Research Center for the History of Transformations
@recetvienna.bsky.social
Transformations in Central & Eastern Europe and beyond. Labor, migration, reform politics, social movements, and culture. Proud part of Uni Vienna.
Glad to see a Polish translation of the Shipyard's Collective (@philippther.bsky.social et al.) "In the Storms of Transformation. Two Shipyards between Socialism and the EU" ("In den Stürmen der Transformation") come out with Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Glad to see a Polish translation of the Shipyard's Collective (@philippther.bsky.social et al.) "In the Storms of Transformation. Two Shipyards between Socialism and the EU" ("In den Stürmen der Transformation") come out with Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
What does football tell us about Ukraine's political and economic transformations after the collapse of the Soviet Union? In this episode of our Transformative Podcast, Kateryna Chernii (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) tells @jelenadj.bsky.social (RECET) about football in the Soviet Union and Ukraine, …
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What does football tell us about Ukraine's political and economic transformations after the collapse of the Soviet Union? In this episode of our Transformative Podcast, Kateryna Chernii (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) tells @jelenadj.bsky.social (RECET) about football in the Soviet Union and Ukraine, …
We are proud to announce a new RECET project related book! In November 2025, the edited volume on Polonia firms, 'Wyłom w Systemie? Firmy Polonijne w PRL' (Scholar, Warszawa 2025), ed. by Jerzy Kochanowski (University of Warsaw) and Lars Fredrik Stöcker (@univie.ac.at) was released!
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We are proud to announce a new RECET project related book! In November 2025, the edited volume on Polonia firms, 'Wyłom w Systemie? Firmy Polonijne w PRL' (Scholar, Warszawa 2025), ed. by Jerzy Kochanowski (University of Warsaw) and Lars Fredrik Stöcker (@univie.ac.at) was released!
CfP: Between Perestroika and the War in Ukraine. Alternative Temporalities in Eastern European and Jewish Histories. (June 29-30, 2026 in Vienna; CfP Deadline February 15, 2026).
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CfP: Between Perestroika and the War in Ukraine. Alternative Temporalities in Eastern European and Jewish Histories. (June 29-30, 2026 in Vienna; CfP Deadline February 15, 2026).
If you're in Vienna, come join us next Thursday, Dec 4, 2025, for a Transformative Salon on "What Has Socialism Done for Women" with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee (University of Pennsylvania), moderated by our Magdalena Baran-Szołtys.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you're in Vienna, come join us next Thursday, Dec 4, 2025, for a Transformative Salon on "What Has Socialism Done for Women" with Prof. Kristen Ghodsee (University of Pennsylvania), moderated by our Magdalena Baran-Szołtys.
It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (NTNU) for a Seminar on "Ocean Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site."
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (NTNU) for a Seminar on "Ocean Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site."
Looking forward to hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for a Transformative Seminar on "Ocen Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site" – Nov 27, 13:00
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Looking forward to hosting Prof. Mats Ingulstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for a Transformative Seminar on "Ocen Transformations: From a Magical Space to a Mining Site" – Nov 27, 13:00
It was a pleasure hosting Aleksandra Konarzewska (@unituebingen.bsky.social), Una Blagojević (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) & Natalia Borisova (Uni Tübingen) for the book launch of their new volume "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956–1968" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social).
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It was a pleasure hosting Aleksandra Konarzewska (@unituebingen.bsky.social), Una Blagojević (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) & Natalia Borisova (Uni Tübingen) for the book launch of their new volume "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956–1968" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social).
The newest episode of our Transformative Podcast is a special one – our founding director Prof. @philippther.bsky.social talks about his newest book "Der Klang der Monarchie" (@suhrkamp.de), which tells the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the prism of the music it created …
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The newest episode of our Transformative Podcast is a special one – our founding director Prof. @philippther.bsky.social talks about his newest book "Der Klang der Monarchie" (@suhrkamp.de), which tells the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the prism of the music it created …
Join us next week (Nov 13) for the book launch of "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968. Ideas in Flux" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2025) with its editors Aleksandra Konarzewska, Una Blagojević, and Natalia Borisova, followed by a discussion.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join us next week (Nov 13) for the book launch of "Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968. Ideas in Flux" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2025) with its editors Aleksandra Konarzewska, Una Blagojević, and Natalia Borisova, followed by a discussion.
