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Vacancies

Apprenticeship in the IOS Library

The IOS library offers an apprenticeship position for FaMIs (media and information services specialists) from September 2024. Applications are welcome until 31 March.

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Blogs

Everyday Effects of Viktor Orbán's Illiberal Democracy

Right-wing extremists and populists could soon come to power in Western Europe and the USA. But where will this lead? In the IOS blog, Ulf Brunnbauer uses Hungary as an example to explain how authoritarian politics exacerbates problems.

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IOS Library

Exhibition on IOS Provenance Research

The exhibition at the University Library of Regensburg runs until 29 April. Brochure available for download here.

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About the Institute

The IOS

The IOS is one of the largest non-university research institutions of its kind in Germany. Through its work, the Institute contributes to a better understanding of the society and history of Eastern and Southeast Europe.

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Research

IOS Research

At the IOS, researchers from various disciplines conduct research on the history of as well as the economic and political developments in Eastern and Southeast Europe.

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Understanding Eastern and Southeast Europe—creating, preserving, and communicating knowledge. This is the goal of the Regensburg-based Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS). The IOS is one of the largest non-university research institutions of its kind in Germany. Our staff include historians, economists, and political scientists with a particular interest in the former Soviet Union and Southeast Europe. In addition, the IOS provides important infrastructure services for research.

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Blog Series "Provenance Research at the IOS"

In the course of a current project, the Institute’s library is checked for books, journals and maps that were looted under Nazi rule. In a series on ostBLOG, Daniela Mathuber explains provenance research at the IOS and presents several objects.

 

Events

The IOS in the Media

Conclusions from Putin's Re-Election

In this interview, Fabian Burkhardt takes stock of the sham election in Russia and gives an outlook on what consequences it could have for politics in Russia (German).

NDR Info

 

"Putin's Elite is Seething"

Interview with Fabian Burkhardt on the actual purpose of the rigged presidential election in Russia and possible consequences.

t-online

 

National Day in Hungary: "Hungary first"

The "heute-journal" programme about Hungary's National Day and head of government Viktor Orbán, with a statement by Ulf Brunnbauer (German).

ZDF

 

News from the Institute

Subscribe to the IOS Newsletter

Are you interested in Eastern Europe? Our IOS Newsletter sheds light on the background to and provides information about our research on the region.

 

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