News: Meet the Visiting Researchers

Researchers, staff, students, and colleagues are warmly invited to join Meet the Visiting Researchers, an informal networking event bringing together international visiting scholars currently based across Regensburg’s area studies institutions and research platforms:

Date: 10 June 2026

Time: 12:15–13:30

Venue: Room 017, AlFi / IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, Regensburg
 

The event offers an opportunity to learn about the diverse research projects being conducted by visiting researchers, exchange ideas, and establish new academic connections in a relaxed setting. No formal presentations are planned, allowing plenty of time for conversation and discussion.

Current visiting researchers affiliated with the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Europe and America in the Modern World” (LSC), seeFField, Thinkspace Ukraine (TSU), the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies, the Regensburg European American Forum (REAF), UR’s Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies (DIMAS), and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) will be taking part.

The organizers look forward to welcoming you for an engaging exchange with our visiting researchers and to fostering new connections across Regensburg’s vibrant research community.

Current line up
•    Robert Austin (Toronto) | LSC visiting researcher - based at the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies
•    Margarita Balmaceda (Seton Hall, New Jersey) | Visiting researcher associated with Commodity Frontiers in Eastern Europe (COMFREE) at IOS
•    Keith Brown (Arizona State U) | LSC visiting researcher - based at the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies
•    Ben Chappell (Kansas) | REAF visiting researcher
•    Dietrich Earnhart (Kansas) | visiting researcher based at the UR Faculty of Economics, returning as LSC fellow in October
•    Burkhard von Grafenstein | TSU media fellowship holder
•    Janice Ho (U British Columbia) | visiting researcher with Benjamin Kohlmann, UR, Professor of English Literature
•    Blertë Ismajli (Prishtina) | seeFField visiting professor
•    Marike Janzen (Kansas) | LSC & REAF visiting professor
•    Magdalena Knapinska (Poznan) | IOS visiting fellow
•    Gyozo Molnar (Worcester) | LSC guest lecturer
•    Bakhrom Mirkasimov (Tashkent) | IOS visiting fellow
•    Amrita Chakrabarti Myers (Indiana) | REAF visiting professor
•    Marja Nesterova (Kyiv) | TSU short-term fellowship holder
•    Harsha Ram (Berkeley) | UR-Berkeley visiting professor based at DIMAS & IOS
•    Karin Roginer Hofmeisterová (Prague) | LSC visiting researcher - based at IOS and the Graduate School
•    Yevhenii Tkachenko (Kharkiv) | TSU short-term fellowship holder
•    Marta Vicente (Kansas) | LSC & DIMAS visiting researcher
•    Olga Zaitseva-Herz | TSU long-term fellowship holder

The event is open to all staff, students, and colleagues. No registration is required.

More
Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America in the Modern World (external link, opens in a new window) 
UR Research: Dynamics in the Global World (external link, opens in a new window)