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Exploring the questions that affect us all through in-depth book reviews and discussions from Central Europe.

In Omeljan Pritsak and the intellectual origins of the Ukrainian “Harvard Miracle” (HURI, 2026), Andrii Portnov offers the first English-language biography of the first professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard. @yevhenyashchuk.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/an-in...

🎧 New podcast episode out now! Szabolcs László talked to us about his new book, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 1956-1989 ( @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social, 2026). Listen to the episode here: ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/auth...

Cynthia Paces’ book Prague (@academic.oup.com, 2026) offers a sweeping history of the city. Anna West writes that the book serves as a wonderful companion guide for those who seek to become acquainted with the city, particularly students and the general public. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-h...

In Bukovina (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2025), Cristina Florea provides a definitive history spanning nearly two centuries of this small Eastern European region, now divided between Romania and Ukraine. Gaëlle Fisher reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-lon...

In Nonaligned Imagination (@nupress.bsky.social, 2025), Nataša Kovačević examines transnational encounters and networks among Yugoslav intellectuals, diplomats and their counterparts across the Global South. @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/yugos...

In Nonaligned Imagination (Northwestern University Press, 2025), Nataša Kovačević examines transnational encounters and the networks that emerged among Yugoslav writers, academics, literary critics, a...

New review! @nmw1.bsky.social reviews Pieter Judson and Tara Zahra's new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 (@academic.oup.com, 2005). Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-l...

In Omeljan Pritsak and the intellectual origins of the Ukrainian “Harvard Miracle” (HURI, 2026), Andrii Portnov offers the first English-language biography of the co-founder of the Harvard Ukrainian R...

In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 (@berghahnbooks.bsky.social, 2025), Dimitris Kousouris demonstrates how global power relations and local renegotiations were deeply intertwined, and how Syros was caught in the maelstrom of history. Paul Csillag reviews the book: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/revol...

The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History (@academic.oup.com, 2025), edited by Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, brings together a broad range of scholars tracing the historical development of tourism. Louisa Niesen reviews the volume. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-com...

Szabolcs László talks to us about his new book, Cold War Brokers: Hungarian-American Cultural Exchanges and Transnational Mobility, 1956-1989 (Bloomsbury, 2026).

In Bukovina (Princeton University Press, 2025), Cristina Florea provides a definitive history spanning nearly two centuries of this small Eastern European region, now divided between Romania and Ukrai...

In The Great War and the Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe (OUP, 2025), Pieter M. Judson and Tara Zahra analyse the war not as the end of the Monarchy, but rather as a series of socio-politica...

Cynthia Paces’ book Prague: The Heart of Europe (Oxford University Press, 2026) offers a sweeping history of the city from its beginnings to today. Anna West writes that the book serves as a wonderful...

Published online in stages beginning in 2022 and released in print in April 2025, The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History, edited by Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, brings together a broad range ...

Eva Kalousová reviews In The Mulberry Tree (Amsterdam Publishers, 2025), Iboja Wandall-Holm’s memoir. The book is a powerful account of how an idyllic life in Slovakia is shattered as the Third Reich sweeps across Europe. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-e...

Amsterdam Publishers have published a book that has a longer publishing history: the memoirs of Iboja Wandall-Holm have now been published in English after having already appeared in both Slovak and D...

In The Island of the Pope (Beghahn, 2025), Dimitris Kousouris demonstrates how global power relations, regional struggles, and local renegotiations were deeply intertwined, and how Syros was caught in...