Recently, there has been a major shift in the focus of historical research on World War II
towards the study of the involvements of scholars and academic institutions in the crimes of …

In some countries of the Central Eastern Europe the conviction of being a part of antemurale
christianitatis played an important role in defining one's own identity. It gave these countries …

Jaan Kross—influential poet, prolific essayist, and accomplished translator—is known in
world literature as Estonia's grand old man of the historical novel. Born eighty years ago on …

This dissertation examines the creation of a specialized field for the historical study of
Eastern Europe (Ostforschung) in the beginning of the twentieth century at the University of …

It is a generally known fact that in nineteenth-century Europe, national ideas gained
currency on an unprecedented scale. Even though medievalists and modern historians …

This dissertation inquires into how and why nation-states as interactive collectives attempt to
control women's bodies by regulating their fertility. My theoretical framework draws on …

Exile is usually understood historically as the forced leaving of one's home country because
of first religious, and later political and also ethnic reasons. The notion of exile comprises the …

A significant historical debate regarding the potential structural similarities and continuities
between European colonialism and the Third Reich has been ongoing throughout the last …

L'article introductif analyse les collections sur les pays baltiques/républiques socialistes
soviétiques baltes/États baltes de la contemporaine. La région balte est difficilement …