Transregional Connections in the History of East-Central Europe

Abstract

Transregional connections play a fundamental role in the history of East-Central Europe. This volume explores this connectivity by showing how people from eastern and central parts of Europe have positioned themselves within global processes while, in turn, also shaping them. The contributions examine different fields of action such as economy, arts, international regulations and law, development aid, and migration, focusing on the period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the end of the Cold War. The authors uncover spaces of interaction and emphasize that internal and external entanglements have established East-Central Europe as a distinct region. Understanding the connectedness of this subregion is stimulating for the historiography of East-Central Europe as it is for the field of global history.

Biographical Note

Katja Castryck-Naumann (Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Leipzig)

Katja Castryck-Naumann studied history, political science and philosophy in Leipzig, Edinburgh and Vienna. She got her PhD from Leipzig University and was a guest scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Aarhus Universitet, Université Science-Po, Lyon and at the CNRS Paris. Further, she received research grants from the DHI, Washington D.C., the University of Chicago and the European Science Foundation. From 2008 to 2016 she worked in the project »Ostmitteleuropa Transnational« at the GWZO where she is now working on her habilitation while also coordinating the centre’s promotion program for young scholars.