Sérgio Costa (Berlin) traces the historical, transregional, multidimensional and intersectional factors that contribute to inequality, with the African diaspora in Latin America providing a case study showing the relevance of an entangled approach to inequalities.

In this online series, doctoral researchers, postdocs and faculty in Leipzig, Marburg and Regensburg discuss the range and limits of Area Studies today, present their latest research in the field and debate pressing issues in scholarship and beyond. The fifth event in the series addresses how area studies research and expertise can develop fruitful dialogue with the world of policymaking and policy analysis.

ScienceCampus Visiting Fellow Chloé Chaudet is joined by Sebastian Herrmann (UR) for a CITAS Brownbag Session on conspiracy fictions on June 21.

Ulf Brunnbauer (Regensburg) examines the intersecting insider and outsider perspectives on Southeastern Europe and the Balkans, including area studies, that produced different spatializations of a seemingly peripheral region.

Florian Töpfl (Universität Passau) spricht im Forschungskolloquium über die Rolle von kritischen Medien in autoritären Staaten.