The concerns of historians
Network of Concerned Historians Annual Report 2025, contains news about the domain where history and human rights intersect, in particular about the censorship of history and the persecution of historians.
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Articles written by Ninna Mörner
Honoring Markus Huss
Sadly, Markus Huss, member of the Scholarly Advisory Board and former Chair of the board, is no longer with us. Markus Huss was a muchappreciated scholar, beloved friend and colleague and is deeply missed.
Call for Applications Transnational Perspectives on Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region: Past and Present
CBEES Summerschool 2025, August 18-23 is now open for application. Apply before March 21.
CBEES Annual Conference: “Shaping Futures: The Baltics and Eastern Europe in the World” November 28-29, 2024
The 10th CBEES Annual Conference offers a time of retrospection and a time of new imaginings – a time to […]
CBEES Memory Summer School 2024
The CBEES Summer School 2024 “The Return of History: Memory, War and the End of the "Post” is a specialized course that delves into in-depth studies of central theories of cultural memory.
Baltic Worlds Roundtable.
At the upcoming CBEES Annual Conference 2024 (Södertörn University, 28–29 November) there will be a roundtable discussion on academic area studies journals related to the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, organised by Ninna Mörner (Baltic Worlds) and Joakim Ekman (CBEES, Södertörn University).
Safe guarding human rights during war
Civil society in Ukraine is, although under severe stress, very active and plays an important role in providing people with their basic needs and safeguarding their human rights. Civil society in Ukraine is still functioning even in a situation of full-scale invasion and warfare, with constant shelling and unpredictable attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian civilians. How is this possible?
Russian journalism in Exile A new chapter in Novaya Gazeta's life
The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta is known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. Their former editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratov, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Kirill Martynov is now editor-in-chief for Novaya Gazeta Europe, operating from Riga, Latvia. He is the newspaper’s former political editor, a political scientist, and a former associate professor at Moscow State University. In an open lecture at Södertörn University November 22, Kirill Martynov discussed Russian journalism in exile and the new chapter in Novaya Gazeta’s life.
Call for papers Baltic Worlds’ Special Section: Nationhood, gender, and classical music education
Call for papers "Nationhood, gender, and classical music education". Baltic Worlds will publish a special section on classical music and music education in the Baltic Sea region and Central Europe in 2023/2024, guest edited by Associate Professor Ann Werner (Södertörn University and Uppsala University).
Andrea Pető: “Why Do Universities and Academic Freedom Matter?”
Andrea Petö, professor at the Central European University (CEU), was awarded an honorary doctorate an held a talk:" Why Do Universities and Academic Freedom Matter?" where she warned about how illiberal regimes infiltrate universities to legitimize their ideology.
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