Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES)

CEMES ANNUAL CALL/THE NOVEMBER CALL

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Are you are researcher at CEMES' partner faculties at Lund University Malmö universitet or Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen? Then make to check it out and write an application, - its a short and easy format.

--- Just 8 days to deadline for the call!

Funding opportunities You can now apply for support for research activities during 2026. Read more in the call below All researchers at the Faculty of Humanities and Theology (University of Copenhagen) the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology (Lund University) and the Faculty of Culture and Society (Malmö Universi...

ON 23 October, Caroline Dahl, who is Senior Lecturer at SLU will give a talk on "Transpieces & entanglement - The beautiful mess of inhabiting borders".
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This is part of a seminar organized by the CEMES-supported "Öresund Comparative Borderlands Research Group", based at Lund University

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Transpieces & entanglement - The beautiful mess of inhabiting borders Open, digital seminar with Caroline Dahl.

"SCANDINAVIAN SCREEN MOBILITY"
Sign up here for the one-day conference, coming up at Lund University on 25 September:
https://cemes.ku.dk/research/screening-europe-the-state-of-polycrisis-in-the-european-audiovisual-industry/calendar/2025/scandinavian-screen-mobility/

The next event of CEMES LECTURE SERIES is coming up:

Jasna Dragovic-Soso is Visiting Professor at LSEE Research on South East Europe, Hellenic Observatory Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece & Cyprus, LSE and Emeritus Professor of International Politics and History at Goldsmiths - University of London.

On 17 September she visits Malmö universitet to talk on "Memory Activism and Child Victimhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina". All are welcome. Read more:

Memory Activism and Child Victimhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina GPS seminar and CEMES lecture with Professor Jasna Dragovic-Soso.

EUROPE IN TURMOIL - YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP
On 18 June CEMES STUDENT is organizing a seminar and panel debate for students and researchers from Malmö universitet, Lund Universityand Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen on current European challenges. Panelists include Marlene Wind, Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Flemming Splidsboel, Jens Ladefoged and Morten Rasmussen. The panel debate is followed by a planning session at which all students are welcome to take part. Spread the word to your students and/or sign up yourselves here:
https://cemes.ku.dk/activities/2025/europe-in-turmoil/

Two very exciting CEMES-supported events coming up on each side of Öresund:

On 8 May: Lecture with Joanna Wawrzyniak at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen: https://cemes.ku.dk/research/libraries-archives-and-museums-as-key-pillars-of-modern-european-democratic-societies/calendar/2025/contested-histories-democratic-challenges/
On 9 May: Europe Day at Malmö universitet: https://cemes.ku.dk/research/geic/calendar/2025/europe-day-2025/

Europe Day 2025 Conferece organized by Europe Direct Lund and Malmö University

Our second CEMES Lecture will take place at UCPH on 6 May. More:

On the Minefields of Memory: Rethinking past and present in the shadow of war against Ukraine Lecture.

Thank you Michael Rothberg and all who came to his excellent talk and first CEMES Lecture Series today on "Comparative Controversies and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory"

Tomorrow, at UCPH the first of our new concept CEMES LECTURE SERIES launches with a thrilling guest lecture by renowned professor at UCLA Michael Rothberg. More here:

Comparison Controversies and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory Lecture by Michael Rothberg (UCLA).

CEMES researchers are hosting a thrilling public talk at the University of Copenhagen this Thursday with professor Mark Kramer, Harvard University. Come and hear about recent trends in the study of the Cold War - the first i9n a short lecture series spanning Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen, Lund University and Malmö universitet..

Recent Trends in the Study of the Cold War The first in a series of lectures with Professor Mark Kramer (Harvard University) at the University of Copenhagen, Malmö University, and Lund University,

https://cemes.ku.dk/activities/2025/kalaallit-inuit-performance/

Kalaallit Inuit Performance Isumasioqatigiinneq eqqaasitsisoq - A re-membering seminar.

Coming up on 20 March in CEMES/The Öresund Comparative Borderlands Research Group:
https://cemes.ku.dk/research/oeresund-comparative-borderlands/calendar/2025/the-resund-bridge/