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Okategoriserade Still “catching up”? The ideas of “Europeanness” in East Central Europe Introduction. Lingering dream of “Europe”: negotiating in-betweenness and East-West divide
Postcolonial scholarship has made a significant contribution by highlighting and critically assessing the liminal, inbetween positionality of Eastern Europe, which has contributed to the neglect of voices and experiences from the region. Discourses that construct and reproduce the notion of Eastern Europe “catching up” have been examined in historical, anthropological, and sociological contexts, as well as across various fields, including international relations, memory studies, democratization, and European integration. This theme section explores some of these intricacies through the case studies of Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Estonia.
Published in the printed edition of Baltic Worlds BW 2025:4,pages 70-73
Published on balticworlds.com on December 18, 2025
Postcolonial scholarship has made a significant contribution by highlighting and critically assessing the liminal, inbetween positionality of Eastern Europe, which has contributed to the neglect of voices and experiences from the region. Discourses that construct and reproduce the notion of Eastern Europe “catching up” have been examined in historical, anthropological, and sociological contexts, as well as across various fields, including international relations, memory studies, democratization, and European integration. This theme section explores some of these intricacies through the case studies of Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Estonia.
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