hps.cesee&hira global book talk: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

 hps.cesee&hira global book talk: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 - 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲. With Alexej Lochmatow, 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗷 𝗚ó𝗿𝗻𝘆 and 𝗜𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿. Monday, September 23, 16:00 CET / 10 a.m. EST, zoom 

Alexej Lochmatow (Erfurt University) will present his book "𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 - 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲" (Routledge 2024).

This book explores the public debates among scholars that took place in Early Cold War Poland. The author challenges the traditional narrative on the ‘Sovietisation’ of Central and Eastern European countries and proposes to see this process not as a spread of Marxist ideology or a Soviet institutional model, but as an attempt to force scholars to rapidly adopt new academic and civic virtues. This book argues that this project failed to succeed in Poland and shows how the struggle against these new virtues united both Marxist and non-Marxist scholars. While covering the arc of Polish scholarly debates, the author invites the reader to go beyond Poland and to use ‘virtues’ as a framework for reflections on both the foundations of scholarly practice and the ‘nature’ of authoritarian regimes with their ambition to teach scholars how to be ‘virtuous.’

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗷 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘄 (𝗘𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆)

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗷 𝗚ó𝗿𝗻𝘆 (𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝘁é 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆)

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗶-𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 (𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲)

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𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔 (𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆) 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 is an event series launched by the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, Institute of the Leibniz Association. We have developed the series to support a vivid academic exchange and discussion at a time when personal contacts remain restricted. The Digital HIRA Book Launch brings together alumni, current HIRA fellows, and interested colleagues offering the newest results of our research to the broader public.

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