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The Global and European Studies Institute

The GESI villa The Global and European Studies Institute (GESI) is an interdisciplinary institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy of the University of Leipzig devoted to graduate teaching and research in the field of Globalisation and Europeanisation. It offers in cooperation with other institutes at the University of Leipzig the Master Programmes Global Studies and European Studies and coordinates the Erasmus Mundus Consortium Global Studies.

The GESI hosts the headquarters and executive secretariat of international organisations like the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH), Network of Organisations in Global and World History (NOGWHISTO), the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) and the International Commission on the History of the French Revolution (CIHRF).

With journals like Comparativ and geschichte.transnational as well as with book series the institute contributes to the scientific communication in its field.

Latest news

International Forum in Vilnius / Lithuania – 14th - 19th September 2010

In cooperation with the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future“, the Global and European Studies Institute of the University of Leipzig is currently organising the 3rd International Forum. Working within the context of Geschichtswerkstatt Europa, the topic “Vilnius between the wars – Jewish culture, Lithuanian society, the Polish state and Belarusian minority” will be handled.

Walter-Markov-Prize 2011

ENIUGH and the Institute for Cultural and Universal History, Leipzig are holding the biennial competition for MA- or PhD-theses from the social sciences and humanities, with a clear historical perspective. A prize of € 1.500 will be awarded for one Master or doctoral thesis. The author is expected to cover publications costs.
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