Copernico-Blog

Every day Russian propagandist media produces new misinformation, like a factory working ceaselessly on the constitution of a parallel world. Nonetheless, many people still ask themselves: is Russia not entitled to have its own opinion, its own perspective on events? The aim of this article is to...

To what extent does Russia’s war against Ukraine affect German-language authors? What influence does it have on their literary self-image, their subjects and their language? Texts by Durs Grünbein, Kerstin Preiwuss and Marcel Beyer will be analyzed in this context. All three authors see the war...

What kind of literature emerges in a country experiencing an ongoing war? What are contemporary Ukrainian literary texts about, and what is their main function?

The portal “In The Thunderstorm of War” presents interviews with academics from Ukraine who are no longer able to pursue their actual profession due to the Russian war of aggression.

Ukraine has been fighting for its independence and its territories since 2014, but the war escalated into a crisis of historic proportions on 24 February 2022. Alongside the military clashes, the conflict has led to the catastrophe for civilization that often accompanies awful brutality. At the same...

The online portal "Copernico. History and Cultural Heritage in Eastern Europe" is now calling for contributions to our next thematic focus: “At home in the diaspora”. The goal is to capture the diversity of life experiences in the diaspora of refugees from Eastern Europe.

Very few people in Germany know about Ukrainian literature and culture. In this discussion, Maria Ivanytska, Professor at the Chair of Germanic Philology and Translation at Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, now MSCA4Ukraine fellow at the University of Tübingen, and Claudia Dathe, one of...

Education determines our future. But what happens when children are deliberately deprived of access to learning? This is the question posed by the documentary "War on Education" by the director Stefani Di Pietro, which is now also available with German subtitles.

The start of June 2024 will mark the centenary of Franz Kafka's death. The festival "Kafka 2024" celebrates this anniversary, with numerous events taking place throughout the year and across three countries. An online portal was launched in 2023 to guide visitors through the festival.

Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine poses new research challenges in the humanities and social sciences. Given the low level of knowledge about the background of the current war, politics, media, and the society as a whole are facing significant challenges to deliver orientation...