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Wrote a short review of a book I thoroughly enjoyed! 🙏@anditalaber.bsky.social for a very smooth and professional editing experience, 🙏 @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social for creating an aesthetically and conceptually fresh and appealing outlet for book reviews (and more) on Central and Eastern Europe.

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Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 (Purdue University Press, 2023) edited by Marta Verginella explores how feminist nationalism thrived during the late Monarchy. Read @leahorvat.bsky.social's review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/netwo...

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In When the Left Moves Right (@oxunipress.bsky.social, 2024), Maria Snegovaya asks why previously centre-left democratic parties have suffered electoral defeats, whilst populist parties have soared in post-Communist Central Europe. Read George Kordas' review. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/left-...

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Motyl’s “Embodied Histories” was also the recipient of our First Book Subvention Award. Excited to see Scott Spector’s review!

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Spectacular review by Scott Spector, the expert in the field, of Katya Motyl's fascinating new book. Read the review; buy the book. 🥰

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In Embodied Histories (The University of Chicago Press, 2024), Katya Motyl explores how the “new woman” of early-20th-century Vienna inhabited and reshaped the urban landscape of the city. Scott Spector reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-n...

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New interview! David Leupold talks to Andrea Talabér about his project, “Relicts of (Another) Future?”. He examines the urban memory landscapes of present-day Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, looking at what is “left” of the socialist city. ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/in... @zmo-berlin.bsky.social

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Translation Under Communism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) edited by Christopher Rundle, Anne Lange, & Daniele Monticelli explores the history of translation during Communism in countries of the Eastern bloc. Lucy Jeffery reviews the volume. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-p... #BookReview #Translation

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Socialist Internationalism and the Gritty Politics of the Particular (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2023) ed. by Kristin Roth-Ey explores the exchanges between the Global South & Eastern Europe during the Cold War. @cosovschi.bsky.social reviews the volume: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/space...

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In The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia (@manchesterup.bsky.social, 2024), Alexandrina Vanke challenges stereotypical representations of workers, focusing on local communities engaged in everyday struggles. Viktoria Kobzeva reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/chall...

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Anti-Axis Resistance in Southeastern Europe, 1939-1945 (degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2023) ed by JP Newman, L. Škodrić & R. Ristanović, explores the histories of different resistance movements in SEE. @miloradl.bsky.social reviews the volume. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/compl...

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In Streetscapes of War and Revolution (@cambridgeup.bsky.social, 2024) Claire Morelon shows how the streetscape, as a medium of social upheaval and legitimacy, changed during the First World War in the city of Prague. @davidsmrcek.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/sound...

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In Anders als die Andern (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, 2023) Ervin Malakaj explores the Weimar-era film of the same title, a collaboration between Richard Oswald, the director and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld. Giselle Bernard reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/diffe...

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In Postcards from Absurdistan (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2022) Derek Sayer offers a cultural history of Prague from 1938 to 1989, weaving together a narrative from the lives of individuals. @felixjeschke.bsky.social reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-l...

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New interview out on the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social site! Managing Editor, @anditalaber.bsky.social talked to Eva Taterová about her project exploring the role of Czechoslovak diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1989. ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/in...

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My niece, @tessmegginson.bsky.social, is so smart... [How smart is she?] She's so smart, her #history work was on Bluesky before she was! #family

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Worth reading, both the book and the review!

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Remembering the Neoliberal Turn (Routledge , 2023) edited by V. Pehe & J. Wawrzyniak, explores different layers of memory to see how societies & individuals made sense of the global neoliberal change in Eastern Europe. Aleksandra Komornicka reviews the volume. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/remem...

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“Last December, Donald Trump answered the question that worries us all: “You’re not going to be a dictator, are you?” He said: “we’re drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator.” There should be a reason why drilling sits in the mind of the hopeful dictator” ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/oil...

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ZOiS research affiliate Veronika Pfeilschifter's first book review is out! In her PhD research, she focuses on left-wing subjectivities in the South Caucasus. For @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social, she dove into Ilya Budraitskis' essay collection on pre-2020 dissidents & political violence in #Russia👇

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In Behind the Wall (@politybooks.bsky.social, 2024), Ines Greipel explores her own family’s past to illuminate a culture of silence in the GDR and investigates why parts of the former GDR are supportive of extremist groups today. Jack Dean reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/fear-...

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New Long Read! Veronika Pfeilschifter provides an in-depth reflection on Ilya Budraitskis’ Dissidents Among Dissidents (@versobooks.bsky.social, 2022), elaborating on how Budraitskis’ study can be positioned in larger debates regarding dissidents. Read it here: ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/lef...

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In The Eastern International (OUP, 2024) Masha Kirasirova explores how the concept of "the East" was used by the Soviet Union to spread their ideology across Eurasia. Aleksandr Korobeinikov reviews the book: tinyurl.com/KirasirovaRe...

