Book Presentation: Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity
Thursday, 29 January, 2026 13:00 - 14:30 CEST
Russia’s political leadership – echoed by some external voices – often claims its invasion of Ukraine was driven by national security concerns over NATO expansion. However, this narrative does not withstand critical examination. Commissioned by the Centre for Democratic Integrity, the volume Russia against Ukraine explores the socio-cultural foundations and…
Coming Together in Tashkent, Havana and Beyond – Gendering the Cold War East-South Connections
Thursday, 05 March, 2026 19:00 - 21:00 CEST
Was it possible for women positioned at the peripheries of the Cold War to influence it? Could they engage in international politics and further the interests of women at large? The lecture is an attempt of explore mainly forgotten women's gatherings in cities like Tashkent or Havana during 1960s-1980s.
CENTRAL Workshop "The Power of Voices and Silences"
Wednesday, 18 March, 2026 09:00 - 21 Mar, 17:00 CEST
This CENTRAL workshop will centre on the individual and collective dynamics of remembering and forgetting in Central and Southeast Europe. We seek to understand the complex and intertwined dynamics of remembering and forgetting and to reveal how voices – both vocal and silent – shape collective and personal memory, what narratives emerge through these…
World Revolution and National Homeland: Conflicts over Jewish Liberation, 1917–1920.
Thursday, 26 March, 2026 13:00 - 14:30 CEST
This seminar analyses this conflict between revolutionary universalism and national liberation, between Communism and Zionism, and the dialectics of Jewish liberation by centring on the experiences of Jewish revolutionaries and the debates within the World Union of Poalei Tsion from the revolutions of 1917 to the split of the organisation in the summer of…
Socialist Scandals. Corruption, Revolution and the Quest for Justice in Poland and East Germany
Thursday, 30 April, 2026 13:00 - 14:30 CEST
Imagine a world without corruption. A world in which politicians disregard private interests and are committed to a better future for the people they serve. State socialist political elites in Cold War East-Central Europe promised to build such a world. Now imagine the same elites being caught profiting from their offices, building private homes using state…
CfP: Between Perestroika and the War in Ukraine. Alternative Temporalities in Eastern European and Jewish Histories
Monday, 29 June, 2026 10:00 - 30 Jun, 18:00 CEST
Hosted by the University of Vienna’s Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET), this two-day international conference aims to bring together scholars from two fields that too often work separately: Soviet/post-Soviet history and Jewish studies. Its aim is to challenge the dominant narratives of both fields by telling the story of Jewish…
