Lucy Jeffery and Anna Váradi’s edited volume, Replaying Communism: Trauma and Nostalgia in European Cultural Production examines the enduring legacies of the communist era across Central and Eastern Europe, bringing together contributions that explore how these histories are remembered, mediated, and reimagined.

New title out now! Vladan Jovanović’s new book, Opium in the Balkans: Cultivation, Processing, and Trade during the Interwar Period, explores the cultivation, production, and trafficking of Macedonian raw opium in the interwar period.

New title out now! Read Ulinka Rublack’s investigation into outerwear in the Renaissance and how these garments mediated social relations.

Listen to our podcast episode with Emília Barna about her new book with CEU Press, Working in Music on the Semiperiphery: Local Cultural Production and Global Capitalism.

New title out now! Eric Gordy, Alena Ledeneva, and Predrag Cvetičanin’s volume offers a close look at the Balkans and illuminates persistent deficits in state legitimacy and capacity.