Our next Transformative Salon is coming up already next week – Prof. Eugene Finkel (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) will be presenting his new book "Intent to Destroy", commented by Prof. Alexander Etkind (@weareceu.bsky.social), moderated by Cathrin Kahlweit.
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our next Transformative Salon is coming up already next week – Prof. Eugene Finkel (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) will be presenting his new book "Intent to Destroy", commented by Prof. Alexander Etkind (@weareceu.bsky.social), moderated by Cathrin Kahlweit.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian men of fighting age have been subject to a wartime draft. Yet many have chosen to flee the country, often risking perilous border crossings in search of safety.
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian men of fighting age have been subject to a wartime draft. Yet many have chosen to flee the country, often risking perilous border crossings in search of safety.
Yesterday, we held an exciting semester opening with a very relevant Salon on "Loneliness as a Social Problem – Between Feelings and Institutions"
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yesterday, we held an exciting semester opening with a very relevant Salon on "Loneliness as a Social Problem – Between Feelings and Institutions"
Come and join us for the first #TransformativeSalon of the coming semester – Prof. Anna Durnová (@univie.ac.at) will talk about "Loneliness as a Social Problem," commented by Éva Kovács (VWI). Free entry, no registration needed!
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Come and join us for the first #TransformativeSalon of the coming semester – Prof. Anna Durnová (@univie.ac.at) will talk about "Loneliness as a Social Problem," commented by Éva Kovács (VWI). Free entry, no registration needed!
Belated greetings from Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴!
This August, RECET’s Managing Director Irena Remestwenski spent a week with colleagues from the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Humanities.
This August, RECET’s Managing Director Irena Remestwenski spent a week with colleagues from the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Humanities.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Belated greetings from Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴!
This August, RECET’s Managing Director Irena Remestwenski spent a week with colleagues from the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Humanities.
This August, RECET’s Managing Director Irena Remestwenski spent a week with colleagues from the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Humanities.
New #TransformativePodcast out! This time we're bringing you a conversation between Hannes Grandits (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Katharina Tyran (U Helsinki) and Leonid Motz (RECET) about Hannes's and Katharina's new edited volume "The Disputed Austro-Hungarian Border: Agendas, Actors, and Practices…
September 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
New #TransformativePodcast out! This time we're bringing you a conversation between Hannes Grandits (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Katharina Tyran (U Helsinki) and Leonid Motz (RECET) about Hannes's and Katharina's new edited volume "The Disputed Austro-Hungarian Border: Agendas, Actors, and Practices…
Have you already taken a glimpse into the new special issue of Geschichte und Gesellschaft (ed. by RECET's Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ and U Zurich's Catherine Davies) on "Racism and Anti-Racism"?
Far from being immune from global tribulations, postwar, post-imperial, and “post-socialist” Europe –
Far from being immune from global tribulations, postwar, post-imperial, and “post-socialist” Europe –
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Have you already taken a glimpse into the new special issue of Geschichte und Gesellschaft (ed. by RECET's Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ and U Zurich's Catherine Davies) on "Racism and Anti-Racism"?
Far from being immune from global tribulations, postwar, post-imperial, and “post-socialist” Europe –
Far from being immune from global tribulations, postwar, post-imperial, and “post-socialist” Europe –
In addition to archival research on the topic of her dissertation ("A socio-economic history of illegalized logging in Bukovina"), she conducts walks to see the restructuring of the forests that had its roots in the Habsburg administration first hand.
