Als sich die Kommunistische Partei der Tschechoslowakei (KSČ) im Februar 1948 die Alleinherrschaft in der Tschechoslowakei sicherte, kündigte sie an, Prostitution überflüssig zu machen. In ihrem Buch…

Izabela Mrzygłód (NIH w Warszawie): ‘A Peasant Believes Us and Joins Us in a Struggle’. Networks and Transfers of Violence between Metropolitan Centers and Provinces in Interwar Central and Eastern…

Nefertiti: The Making of a Global Icon The characteristic image of Nefertiti, the Ancient Egyptian queen, is known all over the world. Discovered in 1912 and first exhibited in 1924, her bust has…

Neben dem Mittelalter und der Frühen Neuzeit wird seit langem auch die jüngere Geschichte als touristische Attraktion in historischen Stadtzentren Ost- und Mitteleuropas vermarktet. Abgesehen vom…

In cooperation with the NordOst-Institute and the Lithuanian Institute of History, the GHI branch office Vilnius, is organizing an international conference entitled Transnational Approaches to the…

Elżbieta Kwiecińska (Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences), Petro Dolhanov (Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv): Polish closet in a Ukrainian hut. A microhistory and family…

Serdecznie zapraszamy na wykład wtorkowy na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim: „Violence and Emotion. Children and Youth in Early Modern Europe and beyond.“ Moderacja: Prof. Tomasz Wiślicz Miejsce wydarzenia:…

Fabian Baumann (Heidelberg) The Threatened Republic: Treason, Disloyalty, and the Defense of Democracy in Interwar Czechoslovakia (po angielsku) Moderacja: Jaromir Mrnka

Dr. Katrin Janz-Wenig (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky): Turning to the roots around 1700: the German version of the Passional of Kunigunde. Approaching its own…

When did emotions become a serious subject of historical research? And what happens when we treat feelings as political forces? This lecture traces the "emotional turn" in history and related…

Volodymyr Marczuk (The National University of Ostroh Academy): Życie codzienne na polsko-radzieckim pograniczu w województwie wołyńskim w latach 1921-1924 (po polsku) Moderacja: Christhardt Henschel

Humiliation is a hot topic. Many people claim to feel humiliated, either by other individuals or by larger social and political structures that allegedly deny them respect and recognition. Experts in…