Call for Papers for the Workshop
Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe
July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Call for Papers (pdf): Experts in Transition
Research on experts and expertise in state socialism has developed, in recent years, from national case studies embedded in overarching accounts of “Cold War expertise,” to transnational histories of knowledge production, to a renewed appreciation for thick descriptions of the political, social, and epistemological contexts of expertise as developed in and for the purposes of socialism.
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