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European Politics

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Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.

Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe: An Unlikely Refuge? with Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek (CEU Press, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe

Michal Frankl ed
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast host Andrea Talabér talked to Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek about the new edited vol…

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy with Nataliya Kibita (Oxford UP, 2024)

October 6, 2026

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy

Nataliya Kibita
Hosted by Megan Buskey

Ukraine and Russia are today at opposite points of the political spectrum: Despite 300 years of contact with Russian authoritarian politics, Ukraine's…

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924-2024 with Amy King (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Amy King

In this episode, I speak with Dr Amy King of Bristol University about her book, The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memor…

Aristotle Kallis, "Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

September 24, 2026

Iconic Fascism

Aristotle Kallis
Hosted by Joe Williams

In Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics (Bloomsbury, 2026) Aristotle Kallis uncovers the par…

Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy

September 14, 2026

Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy

Filip Milačić
Hosted by Nic Cheeseman

Why do so many citizens continue to support politicians who undermine democracy? And why have nationalist appeals become such a powerful tool for demo…

Debarati Sanyal, "Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe’s Edges" (Fordham, 2025)

September 12, 2026

Arts of the Border

Debarati Sanyal
Hosted by Gina Stamm

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe’s Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the…

Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?

Robert Shum
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026) tackles a critical question.…

Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription: A Discussion with Writer Dan Storyev

August 27, 2026

Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription

Hosted by Paul Starobin

Our conversation focuses on a groundbreaking article by Dan Storyev recently published in The Nation: “Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel C…

Denialism: Polish Style

August 22, 2026

Denialism

Elżbieta Janicka
Hosted by YIVO Institute

Holocaust distortion in Poland involves reshaping or minimizing facts about the Holocaust, often emphasizing Polish victimhood while obscuring instanc…

Yulia Gradskova et al., "Good Mothers, Nations and Nationalisms: Cases from Lithuania, Russia and Sweden" (CEU Press, 2026)

August 13, 2026

Good Mothers , Nations and Nationalisms

Yulia Gradskova, Ieva Bisigirskaite, and Soheyla Yazdanpanah
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press, 2026) talks with Yulia Gradskova and Ieva Bisigirskaitė, two of the three authors behind Good Mothers…

Bridget Hourican on Frank Callanan's "James Joyce: A Political Life" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 12, 2026

James Joyce

Frank Callanan - A Conversation with Bridget Hourican

The young James Joyce (1882–1941) was forged in the smithy of Irish political controversies, and he took into his European exile a depth of political …

Giulio Boccaletti, "The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 7, 2026

The Environmental Republic

Giulio Boccaletti

Republicanism is arguably the most powerful political idea in history, an extraordinary feat of human imagination that balances individual liberty wit…

176 Laura Jockusch on Jewish Revenge after the Holocaust (JP)

August 6, 2026

176 Laura Jockusch on Jewish Revenge after the Holocaust (JP)

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress,…

Georgia Kernell, "Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 6, 2026

Inside Parties

Georgia Kernell
Hosted by Satyaki Barua

Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Georgia Kernell examines how party rules determine how par…

The Resurgence of War and the Collapse of Arms Control

July 31, 2026

The Resurgence of War and the Collapse of Arms Control

How the nuclear guardrails were dismantled. What arms control actually did (risk management, predictability, geography), how it unravelled from the 20…

Anna Lively, "Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 28, 2026

Revolutionary Connections

Anna Lively
Hosted by Aidan Beatty

Anna Lively is a historian of modern Ireland, Britain, and Russia. Awarded her PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh in 2022, she is current…

Mikuláš Pešta, "Student Internationalism and the Global Cold War: The International Union of Students in Socialist Prague" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Student Internationalism and the Global Cold War

Mikuláš Pešta

In this episode of the CEU Review of Books Podcast, I sat down with Mikuláš Pešta to talk about his new book, Student Internationalism and the Global …

Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control

July 23, 2026

Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control

Leopoldo López
Hosted by Licia Cianetti

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Venezuelan democracy activist and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress Leopoldo López. As part of PPP’s ongoing colla…

Kurt Warner, "False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy" (Vernon Press, 2024)

July 21, 2026

False Idols

Kurt Warner
Hosted by Dessy Vassileva

False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy (Vernon Press, 2024) examines how modern forms of diversion shape civic life and weaken democratic …

Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East: What next for The Caucasus?

July 15, 2026

Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East

Thomas de Waal
Hosted by Jason Pack

Armenia just re-elected populist PM Nikol Pashinyan, confirming voters are ready to move on from the lost Karabakh war and lean toward Europe over Rus…