Call for Papers for the DIMAS Workshop “Karens, Tradwives and Mechahitlers: Internet Archetypes as Indicators of a Transatlantic, Collective Unconscious?”

The one-day hybrid workshop is hosted at the Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies (DIMAS) at the University of Regensburg by Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin and Dr. Laura Niebling on Nov 14th 2025.

Apply by 30 September 2025.

When? Thursday, 25 September 2025 - 17:00-18:30

Where? Room 226 (2nd floor), Sedanstr. 1, 93055 Regensburg

Organizers: Ger Duijzings, Heike Karge, Natali Stegmann

Cooperation: Zentrum Erinnerungskultur, Faculty PKGG

No registration required | All are invited to attend

Lisa Marie Freitag of the Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl Stiftung (BHKS) examines the contested narrative of NATO’s eastward enlargement after the Cold War, a key theme in Russian justifications for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s claims that the West promised not to expand NATO rely on selective and decontextualized quotations rather than binding agreements. Focusing on Germany, the analysis highlights Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s cautious stance, shaped by his relationship with Russia, domestic…

Submit your proposals by 15 September 2025 for our planned lecture series in summer semester 2026.

Send to campus@europeamerica.de

Checklist:

- Title & Abstract (150–200 words)

- Short bio (150 words)

- any preferred dates (Wednesdays from 15 April to 22 July 2026)