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Arthur Koestler

Darkness at Noon

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Bolsheviks

Stalinism

Fascism

Anti-communism

Show trials

Organised action

Individualism

Norman Manea

Plicul negru

The Black Envelope

Presented by: Brînduşa Nicolaescu

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Antisemitism

Fear

Amélie Nothomb

Le Sabotage Amoureux

Loving sabotage

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

Diplomacy

Communism

Cold War

People's Republic of China

Jospeh Ponthus

À la ligne: Feuillets d'usine

On the Line: Notes from a Factory

Presented by:Aurore Peyroles

Precariousness

Capitalism

Precariat

work

21st century

Pajtim Statovci

Kissani Jugoslavia

My Cat Yugoslavia

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Exile

Identity

Yugoslavia

Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

تفصيل ثانوي (Tafṣīl Ṯānawī)

Presented by:Ivana Perica

F. E. Sillanpää

Hurskas Kurjuus: Päättynyt Suomalainen Elämäkerta

Meek Heritage

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Careerism

Political Disenchantment

Left-Wing Parliamentarism

Female Politicians

Political Elections

Belén Gopegui

La conquista del aire

Conquering the Air

Presented by:Marta Gburzyńska

Class

Capitalism

Democracy

Vjekoslav Kaleb

Divota Prašine

Glorious Dust

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Yugoslavia

Communism

Partisans

Borislav Pekić

Besnilo: žanr roman

Rabies: genre novel

Presented by:Zrinka Božić

Antje Rávik Strubel

Blaue Frau

Blue Woman

Presented by:Alrik Daldrup

Gender

Centres and Peripheries

East vs. West

Materials

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Video

Exile as an opportunity - Interview with Zrinka Božić

By: Tomasz Mizerkiewicz, Zrinka Božić

Video

Literature in Times of Crisis: What Can the Novel Do? Roundtable with Heike Geißler, Alhierd Bacharevič and Maryam Aras

By: Ivana Perica, Patrick Eiden-Offe, Heike Geißler, Alhierd Bacharevič, Maryam Aras

Working Paper

CAPONEU Policy Indications - Interim report, February 2025

By: Autonomy Institute

Reading Group Resources

How to Start a Reading Group

By: Sarah Colvin, Tara Talwar Windsor

Working Paper

Stefan Segi: “Vlastimil Vondruška and the Inevitable Demise of Europe.” & Błażej Warkocki: “Being East European (from a Polish perspective). Response to Stefan Segi.”

By: Stefan Segi, Błażej Warkocki

Working Paper

Isabell A. Meske: Response to Anna Murashova’s contribution

Topics

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Common Time

Second World War

The Troubles

Guest Worker

Blitzkrieg

Irish War of Independence