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.
On ostBLOG
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
Make Europe Great Again: Das steckt hinter Orbáns „Friedensmission“
The podcast series "Machtprobe" on the controversial foreign policy of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after his assumption of the EU Council presidency. With statements by Ulf Brunnbauer.
FAZ.NET
Südosteuropa: Ein blinder Fleck in der deutschen Berichterstattung?
The program @mediasres discusses German media coverage of Southeastern Europe with Ulf Brunnbauer, among others.
Deutschlandfunk
Singen, Siegen, Seelentrost
Report on national anthems and their meaning at international soccer matches, with explanations by Peter Mario Kreuter.
Welt am Sonntag.
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