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Scientiae 2027 (Torino, 17-19 June): CFP Open Dear all, the 14th annual meeting of *Scientiae* will take place in Torino, Italy. More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

CFP: War Virtues in Science and Scholarship: Historical perspectives on cultivating the images of combat-ready scholars and scientists. Research Centre for the Political Epistemologies of Central and Eastern Europe, Erfurt, 08.07.2027 - 09.07.2027 More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

‘Beyond Pavlov: Understandings of Psychological Distress in Eastern Europe’ An International 2-day symposium to take place at the University of Warwick (UK), 13-14 May 2027 Deadline for the Submission of Abstracts: 1 January 2027 More: warwick.ac.uk/fac/ar...

Maciej Ptaszynski: The Reformation in Poland and the Legacy of Erasmus of Rotterdam. Brill 2026. ISBN: 978-90-04-77004-1 OA: brill.com/display/ti...

Maria Ujwary: Stanisław Krauze (1902–1977). Farmaceuta, bromatolog, społecznik [Stanisław Krauze (1902–1977): Pharmacist, Bromatologist, Social Activist]. Ignatarium 2023. ISBN: 978-83-7614-684-3 Fragmenty: wydawnictwo.ignatian...

CfA The Making of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the “Gray Areas” of War, 1945-2011 Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines 18.12.2026, Paris More: journals.openedition...

THIS WEEK! Upcoming Webinar, “Women, ‘Failure’ and Academia” with Dr Marina Cano & Dr Theodora Jean. Online on Thursday 22 October 4-5pm (BST)/ 5-6pm (CET). Free. All welcome. [Check your own time zone!] More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

Call for papers: Epistemologies of the Hinterland: The Making of Rural Knowledge in the 20th Century and beyond The publication project aims to analyze epistemic complexes that defined rurality along several hierarchical divides For more details see here: fakzen-thks.univie.a....

Aleksandra Derra, Anna M. Kola, Wojciech Piasek (eds.): Women, University and History in Central Europe. The Herstory of Nicolaus Copernicus University. V&R unipress, 2026. ISBN: 978-3-8471-2001-8 OPEN ACCESS: www.vandenhoeck-rupr...

Roundtable discussion “Soviet naukovedenie as an intellectual legacy: how and why to study it today?” 24 October, 12.00 CET, in Russian language European University at St Petersburg (hybrid) eusp.org/events/krug...

Soon in Grenoble! To join online please visit visio.numerique.gouv...

[Ukrainian Book Club in Tokyo × SRC] SRC is pleased to announce the joint roundtable “George Y. Shevelov (1908–2002): Intellectual Life and Scholarly Legacy.” October 26 (Mon), 2026. CET: 9:30 a.m., JPT: 5:30 p.m. Venue : us02web.zoom.us/meet...

CFP: Science in the Field: People, Practices and Environments in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union (Fribourg, 14–15 June 2027) Submission deadline: 1 December 2026 More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

hps.cesee Sunday shortread H-Environment Roundtable Reviews: Anna Mazanik, Sanitizing Moscow: Waste, Animals, and Urban Health in Late Imperial Moscow. ISBN: 9780822967729. URL: networks.h-net.org/s...

Daniela Angetter-Pfeiffer: Bekämpft und verboten – Frauen in der Medizin. Amalthea Signum 2026. ISBN 978-3-99050-308-9 More: amalthea.at/produkt/...

Early Career Prize 2025–26: History of the Human Sciences History of the Human Sciences – the international journal of peer-reviewed research – is delighted to announce details of its annual prize for early career scholars. More: www.histhum.com/cate...

Earlier this week, a Russian drone strike hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, [...]. Paul Josephson speaks to Jack Dickens about why Vladimir Putin is targeting Ukraine’s leading research institutes. The EI Podcast: tinyurl.com/37z3w7cn

International Online Lecture Series “The Human-Animal Bond in Eastern and Eastern-Central European Literature and Scholarship (19th ct.)” will take place online every other Friday starting October 16, 2026. Details in the attached poster & here: www.uni-bamberg.de/s...

Gáspár Salamon: Stilarchitektur? Transfer kunsthistorischen Wissens in der ungarischen Architekturlehre (1864–1914). Böhlau 2026. ISBN 978-3-412-53436-3 More: www.degruyterbrill.c...

Arkadiusz S. Więch: Della Croce. Życie i działalność Stanisława Krzyżanowskiego (1865-1917) [Della croce: Life and work of Stanisław Krzyżanowski (1865-1917)]. Historia Iagellonica 2026. ISBN: 978-83-67497-83-1 More: www.iagellonica.com....

Marie Bahenská – Jan Hálek (eds.): „Kara ben Nemsí“ z Kroměříže. Turecko a Írán očima Jana Rypky [“Kara ben Nemsí” from Kroměříž. Turkey and Iran Through the Eyes of Jan Rypka]. Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR 2026. ISBN: 978-80-88611-50-9 More: www.mua.cas.cz/en/pu...

Prof. Marat Balyshev | Central State Scientific and Technical Archives of Ukraine | by Ukraine Art Aid Center e.V. English www.youtube.com/watc... / Ukrainian version www.youtube.com/watc... Explore the webinar series & register for the next session: sites.google.com/vie...

Андрей Виноградов: В тихих омутах Промышленное загрязнение и рождение российской экологической политики (1871–1931) [In Still Waters Industrial Pollution and the Birth of Russian Environmental Policy (1871–1931)]. Нло 2026 More: nlobooks.ru/books/ch...

