We are delighted to confirm that the two-day workshop on Writing Articles for International Publication in Peer-Reviewed Journals by Josie Dixon will take place on 25-26 April 2023 (9:30-16:30 each day) at the GradSchool, room 122.

The Workshop is organized by the Graduate School and supported by the ScienceCampus, and is highly recommended to all PhD candidates, Postdoctoral researchers as well as to predocs.

The speaker will argue that Area Studies should generate questions which no single discipline can ask. Their proper object will keep appearing as a result, not as a starting point. In order to do this, Area Studies should become metaphorical rather than metonymical. The former abandons the pretence of offering total, integrated knowledge and full comprehension, and substitute it with intensity of insight. Area Studies should not become a sum total of areal knowledges, but a meta-discipline which…

The ScienceCampus invites applications from the research community in Regensburg to apply for funding to attend international conferences. The deadline is 16 April 2023.