Research Center for the History of Transformations
@recetvienna.bsky.social
Transformations in Central & Eastern Europe and beyond. Labor, migration, reform politics, social movements, and culture. Proud part of Uni Vienna.
Watch today's Transformative Seminar with @shekhovtsov.substack.com on "Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_w3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_w3...
A. Shekhovstov: Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology & the War on Ukrainian Identity
YouTube video by RECET Vienna
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January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Watch today's Transformative Seminar with @shekhovtsov.substack.com on "Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_w3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_w3...
In the newest episode of the #TransformativePodcast, our researcher Rosamund Johnston discusses the @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of 1989 and the Great Transformation with co-editor @japvie81.bsky.social. This cutting-edge collection of essays analyzes the pivotal year of 1989 and the …
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM
In the newest episode of the #TransformativePodcast, our researcher Rosamund Johnston discusses the @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of 1989 and the Great Transformation with co-editor @japvie81.bsky.social. This cutting-edge collection of essays analyzes the pivotal year of 1989 and the …
Join us this Thursday for a #TransformativeSeminar on "Book Presentation: Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Join us this Thursday for a #TransformativeSeminar on "Book Presentation: Russia against Ukraine. Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
You can now pre-order the newest book by our researcher Dr. Sheng Peng on "Jimmy Carter and China. Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War" (forthcomng in March 26 with @columbiaup.bsky.social).
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
You can now pre-order the newest book by our researcher Dr. Sheng Peng on "Jimmy Carter and China. Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War" (forthcomng in March 26 with @columbiaup.bsky.social).
You can now watch yesterday's #TransformativeSeminar with Zbig Wojnowski (@ox.ac.uk) on "The Roots of Entrepreneurship in Late Soviet Show Business: Profit, Professional Pride, and Responsibility" on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vddl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vddl...
Zbig Wojnowski: The Roots of Entrepreneurship in Late Soviet Show Business
YouTube video by RECET Vienna
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January 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
You can now watch yesterday's #TransformativeSeminar with Zbig Wojnowski (@ox.ac.uk) on "The Roots of Entrepreneurship in Late Soviet Show Business: Profit, Professional Pride, and Responsibility" on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vddl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vddl...
Unsere Forscherin @magdalenabaran.bsky.social mit einem Beitrag für den @derstandard.at Eastblog – "Die unvollendete Emanzipation. Was Sozialismus, Systembruch 1989 und Arbeitszeitpolitik über Macht, Gender und Freiheit verraten" ↓
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Die unvollendete Emanzipation
Was Sozialismus, Systembruch 1989 und Arbeitszeitpolitik über Macht, Gender und Freiheit verraten
www.derstandard.at
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Unsere Forscherin @magdalenabaran.bsky.social mit einem Beitrag für den @derstandard.at Eastblog – "Die unvollendete Emanzipation. Was Sozialismus, Systembruch 1989 und Arbeitszeitpolitik über Macht, Gender und Freiheit verraten" ↓
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Join us on Thursday, Jan 15, 2026, for this year's first #TransformativeSeminar with Zbig Wojnowski (St Antony's College, Oxford) on "The Roots of Entrepreneurship in Late Soviet Show Business: Profit, Professional Pride, and Responsibility"
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Join us on Thursday, Jan 15, 2026, for this year's first #TransformativeSeminar with Zbig Wojnowski (St Antony's College, Oxford) on "The Roots of Entrepreneurship in Late Soviet Show Business: Profit, Professional Pride, and Responsibility"
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…and, yes, the end of 2025 saw the release of this volume! The collaborative team effort Hübner by @recetvienna.bsky.social with @japvie81.bsky.social, Rosamund Johnston, @philippther.bsky.social and many more!
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
…and, yes, the end of 2025 saw the release of this volume! The collaborative team effort Hübner by @recetvienna.bsky.social with @japvie81.bsky.social, Rosamund Johnston, @philippther.bsky.social and many more!
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At @historians.org, we met new and old friends. EU-GUNS & GlobArms have been collaborating, among others, with the @recetvienna.bsky.social Linking Arms project.
