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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Events
The IOS in the Media
Verehrter Fanatiker
Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe has published a scholarly biography of the Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera. Guido Hausmann reviews it for the "Das politische Buch" section.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Ein Freiheitskämpfer für Nation und Sozialismus
The program "Kalenderblatt" on the anniversary of the death of Bajram Curri, national hero in Albania and Kosovo, with explanations by Konrad Clewing.
Deutschlandfunk
"Der Weg zum dauerhaften Frieden kann Jahre dauern"
Report on the prospects and background of talks in Saudi Arabia on ending Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, with commentary by Cindy Wittke.
Handelsblatt
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