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CERCEC, the Centre for Russian, Caucasian and Central European Studies, is a joint research unit between CNRS and EHESS
Research at Cercec is organized
in five major themes around
which collective projects are formed.
This field concerns the frontiers of the Russian and Soviet Empire, involving a cross-border and comparative dimension with respect to rival neighbouring empires. A major research theme is the construction and use of interlinking knowledge: religious, military, diplomatic, ethnographic and administrative.
The research programme of this theme focuses on social dynamics—strategies, negotiations and capacities for action of groups and individuals, mediated by administrative, legal and normative structures—over a period of four centuries and a region extending from Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia, including Russia.
The aim of this research theme is to consider science, technology and knowledge policy so as to re-examine the peculiar arts of government and expressions of domination in the Soviet and post-Soviet world.
Research under this theme studies the reshaping of relations between states and societies in countries that have undergone violent upheavals, mainly armed conflict, and police repression or radical economic change.
This research theme examines the conditions of creation, dissemination and reception of visual, sound and literary arts and cultures during the Imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods.
Cercec is the leading partner of this project funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2018-2022)
Le Cercec leads this research project funded by the “ANR Jeunes Chercheurs” program.
This International Scientific Cooperation Project (PICS) of the CNRS is led by CERCEC.
EnviroHealth is a French-German initiative launched by the Institute of History and Civilization of Eastern Europe (University of Tübingen) and CERCEC. It is financed by ANR and DFG for 2020-2023.
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