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Research Grant: Do you plan archival research somewhere in Central Europe next year? The Central European History Society sponsors historical research undertaken by junior scholars. Deadline for applications is January 15, 2025. www.centraleuropeanhistory.org?page_id=122

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New review! @orelb.bsky.social wrote about Mothers, Families or Children? Family Policy in Poland, Hungary, and Romania, 1945-2020 by T. Inglot, D. Szikra & C. Raț, @upittpress.bsky.social, which he calls "a fantastic reference for scholars". Read it here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/state...

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In The Middle Kingdoms (Basic Books, 2023) Martyn Rady sketches the convoluted histories of Central Europe from the time of the Roman Empire in the second century CE to the renewed Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Joseph F. Patrouch reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-new...

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Biopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century (Routledge, 2022) edited by Klich-Kluczewska, Puttkamer and Rebitschek offers empirically rich case studies, dealing with specific facets of biopolitics in the region. Vojtěch Pojar reviews the volume. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/fear-...

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In Survival Under Dictatorships (CEU Press, 2024) László Borhi examines the Nazi and Stalinist dictatorships, asking whether the difference between dictatorships necessitates a difference in the methods of survival. Lucy Jeffery reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/life-... #bookreview

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In Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) Maurizio Isabella tells the story of popular upheavals in the Mediterranean between the 1820s & the 1860s, debunking some long-held myths. Paul Csillag reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-m...

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In Goodbye Eastern Europe (Oneworld Publications, 2023) Jacob Mikanowski gives readers an intimate and meticulously researched portrayal of Eastern Europe. Jack Dean writes that the book masterfully fulfils its goal of providing a history of the region. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/an-in...

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In Fate Unknown (Oxford University Press, 2023) Dan Stone illuminates the breadth and depth of the Arolsen Archives collections and reveals how they enhance our understanding of the past. Barnabas Balint reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/traci...

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In The Individualists (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi trace the history of libertarianism from its origins as a radical progressive ideology in the 1850s to its crisis of identity today. Dennis Kölling reviews the books. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/enter...

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Vojenská služba v interdisciplinární perspektivě (Scriptorium, 2022), edited by Petr Wohlmuth, offers a reckoning within #Czech #military #historiography and a field guide to new possibilities. Kevin Hoeper reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/reima...

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In Early Modern European Diplomacy (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2024) editors Dorothée Goetze and Lena Oetzel assembled a group of scholars to show how New Diplomatic History transformed how we see early modern diplomacy. Maxime Morel reviews the volume. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-new...

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In After Nativism (@politybooks.bsky.social, 2023), Ash Amin posits that in today’s globalized world, many people in democracies are turning to nativist politics for reassurances against the uncertainties we are facing. Tamara Kolarić reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-a...

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New podcast episode out! Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, Karina Hoření, and Michal Korhel discussed their ERC-project, Recycling the German Ghost: Resettlement Cultures in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia after 1945. We talked about ghosts, hauntology & objects left behind. ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/rese...

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In Empire of Refugees ( @stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky tells the story of a million North Caucasian Muslims, who sought refuge in the Late Ottoman Empire. Paul Csillag reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/muhaj...

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In Be Fruitful and Multiply (Verlag Herder-Institut, 2023) Denisa Nešťáková addresses a gap in the historiography of #birthcontrol in East Central Europe by reinterpretating Slovak sexual and fertility #history. Fanni Svégel reviews the books. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/more-... #BookReview

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In Maniera Greca in Europe's Catholic East (@amsterdamupress.bsky.social, 2023) Giedre Mickunaite asks what “Greek manner” means by examining paintings from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Jan Blonski reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/it-is...

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In Remembering Transitions (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2023) Ksenia Robbe assembles a geographically varied group to offer critical perspectives on memories of political and socioeconomic “transitions”. Daria Gordeeva reviews the volume. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/bridg...

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Such a consistently interesting reviews site - Happy Anniversary @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social!

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We are one year old! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to, engaged with, and followed the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social in its first year. 🥳 www.instagram.com/p/C9CpwhrIVF...

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Arguably one of the definitive books on the topic so far. Check out my review of Serhii Plokhy's The Russo-Ukrainian War here:

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In The Russo-Ukrainian War (W. W. Norton, 2023) Serhii Plokhy offers an authoritative history of the Russo-Ukrainian War. @odrachewych.bsky.social writes that book is a necessary starting point for readers looking to understand why the war has taken place. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-ret...

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In Pińskie błota (Universitas, 2022) Sławomir Łotysz offers a riveting environmental history of the Pripet Marshes, an enormous wetland that lay along the border of the Second Polish Republic’s border. Patrice M. Dabrowski reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-bio...

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In Post-imperial Encounters (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social) Svetlana Suveica explores the postwar history of Bessarabia, which was marked by tensions & conflicts as its inhabitants looked for political alternatives for the future. Anca Filipovici reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/bessa...

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In Populism in Power (Routledge, 2023) Giorgos Venizelos analyzes populist governing experiences in Greece and the US, by focusing on the construction of identities of “the people” and “the elite” through performance. Francesco Campo reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/popul...

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