Imre Kertész College, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Contact details
Am Planetarium 707743 Jena
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 3641 9 440 70
Email: diana.joseph@uni-jena.de
https://www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de/
Contact person
Dr. Katrin Stoll
Email: katrin.stoll@uni-jena.de
Head of Department/Director
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer
Email: joachim.puttkamer@uni-jena.de
Activites
Pursues academic research activitiesMain research activities
The Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena is an Institute of Advanced Studies, with a thematic focus on the history, culture and societies of twentieth-century Eastern Europe. The Kolleg invites international scholars to Jena to pursue their research projects in a climate of dialogue and exchange among the fellows and the Kolleg’s research staff. It closely cooperates with international research institutions in the region and abroad.
Research at the Kolleg currently addresses the following fields:
1 - War, Violence and Oppression: with a focus on the two World Wars, regime violence under socialism and the politics of history in this field.
2 - Intellectual History: with a particular focus on dissidence and post-socialism since the 1970s.
3 - Challenges of Modernity: with a focus on transformation and social change since the late nineteenth century.
4 - History and the Public Sphere: with a focus on controversy, and the representation of twentieth-century history in the region.
In terms of Jewish Studies, there are the following research areas amongst current scholars at the Institute: Eastern Europe and the Shoah; Holocaust historiography and testimonies; Post-Holocaust space; Täterforschung; Criminal prosecution of Nazi crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany; Representations of the Holocaust in Germany and Poland; Antisemitism.
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