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Call for Applications “Beyond History and Identity: New Perspectives on Aesthetics, Politics, and Society in Eastern Europe”Winter.
Deadline: 10 July 2015.
Academy 2—12 Dec 2015 Berlin.
The Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland in cooperation with the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) cordially invite doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from the fields of History, Political Science, Literature, Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology to apply for an international Winter Academy that will be convened from 2 — 12 Dec 2015 in Berlin titled: “Beyond History and Identity: New Perspectives on Aesthetics, Politics, and Society in Eastern Europe”.

More information: http://www.historians.in.ua/index.php/en/ogoloshennya/1537-beyond-history-and-identity-new-perspectives-on-aesthetics-politics-and-society-in-eastern-europe-winter-academy-212-dec-2015-berlin