The TraCe lecture series in English will take place every winter term until 2025/26. The organization and venue will rotate among the partner institutions.
In the winter semester 22/23, TraCe will provide an overview of research on political violence from a wide range of disciplinary, methodological, and political perspectives. Every Tuesday afternoon, internationally renowned researchers present their work and report on their research projects. The lecture series will be held in person and in English. There will be Livestreams of the lectures on our YouTube channel. Video recordings will be made available afterwards.
The opening event of the lecture series on October 18 focused on the current war of aggression on Ukraine. The question was whether research on violence is changing or needs to change in order to adequately understand and explain this new context.
Four researchers discussed from the perspective of their work. They reflected on the extent to which this war challenges the current state of research and known approaches, and asked whether and how research on violence and its communication will have to change in the future in order to contribute to ending and preventing such wars.
Guests were Dr Ivan Bakalov, Leiden, expert on Russia's power politics, especially in its relations with neighboring states; Prof. Dr Monika Wingender, Giessen, expert on linguistic conflict research and Slavic languages; Dr Kerstin Zimmer, Marburg, conflict researcher and expert on Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine; Yulia Kurnyshova, political scientist from Taras Shevchenko National University Kiev. The event was moderated by Prof. Dr Thorsten Bonacker from Marburg University.
Lecture Series | Winter Term 2022/23 | Tuesdays | 415– 545pm
Marburg | Biegenstrasse 12 | Room 201 (+2/0010)
The lecture series is organized by Felix Anderl and Mariel Reiss of Marburg University.
