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We are thrilled to announce that the German Research Foundation (DFG) has granted our Research Training Group 2571 "Empires" a second funding phase, extending the project until October 2029!

Two years after Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Prof. Dietmar Neutatz sat down for an interview to give his analysis of the complex situation in both countries.

The RTG 2571 “Empires" (Freiburg) is looking to fill one postdoc position and six PhD positions. All positions start on May 1st, 2025. The application deadline is December, 31st, 2024.

We are pleased to announce the release of the volume Politics of Pasts and Futures in (Post-)Imperial Contexts, edited by Sebastian Fahner, Christian Feichtinger, and Rogier E. M. van der Heijden. This multidisciplinary collection features contributions from our RTG’s 2022 conference, exploring the lasting impacts of empires through various disciplinary lenses, from antiquity to modern times.

We are pleased to announce the third annual conference of the RTG 2571 ‘Empires,’ titled “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces.” The conference will take place from 28 to 30 November 2024 at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.