Research association
for Contemporary Analysis,
Remembrance practice
and counter-strategies
on right-wing extremism in Bavaria

The Bavarian Research Association for Contemporary Analysis, Remembrance Practices, and Counterstrategies for Right-Wing Extremism (ForGeRex) conducts interdisciplinary research into both the manifestations, ideologies, and strategies of far-right actors in Bavaria, as well as effective counterstrategies.

Researchers within the association collectively examine current configurations of and societal responses to right-wing extremism through the lens of their diverse disciplines. ForGeRex is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts and will receive a total of €4.5 million over a four-year period (January 2024 to December 2027).

ForGeRex adopts a systematic interdisciplinary approach. A total of nine sub-projects at nine universities and two research institutions—spanning sociology, political science, communication science, social sciences, social work, media and technology philosophy, art education, historical studies, political data science, and law—address right-wing extremism as both a societal and scientific issue. Together, they aim to develop a comprehensive understanding of their research subject.

While the sub-projects tackle specific individual questions, interdisciplinary cooperation takes place primarily within three collaborative, association-wide topics. verbundweiten Themen.

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Aktuelle Veranstaltungen

Insights from Peace and Conflict Research

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Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

  • Dr. Aydın Bayad - Emergence and Aftermath of Proactive Transnational Politics in Turkey: A Case Study of Ethno-Religious Diasporic Communities
  • Dr. Sinem Arslan - Navigating the Peace Process in Turkey: Challenges and Opportunities from a Conflict Resolution Perspective
  • Moderator: Dr. Murat Arpacı (University of Erzincan)
    Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

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    The role of religion

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    Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

  • Dr. Fikriye Yücesoy - Islamist Movements in Turkey: Discursive Transformations Before and After the Justice and Development Party (AKP)
  • Dr. Evrim Erşan Akkılıç - Religion, Institutions, and the Normalisation of the Far Right: The Austrian Case of Ülkücü Organisations
  • Moderator: Rabia Kökten (OTH Regensburg)
    Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

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    Far-Right Parties and Movements

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    Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

  • Dr. Anna-Sophie Heinze - The AfD as a Far-Right Party - Ideology, Organisation, Influence
  • Dr. Begüm Uzun Taşkın - Rising “New” Nationalism Among Turkey’s Youth: At the Crossroads of Right-Wing Politics, Democracy, and Secularism
  • Moderator: Ivan Gyokov (OTH Regensburg)
    You can find more information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series in the program.

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    Anti-Semitism

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    Part of the online lecture series "Overlooked and Concealed: The Impact of the 'Grey Wolves'"

  • Dr. Elke Rajal - More than a Marginal Phenomenon: Antisemitism in Germany
  • Rıfat Bali - An overview of anti-Semitism in Turkey
  • Moderator: Rabia Kökten (OTH Regensburg)
    Further information on lectures, registration, admission and other events in this series can be found in the program.

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