Publication

History of Communism in Europe vol. 6-2015: (Dis)Embedding. The Institutionalization of the Social Memory of Totalitarian Pasts: Practices, Politics, Arts TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword: What Must We Not Forget Radu Preda The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile   Argument: Authoritarian and Post-authoritarian Practices of Building Collective ... Read more

History of Communism in Europe vol. 5 - 2014: Narratives of Legitimation in Totalitarian Regimes – Heroes, Villains, Intrigues and Outcomes TABLE OF CONTENTS Argument: Weaving the Narrative Strings of the Communist Regimes – Building Society with Bricks of Stories Dalia Báthory The Institute for the Investigation of the Communist Crimes and the Memory of ... Read more

History of Communism in Europe vol. 4-2013: Transitional Justice and Civil Societies after Dictatorial Regimes TABLE OF CONTENTS Argument: Transitional Justice: Between Political Myth and Civil Society Reality Dalia Báthory The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile   Transitional Justice. Philosophical Foundation and Constitutional Rejection in Hungary ... Read more

History of Communism in Europe Vol. 3 - 2012: Communism, Nationalism, and State Building in Post-War Europe TABLE OF CONTENTS The Paradoxes of European Postwar Bogdan C. Iacob Romanian Cultural Institute Competing National and Regional Identities in Poland’s Baltic “Recovered Territories”, 1945-1956 Paul McNamara National University of Ireland Abstract: The article analyzes the manner in ... Read more

History of Communism in Europe Vol. 2 - 2011: Avatars of Intellectuals under Communism TABLE OF CONTENTS Argument: Avatars of Intellectuals under Communism Cristian Vasile The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile Intellectuals’ Enthusiasm for Communism at the End of the First World War in France Andreea ... Read more

History of Communism in Europe Vol. I - 2010: Politics of Memory in Post-communist Europe TABLE OF CONTENTS Argument: Studying Communism in Eastern Europe: Moral Clarity, Conceptual Diversity, and Interdisciplinary Methodology Mihail Neamțu The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile Coming to Terms With a Traumatic Past: ... Read more