The Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (“Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien” (ZIRS)) is a research institution of the Martin Luther University for the promotion and networking of regional scientific competences and for the management of interdisciplinary research projects.
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The travel diaries of the botanist Carl Hausknecht
We are pleased to present this recently released publication. The ZIRS is a cooperation partner of the project The Botanist Karl Haussknecht. As part of the project, Christine Kämpfer, Stefan Knost, Kristin Victor, Frank H. Hellwig, Hanne Schönig and Christoph U. Werner have published an abridged “reading version” of the diary texts of Carl Hausknecht. Further information and websites for downloading the two volumes can be found here.
Podcast "Nach der Kohle": Interview mit Felix Schiedlowski
ZIRS-Mitarbeiter Felix Schiedlowski war zu Gast im Podcast “Nach der Kohle”, eine zwölfteilige Reportage-Serie von detektor.fm über den Strukturwandel im Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlerevier. In Folge sieben, “Let’s Talk About Strukturwandel” , berichtet Schiedlowski aus seiner ethnologischen Forschung im Mitteldeutschen Revier. Er äußert sich zu den Hintergründen von Bürgerbeteiligung im Strukturwandel und adressiert Chancen und Fallstricke von Zukunftswerkstätten und einem Bürgerrat zum Kohleausstieg.
Call for Papers: Futures Coal at RGS 2024 in London
ZIRS members Amy Walker and Felix Schiedlowski call for abstracts for their panel on ‘Futures of Coal’: Mapping the Geographies, Materialities and Rhythms of Coal at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society. in London, August 2024. The authors welcome geographical, interdisciplinary, artistic, and novel contributions addressing questions and concerns in the fields of geologies of coal, genealogies of coal, temporalities of coal, materials of coal, and folklore of coal. Find the full call here. The deadline for submissions is February 16