

There are also those conflict and contact zones taken into account, which no longer have the once existing cultural pluralism today, where those in the memory and identity politics or the historical-literary reflection still plays an essential role. Under contact and conflict regions are understood imperial and (national)linguistic boundary, transition and contact zones, as well as urban spaces, which are characterized by linguistic, ethnic, religious or other culturally pooled contact and conflict scenarios. The conference was entitled "Cultural contact and conflict zones in Eastern Europe". Venue was the Margarete-Bieber-Saal, Ludwigstraße 34 in Giessen.

Working languages of the Students Conference were German and English. The didactically and medially prepared presentations of MA students related to the focal area of the Thematic DAAD Network were moderated by the academic teachers associated to the network and subsequently discussed in the multidisciplinary environment.Ī selection of qualitatively excellent presentations will be published in an anthology. The target group of the event were advanced master students of linguistics, literature, history, political, social and cultural studies at JLU Giessen and partner universities in Łódź, Cluj-Napoca, Minsk, Kazan and Almaty. The Student Conference of the Thematic DAAD Network was held from April 14th until April 16th 2014.
