📢 Call for Papers: “Responding to Empire”
Join us on 11–13 November 2026 in Freiburg, Germany, for the fourth annual conference of the RTG 2571 Empires.
The conference explores how individuals, communities, and institutions responded to imperial structures—by defending, normalising, resisting, or paradoxically navigating empire.
Keynotes: Renate Dürr and Franco De Angelis
Accommodation is covered for speakers; travel bursaries may be available.
Please submit a 300–400 word abstract and a short bio by 13 March 2026 to:
[email protected]
Further details:
https://uni-freiburg.de/empires/annual-conference-2026/

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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).

Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.

🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24

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