HPS.CESEE
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HPS.CESEE is an online platform about the history of science in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Our aim is to facilitate the exchange of information among HPS scholars in the region stretching from Prague to Perm and from Tallinn to Tirana.
Final Call for Papers – Deadline: 15 February 2026
There is still time to submit your proposal for the conference “𝐓𝐡𝐞 (𝐔𝐧)𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞” marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1754–1826).
There is still time to submit your proposal for the conference “𝐓𝐡𝐞 (𝐔𝐧)𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞” marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1754–1826).
February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Final Call for Papers – Deadline: 15 February 2026
There is still time to submit your proposal for the conference “𝐓𝐡𝐞 (𝐔𝐧)𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞” marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1754–1826).
There is still time to submit your proposal for the conference “𝐓𝐡𝐞 (𝐔𝐧)𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞” marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1754–1826).
Join the Mathematics & Language: A Historical Perspective workshop, part of the Math & Society workshop series, in Brno, Czechia, on 4–5 June 2026.
Invited speakers: Amirouche Moktefi (Tallin) and Kateřina Trlifajová (Prague).
Deadline: 1 May 2026
More: math-and-society.web...
Invited speakers: Amirouche Moktefi (Tallin) and Kateřina Trlifajová (Prague).
Deadline: 1 May 2026
More: math-and-society.web...
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Join the Mathematics & Language: A Historical Perspective workshop, part of the Math & Society workshop series, in Brno, Czechia, on 4–5 June 2026.
Invited speakers: Amirouche Moktefi (Tallin) and Kateřina Trlifajová (Prague).
Deadline: 1 May 2026
More: math-and-society.web...
Invited speakers: Amirouche Moktefi (Tallin) and Kateřina Trlifajová (Prague).
Deadline: 1 May 2026
More: math-and-society.web...
Augusta Dimou: Contesting Copyright. A History of Intellectual Property in East Central Europe and the Balkans. CEU Press 2026. ISBN 9789633866146. More: www.aup.nl/en/book/9...
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OA: www.taylorfrancis.co...
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Augusta Dimou: Contesting Copyright. A History of Intellectual Property in East Central Europe and the Balkans. CEU Press 2026. ISBN 9789633866146. More: www.aup.nl/en/book/9...
OA: www.taylorfrancis.co...
OA: www.taylorfrancis.co...
Petr Pavlas, Lenka Řezníková, Lucie Storchová (eds.) Cognitive Metaphors and Encyclopaedic Knowledge: Exploring Semantic Transformations in Early Modernity. Praha: Filosofický časopis a Filosofia, 2025 ISBN: 978-80-7007-810-5 . OPEN ACCESS: filcasop.flu.cas.cz/...
February 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Petr Pavlas, Lenka Řezníková, Lucie Storchová (eds.) Cognitive Metaphors and Encyclopaedic Knowledge: Exploring Semantic Transformations in Early Modernity. Praha: Filosofický časopis a Filosofia, 2025 ISBN: 978-80-7007-810-5 . OPEN ACCESS: filcasop.flu.cas.cz/...
Call for Papers: Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe
July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana
Deadline: March 15, 2026
More: inz.si/en/2026/01/30...
July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana
Deadline: March 15, 2026
More: inz.si/en/2026/01/30...
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Call for Papers: Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe
July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana
Deadline: March 15, 2026
More: inz.si/en/2026/01/30...
July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana
Deadline: March 15, 2026
More: inz.si/en/2026/01/30...
Call for Papers: Socialist Techno-Optimism and Governance of Economic Development, 1955–1991
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
September 15–16, 2026
More: www.hsozkult.de/even...
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
September 15–16, 2026
More: www.hsozkult.de/even...
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Call for Papers: Socialist Techno-Optimism and Governance of Economic Development, 1955–1991
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
September 15–16, 2026
More: www.hsozkult.de/even...
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
September 15–16, 2026
More: www.hsozkult.de/even...
