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GITS March Newsletter
Mittwoch, 22. Jänner 2025
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March 2026
Hello!
Happy start into the Summer Semester of 2026! Below we are sharing events in March and open calls that might be of interest for you. We are looking forward to seeing you again.
Best wishes from the team!
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Call for Papers - American Carnage
“American Carnage”
Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS)
October 23-25, 2026
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Please email 250-word proposals and brief bios by April 15, 2026 to caasconference26(at)gmail.com and please include the subject line: CAAS 2026 CFP Submission.
more info here
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Tuesday, 10.03.2026
Brown Bag Lecture
Uridije Lajçi
“Die Darstellung des Kosovo-Krieges in der deutschsprachigen Literatur”
Im Rahmen eines Vortrags wird das Thema des Dissertationsprojekts vorgestellt, das sich mit der Darstellung des Kosovo-Krieges in der deutschsprachigen Literatur beschäftigt. Dabei geht es insbesondere um die Frage, wie literarische Texte den Krieg erinnern, interpretieren und narrativ gestalten …
more info here
1.00-2.00 PM
LS 15.03 (RESOWI, Section C, ground floor, Universitätsstraße 15)
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Thursday, 12.03.2026
C.IAS Spotlight Talk #2
Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez
“Cuba Under Siege: Caribbean International Relations in the Shadow of U.S. Power”
The kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro by United States special operations forces on January 3, 2026, constitutes a watershed moment in global affairs, reconstituting the geopolitical architecture of Latin America and the Caribbean …
Aracely Rodríguez Malagón
“Polarization, Precarity, and Poverty”
Within the framework of the event on the current severe humanitarian crisis in Cuba —marked by the tightening of the U.S. embargo and its impact on access to essential resources— the intervention begins by acknowledging the polarization that structures the debate …
more info here
5.00-6.30 PM
online via Zoom
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Tuesday, 17.03.2026
Brown Bag Lecture
Robert Dopchie
“Between Empowerment and Domination: The EU’s Civil Society Engagement in Candidate Countries”
This brown bag presentation introduces PhD research on the European Union (EU)’s engagement with civil society in candidate countries, using Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a critical case study. BiH constitutes a particularly relevant case because, as in all EU candidate countries, EU enlargement governance relies heavily on civil society organizations (CSOs) to advance reforms, monitor governance, and support political advocacy …
more info here
1.00-2.00 PM
LS 15.03 (RESOWI, Section C, ground floor, Universitätsstraße 15)
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Wednesday, 18.03.2026
Lunch Lecture
Don E. Walicek
"Freedom and Abolition Democracy in the Americas"
Careful consideration of the concept of freedom is crucial to the notion of abolition democracy and the narratives and educational projects it nurtures. This presentation examines the legacies of slavery, abolition, and poetry within Caribbean contexts and beyond, emphasizing their role as episodes of memory and theoretical tools that help to reshape contemporary narratives …
more info here
11.30 AM - 12.30 PM
C.IAS (Schubertstraße 21/ground floor)
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Wednesday, 18.03.2026
PhD Event Series
Danko Simic, Claudia Lastro, Nikolaos Gatsinos, Brigita Bozic
“What I wish I knew before I started my PhD”
This four part series addresses the questions that often stay unspoken during the doctoral journey: navigating research challenges, publishing, the path after the defense, funding, etc ... Each session features invited guests who will share their experiences, insights, and pratical advice, followed by an open discussion …
more info here
5.00-6.30 PM
GITS (Schubertstraße 21/ground floor)
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Friday, 20.03.2026
Fulbright Austria Meet & Greet in Styria
We invite all current program participants, alums, partner institutions, and friends of Fulbright Austria to a cozy gathering space in the green heart of Austria. Connect with fellow community members and learn about upcoming activities.
more info here
6.00-8.00 PM
Café Famoos im Unicorn (Schubertstraße 6a)
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Tuesday, 24.03.2026
Brown Bag Lecture
Andrijana Lazarević
“Two Generations of Resistance - Student Movements in Serbia in the 1990s and Today”
This lecture analyzes the transformation of the role of opposition actors and student movements in mobilizing against a consolidated hybrid regime in Serbia, through a comparative study of protest waves from the 1990s and the contemporary student protests of 2024, triggered by the tragedy in Novi Sad. While earlier waves of contention were structured around opposition parties as the primary political agents, recent developments suggest a reversal: students increasingly act as autonomous political subjects capable of articulating demands, framing public discourse, and shaping the direction of collective action …
more info here
1.00-2.00 PM
LS 15.03 (RESOWI, Section C, ground floor, Universitätsstraße 15)
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Call for Applications - Master's Programme Southeast European Studies
The English-taught Master's Programme in Southeast European Studies is a full-time master's programme. The mission of the Joint Master Programme in Southeast European Studies is to provide an international and interdisciplinary master programme in social sciences and humanities of highest quality, which enables participants to effectively understand the interrelationship between history, law, politics, economics and culture with strong emphasis on the region of Southeastern Europe.
The application deadline is March 25, 2026.
more info here
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Call for Applications - Arqus Joint Master's Programme in European Studies
The Arqus Joint Master’s Programme in European Studies is a jointly offered programme by four participating universities: University of Graz, University of Granada, Leipzig University and Vilnius University. The programme was developed under the umbrella of Arqus, an alliance of nine European universities.
The application deadline is March 31, 2026.
more info here
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Call for Applications - PhD Law and Politics
The PhD Program in Law and Politics is an interdisciplinary doctoral program that will enable PhD researchers to broaden and deepen their theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge and academic skills in the field of Political Science and Law.
The application deadline is April 30, 2026.
more infos here
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Contact
Graz School of Interdisciplinary Transnational Studies (GITS)
University of Graz, Austria
Schubertstraße 21 Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS)
+43 (0)316 380 8213
centeramericas@uni-graz.at
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Centre for Southeast European Studies (CSEES)
+43 (0)316 380 6823
suedosteuropa@uni-graz.at
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Universität Graz
Universitätsplatz 3
8010 Graz
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