Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES) • European University Viadrina

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Welcome to the Institute for European Studies

The Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES) conducts interdisciplinary research on social, political and cultural figurations on the European continent and its global entanglements. The institute focuses both on historical and contemporary processes of Europeanisation, paying particular attention to their inherent complexities and ambivalences. Through its research, the IFES seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of Europe and to foster a critical perspective within the field of European studies.

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15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
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Visitor address

Logenstr. 11
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Room LH 111

Team and members

News

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Book discussion: Architektki PRL-u. Komunistki, literatura i emancypacja kobiet w powojennej Polsce

The Polish Studies Association (PSA) invites you to the discussion of the new book by Agnieszka Mrozik: Architektki PRL-u. Komunistki, literatura I emancypacja kobiet w powojennej Polsce (Female architects of communist Poland: Communist women, literature and women's emancipation in post-WWII Poland).

Klimapolitik im Europawahlkampf (in German)

What role did climate policy play in the European election campaign? Colleague and institute member Amelie Kutter and her students addressed this question on the occasion of the last elections of the European Parliament on June 9, 2024.

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The Ambivalence of the Liberal-Illiberal Dynamic

In the new issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies, Anja Hennig dedicates her essay to questions of representation of 'illiberal actors' in academic discourse against the background of specific experiences with the 'Monday demonstrations' in Frankfurt (Oder).

Events

Sep

Friday 16.00

First Annual ValEUs Conference: The Contestation of European Values from Afar

The First Annual ValEUs Conference will be held at Nazarbayev University, located in Astana, Kazakhstan, from September 13-15, 2024.

Jul

Tuesday 13.00

Grenzkontrollen zwischen Frankfurt (Oder) und Słubice - Eine wissenschaftliche Untersuchung (in German)

In cooperation with the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, this brown bag lecture/ Research Factory was dedicated to the ongoing controls at the German-Polish border and especially in Frankfurt (Oder). With Dr Markus Engler (DeZiM) and Lea Sophie Christinck (EUV/ DeZiM), authors of a survey commissioned by the Green Party parliamentary group in Brandenburg, we discussed the status of border controls and their effects.

Jun

Tuesday 16.00

Foucault's Reception 40 Years After

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Michel Foucault's death in 1984, the IFES organized two activities dedicated to his work and its ongoing and productive reception among Viadrina scholars as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. The activity was part of the World Congress "Foucault: 40 Years After", the events took place in English and were livestreamed.

Research

Research Seminar

At the IFES research seminar institute members and their guests present and discuss works in progress. The meetings take place several times per year. If you are interested in presenting your work send us an e-mail to ifes@europa-uni.de.