Feminism and Marxism in Women’s Thought in Socialist Hungary and Self-Managing Yugoslavia
Tuesday, 19 March, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 CEST

The long debates between feminism and socialism about the place of class and gender in progressive politics were re-invigorated in unexpected ways by the Marxist renaissance and second wave feminism in various locations across East Central Europe.

Buchpräsentation: Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium
Wednesday, 20 March, 2024 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Die Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung erlebt in den deutschsprachigen Regionen seit etwa 2015 einen Boom. Dieses Handbuch erschließt das Feld in seiner Breite und reflektiert zugleich kritisch den Forschungsstand.

The Origins of Entanglement: Volkswagen and China's Early Reform Era, 1978-1991
Thursday, 04 April, 2024 13:15 - 14:45 CEST

Understanding VW's intense focus on China requires delving into the history of its interactions with its largest global market. However, much remains unknown about the perspectives of decision-makers in Wolfsburg and Beijing regarding VW's entry into China.

Dignity and Historical Injustice: An Albanian family's history
Thursday, 11 April, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 CEST

Lea Ypi's new book will follow the journey of a woman from Ottoman Salonica to a life under surveillance in post-war Communist Albania. The book explores the moral and political meanings of dignity, individual and collective, in connection to questions of truth and reconciliation, historical injustice and the relationship between fact and fiction.

20 Jahre EU-Osterweiterung – Wie steht es um die europäische Integration?
Thursday, 11 April, 2024 19:30 - 21:30 CEST

Zwanzig Jahre nach der großen Erweiterungsrunde von 2004 ist es an der Zeit eine Zwischenbilanz zu ziehen: wie hat sich die Osterweiterung auf die EU insgesamt ausgewirkt?

The liberal exodus? Political and social attitudes of Russian migrants
Thursday, 18 April, 2024 13:15 - 14:45 CEST

Flight and migration are part of the dramatic consequences of the escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine. Millions of people have been forced to leave their devastated homes in Ukraine, but hundreds of thousands have also fled their Russian homeland. This presentation will analyze rare survey data on social and political views of Russian migrants in…

Book Presentation and Discussion: Red Tape. Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969
Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 16:00 - 17:30 CEST

In socialist Eastern Europe, radio simultaneously produced state power and created the conditions for it to be challenged. In Red Tape, Johnston reconstructs the relationship between radio reporters and the listeners who liked and trusted them while recognizing that they produced both propaganda and entertainment.

CENTRAL Workshop: Contemporary Cultural History 2.0. Nurturing Talents of Central and Central Eastern Europe
Thursday, 16 May, 2024 09:30 - 17 May, 16:30 CEST

The workshop aims to make a significant contribution to the field of contemporary cultural history by investigating both material and immaterial cultural practices, and exploring how meanings circulate in society.

Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal
Thursday, 23 May, 2024 13:15 - 14:45 CEST

The decades following the First World War were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. The seminar looks at the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 and 1940, as it explores the interrelation between state building and non-governmental humanitarianism in the interwar period.

RECET History and Social Sciences Festival "Green Transformations"
Tuesday, 04 June, 2024 14:30 - 06 Jun, 20:00 CEST

In this third history and social sciences festival, high-ranking voices from science, politics, civil society, art and culture will examine these various dimensions of and debates on "green transformations". These lectures, debates and panel discussions will be accompanied by an attractive cultural program.

Tracing European Freedom of Movement in National Labor Markets
Thursday, 13 June, 2024 13:15 - 14:45 CEST

This seminar will examine how governments, social actors, multilateral institutions, and NGOs worked to bridge the goals of broad regional mobility and deep social protection as free movement was implemented in the 1960s.

CfP – Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts
Friday, 14 June, 2024 10:00 - 15 Jun, 18:00 CEST

This workshop aims to explore the structure and effects of military patronage of the arts across all times and places. It seeks to go beyond the time-honored theme of “the artist in uniform” to ask how relationships between militaries and artists are formed and how they influence artistic styles, themes, and tastes.