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Between Eigenzeit and Interdisciplinarity
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Angelika Leuchter
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Constitution as Nonviolent Revolution
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The Wissenschaftskolleg and the East: The New Europe College in Bucharest
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June 2015
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December 2014
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Sebastian Conrad: Global History
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May 2014
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Peter Reill: From the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin to Wiko: Reflections on a Return after Twenty-Seven Years
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November 2013
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Jim Hunt: Ten Years in the Rearview Mirror
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