August 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In addition to archival research on the topic of her dissertation ("A socio-economic history of illegalized logging in Bukovina"), she conducts walks to see the restructuring of the forests that had its roots in the Habsburg administration first hand.
Our @fwf-at.bsky.social doc.funds PhD researcher Laura Plochberger (@dshcs.bsky.social) is sending greetings and photos from her research trip to Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania.
August 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our @fwf-at.bsky.social doc.funds PhD researcher Laura Plochberger (@dshcs.bsky.social) is sending greetings and photos from her research trip to Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania.
Everyday Postsocialism in Eastern Europe: History Doesn’t Travel in One Direction (Purdue University Press, 2024). From white-collar workers whose fates diverged, to sexual minorities who enjoyed some years of unprecedented openness and recognition before policy reversals wiped out perceived gains
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Everyday Postsocialism in Eastern Europe: History Doesn’t Travel in One Direction (Purdue University Press, 2024). From white-collar workers whose fates diverged, to sexual minorities who enjoyed some years of unprecedented openness and recognition before policy reversals wiped out perceived gains
New #TransformativePodcast out –
What is #postsocialism and how has it been experienced around Eastern Europe? Ambiguously, according to Jill Massino (UNC Charlotte), the editor, with Marcus Wien, of a new volume on the topic.
What is #postsocialism and how has it been experienced around Eastern Europe? Ambiguously, according to Jill Massino (UNC Charlotte), the editor, with Marcus Wien, of a new volume on the topic.
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New #TransformativePodcast out –
What is #postsocialism and how has it been experienced around Eastern Europe? Ambiguously, according to Jill Massino (UNC Charlotte), the editor, with Marcus Wien, of a new volume on the topic.
What is #postsocialism and how has it been experienced around Eastern Europe? Ambiguously, according to Jill Massino (UNC Charlotte), the editor, with Marcus Wien, of a new volume on the topic.
…in Kooperation mit der Bundesstiftung-Willy-Brandt veranstalten. Anuscheh Farahat (@univie.ac.at), Sabine Hess (Uni Göttingen), Dirk Rupnow (@uniinnsbruck.bsky.social), Frank Wolff (BWBS) diskutierten – moderiert von Cathrin Kahlweit (@falter.at) – vor dem Hintergrund des 30. Schengen-Jahrestages…
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
…in Kooperation mit der Bundesstiftung-Willy-Brandt veranstalten. Anuscheh Farahat (@univie.ac.at), Sabine Hess (Uni Göttingen), Dirk Rupnow (@uniinnsbruck.bsky.social), Frank Wolff (BWBS) diskutierten – moderiert von Cathrin Kahlweit (@falter.at) – vor dem Hintergrund des 30. Schengen-Jahrestages…
🇪🇺 🛂 “Einmal Schengen und Zurück?” – Am letzten Tag unseres RECET-Festivals durften wir auf unserer Festivalbühne eine Podiumsdiskussion zu “Europäischer Einigung, nationaler Souveränität und dem Ringen um eine funktionale Migrationspolitik” …
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🇪🇺 🛂 “Einmal Schengen und Zurück?” – Am letzten Tag unseres RECET-Festivals durften wir auf unserer Festivalbühne eine Podiumsdiskussion zu “Europäischer Einigung, nationaler Souveränität und dem Ringen um eine funktionale Migrationspolitik” …
… while our researchers Nicolas Arendt and Lynn Li presented their PhD projects as part of an international workshop. Great seeing your work discussed around the world!
June 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
… while our researchers Nicolas Arendt and Lynn Li presented their PhD projects as part of an international workshop. Great seeing your work discussed around the world!
Our founding director Philipp Ther gave a lecture at Tongji University, one of China's most prestigious institutions, presenting his latest work on the social history of Music in the Habsburg Empire, …
June 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our founding director Philipp Ther gave a lecture at Tongji University, one of China's most prestigious institutions, presenting his latest work on the social history of Music in the Habsburg Empire, …