The PI of that project, Rosamund Johnston, was there to talk about it.
Find out more about the project at: www.recet.at/research/pro...
The PI of that project, Rosamund Johnston, was there to talk about it.
Find out more about the project at: www.recet.at/research/pro...
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
At @historians.org, we met new and old friends. EU-GUNS & GlobArms have been collaborating, among others, with the @recetvienna.bsky.social Linking Arms project.
The PI of that project, Rosamund Johnston, was there to talk about it.
Find out more about the project at: www.recet.at/research/pro...
The PI of that project, Rosamund Johnston, was there to talk about it.
Find out more about the project at: www.recet.at/research/pro...
The new year starts with a new #TransformativePodcast episode! Our Scientific Director @japvie81.bsky.social talks to Markéta Bajgerová Verly about China's Everchanging History of WWII!
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The new year starts with a new #TransformativePodcast episode! Our Scientific Director @japvie81.bsky.social talks to Markéta Bajgerová Verly about China's Everchanging History of WWII!
Unser Gründungsdirektor @philippther.bsky.social analysiert in "Der Klang der Monarchie" die Durchdringung von Politik und Musik anhand von Beethoven, Strauß und Militärkapellen (via @derstandard.at):
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Tu felix Austria musiziere! Wie die Habsburger mit Märschen und Walzern regierten
Der Wiener Historiker Philipp Ther analysiert in "Der Klang der Monarchie" die Durchdringung von Politik und Musik anhand von Beethoven, Strauß und Militärkapellen
www.derstandard.at
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Unser Gründungsdirektor @philippther.bsky.social analysiert in "Der Klang der Monarchie" die Durchdringung von Politik und Musik anhand von Beethoven, Strauß und Militärkapellen (via @derstandard.at):
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
You missed our December Transformative Salon with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee and @magdalenabaran.bsky.social on "What has Socialism Done for Women?"? Find it on YouTube!
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You missed our December Transformative Salon with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee and @magdalenabaran.bsky.social on "What has Socialism Done for Women?"? Find it on YouTube!
Glad to see a Polish translation of the Shipyard's Collective (@philippther.bsky.social et al.) "In the Storms of Transformation. Two Shipyards between Socialism and the EU" ("In den Stürmen der Transformation") come out with Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Glad to see a Polish translation of the Shipyard's Collective (@philippther.bsky.social et al.) "In the Storms of Transformation. Two Shipyards between Socialism and the EU" ("In den Stürmen der Transformation") come out with Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
What does football tell us about Ukraine's political and economic transformations after the collapse of the Soviet Union? In this episode of our Transformative Podcast, Kateryna Chernii (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) tells @jelenadj.bsky.social (RECET) about football in the Soviet Union and Ukraine, …
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What does football tell us about Ukraine's political and economic transformations after the collapse of the Soviet Union? In this episode of our Transformative Podcast, Kateryna Chernii (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) tells @jelenadj.bsky.social (RECET) about football in the Soviet Union and Ukraine, …
We are proud to announce a new RECET project related book! In November 2025, the edited volume on Polonia firms, 'Wyłom w Systemie? Firmy Polonijne w PRL' (Scholar, Warszawa 2025), ed. by Jerzy Kochanowski (University of Warsaw) and Lars Fredrik Stöcker (@univie.ac.at) was released!
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We are proud to announce a new RECET project related book! In November 2025, the edited volume on Polonia firms, 'Wyłom w Systemie? Firmy Polonijne w PRL' (Scholar, Warszawa 2025), ed. by Jerzy Kochanowski (University of Warsaw) and Lars Fredrik Stöcker (@univie.ac.at) was released!
CfP: Between Perestroika and the War in Ukraine. Alternative Temporalities in Eastern European and Jewish Histories. (June 29-30, 2026 in Vienna; CfP Deadline February 15, 2026).
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CfP: Between Perestroika and the War in Ukraine. Alternative Temporalities in Eastern European and Jewish Histories. (June 29-30, 2026 in Vienna; CfP Deadline February 15, 2026).