Call for papers: Development Knowledge and Policies from the Global South, 1930–2000. Organisers: Teresa Huhle, Katharina Kreuder-Sonnen, Frederik Schulze (University of Cologne). Cologne 19.07.2027 - 20.07.2027, Deadline 18.10.2026 More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

CFP: Animals as Protein Factories: A History of European Livestock across the East-West Divide (1950s – present), Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin, 15 to 16 June 2027 You can find an extended version of the call here (cmb.hu-berlin.de/wp-...).

hybrid conference: (Pro)Creating a Socialist Future: Knowledge, Politics, and Practices of Reproduction in Eastern Europe and the (Post)Soviet Space International Workshop | October 1–2, 2026 | Helsinki More info and registration for zoom: mwseasteurope.hypoth...

Online conference Living the Soviet Utopia: Cultural History of Technologies in Ukraine, 1922–1991, 24–25.9.2026, the Faculty of History at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Department of History at the University of Basel. More: uris.ch/events/livin...

Bečvář Jindřich, Bečvářová Martina: Napoleon pražského učení. Josef Ladislav Jandera (1776-1857) [Napoleon of Prague Scholarship—Josef Ladislav Jandera (1776–1857)]. ČVUT v Praze 2026. ISBN 978-80-01-07551-7 More: knihkupectvikarolinu...

GLOHRA workshop Mind the gap: engaging Europe’s East in global health debates Dates: October 29–30, 2026 Location: Charité, Berlin, Germany Format: Hybrid Registration deadline: October 9, 2026 Capacity: Limited to 30 in-person participants   Details: tinyurl.com/bdzjuf88

A new series of analytical papers examining the current state and key challenges of Belarusian scholarship in exile has been published following the completion of the project Belarusian Historical Scholarship in Exile: Current State and Challenges: www.icelds.org/portf...

New book in OA: 𝙄𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣: 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 by Marius Turda More: tinyurl.com/yvafncby

Milan Hanyš: Mezi Prahou a Siónem Intelektuální portrét Felixe Weltsche. Centrum pro studium demokracie 2026 [Between Prague and Sion: An Intellectual Portrait of Felix Weltsch]. ISBN 978-80-7325-616-6

Webinar next Friday! Prof. Dr. Marat Balyshev; Central State Scientific and Technical Archives of Ukraine Friday 11 September 2026 · 16:00 Kyiv / 15:00 Berlin / 09:00 Bloomington · zoom More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

ESEH 2027 Panel Proposal We invite proposals for a panel to be submitted to the ESEH conference at Salzburg, 7 — 10 September 2027 Deadline for Proposals: 20 September 2026 Fish out of place: how animals shape infrastructure More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

Exciting news! The website for the new Open Access journal East of the Elbe is now open to visitors. Submissions open on 15 September: www.whp-journals.co....

CFP: Utopia(s) in the Arts and Art Spaces from the 1960s to the Present Day. Paris 02/2027, deadline: 20.10.2026. More: www.hsozkult.de/even...

Ruben Zeeman (ed.) Censorship and Self-Censorship in History EducationA Comparative Approach to Backsliding Democracies. CEU Press 2026. ISBN: 9789048577118 More: www.aup.nl/en/book/9...

We are pleased to invite submissions for the 2026 Graduate Conference "Cusanus Contra Bohemos. Revisiting Nicholas of Cusa," hosted by students from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Charles University, Prague, on 19–20 November 2026.

Waltraud Schütz: Frauen als Bildungsunternehmerinnen. Private Mädchenschulen in Wien, 1774-1869. Bielefeld: transcript 2026. ISBN: 978-3-8376-8014-0 OPEN ACCESS: www.transcript-verla...

Lech Maligranda: Juliusz Schauder (1899–1943). Wydawnictwo UMK 2026. ISBN: 978-83-231-6343-5 More: wydawnictwo.umk.pl/p...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SUMMER ACADEMY ON "SCIENCE IMAGINES ITS FUTURE <www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg...>" Organizers: Lorraine Daston (MPIWG/University of Chicago), David Kaiser (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Erika Milam (Princeton University)

Call for chapter proposals: Polish Science Fiction: Literature, Film, and Cultural Legacy deadline for submissions: October 15, 2026 full name / name of organization: Agnieszka Gutthy contact email: agutthy@selu.edu More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...

Pavel Hájek, Jiří Žahour: Věda a technika ve schwarzenberských knižních sbírkách [Science and Technology in the Schwarzenberg Book Collections]. České Budějovice: NPÚ, ÚOP v Českých Budějovicích 2026. ISBN: 978-80-88446-14-9 More: www.npu.cz/cs/e-shop...

Mateusz Binek: Uniwersalność mesjanizmu. Filozofia polityczna Augusta Cieszkowskiego [The Universality of Messianism: The Political Philosophy of August Cieszkowski]. Wydawnictwo UMK 2025. ISBN: 978-83-231-6235-3 URL: wydawnictwo.umk.pl/p...

Five days to the end of the early bird registation for the "EPISTEMIC PASSAGES: Knowledge in Translation" (Prague, 9-11 September  2026)! Register now and join us discussing the intersections between history of science and history of translation! More: www.gwmt.de/veransta...

Petr Kadlec and Ivan Puš: Modernisation of Commercial Education in Imperial Austria, 1848–1918. Patterns, Trends, Processes. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2026. doi.org/10.1515/9783...

CFA: “The Aesthetics of Contamination ”, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 79 (2/2027) Submission deadline: 31 January 2027; Editors: Mădălina Diaconu (University of Vienna), Miloš Ševčík (Charles University, Prague) pjaesthetics.uj.edu....

CFP: Metals, Minerals, and Material Worlds: Art, Extraction, and Knowledge in Central Europe and Beyond An International Symposium of the Minescapes Research Project Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague May 19-21, 2027. More: hpscesee.blogspot.co...