CEU Review of Books

Exploring the questions that affect us all through in-depth book reviews and discussions from Central Europe.

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At the @CEUReviewBooks we are always looking for new reviewers! If you would like to review for us! If you need inspiration, we have a bunch of books available here: https://t.co/hp7gGJauzr

Get in touch at [email protected]

[Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras]

I’m overjoyed that the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @BloomsburyBooks ), by Prof. Mariana Neț and published in the @CEUReviewBooks ! #cerub #bookreviews

[Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras]

I’m truly humbled and overjoyed by this recognition. It’s still surreal for me! Do check it out on the CEURB website here: https://t.co/7aM4iJMBvg.

[Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras]

I am so happy and honoured for Prof. Mariana Net's review of my monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024, @BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks) on @CEUReviewBooks to be mentioned here!

[CEU Review of Books @CEUReviewBooks]

At the @CEUReviewBooks we are always looking for new reviewers! If you would like to review for us! If you need inspiration, we have a bunch of books available here: https://t.co/hp7gGJauzr

Get in touch at [email protected]

[Marius Turda @mariusturda]

Thank you #CristianCercel for your insightful review of my book #InSearchofthePerfectRomanian & thank you @CEUReviewBooks! Aptly, the reviewer also reflects on the ways in which the racist and eugenic past haunt Romania's political landscape today.
https://t.co/IEQ5C2TWW9

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Socialist Internationalism and the Gritty Politics of the Particular ( @BloomsburyHist, 2023) edited by Kristin Roth-Ey explores the exchanges between the Global South and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Agustín Cosovschi reviews the volumes.
https://t.co/InTlefzuBQ

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In The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia (@ManchesterUP, 2024), Alexandrina Vanke challenges stereotypical representations of workers, focusing on local communities engaged in everyday struggles. Viktoria Kobzeva reviews the book. https://t.co/LtXq4ldPYI

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Anti-Axis Resistance in Southeastern Europe, 1939-1945 (@degruyter_brill, 2023) ed by JP Newman, L. Škodrić & R. Ristanović, explores in a transnational approach the histories of different resistance movements in SEE. Milorad Lazić reviews the volume. https://t.co/phT2kv9ywD

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In Streetscapes of War and Revolution (@cambUP_History, 2024) Claire Morelon shows how the streetscape, as a medium of social upheaval and legitimacy, changed during the First World War in the city of Prague. David Smrček reviews the book. https://t.co/NjpRQp4Dq3

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In Anders als die Andern ( @McGillQueensUP, 2023) Ervin Malakaj explores the Weimar-era film of the same title, a collaboration between Richard Oswald, the director and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld.
@bernardgiselle2 reviews the book.

Read the review here
https://t.co/PIdAuV0MaP

[Bloomsbury History @BloomsburyHist]

'Through meticulous research and a thoughtful examination of diverse perspectives, the book enriches our understanding' New review of @LgmSam book from @CEUReviewBooks 📖

The full review 👉 https://t.co/JDpNooHJsH
The book 👉 https://t.co/Z3KzNxDU0z

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In Postcards from Absurdistan ( @PrincetonUPress, 2022) Derek Sayer offers a cultural history of Prague from 1938 to 1989, weaving together a narrative from the lives of individuals. @FelixJeschke reviews the book.

Read the review here:

https://t.co/8shkeojpk5

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[Ústav pro soudobé dějiny Akademie věd ČR, v. v. i. @USD_AV_CR]

Naši kolegyni Evu Taterovou už znáte jako expertku komentující aktuální dění na Blízkém východě.

🎙️ Nyní však pro portál @CEUReviewBooks přiblížila svůj výzkum o československé diplomacii a arabsko-izraelském konfliktu v letech 1948–1989.
https://t.co/YHeK6sxtWO

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New interview out on the @CEUReviewBooks site! Managing Editor, @TalaberAndrea talked to @evataterova (@USD_AV_CR) about her project exploring the role of Czechoslovak diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1989. Read the interview here: https://t.co/SOkwmVGwRl

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Remembering the Neoliberal Turn (@routledgebooks, 2023) edited by V. Pehe & J. Wawrzyniak, explores different layers of memory to see how societies & individuals made sense of the global neoliberal change in Eastern Europe. @olakomorn reviews the book. https://t.co/vEKOVBLu3B

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

My second review is out, and coming just a few days after #mauerfall35, the timing is rather pertinent!

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In Behind the Wall (@politybooks , 2024), Ines Greipel explores her own family’s past to illuminate a culture of silence in the GDR and investigates why parts of the former GDR are supportive of extremist groups today. @JDanielDean reviews the book. https://t.co/xTdBa6zI7N

[The Jena-Cauc Project @jenacauc]

🎉📖Our PhD candidate, #VeronikaPfeilschifter, provides an in-depth review of Ilya Budraitskis’ "Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia."
Click below to read👇

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New Long Read! Veronika Pfeilschifter provides an in-depth reflection on Ilya Budraitskis’ Dissidents Among Dissidents (@VersoBooks, 2022), elaborating on how Budraitskis’ study can be positioned in larger debates regarding dissidents.
https://t.co/n79rR1PZ4P

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In The Eastern International (@OUPAcademic, 2024) Masha Kirasirova explores how the concept of "the East" was used by the Soviet Union to spread their ideology across Eurasia. Aleksandr Korobeinikov reviews the book: https://t.co/cO4bf50pvh