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Research Center for the History of Transformations
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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:
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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
Find out more about this podcast episode and the handbook:
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Episode 75: 1989 and the Great Transformation
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January 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM
… transformation processes that resulted from a historical perspective. It takes the events of that momentous year as a pivot to explore longer-term processes of economic, social, political, and cultural transformation linked to the rise of neoliberalism and globalization.
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 …
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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
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 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...
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
Passend dazu @magdalenabaran.bsky.social's Kommentar bei unserem letzten Transformative Salon mit Prof. Kristen Ghodsee
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Kristen Ghodsee & Magdalena Baran-Szołtys: What Has Socialism Done For Women?
YouTube video by RECET Vienna
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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...
Die unvollendete Emanzipation
Was Sozialismus, Systembruch 1989 und Arbeitszeitpolitik über Macht, Gender und Freiheit verraten
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January 15, 2026 at 12:16 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"
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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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
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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...
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
You can find the podcast on our website or wherever you get your pods!
www.recet.at/podcast/deta...
Episode 74: From Triumph to Humiliation and Back: China’s Everchanging History of WWII
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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!
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 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...
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
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 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!
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 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.
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
… on the post-Soviet transformation in Ukraine. Listen to this episode wherever you get your pods or through recet.at/podcast
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December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
… the legacies of communism, the role of elites and what is happening in this sphere in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Chernii reflects on the legacies of the Soviet system in football, illuminating bottom-up perspectives …
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, …
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM