On 7 and 8 October 2024, the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), the Freie Universität Berlin and the The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) will host the second Congress of Central and East European Studies (ceecon24) in Berlin. ceecon is the largest multidisciplinary congress on Central and Eastern Europe in the German-speaking world. It was established in 2022 as a cooperative project of the DGO and the Freie Universität’s Institute for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Institut).

The effects of the Russian war against Ukraine on East European Studies will be one of the key topics of this year’s congress. Round table discussions will tackle the repercussions on research questions and methodological approaches as well as the challenges of international academic collaboration in times of war.

Academic exchange on topics relevant to all scholars in the field will take place in plenary sessions. Seven parallel sections will address research questions concerning a broad variety of topics and methodological approaches. A special session has been created for the presentation of research projects by junior scholars.

The congress is also accompanied by a cultural program.

Programme