Dr. Nina Frieß

Nina Frieß

Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS)

Dr. Nina Frieß is a research associate at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin. Her research interests include Russophone literatures, children’s and youth literature, and memory studies.

Recent publications:

Osteuropaforschung in der Verantwortung: Forschungsethik während Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine. ZOiS Report 2/2024.

Kinderliteraturen unter Druck. ZOiS Spotlight 7/2024.

Youth and Memory in Europe. Defining the Past, Shaping the Future, ed. Félix Krawatzek, Nina Frieß, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2022.

Copyright Bild Dr. Nina Frieß: Annette Riedl

Sei Pippi, nicht Annika

Background Article

“Widdewidde wie sie uns gefällt” – “Just how we like it”.

How Authors from Kazakhstan are Creating New Identities Through Children's Books

Children’s and young adult books play a special role in their adolescent readers’ search for identity. The example of Kazakhstan shows how positive social visions for a country and its diverse society can be created and communicated especially in fantastic and fairytale-like works.