Cultural contact and conflict zones in Eastern Europe
Duration of the project: 2013-2016
Project summary
All universities - participants of the project - are located in centers of political, cultural and scientific interest that attract scientific community by their national, cultural and linguistic diversity. The span of topics includes: the phenomenon of imperialism and nationalism, multilingualism and language contact, regionalism, history of cities and urbanization, cultural transfer and others. The project involves a wide range of research in the field of linguistics, literature, culture and history, as well as intensive scientific collaboration between graduate students, teachers, and young scientists from the partner universities.
Partner universities
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen Center for Eastern European Studies, GiZo, (coordinating university), Coordinator of the project - Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender
Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung
Belarusian State University, Belarus
University of Lodz, Poland
Universităţii Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abylai-Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, Kazakhstan
Coordinators at KFU
Prof. Kamil Galiullin Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication
Dr. Tatyana Troshkina Associate Professor, Department of Russian as a Foreign Language
Participating institutes at KFU:
Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication
Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies
Institute of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Mass Communications
