TRAFO
The TRAFO Blog is a digital platform for transregional research that has been set-up and maintained by the Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland sharing the general editorial responsibilities. TRAFO works in an open framework of editorial partnerships with colleagues from the networks of the Forum and the Max Weber Stiftung. The series on the TRAFO Blog are curated by individual scholars or editorial groups who participate in editorial responsibilities.
Long-term editorial partnerships are established with transregional projects and institutional initiatives, such as CrossArea in Leipzig, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) in Tunis, and the research network project “European Times” (EUTIM), as well as programms and projects from the Forum, such as Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME) and Prisma Ukraïna – Research Network Eastern Europe.
TRAFO editors: Tamara Beresh (Prisma Ukraïna/Forum Transregionale Studien), Alex Favalli (Forum), Georges Khalil (Forum), Sophie Schmäing (Prisma Ukraïna/Forum), Jacqueline Wagner (Forum), Judith Sieber (EUTIM/Forum)
Editorial responsibilities: Johanna Beamish (Max Weber Stiftung), Georges Khalil (Forum Transregionale Studien), Megan Maruschke (Universität Leipzig)
MECAM
The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) was established at the Université de Tunis/Tunisia to strengthen cooperation in the Humanities and Social Sciences in and across the Maghreb, the Middle East, and Europe. Under its guiding theme “Imagining Futures –Dealing with Disparity”, MECAM aims to discuss the (re)negotiation of complex social and political conditions and expectations, norms and legacies in the wake of the “Arab Spring” inthe Maghreb, the Middle East, Europe and beyond. The necessary backdrop to these processes are the disparities and inequalities that divide theMaghreb and the neighbouring regions – both historically and nowadays.The centre invites scholars atdifferent stages of their career. Fellows work within five Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups (IFGs) along MECAM’s thematic research clusters. Furthermore, MECAM organizes various events, such as seminars, lectures, public debates and traveling academies that connect researchers and discuss research outcomes. MECAM is a joint initiative of seven German and Tunisian universities and research institutions and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
MECAM Editors: Diana Abbani (Forum/MECAM), Julius Dihstelhoff (MECAM), Mounir Mrad (MECAM; coordination)
#Aesthetics & Cultural Practices
Editors: Rasha Chatta (Freie Universität Berlin), Sahar El Echi (École Superieure de l’Audiovisuel et du Cinema, Tunis), Farouk El Maarouf (Universität Gießen), Katarzyna Falęcka (Newcastle University), Teresa Pepe (Universitetet i Oslo) and Angela Rabing (Universität Bremen), Felix Lang (coordination, Universität Marburg)
#Inequality & Mobility
Editors: Myriam Amri (Harvard University), André Weißenfels (Freie Universität Berlin), Moslem Nasser (Université de Tunis), Souhir Bouzid (ISTEUB Tunis), Wael Garnaoui (Université de Sousse/Université de Paris), Johannes Frische (Universität Leipzig), Ann-Christin Zuntz (University of Edinburgh), Katharina Grüneisl (coordination, Universität Leipzig)
EUTIM
Europäische Zeiten/European Times – A Transregional Approach to the Societies of Central and Eastern Europe (EUTIM) is a joint project of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), the University of Potsdam and the Forum Transregionale Studien in Berlin. EUTIM takes a look at narratives of time and space at the edges of Europe. Based on historical experiences and ways of thinking in the societies of Central and Eastern Europe, EUTIM analyzes disparate concepts of “old vs. new” and “East vs. West” on a pan-European level, especially in the second half of the 20th century and the present. The research network project has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since April 1, 2021, within the framework of the guideline for the promotion of regional studies (area studies) for an initial period of three years.
Editors: Judith Sieber (Forum), Claudia Dathe (Europa-Universität Viadrina), Erik Martin (Europa-Universität Viadrina), Bohdan Tokarsky (Universität Potsdam)