Dr. Tanya Richardson, Dr. Arita Holmberg, Olha Matsko, and Dr. Julia Malitska
𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
𝟭𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝟭𝟬 𝗮.𝗺. 𝗠𝗦𝗧 (𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻) 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝗘𝗧 (𝗞𝘆𝗶𝘃)
More: www.ualberta.ca/en/c...
𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
𝟭𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝟭𝟬 𝗮.𝗺. 𝗠𝗦𝗧 (𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻) 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝗘𝗧 (𝗞𝘆𝗶𝘃)
More: www.ualberta.ca/en/c...
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Dr. Tanya Richardson, Dr. Arita Holmberg, Olha Matsko, and Dr. Julia Malitska
𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
𝟭𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝟭𝟬 𝗮.𝗺. 𝗠𝗦𝗧 (𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻) 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝗘𝗧 (𝗞𝘆𝗶𝘃)
More: www.ualberta.ca/en/c...
𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
𝟭𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝟭𝟬 𝗮.𝗺. 𝗠𝗦𝗧 (𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻) 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝗘𝗧 (𝗞𝘆𝗶𝘃)
More: www.ualberta.ca/en/c...
CFP
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
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for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
CFP
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
REMINDER: CfP: Epistemic Passages: Knowledge in Translation, 9–11 September 2026, in Prague
Deadline: 15 February 2026. GWMT annual conference, organised by GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
Deadline: 15 February 2026. GWMT annual conference, organised by GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
February 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
REMINDER: CfP: Epistemic Passages: Knowledge in Translation, 9–11 September 2026, in Prague
Deadline: 15 February 2026. GWMT annual conference, organised by GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
Deadline: 15 February 2026. GWMT annual conference, organised by GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
Die GWMT lädt ein zur Jahrestagung 2026:
Epistemische Passagen/Epistemic Passages
Prag, 9. bis 11. September 2026.
Deadline: 15. Februar 2026.
Veranstaltet von GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
Epistemische Passagen/Epistemic Passages
Prag, 9. bis 11. September 2026.
Deadline: 15. Februar 2026.
Veranstaltet von GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Die GWMT lädt ein zur Jahrestagung 2026:
Epistemische Passagen/Epistemic Passages
Prag, 9. bis 11. September 2026.
Deadline: 15. Februar 2026.
Veranstaltet von GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
Epistemische Passagen/Epistemic Passages
Prag, 9. bis 11. September 2026.
Deadline: 15. Februar 2026.
Veranstaltet von GWMT, MIA CAS, FSV CUNI, GWZO Leipzig/Prague. More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/ca...
CFP: The European Academies' Research Initiative, EARI, is organising a workshop on "The Role of Academies in the Co-Evolution of Science and the State", at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale) on 4-6 November 2026. Details: www.leopoldina.org/f...
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
CFP: The European Academies' Research Initiative, EARI, is organising a workshop on "The Role of Academies in the Co-Evolution of Science and the State", at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale) on 4-6 November 2026. Details: www.leopoldina.org/f...
We invite submissions to the combined-format panel:
Democracy on the Edge: Science, Technology and Political Promise in Central and Eastern Europe
EASST 2026, September 8-11, 2026, Kraków.
Panel details and submission link:nomadit.co.uk/confer...
Democracy on the Edge: Science, Technology and Political Promise in Central and Eastern Europe
EASST 2026, September 8-11, 2026, Kraków.
Panel details and submission link:nomadit.co.uk/confer...
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
We invite submissions to the combined-format panel:
Democracy on the Edge: Science, Technology and Political Promise in Central and Eastern Europe
EASST 2026, September 8-11, 2026, Kraków.
Panel details and submission link:nomadit.co.uk/confer...
Democracy on the Edge: Science, Technology and Political Promise in Central and Eastern Europe
EASST 2026, September 8-11, 2026, Kraków.
Panel details and submission link:nomadit.co.uk/confer...
