International Conference, 19-21 May: Crisis Narratives and the Pandemic

For the full programme, please click here for the print version, or here for a PDF adapted for reading on screen.

You are warmly invited to attend the international conference Crisis Narratives and the Pandemic. The event will take place in Regensburg – and online – from 19-21 May. It is organized by the Center for International and Transnational Area Studies (CITAS) at the University of Regensburg (UR) and the Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America, a joint initiative of UR and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS).

The keynote lecture at 16:15 (CET) on 19 May is open to all. The speakers, Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein (University of Pennsylvania), will be presenting their talk – “Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions” – online although there will be a public viewing in lecture theatre H44 at UR. If you would like to join the Zoom webinar for the keynote lecture, please find more details including the Zoom link here.

The conference is open to staff, students and members of the public. If you would like to attend the conference panels – whether in person or online – please register at info@europeamerica.de. This will help us to plan catering arrangements or enable us to send you the link for Zoom meeting for the conference panels. The panels start at 12:00 (CET) on 19 May in lecture theatre H44 at UR, while the sessions on 20-21 May will take place in lecture theatre H2 at UR. For the full programme, please click here for the print version, or here for a PDF adapted for reading on screen.