CfP: Beyond the Revolution in Russia
Apr24

CfP: Beyond the Revolution in Russia

Beyond the Revolution in Russia Narratives – Spaces – Concepts. A 100 years since the Event Deadline:  May 15, 2017 Prague, November 7 – November 10, 2017 https://1917.hypotheses.org/ 537 During the conference, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the events in Russia, we would like to consider individual layers of reception, commemo­ration, and performance of revolutionary thoughts, images, and practices in the area of...

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ON THE MARGINS About the History of Jews in Estonia
Apr11

ON THE MARGINS About the History of Jews in Estonia

Anton Weiss-Wendt ON THE MARGINS About the History of Jews in Estonia Estonia is perhaps the only country in Europe that lacks a comprehensive history of its Jewish minority. Spanning over 150 years of Estonian Jewish history, On the Margins is a truly unique book. Rebuilding a life beyond so-called Pale of Jewish Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia, and the trauma of Soviet occupation of...

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The Radical Right in Eastern Europe
Apr03

The Radical Right in Eastern Europe

Minkenberg Michael The Radical Right in Eastern Europe descrizione: This book is a comparative analysis of the post-communist East European radical right, both in party and non-party formation, using the West European radical right as a baseline. Minkenberg offers insights into the political field of the radical right since the onset of democracy in the region and elicits region-wide and country-specific characteristics. The book...

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CfP: A New Man for the Socialist Society
Mar23

CfP: A New Man for the Socialist Society

A New Man for the Socialist Society Doctoral workshop Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History & Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism, Pula August 30 – September 2, 2017 Deadline : 15 May 2017 Third year in a row we are organising a three-day summer workshop for PhD students. In 2015 the topic was The History of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia, while in 2016 the title...

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Les Lettons
Mar14

Les Lettons

Céline Bayou et Eric Le Bourhis Les Lettons Il existe une âme lettone si puissante qu’elle semble transcender le triple éclatement apparemment constitutif de ce peuple. Les Lettons courageux et cléments ? Le premier éclatement, historique, semble le prouver : après une période d’alternance entre soumission à la Russie, velléités d’indépendances, indépendance acquise et perdue, la Lettonie acquière son indépendance définitive en 1990,...

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CfP: The peripheries of the European revolutionary process(es) 1917–1923
Mar06

CfP: The peripheries of the European revolutionary process(es) 1917–1923

The peripheries of the European revolutionary process(es) 1917–1923 Deadline: March 31, 2017 International conference to be held in Florence, Italy, in October 2017 on the impact of the Russian Revolution on non-conventional, non-Social Democratic groups (anarchists, nationalists, feminists, republicans, etc.) that were also shaken by the events of 1917 and often played an important role in the birth of the international communist...

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