Sven Jaros (Halle): Die intellektuelle Partnerschaft von Franciszek Duchiński und Seweryna Duchińska als intersektionale Wissensgeschichte des östlichen Europas
Donnerstag, 05.02.2026, in Halle und via WebEx. Anmeldung: tina.bourguignon(at)geschichte.uni-halle.de).
Donnerstag, 05.02.2026, in Halle und via WebEx. Anmeldung: tina.bourguignon(at)geschichte.uni-halle.de).
January 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Sven Jaros (Halle): Die intellektuelle Partnerschaft von Franciszek Duchiński und Seweryna Duchińska als intersektionale Wissensgeschichte des östlichen Europas
Donnerstag, 05.02.2026, in Halle und via WebEx. Anmeldung: tina.bourguignon(at)geschichte.uni-halle.de).
Donnerstag, 05.02.2026, in Halle und via WebEx. Anmeldung: tina.bourguignon(at)geschichte.uni-halle.de).
Call for Papers: 33. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Expert*innen / 33rd Conference of Junior Scholars in the Field of East European Studies (JOE)
More: dgo-online.org/infor...
More: dgo-online.org/infor...
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Call for Papers: 33. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Expert*innen / 33rd Conference of Junior Scholars in the Field of East European Studies (JOE)
More: dgo-online.org/infor...
More: dgo-online.org/infor...
Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’. Nothing happened?
Edited by Kathryn Batchelor and Iryna Odrekhivska
UCL Press
Free download: https://bit.ly/4nglVku
Edited by Kathryn Batchelor and Iryna Odrekhivska
UCL Press
Free download: https://bit.ly/4nglVku
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’. Nothing happened?
Edited by Kathryn Batchelor and Iryna Odrekhivska
UCL Press
Free download: https://bit.ly/4nglVku
Edited by Kathryn Batchelor and Iryna Odrekhivska
UCL Press
Free download: https://bit.ly/4nglVku
Miroslav Vodrážka: Systémově zneužitá a zneužívající Československá psychiatrie v Soft-sovětském stylu (1948-1989) [Systemically abused and abusive Czechoslovak psychiatry in the Soft-Soviet style (1948-1989)]. Praha 2025. ISBN: 978-80-53066-04-4
URL: www.ustrcr.cz/publik...
URL: www.ustrcr.cz/publik...
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Miroslav Vodrážka: Systémově zneužitá a zneužívající Československá psychiatrie v Soft-sovětském stylu (1948-1989) [Systemically abused and abusive Czechoslovak psychiatry in the Soft-Soviet style (1948-1989)]. Praha 2025. ISBN: 978-80-53066-04-4
URL: www.ustrcr.cz/publik...
URL: www.ustrcr.cz/publik...
The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS) invites submissions to its 45th conference to be held from June 30th to July 3rd, 2026. The conference will be hosted by Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, in person only. More: www.eshhs.eu/wordpre...
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS) invites submissions to its 45th conference to be held from June 30th to July 3rd, 2026. The conference will be hosted by Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, in person only. More: www.eshhs.eu/wordpre...
Workshop: The History of Agrochemicals and International Development: Knowledge, Politics, and Business, 1940s to the Present
Date and place of the workshop: 6 November 2026, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
More: www.chemicalcrossroa...
Date and place of the workshop: 6 November 2026, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
More: www.chemicalcrossroa...
January 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Workshop: The History of Agrochemicals and International Development: Knowledge, Politics, and Business, 1940s to the Present
Date and place of the workshop: 6 November 2026, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
More: www.chemicalcrossroa...
Date and place of the workshop: 6 November 2026, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
More: www.chemicalcrossroa...
CfP for the XV International Symposium on the Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice: “The Long Bohemian Reformation, European Universities, and Scholarly Disputations.” Prague, 18–19 June 2026, deadline January 31, 2026. More: www.flu.cas.cz/en/fo...
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 AM
CfP for the XV International Symposium on the Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice: “The Long Bohemian Reformation, European Universities, and Scholarly Disputations.” Prague, 18–19 June 2026, deadline January 31, 2026. More: www.flu.cas.cz/en/fo...
