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Noteworthy news about upcoming exhibitions, performances, archival collections, as well as academic events and projects

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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.

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.

March 13th, 2020

CFP: Socialist Folkloristics. A Disciplinary Heritage

The international conference "Socialist Folkloristics: A Disciplinary Heritage" will take place on 28–31 October 2020 in Riga, Latvia.

February 13th, 2020

Faith-Trust-Secrecy: Religion through the Lenses of the Secret Police

New exhibition "Faith-Trust-Secrecy: Religion through the lenses of the secret police" opens on February 28th at 6pm at the Open Society Archives in Budapest.

February 5th, 2020

CFP: ‘She is made of stone’. Women in the Socialist and Post-Socialist Public Space

The goal of this conference is to open up a multidisciplinary conversation about representation, memory and monumentalization of women within the socialist and post-socialist public spaces.

December 19th, 2019

Pilecki Fellowship

The Pilecki Institute announces the call for applications to participate in Junior Visiting Fellows or Senior Visiting Fellows.

December 7th, 2019

New book about Ukrainian dissidents published

A book by Simone Attilio Bellezza "The Shore of Expectations. A Cultural Study of the Shistdesiatnyky" recently published by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press.

November 2nd, 2019

Hidden Galleries: Clandestine Religion in the Secret Police Archives

A new exhibition "Hidden Galleries: Clandestine Religion in the Secret Police Archives" opens at the Museum of Art in Cluj (Romania) on 21st November 2019.