🔍 The network investigates conflict and cooperation dynamics and spatial configurations in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. This call is especially relevant for researchers based at German institutions or those with a biographical background in the target regions who study themes such as peace and conflict, borders, war and trauma, or nationalism.

Learn more ➡️ https://leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge-transfer/news/newsdetail/konkoop-early-career-lab

🔸 Application deadline: 10 September 2026.

The Early Career Lab will be coordinated by the IOS Regensburg

https://www.facebook.com/IOS.Regensburg/posts/1717407220389500

The KonKoop Research Network invites early-career researchers to participate in the "Early Career Lab", coordinated by the IOS. Application deadline: September 10, 2026.

13/08/2026

Three decades after the Balkan wars, Europe is witnessing a devastating armed conflict in Ukraine. Drawing on his recent academic visit to Lviv, Ukraine, the social anthropologist with an extensive fieldwork experience in Kosovo (1986-1992) and Bosnia (1997-2002) Prof. Dr. Ger Duijzings (Universität Regensburg , Seeffield) shares his observations on the war documentation and memory, the role of emotions, and the work of researchers investigating atrocities in Ukraine.

You can find the full interview here ➡️ https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/en/news/article?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=150&cHash=b09ffd0476a9d4a80548361a0157ae71

“Denkraum Ukraine” / “Think Space Ukraine" at the
Regensburg is financed by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) through the funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA).

05/08/2026

On 5 August, Ukraine commemorates the victims of the Great Terror -- the wave of mass Stalinist arrests, deportations, and executions in 1937–1938. On this occasion, we would like to highlight the article in our by our visiting fellow Galyna Starodubets “Volhynian Germans under the Pressure of Stalinist Terror: Profile Characteristics of the Victims and their Perpetrators.”

In her research, Prof. Starodubets reconstructs the profiles of those involved in the Stalinist terror -- both its victims and its perpetrators -- drawing on archival documents related to the repression of individuals accused of belonging to the so-called "German Fascist Military Insurrectionary Organization."

You can find the article on our website: https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/en/media/blog/post?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=148&cHash=3f5bfa6af939caee1bdac2d9096426df

„Denkraum Ukraine“/ “Think Space Ukraine” at the of Regensburg is financed by the (German Academic Exchange Service) through the funds of the Federal Foreign Office (AA).

29/07/2026

Seit Beginn der russischen Vollinvasion in der Ukraine 2022 ist über eine Million Menschen aus der Ukraine nach Deutschland geflohen. Dies hat Auswirkungen in vielen Kommunen und Städten. Historisch gesehen gab es jedoch im 20. Jahrhundert mehrere ukrainische Fluchtbewegungen nach Deutschland. Wiederholt sich also jetzt die Geschichte? Und welche Bedeutung hat Bayern für die aus der Ukraine Geflohenen?

Diesen Fragen geht das Gespräch unseres Medienfellows Burkhard von Grafenstein mit dem Mitglied unseres Leitungsgremiums Prof. Dr. Katrin Boeckh auf den Grund, das auch einem von Burkhard von Grafenstein verfassten Artikel über die Ukraine-Hilfe in Bayern zugrunde lag (siehe „Regensburger Zeitung“ vom 27. Juni 2026 sowie das Portal Idowa: https://www.idowa.de/regionen/woerth-und-regensburg/regensburg/wie-space-eye-vom-regensburger-hafen-aus-die-ukraine-unterstuetzt-art-401784).

Zum Interview ➡️ https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/aktuelles/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=147&cHash=efb05a22acaec7d07dcf482ee664ee13

Das Medienfellowship-Programm vom „Denkraum Ukraine“ /“Think Space Ukraine“ an der Universität Regensburg wird vom DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) aus Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amts (AA) gefördert.

28/07/2026

In July 2026, we were pleased to welcome seven Ukrainian scholars in Regensburg as part of our fellowship program!

Our visiting researchers contribute their expertise to our center through long-term, short-term, or sur-place fellowships. While long-term and short-term fellows conduct research in Regensburg, the sur-place fellowships help sustain and strengthen the country's academic landscape amid Russia’s war of aggression.

A total of 41 Ukrainian scholars are receiving support in 2026 to work on their research projects related to Ukraine; the same number of scholars (41) received fellowships of our center in 2025. Learn more about our fellows here: https://www.denkraum-ukraine.de/en/people/unsere-fellows

The fellowship program of „Denkraum Ukraine“/ “Think Space Ukraine” at the of Regensburg is financed by the (German Academic Exchange Service) through the funds of the Federal Foreign Office (AA).

24/07/2026

🖼️In der digitalen Ausstellung „Archiv des leisen Verlustes“ auf unserer Webseite setzt sich der renommierte ukrainische Künstler Mykola Dmitrukh mit der Kirchenarchitektur der deutschen Kolonisten aus dem 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert in der Südukraine auseinander. Acht Ölgemälde zeigen Kirchen in den Regionen Mykolajiw, Odessa und Cherson, die durch den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine und wiederholte Raketenangriffe gefährdet sind.

🎨Die von der Historikerin Prof. Dr. Katrin Boeckh (IOS Regensburg) kuratierte Online-Ausstellung dokumentiert diesen schleichenden Verlust und erzählt zugleich ein wenig bekanntes Kapitel der deutsch-ukrainischen Geschichte.

🔍Erfahren Sie mehr über die Ausstellung im Bericht der Mittelbayerischen Zeitung (Paywall): https://www.mittelbayerische.de/lokales/stadt-regensburg/archiv-des-verlustes-21608495

➡️Die Online-Ausstellung „Archiv des leisen Verlustes“ ist auf unserer Webseite denkraum-ukraine.de/medien/ausstellungen verfügbar.

„Denkraum Ukraine“ an der Universität Regensburg ist vom DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) aus Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amts (AA) gefördert.

Regensburg. Die digitale Ausstellung „Archiv des leisen Verlustes“ des Zentrums für Ukrainestudien „Denkraum Ukraine“ widmet ...