Grzegorz Konat, Gavin Rae (eds.). Exploring the Ideas of Tadeusz Kowalik: Crises, Transformations and Alternatives. Palgrave Macmillan 2025.
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link.springer.com/bo...
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Grzegorz Konat, Gavin Rae (eds.). Exploring the Ideas of Tadeusz Kowalik: Crises, Transformations and Alternatives. Palgrave Macmillan 2025.
link.springer.com/bo...
link.springer.com/bo...
Hybid event: Anna Nakai, “Sporadic Trajectory of Eastern European Thought: Postwar Japanese Intellectuals and Their Source of Alternative Ideas”, Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, Wednesday 28 January, 15:00 CET
ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85...
ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85...
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Hybid event: Anna Nakai, “Sporadic Trajectory of Eastern European Thought: Postwar Japanese Intellectuals and Their Source of Alternative Ideas”, Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, Wednesday 28 January, 15:00 CET
ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85...
ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85...
SOCIALIST ANTHROPOCENE IN THE VISUAL ARTS CONFERENCE
Solidarity with Nature: Envisioning the Ecological Heritage of World Socialism
Sainsbury Art Centre, University of East Anglia
21 - 22 May 2026
Deadline for proposals: 11 February 2026
www.sava.earth
Solidarity with Nature: Envisioning the Ecological Heritage of World Socialism
Sainsbury Art Centre, University of East Anglia
21 - 22 May 2026
Deadline for proposals: 11 February 2026
www.sava.earth
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM
SOCIALIST ANTHROPOCENE IN THE VISUAL ARTS CONFERENCE
Solidarity with Nature: Envisioning the Ecological Heritage of World Socialism
Sainsbury Art Centre, University of East Anglia
21 - 22 May 2026
Deadline for proposals: 11 February 2026
www.sava.earth
Solidarity with Nature: Envisioning the Ecological Heritage of World Socialism
Sainsbury Art Centre, University of East Anglia
21 - 22 May 2026
Deadline for proposals: 11 February 2026
www.sava.earth
ISIH Conference 2026: Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History
International Society for Intellectual History Conference 2026
Date: 18–20 September 2026
Venue: Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
URL: fass.sabanciuniv.edu...
International Society for Intellectual History Conference 2026
Date: 18–20 September 2026
Venue: Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
URL: fass.sabanciuniv.edu...
January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
ISIH Conference 2026: Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History
International Society for Intellectual History Conference 2026
Date: 18–20 September 2026
Venue: Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
URL: fass.sabanciuniv.edu...
International Society for Intellectual History Conference 2026
Date: 18–20 September 2026
Venue: Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
URL: fass.sabanciuniv.edu...
Karol Sanojca, Barbara Techmańska (eds.) Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego i jego pracownicy we wspomnieniach wychowanków, współpracowników, przyjaciół. Wrocław: WUW 2025.
OA: wuwr.eu/wp-content/u...
OA: wuwr.eu/wp-content/u...
January 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Karol Sanojca, Barbara Techmańska (eds.) Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego i jego pracownicy we wspomnieniach wychowanków, współpracowników, przyjaciół. Wrocław: WUW 2025.
OA: wuwr.eu/wp-content/u...
OA: wuwr.eu/wp-content/u...
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new volume of Contradictions, dedicated to Marxism and Psychoanalysis in Central and Eastern Europe.
As with last year,the Czech and English issues are published separately.
You can browse the contents here: kontradikce.flu.cas....
As with last year,the Czech and English issues are published separately.
You can browse the contents here: kontradikce.flu.cas....
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new volume of Contradictions, dedicated to Marxism and Psychoanalysis in Central and Eastern Europe.
As with last year,the Czech and English issues are published separately.
You can browse the contents here: kontradikce.flu.cas....
As with last year,the Czech and English issues are published separately.
You can browse the contents here: kontradikce.flu.cas....