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Cultures d’Europe centrale, n° 3, 2003, 247 p. Territoires à la frontière, les confins représentent un ailleurs géographique mais aussi poétique, cristallisant et parfois renversant l’opposition entre le « centre » et la « périphérie... more
Penta na Slovensku, Babiš a Křetínský v Česku. Česká a slovenská mediální scéna zažívají nebývalé majetkové otřesy a nástup nového typu majitelů: domácích miliardářů a mocných finančních skupin, skupujících jeden mediální dům za druhým.... more
Short of the war, the destruction, and the massive loss of life, Ukraine is in many ways similar to the Gulf crisis in which the UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, led a 3.5-year-long economic and diplomatic boycott of Qatar that, like the... more
ערב רב: פנים וחוץ בוויכוח הפרנקיסטי הוא ספר מרתק וחדשני החושף את סיפורה הייחודי של התנועה הפרנקיסטית, תנועה יהודית אפיקורסית שצמחה בפולין והתפשטה במרכז אירופה במחצית השנייה של המאה ה-18. בעיני רוב היהודים פרנק היה 'משיח שקר' ידוע לשמצה.... more
Reviewed in: BUKSZ--Budapesti Könyvszemle (Beatrix F. Romhányi), Catholic Historical Review (Katherine L. Jansen), Collectanea Franciscana (Aleksander Horowski), Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters (Veronika Lukas),... more
This report summarizes the main outcomes of the research conducted within Pillar 1 of the MDCEE project, entitled Media Ownership and Commercial Pressures. The primary goal of the project’s first research area was to investigate the... more
Slovakia’s relations with the states of Eastern Europe not only have a bilateral impact, but contain geopolitical, security and economic dimensions as well. This article analyzes the domestic, bilateral and multilateral aspects of... more
The German automotive sector’s strong global position is one of the country’s greatest economic success stories. In 2018, two out of the three top global automakers achieving the highest sales volumes originated from Germany, and 80% of... more
There are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial... more
The Hungarian Historical Review invites submissions for its third issue in 2022, the theme of which will be Economy, the Connecting Force in Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages The deadline for the submission of abstracts:... more
Una versión reducida del texto “An Unexpected Twist of Ideology. Neoliberalism and the Collapse of the Soviet Bloc publicado en "Praktyka Teoretyczna", núm. 5, 2012. Traducción de Luis Martínez Andrade. Metapolítica: marzo 2013. The full... more
This study analyzes controversies and public attitudes concerning the Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and Stepan Bandera in Ukraine. The research question is: Which... more
In the Balkan borderlands, a region characterized by hybridity and religious ambiguity, the Muslim allocation of an equivalent saint in the “pantheon” of Christianity was facilitated by a certain “rapprochement” between the two religions... more
This study examines the role of political factors in attitudes toward World War II in contemporary Ukraine. The question under examination is which factors determine public views of the principal warring sides and their leaders in... more
Hall's insistence on 'authoritarian populism' as a vehicle for generating electoral support for right-wing political projects is particularly important for understanding the consolidation of neo-liberal hegemony in Eastern Europe where... more
The period between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century is one that witnessed the rise and spread of anti-Semitism throughout Europe. This paper attempts a historical analysis of the development of... more
This study briefly presents the history of the radical form of Ukrainian nationalism, paying special attention to the geopolitical circumstances which formed this movement. Then, it analyzes some aspects of this phenomenon, such as its... more
This paper discusses the impact of neoliberalism on disability policy and activism. The paper highlights the neoliberalisation of postsocialist disability policy, as well as the convergence between the neoliberal critique of welfare-state... more
The massacre of almost 50 Maidan protesters on February 20, 2014 was a turning point in Ukrainian politics and a tipping point in the conflict between the West and Russia over Ukraine. This mass killing of the protesters and the mass... more
ABSTRACT. In the years following the end of the cold war in 1989, Western feminist scholars and activists expressed disappointment in the failure of the newly democratic Eastern and Central European countries to sustain mainstream women’s... more
The crisis in Ukraine, which began in 2013, has had significant implications for European security. Cristian Nitoiu identifies three perceived security threats implied by developments in Ukraine and how these threats may develop in future... more
This article is to analyze the processes of the revolutionary disintegration of the Empires and the emergence of Bolshevism and the monarchist counter-revolution in the former Russian Empire and Austro-Hungary, as the historical... more
В статье рассматривается среднеазиатская политика хана Младшего казахского жуза Абулхаира в 1730 - 1740-х гг., стремившегося утвердиться в Хивинском ханстве лично либо посредством своего сына на ханском престоле. Осуществлению этих планов... more
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) capital markets (of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine and, to a limited extent, Belarus) are gradually evolving towards increased breadth (diversity)... more
In his most recent book, Przemysław Czapliński offers the following definition of "the East", which he uses to describe Poland's "post-Soviet" and "post-communist" neighbor: "The word 'East' appears in the table of contents, although this... more
Timothy’s Frye’s Building States and Markets after Communism. The Perils of Polarized Democracy is one of the most valuable contributions on post-communist transformation(s) appeared in the last decades. The book examines the relationship... more
This paper investigates three case studies: the ideas and fates of three Central European philosophers - those of Wojtyla from Poland, Patocka, from Chechoslovakie and Bibó, from Hungary. It is interested in the idea of embodied thought:... more