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By Andrea

April 2026 Book cover of Omelian Pritsak by Andrii Portnov. The background fades from pink to purple. The title appears in large black script across the center. At the bottom left is a black-and-white photograph of an older man seated at a desk with books and a telephone. Beneath the title, smaller text reads: “and the intellectual origins of the Ukrainian ‘Harvard Miracle’.” A label at the bottom reads “Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies.”

Amidst displacement and ruptures: An intellectual biography of Omeljan Pritsak

Andrii Portnov, 2026

Yevhen Yashchuk

By Andrea

March 2026 Book cover featuring a patterned collage of passport stamps, visas, and travel markings in muted tones. Overlaid at the bottom is a black band with the title The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History in large white and orange text, and the editors’ names, Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, in smaller white text at the top right.

A comprehensive overview of tourism history

Edited by Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, 2025

Louisa Niesen

By Andrea

March 2026 Book cover featuring an abstract painting in warm tones (yellow, orange) with layered white, blue, and gray shapes. The title Nonaligned Imagination appears in large, bold letters across the lower half, with the subtitle Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs beneath it. The author’s name, Nataša Kovačević, is displayed at the top.

Yugoslav cultural diplomacy and the Global South

Nataša Kovačević, 2025

Réka Krizmanics

By Andrea

March 2026 Book cover titled Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies, edited by Raluca Grosescu and Ned Richardson-Little, published by Oxford. The cover is red with an abstract geometric painting in the center and the series title The History and Theory of International Law at the top.

International law and the socialist world

Edited by Raluca Grosescu and Ned Richardson-Little, 2024

Sandra Ricker

By Andrea

March 2026

The Eastern Question through diplomatic eyes

Ozan Ozavci, 2025

Paul Csillag

By Andrea

February 2026

A Habsburg imperial experiment in Mexico

Raymond Jonas, 2024

Barnabas Szabo

By Andrea

February 2026

Peasant revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe

Jakub S. Beneš, 2025

Mathias Fuelling

By Andrea

February 2026 The image shows the cover of a book titled "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" by Alva Gotby. The cover features a white picket fence in the foreground, with some greenery in the background. There is also a quote on the cover from Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords, describing the book as "a sophisticated, humane, and exciting book."

The future possibilities of home

Alva Gotby, 2025

Petra Tamášová

By Andrea

January 2026 This image shows the cover of a book titled "The Politics of the Pandemic in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Blame Game and Governance." The book is edited by Margarita Zavadskaya and is part of the "Studies in Contemporary Russia" series, published by Routledge. The cover features a subtle, abstract pattern in shades of gray and red.

Exposing the political foundations of Eastern Europe and Eurasia during the pandemic

Edited by Margarita Zavadskaya, 2024

Jack Dean

By Andrea

January 2026 Book cover of Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin by Polly Jones. The design features dark blue and red abstract shapes, the title in large white lettering, and a grainy black-and-white photograph of a long corridor with a shadowy human figure at the far end. The Bloomsbury publisher logo appears at the bottom.

Narratives of imprisonment from Stalin to Putin

Polly Jones, 2024

Lucy Jeffery