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November 27th, 2020

CFP: 7th International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History

The Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will host the 7th International Forum for Doctoral Candidates in East European Art History on May 6th and 7th 2021.

November 20th, 2020

New project launched to explore archival collections of Eastern European dissidents exiled in France during the Cold War

Recipient of a recent award by the CollEx-Persée in its 2019–2020 call for funding, the project DISSINVENT – DISSidences de l’Est en exil : INVENTaire, histoires, pratiques documentaires joins the growing international efforts to reinforce the collaborative work between researchers and heritage institutions in the handling of archives and collections.

October 29th, 2020

Kristóf Nagy: Debates over the Tendencies Exhibition Series (1980–81)

ARTMARGINS online journal has recently published an article "Whose Land, Their Art? Debates over the Tendencies Exhibition Series (1980–81)" by Nep4Dissent member Kristóf Nagy.

October 12th, 2020

Through the Lens of the Secret Police: Images of the Religious Underground in Eastern Europe

The exhibition “Through the lens of the secret police: Images from the religious underground in Eastern Europe” has been opened in Cork and will run from October 9th until March 31st 2021.

September 16th, 2020

New book of Central and Eastern Europe published

The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century, Volume 3: Intellectual Horizons has been published recently.

June 9th, 2020

Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives

Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives. Applicants from the fields of history, the arts, philosophy and sociology to reflect on the conditions of knowledge production during and after the Cold War are invited.

May 26th, 2020

Call for Participants: LCCA Summer School “Negotiating Gender in the Baltics and Eastern Europe”

Summer School “Negotiating Gender in the Baltics and Eastern Europe” calls for participants. It will take place in Kuldīga, 31 July–5 August 2020

May 20th, 2020

Artpool40: Conference Video Recording Published Online

The video recordings of the conference of the Artpool Art Research Center "Artpool40 – Active Archives and Art Networks" tat place on 21–22 February 2020 in Budapest are published online.

April 20th, 2020

An Open Letter to the COST Association

The letter of COST Actions leaders prepared by the Core Group of NEP4DISSENT in cooperation with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Distant Reading, ENRESSH and Nexus Linguarum. It calls for action and a fundamental rethinking of our collaboration practices in order to protect our networks against erosion caused by the prolonged inability to meet in person.