Exploring Career Paths After the PhD – Alumni of the GS OSES Share Their Experience
Kathleen Beger (Regensburg), Christoph Hilgert (Berlin), Henner Kropp (Karlsruhe), Jacqueline Nießer (Regensburg)
- Beginning:
- Monday, 27 October 2025 16:00
On 27 October 2025 we will welcome Kathleen Beger, Christoph Hilgert and Henner Kropp. They are former members of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies and will share their career paths in the academic profession. This talk will be held in English.
What comes after the doctorate? Join us for an inspiring event where four alumni of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies share their career paths within and beyond academia.
Our speakers – two historians, a political scientist/journalist, a cultural studies scholar/anthropologist – will offer insights into how they navigated the transition from PhD research to professional life. Whether in media, public service, the cultural sector, or beyond, each of them brings valuable experience and advice for those considering their next steps.
This is a great opportunity to learn from those who have been in your shoes, ask questions, and expand your perspective on what’s possible after completing your doctoral studies.
The event welcomes PhD candidates and Master’s students in East European Studies as well as other areas of the humanities.
Kathleen Beger:
She studied Slavic Studies and Eastern European History in Leipzig, Kyiv and Vienna. From 2014 to 2018, she was a member of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies and completed her doctorate at the University of Regensburg with a comparative dissertation on childhood in the Soviet Union. Since 2023, she has been coordinating at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) the Volkswagen Foundation–funded project Transforming Anxieties of Ageing in Southeastern Europe.
Christoph Hilgert:
He heads the Communications Department and is press spokesman for the German Rectors' Conference (HRK). Previously, he was a consultant for publications and public relations at the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies (Munich) and a lecturer for special tasks in specialist journalism history at the University of Giessen. He gained his doctorate in Giessen and completed his master's degree in history, journalism and political science in Giessen, Bristol and Hamburg.
Henner Kropp:
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Jacqueline Nießer:
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Venue:
GS OSESUR, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg, room 017 (ground floor)
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