| Kommentar |
What are „frozen conflicts“? Do they ever thaw? What happens to these territories, if the violence stops and the arms remain silent, but the conflict persists? Today there are about 200 such conflicts in the world in which separatists claim statehood over territories that are not recognized by the international community. Such “de-facto states” are always the result of a hot war. But there is no stable peace and the resurgence of violence is possible at any time, because the interests of the opponents are not addressed and the parties do not seek solutions. The seminary gives an overview of such conflicts primarily in Europe and its borders bringing to mind that “frozen conflicts” are by no means remote provincial conflicts. Rather, former empires like Russia – or China in Korea and Taiwan - respond to the loss of past greatness with aggression, expansion and the effort to revise their borders in the present.
The seminary is held via ZOOM together with the students of the University of Nijmwegen in the Netherlands and Prof. Wim van Meurs and Prof. Marieke Opreil and sponsored by the Rostock based project „Digital Outgoing“. A good understanding of English is necessary, but above all we want to help you to improve your speaking skills. So do come and join us, when you want to work on your English. Papers (Referate) will be held in mixed Dutch-German teams.
Einschreibezeitraum für Studierende ab dem 2. Semester:
13.02.2023, 12:00 Uhr bis 17.03.2023, 16:00 Uhr
Loszeitpunkt:
17.03.2023, 16:10 Uhr |
| Literatur |
Anton Bebler (Hrsg.), „Frozen conflicts“ in Europe, Opladen 2015; Michal Smetana und Jan Ludvik, Between war and peace: a dynamic reconceptualization of „frozen conflicts“, in: Asia Europe Journal 17 (2019), S. 1-14. |
