𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 (ed. Anja Tippner and Johanna Lindbladh) offers insights into documentary film, theater, and literature from the 1960s to the 2020s in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633866733/the-art-of-witnessing

With Tito’s Partisans: Communists and Peasants in War-Torn Yugoslavia, 1941–1945 by Xavier Bougarel offers a window into the everyday life within this resistance movement. Order your copy here: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048576432/with-titos-partisans

Inherited Empire in East European Architectural Conservation (ed. Minea & Jõekalda) explores the emergence of architectural conservation in Eastern and Central Europe from 1800 to 1990. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048575886/inherited-empire-in-east-european-architectural-conservation

In Search of the Perfect Romanian by Marius Turda interrogates debates on Romanian national character and race from the 1880s to the 1950s. Read it in open access or order your copy: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048573608/in-search-of-the-perfect-romanian

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙨: 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 by Maria Todorova revisits the region the author famously theorized, exploring what has changed over the past thirty years and what conceptual tools can help us understand the region: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048574056/the-balkans

Palestine in Transition: (ed. Sanchez Summerer and Zananiri) traces the significance of Scholten’s visual documentation during the British Mandate period in Palestine and explores the dramatic upheavals of the region: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048562299/palestine-in-transition

Sexuality and Abortion in Interwar Poland by Elisa-Maria Hiemer explores the clash between liberal “moral reform” ideas and the ideal of the “traditional” Polish family. Order your copy: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048574810/sexuality-and-abortion-in-interwar-poland

𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 by Tatiana Vagramenko follows a Nenets community in Siberia and how their lives were transformed by religious conversion in post-Soviet and Putin’s Russia. Read in OA or order here: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048575152/indigenous-christianity

“Good Mothers”, Nations and Nationalisms by Yulia Gradskova, Ieva Bisigirskaitė, and Soheyla Yazdanpanah explores constructions of the “good mother” in the context of demographic anxiety in Lithuania, Sweden, and Russia. Order here: https://shorturl.at/26Tns

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 by David Doellinger follows the activism of the first cohorts of Bausoldaten, members of the unarmed military service in East Germany starting in the 1960s. Order your copy here: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048576449/constructing-peace

Read our interview with Augusta Dimou, author of 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: https://www.ceupressauthorhub.com/news/author-spotlight-augusta-dimou-copyright Order the book or read in OA: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633866146/contesting-copyright

We’re delighted to announce that the 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 for Opening the Future! OtF helps publish more open access books without author-facing fees. Read more here: aup.nl/en/open-acce...

New book in open access: 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖’𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙐𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧: 𝘼 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 (edited by Dierks et al.), a collection that documents the global debates surrounding Russia’s war. Order your copy of the book here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Milan Krstić will present 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖, 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮: 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙖’𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙨 at Kolarčeva zadužbina in Belgrade, June 22 at 6:30 pm: www.kolarac.rs/predavanja/p...

This week is the 12th Annual AHM Conference at the UvA. Come speak with our editor Ilse Lazaroms about your book projects in history and memory studies: ahmconference.humanities.uva.nl

New book: Notes from the EU’s Eastern Edge by Jo Harper explores the responses to migration on the Polish-Belarusian border, shifting our understanding of Polish populism. Order your copy of the book: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Rethinking the Greek Campaign to Repatriate the Parthenon Marbles by James Beresford offers a new perspective on contested heritage. Order your copy here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

The Obsolescence of Human Rights by Filip Balunović explores the rise of human rights rhetoric among the alt-right in response to public health measures. Order your copy of the book: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Read our interview with Tuğba Bayar (@tugbaoezden.bsky.social), author of The Rise and Relapse of European Human Rights in Turkey: www.aup.nl/en/articles/... Order the book: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙨 (ed. Lee Farrow) introduces the diary of Jessie Kenney, Emmeline Pankhurst’s secretary, offering a new perspective on the period during their Russian travels. aup.nl/nl/book/9789...

Krisztián Csaplár-Degovics will present his new book 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚-𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 at the conference History Fest in Sarajevo on June 3 at 9:50 am: www.historyfest.ba Order the book: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Nikolina Židek’s new book, The Croatian Diaspora in Argentina: From Martyrs to Memory Guardians, will be featured on a panel at the 30th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: nationalities.org/convention/2...

Looking to submit a proposal for our series Environmental History in Central and Eastern Europe? Meet the series editors Stephen Brain and Victor Pál at the Environment and Society in East-Central Europe Conference in Ostrava this week. ff.osu.eu/esiee/ www.ceupressauthorhub.com/environmenta...

On May 27, the editors of Sacralization of History in Times of Crises: Modern Eastern Europe will present their volume in Vienna at St. Michael’s Parish (Michaelerkirche). To attend, register by May 21: www.pro-oriente.at/termine/book...

Commissioning editor Mónika Ambrus will be at the ICON-S (Central and Eastern Europe chapter) conference in Ljubljana, May 14-15. To discuss publishing projects in legal studies get in touch with Mónika at the event or via email at m.ambrus@ceupress.eu www.pf.uni-lj.si/icon-s-cee-2...

New series:𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮. This series explores how language acts as a decisive terrain for cultural and political questions. Get in touch with commissioning editor Lea Greenberg if your book project would be a fit. Find more: www.aup.nl/en/series/la...

A Revolutionary Dancer in Revolutionary Russia: Isadora Duncan in Russian and Soviet Culture by Elena Yushkova follows this legendary American dancer in a shifting cultural context. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

What a month it’s been for Hungary, where CEU Press was founded. Check out both our recent titles and backlist for a wide range of studies on its rich history. Go to www.aup.nl/en/imprint/c... and explore.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖 by Nikolina Židek traces the shifting identity of this diasporic community through changing geopolitical circumstances. 🔗 www.aup.nl/nl/book/9789...

On Thursday, April 16, Lucy Jeffery will be at Central European University in Budapest to launch the edited volume Replaying Communism. Sign up for the hybrid event: events.ceu.edu/2026-04-16/b...