Holý, Martin, et al.: Die Universität Basel und die Böhmischen Länder (1460–1630).

 Holý, Martin (in cooperation with Boldan, Kamil; Pelc, Vojtech; Podavka, Ondrej; Ryantová, Marie; Vaculínová, Marta): Die Universität Basel und die Böhmischen Länder (1460–1630). , Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke Verlag 2025. ISBN: 978-3-7995-2045-4

Open Acess: https://shop.verlagsgruppe-patmos.de/media/medien/pdf/ebook/9783799521253_ebook.pdf

Das Buch befasst sich mit den Beziehungen zwischen der Universität Basel und den böhmischen Ländern im Zeitraum von 1460 bis 1630. Untersucht werden die Struktur und die grundlegenden Entwicklungstendenzen der Universität, ihre Frequentierung durch die Bewohner der böhmischen Länder, ihre soziale und konfessionelle Zusammensetzung, ihr Bildungsprofil und die weiteren Laufbahnen der Studierenden.

Ein anderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Alltagsleben der Studenten in Basel (Finanzierung, Studium, Unterkunft, Verpflegung usw.), ihren literarischen Aktivitäten, Korrespondenznetzwerken, Stammbüchern und Bibliotheken. Auch der Einfluss des Basler Buchdrucks auf die böhmischen Länder wird in dem Buch analysiert. Einen integralen Bestandteil der Monographie bilden die Anhänge, deren umfangreichster Teil Biogramme von 211 untersuchten Persönlichkeiten enthält.

Call for papers: Nourishing the Socialist Bloc: Food, Health, and Environment after 1945

 Call for papers: Nourishing the Socialist Bloc: Food, Health, and Environment after 1945

26–27 November 2026

‘George Barițiu’ Institute of History & Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

[https://sites.google.com/view/nutripol-statesocialism/news]

CFP: Sites and Spaces, Cracow, 19.10.2027 - 22.10.2027, Deadline: 30.09.2026

 CFP: Sites and Spaces, Cracow, 19.10.2027 - 22.10.2027, Deadline: 30.09.2026

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The Organising Committee of the 5th International Congress of Polish History invites researchers to submit proposals for papers and panels for the upcoming Congress, to be held in Kraków from 19 to 22 October 2027.

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Krakow Branch of the Polish Historical Society; Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University in Kraków; Institute of History and Archival Studies, University of the National Education Commission in Kraków; Museum of Polish History; International Cultural Centre; Museum of Kraków, 31-007 Krakau (Poland)

The Congress is the largest international academic event dedicated to Polish history and culture. Held every five years in Kraków since 2007, it serves as a forum for presenting the latest interpretations and for the creative development of historiographical scholarship on Polish and Central European history. Scholars from various academic disciplines and from different generations and regions of the world are warmly encouraged to participate.

Theme

The leading theme of this edition is the categories of sites, places, and space. Within this broad framework, the Congress welcomes contributions from a wide range of subdisciplines, including urban history, the history of settlement, social, economic, environmental, and non-anthropocentric history, microhistory, the history of culture, ideas, and mentalities, and the history of warfare. Sessions are expected to be primarily problem-oriented and to transcend narrow chronological boundaries.

Submission Guidelines

Individual paper proposals should include a title, a short biographical note (name, affiliation, contact details), and an abstract of no more than 1,300 characters/200 words. Each paper presentation is allotted 20 minutes.

Session/panel proposals should include a title, a description of up to 4,000 characters/800 words, the names and affiliations of all moderators and participants, the titles and short abstracts of each presentation, and contact details for the moderators. Sessions should have two moderators from different institutions. Each session lasts 4 hours and should include at least 4 international researchers (with 5–7 participants being the standard). One scholar based in Poland may be invited, preferably as a commentator or discussant.

Deadlines and Practicalities

Proposals must be submitted in English or Polish by 30 September 2026 via the online form: https://forms.gle/mdPP17qD3TPojuNs6

Authors will be notified of the outcome by the end of October 2026. Draft papers or extended abstracts should be ready by the end of July 2027 and will be made available on the Congress intranet approximately one month before the event.

Congress participants will be provided with accommodation, coffee breaks, and lunches during the proceedings, as well as conference materials. No registration fee is anticipated.

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Call for aplicants: Asynchronous Histories Summer School

 Call for aplicants: Asynchronous Histories Summer School, 31 August – 4 September 2026

The Asynchronous Histories Summer School aims to explore regions and historical moments shaped by the coexistence of divergent and asynchronous sociopolitical processes. Such conditions often produce paradoxical outcomes, revealing unexpected tensions when seemingly well-established actors, institutions, and mechanisms are put into practice.

To examine these complex dynamics, participants will engage with a wide range of topics, including theories of historical time, unconventional transfers of ideas and practices between East and West, and alternative pathways of modernization. The programme will feature lectures, seminars, and discussions led by distinguished scholars, including participation of Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty. During AHSS he will deliver an open lecture and lead a seminar with the school’s students.

