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12 May 2026
Deadline: 15 Jun 2026

Call for Applications: The Return of Oligarchy. On the History and Critique of a Powerful Phenomenon

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12 May 2026
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Job advertisement: Research associate (all genders) in the project “Resources of the Future: Energy Sources and Science Elites in Late and Post-Soviet Science Fiction and Popular Science Journalism”

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11 May 2026
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New in the audio collection: Debate on the state of the humanities with Eva Geulen, Kristin Eichhorn, and Rüdiger Heinze

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08 May 2026

New on the ZfL Blog: Matthias Schwartz on the representation of masculinity in Russian cinema

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07 May 2026
Out now

Out now: Susan Taubes’ philosophical writings

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04 May 2026

New on the ZfL Blog: Eva Geulen recalls the encounter with Jürgen Habermas

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23 Apr 2026
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Start of the travelling exhibition
“What is Dissidence?”

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22 Apr 2026
Open Access

Out now in open access: “Literary Acts of Agency. Negotiating the Rule of Law,” ed. by Catriona Corke, Ivana Perica, and Philipp Wegmann

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21 Apr 2026
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Call for Papers: Benjamin’s Animals. Figurations of Animality

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14 Apr 2026
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New in the audio collection: Eva Geulen and Julia Franck discuss Hannah Arendt

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07 Apr 2026
Cover of the Russian translation of Franziska Thun-Hohenstein's Shalamov biography with a portrait of the Soviet author.

New in the video collection: Franziska Thun-Hohenstein talks about her book “Писать жизнь Варлам Шаламов. Биография и поэтика”

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31 Mar 2026
Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

Call for Applications: Leibniz Fellowships “Value of the Past”

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