Research network Cultural contact and conflict zones in Eastern Europe The network is part of the DAAD's strategies to promote internationalization in higher education. It connects HI and JLU Giessen with five universities in Eastern Europe, building on existing cooperation agreements and partnerships.
Infrastructure project Digital Atlas of Political Spatial Images of Eastern Central Europe in the 20th Century For the past two decades, the “renaissance of space“ has been an important development for research in the historic and cultural sciences as well as in critical geography and cartography. “Space”, a term that acquired a negative connotation because of its use in national-socialist geopolicy,...
Cultural promotion Project funding of the cultural departments for communication and education concerning the culture and history of the Germans in Eastern Europe On the basis of §96 of the Federal Expellees and Refugees Act (BVFG), the nine cultural departments support external projects that provide opportunities for encounters and effectively communicate to the broader public in the interests of presenting, maintaining and passing on cultural, historical...
Series Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa The BKGE's publication series is aimed both at the specialist scientific community and at a scientifically interested public.
