Bijeg is a novel by the Croatian writer Milutin Cihlar Nehajev, here translated into English by Damir Janigro with the title Fugue. Regarded as a paramount example of Croatian... Læs mere
The life of Töhötöm Nagy (1908–1979), Jesuit, Mason, and secret service agent, offers fascinating insights into interwar Hungary, the Catholic Church and Vatican diplomacy, Freemasonry, and the activities of communist state security service.
A complex array of individual responses to the abuse of power by the state is represented in this book in three horrific episodes in the history of East-Central Europe.
This memoir about the experiences of German occupation during the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) was written by Moscow-born Evdokiia Vasil’evna Baskakova-Bogacheva (1888–1976), an émigré in Australia, at the age of eighty-one.
Beginning its narrative in 1961, when Albanian King Zog I died in a Paris hospital after 22 years in exile, this book tells the colourful story of this Balkan country's first and only monarch.
This volume discusses documentary film, theatre, and literature from the 1960s to the 2020s in... Læs mere
The series aims to catalyze and showcase social research that is fundamentally grounded in engagement and interaction at the ground level in Southeast Europe, prioritizing grassroots perspectives and lived experiences.
We have politics on our mind—or, rather, we have politics in different parts of our brains. In this path-breaking study, Matt Qvortrup takes the reader... Læs mere
This memoir about the experiences of German occupation during the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) was written by Moscow-born Evdokiia Vasil’evna Baskakova-Bogacheva (1888–1976), an émigré in Australia, at the age of eighty-one.
Recounts how during the Cold War, the West fought off Soviet propaganda assaults with shortwave radio broadcasts through US-funded... Læs mere
Examines the resilient cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the transethnic character of folklore and customs shared by Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, rather than the divisions that dominated their tragic recent past.