Reviews Archive - CEU Review of Books

November 12, 2025

November 2025 Cover of the book "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania: Rebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944–1950" by Stefan Cristian Ionescu. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of three women standing together on a building’s steps, smiling at the camera.

Cover of the book "Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania: Rebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944–1950" by Stefan Cristian Ionescu. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of three women standing together on a building’s steps, smiling at the camera.

Postwar reparatory justice and restitution in Romania

Stefan Cristian Ionescu, 2025

Anca Filipovici

November 5, 2025

By Andrea

November 2025 Book cover of Weibliche Handlungsmacht und Mobilität by Corinna Schattauer. The cover shows a vintage illustration of a woman wearing a sash labeled 'Miss Germany' holding a trophy, with international flags in the background and the title 'Das Magazin' above her.

Book cover of Weibliche Handlungsmacht und Mobilität by Corinna Schattauer. The cover shows a vintage illustration of a woman wearing a sash labeled 'Miss Germany' holding a trophy, with international flags in the background and the title 'Das Magazin' above her.

Beauty contests and women’s agency in early-20th-century Germany

Corinna Schattauer, 2024

Louisa Niesen

October 29, 2025

By Andrea

October 2025 Book cover of Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal by Doina Anca Cretu. The cover features a sepia-toned historical photograph of a woman standing beside a stove and cooking equipment, with an American flag hanging on the wall behind her.

Book cover of Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal by Doina Anca Cretu. The cover features a sepia-toned historical photograph of a woman standing beside a stove and cooking equipment, with an American flag hanging on the wall behind her.

Humanitarian aid and philanthropy in interwar Romania

Doina Anca Cretu, 2024

Mathias Fuelling

October 22, 2025

By Andrea

October 2025

Building the canon: The past and present of sexuality in East Central Europe

Edited by Agnieszka Kościańska, Anita Kurimay, Kateřina Lišková, Hadley Z. Renkin, 2025

Zsófia Veszely

October 13, 2025

By Andrea

October 2025

The borders of diversity: Red lines in the Soviet experiment

Stephan Rindlisbacher, 2025

Aleksandr Korobeinikov

October 1, 2025

By Andrea

October 2025 Largely white book cover, with a map of northeastern Eurasia at the bottom, tilted towards the right. On the right hand side of the cover the name of the authors is written in yellow font, and the title is written in black font.

Largely white book cover, with a map of northeastern Eurasia at the bottom, tilted towards the right. On the right hand side of the cover the name of the authors is written in yellow font, and the title is written in black font.

Rethinking the history of Northern Eurasia

Marina B. Mogilner, Alexander Semyonov, Ilya V. Gerasimov, and Sergey Glebov; 2025

Arina Fedorova

September 23, 2025

By Andrea

September 2025 Book cover depicts black and white scene from the First World War with a soldier in the middle. The title of the books is written in red lettering in the front, above it praise for the book. The author's name appears at the bottom in white font against the dark grey background of the battlefield.