If you're in Vienna, come join us next Thursday, Dec 4, 2025, for a Transformative Salon on "What Has Socialism Done for Women" with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee (University of Pennsylvania), moderated by our Magdalena Baran-Szołtys.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you're in Vienna, come join us next Thursday, Dec 4, 2025, for a Transformative Salon on "What Has Socialism Done for Women" with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee (University of Pennsylvania), moderated by our Magdalena Baran-Szołtys.
It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (NTNU) for a Seminar on "Ocean Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site."
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (NTNU) for a Seminar on "Ocean Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site."
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💡For fresh insights into a transformative period of #Socialist Europe, watch this seminar and book launch of "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968" with editors Aleksandra Konarzewsk, Una Blagojević und Natalia Borisova.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_as...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_as...
Konarzewska, Blagojević, Borisova: Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968.
YouTube video by RECET Vienna
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
💡For fresh insights into a transformative period of #Socialist Europe, watch this seminar and book launch of "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968" with editors Aleksandra Konarzewsk, Una Blagojević und Natalia Borisova.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_as...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_as...
New Blog article out! Ever since the foundation of the PRC, the Communist Party of China has used the historical memory of WWII to legitimize its rule – Our blog author Markéta Bajgerová-Verly reflects on on China’s Everchanging History of WWII:
www.recet.at/blog/detail/...
www.recet.at/blog/detail/...
From Triumph to Humiliation and Back: China’s Everchanging History of WWII
Chinese WWII memory has never been static but continually reshaped to meet the changing ideological and geopolitical needs of the Chinese political leadership. This post traces the main mnemonic devel...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New Blog article out! Ever since the foundation of the PRC, the Communist Party of China has used the historical memory of WWII to legitimize its rule – Our blog author Markéta Bajgerová-Verly reflects on on China’s Everchanging History of WWII:
www.recet.at/blog/detail/...
www.recet.at/blog/detail/...
Looking forward to hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for a Transformative Seminar on "Ocen Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site" – Nov 27, 13:00
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Looking forward to hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for a Transformative Seminar on "Ocen Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site" – Nov 27, 13:00
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Find out more about the book here: brill.com/display/titl...
Congratulations to the editors and authors, and many thanks to @recetvienna.bsky.social for hosting the event!
#SlavicStudies #lit
Congratulations to the editors and authors, and many thanks to @recetvienna.bsky.social for hosting the event!
#SlavicStudies #lit
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Find out more about the book here: brill.com/display/titl...
Congratulations to the editors and authors, and many thanks to @recetvienna.bsky.social for hosting the event!
#SlavicStudies #lit
Congratulations to the editors and authors, and many thanks to @recetvienna.bsky.social for hosting the event!
#SlavicStudies #lit
It was a pleasure hosting Aleksandra Konarzewska (@unituebingen.bsky.social), Una Blagojević (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) & Natalia Borisova (Uni Tübingen) for the book launch of their new volume "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956–1968" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social).
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It was a pleasure hosting Aleksandra Konarzewska (@unituebingen.bsky.social), Una Blagojević (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) & Natalia Borisova (Uni Tübingen) for the book launch of their new volume "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956–1968" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social).
The newest episode of our Transformative Podcast is a special one – our founding director Prof. @philippther.bsky.social talks about his newest book "Der Klang der Monarchie" (@suhrkamp.de), which tells the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the prism of the music it created …
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The newest episode of our Transformative Podcast is a special one – our founding director Prof. @philippther.bsky.social talks about his newest book "Der Klang der Monarchie" (@suhrkamp.de), which tells the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the prism of the music it created …
In case you missed last week's salon with @efinkel.bsky.social and Alexander Etkind – you can now rewatch it on our YouTube channel.
Our next Transformative Salon is coming up already next week – Prof. Eugene Finkel (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) will be presenting his new book "Intent to Destroy", commented by Prof. Alexander Etkind (@weareceu.bsky.social), moderated by Cathrin Kahlweit.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In case you missed last week's salon with @efinkel.bsky.social and Alexander Etkind – you can now rewatch it on our YouTube channel.