In response to numerous requests, we have decided to extend the application deadline until 30 June 2026.

More information: https://wsnsir.uw.edu.pl/asynchronous-histories-summer-school-2/

Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, a founding member of the Subaltern Studies Collective, and a founding editor of Postcolonial Studies. Through his scholarly work, Chakrabarty has both “provincialized Europe” and brought the contemporary humanities back down to Earth. Moving from social to planetary history, he has challenged historians to recognize that the significance of their work cannot be confined to the past alone. His writings have fundamentally reshaped the ways in which we problematize and interpret the present.

Drawing on philosophical reflection and the historical experience of the Global South, Chakrabarty argues that the teleological and Eurocentric narrative of progress and emancipation was never an autonomous or universal process. Instead, he advances a planetary perspective attentive to the operations of capital and the enduring structures of colonial power. In his more recent work, Chakrabarty emphasizes that humanity has profoundly transformed the conditions of planetary existence, exerting long-term effects on the Earth system itself. In his books he decentrers the privileged position of human agency in history and invites renewed reflection on politics, responsibility, and freedom from a perspective that exceeds the exclusively human point of view. From this perspective, planetary consciousness reveals both the limitations of the nation-state and the ambivalent role of the global capitalism. His understanding of political time ultimately compels us to conceive of “universal history” as a material phenomenon—an actual limit confronting our civilization.

Chakrabarty is the recipient of the Toynbee Prize and has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of London, the University of Antwerp, and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Among his most influential books are Rethinking Working-Class History (Princeton, 1989), Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference (Princeton, 2000), The Crises of Civilization: Exploring Global and Planetary Histories (Oxford, 2018), The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (Chicago, 2021), and One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax (2023). 

Sylwia Konarska-Zimnicka, A History of Medieval Astrology: The Importance of the Kraków School of Astrology (15th-16th centuries) (Routledge, May 2026)

 Sylwia Konarska-Zimnicka, A History of Medieval Astrology: The Importance of the Kraków School of Astrology (15th-16th centuries) (Routledge, May 2026)

https://www.routledge.com/A-History-of-Medieval-Astrology-The-Importance-of-the-Krakow-School-of-Astrology-15th-16th-centuries/Konarska-Zimnicka/p/book/9789048568185

A History of Medieval Astrology analyses the contributions of the Kraków Astronomy and Astrology School, part of the University of Kraków – one of the fastest growing universities in 15th-century Europe.

Astrology was a science practised by the most prominent representatives of the most important medieval universities. Astrology was an ‘inseparable life companion’ of the then contemporary society, and it explained both the surrounding reality as well as what was difficult to understand. The two departments of the Faculty of Liberal Arts – astronomy, founded in at the beginning of the 15th century, and astrology, established in the mid-15th century – were the first such departments in contemporary Central Europe. Between the mid-15th and mid-16th centuries, Polish scholars wrote a number of excellent works on astronomical and astrological issues. These were not only texts for astrology students, but also prognostics, almanacs, calendars, short notes and longer astrological treatises. Discussing this rich source material, the book shows the importance of the Kraków cathedral of astrology and its masters in medieval Europe.

Roman Duda: A History of Polish Mathematics. A Cultural Perspective from Origins to Modernity. Peter Lang 2026.

Roman Duda: A History of Polish Mathematics. A Cultural Perspective from Origins to Modernity. Peter Lang 2026. ISBN (Hardcover): 9783631877647

Summary

The book traces the history of mathematics in the Polish lands from pagan times (the tenth century AD) to the present, with particular attention to the era inaugurated by the reforms of the National Education Commission (1773–1794), through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries until recently. Richly illustrated and thoroughly documented, it recounts the many achievements of Polish mathematicians— including the world-renowned interwar Polish School of Mathematics—alongside the great tragedies, notably the losses caused by the Second World War, as well as the arduous post-war revival. A book for anyone interested in Polish culture and its achievements.

The Ambiguities of Indoctrination in Russian Universities and Schools

 Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), No. 341: The Ambiguities of Indoctrination in Russian Universities and Schools

Author(s): Ivan Fomin, Julia Khairova, Egor Kozhevnikov, Ella Rossman, Nina Zakharkina-Berezner

Editor(s): Fabian Burkhardt, Vassily Klimentov, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder

Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)

Issue: 341

Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich

Publication Year: 2026

This issue examines state ideologisation and its implementation in contemporary Russian education and society. First, Ivan Fomin et al. analyse the “Foundations of Russian Statehood” university course, arguing that Putinism relies on a “thin statism” rather than a coherent doctrine. Next, Ella Rossman explores the strategic incoherence of Russia’s “traditional values” ideology, showing how its ambiguous mix of Orthodox neoconservatism and Soviet legacies struggles with direct youth indoctrination. Finally, Nina Zakharkina-Berezner investigates the militarisation of Russian schools, detailing how some teachers employ adaptive strategies to maintain professional autonomy amid ideological pressure.

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