January 26th, 2022
Contradictions: New Volume on Thinking Left Dissent
Contradictions: A Journal for Critical Thought, vol. 5 (2021) on Thinking Left Dissent, edited by Kristina Andělová, Jan Mervart, and Petr Kužel
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Noteworthy news about upcoming exhibitions, performances, archival collections, as well as academic events and projects
January 24th, 2022
CFP: The Flowers of Transition – The Art of Hungary in the 1980s
The Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) organizes a kick-off conference of its research project examining the art of Hungary in the 1980s.
January 20th, 2022
CFP: Dissidents and Exiles from Socialist Eastern Europe and the USSR: History, Archives and Memories (1945-1991)
Final International Conference for the CollEx Persée Project DISSINVENT "Dissidents and Exiles from Socialist Eastern Europe and the USSR: History, Archives and Memories (1945-1991)" will take place on 2-3 June 2022.
December 17th, 2021
Central Europe Culture Wars: Beyond Post-Communism and Populism
New book "Central Europe Culture Wars: Beyond Post-Communism and Populism" published by the Faculty of Arts at the Charles University, edited by Pavel Barša, Zora Hesová, and Ondřej Slačálek.
November 29th, 2021
CFP: Beyond Friendships. Regional Cultural Transfer in the Art of the ‘70s
Artpool Art Research Center and the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) are organizing a conference in May 2022 to investigate the possibility of applying the concept of cultural transfer to the field of transnational art histories of the Central-East European region.
June 7th, 2021
CFP: Art beyond the Politics: Africa and the ‘Other’ Europe during the Cold War
An international conference exploring transcontinental cultural relations, representations, and imaginations that occurred and developed between the countries of Africa and Eastern and Central Europe during the Cold War era.
March 4th, 2021
The Secret Police and Study of Religions:
Archives, Communities and Contested Memories in Central and Eastern Europe
On 18th – 19th March 2021, a two-day closing conference of the Hidden Galleries project will take place.
March 3rd, 2021
An Evening with Resistance Studies!
A keynote lecture by Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Professor of History and Italian Studies, NYU), ‘How to Resist a Strongman: Lessons from a Century of Authoritarian Rule’ will take place online on Tuesday, 9 March 2021 at 7 PM Dublin Time/8 PM CET.
March 2nd, 2021
Methodologies of Working in Cold War Archives. Facts, Values and Archival Ecologies
The workshop "Methodologies of Working in Cold War Archives. Facts, Values and Archival Ecologies" organized by Blinken Open Society Archives, Central European University (Budapest) will take place on 14-16 October 2021.