East-Central Europe Past and Present

This blog features interviews with scholars of East-Central and Southeastern Europe (including the Ottoman Empire and Turkey), Russia and the Soviet Union in which they offer their views on the past, present and future of the region. It also includes—under the heading "History in the Making"—original articles on the region and interviews with individuals there who are engaged in political activism or are otherwise living through events as they unfold.

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Istanbul's Tailors (from winter 2014)

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The period around the New Year in Turkey was one of considerable political upheaval, with the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erd...

ARTIFACT: Claudia Verhoeven -- Fellini's launch pad

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The launch pad on Claudia  Verhoeven's  home  office wall A print of a frame from Federico Fellini's film  8½  faces Claud...

EXTENDED PROFILE--The Life and Career of Professor István Deák

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This is the first in a series of extended profiles on the lives and careers of  scholars who work on East-Central Europe. It features six in...

Interview with John Ackerman--July 31, 2013

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John Ackerman's office in the Cornell University Press building (Sage House), featuring covers of books by some of his authors. In...
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