The period 2010-17, has witnessed a swift turn to the right in politics and culture in post-communist Eastern Europe, accompanied by intensified attempts at assault on a critical history writing field ...

When, upon graduation from college in 1973, I traveled for several months throughout communist Eastern Europe, I was warned that I would be entering a dreary gray zone pulverized by the regime-induced ...

Russia and the US just held talks on ending the war in Ukraine — without Kyiv. Eastern European history shows it isn't rare for major powers to decide the fate of smaller states. This Tuesday, US ...

"Even though the Iron Curtain fell decades ago, today's historiography often still includes a Cold War inspired East-West perspective, especially when it comes to the topic of violence. Western Europe ...

Certain European cities have truly ancient roots, but Budapest’s origin story dates closer to the founding of Chicago than Rome. The city has a few notable ruins — a northbound highway runs right by ...