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In Weibliche Handlungsmacht und Mobilität (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024), Corinna Schattauer examines how female beauty contestants in interwar Germany used such contests as a means of pursuing their own agency and mobility.

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Beauty contests and women’s agency in early-20th-century Germany - CEU Review of Books
In Weibliche Handlungsmacht und Mobilität (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024), Corinna Schattauer examines how female beauty contestants in interwar Germany used such contests as a means of pursuing their ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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New interview!

Stefan B. Kirmse (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) talked to us about his @erc.europa.eu-funded project, "In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union" #JUSTIMINO.

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Legality and justice in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: An interview with Stefan B. Kirmse - CEU Review of Books
Stefan B. Kirmse talks to us about his ERC-funded project, In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (JUSTIMINO).
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November 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Thank you for the critical eye and big picture!
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024), Doina Anca Cretu explores how Romania leveraged American aid for post–First World War modernization and reconstruction. Mathias Fuelling reviews the book.

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Humanitarian aid and philanthropy in interwar Romania - CEU Review of Books
In Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (Stanford UP, 2024), Doina Anca Cretu explores how Romania leveraged American aid for post–First World War modernization and reconstruction. Mathi...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The editors of The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe, Agnieszka Kościańska, Anita Kurimay, Kateřina Lišková, & Hadley Z. Renkin, offer a cornerstone in the canon of academic scholarship on sexuality.
Read @zsofia-v.bsky.social's review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/build...
Building the canon: The past and present of sexuality in East Central Europe - CEU Review of Books
The editors of The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe (2025), Agnieszka Kościańska, Anita Kurimay, Kateřina Lišková, and Hadley Z. Renkin, offer a rich and extensive volume that co...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.

We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.

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October 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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In Borders in Red (@cornellupress.bsky.social, 2025), Stephan Rindlisbacher examines how territorial and ethnic boundaries were constructed during the formative years of the Soviet state. Aleksandr Korobeinikov reviews the book.

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The borders of diversity: Red lines in the Soviet experiment - CEU Review of Books
In Borders in Red (Northern Illinois University Press, 2025), Stephan Rindlisbacher examines how territorial and ethnic boundaries were constructed during the formative years of the Soviet state. Alek...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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In A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700–1918 (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2025), Marina B. Mogilner, Alexander Semyonov, Ilya V. Gerasimov, and Sergey Glebov present a de-centred history of Northern Eurasia. Arina Fedorova reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/rethi...
Rethinking the history of Northern Eurasia - CEU Review of Books
In A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700–1918: From Russian to Global History (Bloomsbury, 2025), Marina B. Mogilner, Alexander Semyonov, Ilya V. Gerasimov, and Sergey Glebov present a de-c...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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How does the “Second World” invite us to rethink international law?

Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.

By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social

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(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part I
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September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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While you’re at it, check out the first academic review of my book on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social by Prof. Mariana Neț here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-f...
The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books
Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Mark Mazower’s judicious interpretation Antisemitism is released this week - and already covered @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social! ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/do-...
Do not surrender to words! Mark Mazower on two histories of Antisemitism - CEU Review of Books
Ferenc Laczó delves into Mark Mazower's forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History (Allen Lane, 2025), writing that its proposal is to combat anti-Jewish prejudice not in isolation but as part ...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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In "The Eastern Front" (@wwnorton.com, 2024), Nick Lloyd presents a detailed, rich history of the Eastern front during the First World War, a vast theatre of war that brought about the collapse of three empires. David M. Durrant reviews the book.

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A new history of the Eastern Front - CEU Review of Books
In The Eastern Front (W.W. Norton & Company, 2024), Nick Lloyd presents a detailed, rich history of the Eastern front during the First World War, a vast theatre of war that brought about the collapse ...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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My new long read - a review essay really & not at all that long! - at the amazing @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social platform
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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New long read! @ferenclaczo.bsky.social delves into Mark Mazower’s forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History ( @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social, 2025), commenting that its proposal for a kind of progressive centrism is difficult to disagree with.

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Do not surrender to words! Mark Mazower on two histories of Antisemitism - CEU Review of Books
Ferenc Laczó delves into Mark Mazower's forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History (Allen Lane, 2025), writing that its proposal is to combat anti-Jewish prejudice not in isolation but as part ...
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September 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A big thank you to @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social for a fun interview about my new project.
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Great conversation with @blenormand.bsky.social @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social @umceehub.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Back from our summer ☀️ break with an interview! Read about @blenormand.bsky.social's new @erc.europa.eu project, "Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe" (FeMMiWork).

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Interview with Brigitte le Normand on her ERC-funded project FeMMiWork - CEU Review of Books
Brigitte le Normand talks to us about her new ERC-funded project, Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe (FeMMiWork).
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September 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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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, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social) on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social to be mentioned here!
August 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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New long read! Read Lucy Jeffery’s in-depth review of Benjamin Nathans’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (@princetonupress.bsky.social). Jeffery notes that the parallels with Russia today will not be lost on contemporary readers.
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A definitive history of the Soviet dissident movement - CEU Review of Books
Lucy Jeffery’s in-depth review of Benjamin Nathans’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement (Princeton University Press, 2024...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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In Ethics of the Algorithm (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2024), Todd Presner proposes ethical design, metadata reform, and responsible infrastructure for Holocaust memory and history.

Reviewed by Jan Burzlaff.

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Listening after the end: The ethics of algorithmic memory - CEU Review of Books
In Ethics of the Algorithm (Princeton University Press, 2024), Todd Presner proposes ethical design, metadata reform, and responsible infrastructure for Holocaust memory and history, offering an inter...
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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I’m overjoyed the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ), by Prof. Mariana Neț in @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social !
Screenshot of an academic review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest” by Mariana Neț, published in CEU Review of Books, July 2025. The review discusses Sonia-Doris Andraș’s book “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series), focusing on the role of fashion and consumer culture among middle-class women in interwar Bucharest. The page includes the publication date, reviewer name, and summary text. Screenshot of the CEU Review of Books website showing Mariana Neț’s review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest”. Below the review, there’s a book cover image of “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” by Sonia-Doris Andraș, published by Bloomsbury in 2024. Book details include page count (256), ISBN number (9781350294455), and a brief note linking the book’s themes to fashion and gender in interwar Romania.
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"'The Women of Little Paris' is a valuable and fascinating book.... @soniadandras.bsky.social makes an enticing and original analyses, often from unexpected perspectives." — @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social 💙📚

See the book: bit.ly/4kUarBy

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July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024), Sonia-Doris Andraș examines middle-class women in interwar Bucharest and their consumption of fashion, offering readers a glimpse into a modernising Romania. Mariana Neţ reviews the book.

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The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books
Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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New interview out on the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social

Kornelia Kończal interviews Bohdan Shumylovych and Magdalena Zolkos, the editors of Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on the War in Ukraine: Imprints and Dreamscapes published by Routledge in 2024.

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The production of fireflies: Violence, hope and the Ukrainian imagination - CEU Review of Books
Kornelia Kończal interviews Bohdan Shumylovych and Magdalena Zolkos, the editors of Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on the War in Ukraine: Imprints and Dreamscapes published by Routledge in 202...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM