Matĕj Kotalík has successfully completed his PhD thesis "´chuligánství´ in der ČS(S)R und ´Rowdytum in der DDR (1956–1989): Juristische Rezeptionen – alltägliche Deutungen – polizeiliche Bekämpfungen im Vergleich" on 14 February 2018.
Jennifer Rasell has successfully completed her PhD thesis „Care of the State. Relationships in and through state care in late socialist Hungary” on 19 February 2018.
During the successful three years (2011-2013) of the project "Physical Violence and State Legitimacy in Late Socialism - An International Reseach Network"several publications appeared in well-known journals, issues and edited volumes.
The international final conference of the project "Physical Violence and State Legitimacy in Late Socialism", which took part from 27 February - 1 March 2014, was opened by the key note speech "´Was ist eigentlich Gewaltforschung?´ Einige systematische Bemerkungen" given by Jan Philipp Reemtsma.
„Was ist eigentlich Gewaltforschung?“ Einige systematische Bemerkungen
Oder: Gewaltforschung, was ist das und wozu taugt das? – Was vor einer Reihe von Jahren ein Desiderat sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung und Theoriebildung war, gibt es nun – wie unter anderem die Tagung „Physical Violence and State Legitimacy in Late Socialism“ und die Buchreihe „Studien zur Gewaltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts“ der Hamburger Edition zeigen.
The historical research network on violence after Stalinism is funded by the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. The project is hosted by the Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam (ZZF) in cooperation with the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in Regensburg and the European University Institute in Florence.
Jan C. Behrends has published an article on violence and the state in the 20th century in Neue Politische Literatur, 58/1 (2013).
See his contribution "Jan C. Behrends, Gewalt und Staatlichkeit im 20. Jahrhundert. Einige Tendenzen zeithistorischer Forschung, Neue politische Literatur 58/1 (2013): 39-59.” here.
Two essays from Robert Lučić have been released on zeitgeschichte-online.de.
His first essay, the photo essay „Schönheit der Form im Sozialismus - Bilder einer Ausstellung jugoslawischen Produktdesigns, Belgrad 2013“, was inspired by an exhibition in Belgrade this year. See his contribution here.
