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Expertise in authoritarian societies. Human sciences in the socialist countries of East-Central Europe
Expertise shapes modern forms of governance. Yet, we know significantly more about the postwar Western expertise than we know about the other side of the Iron Curtain. ExpertTurn will put expertise center stage and analyze socialist countries.

Upcoming events

21. 11. 2024 - 24. 11. 2024
Boston, U.S.A.

56th ASEEES Annual Convention 2024

Kateřina Lišková, Theo Finsterschott and Vjačeslav Glazov will present at the 56th ASEEES Annual Convention in Boston in a panel Falling by the wayside. Expertise on unwanted children, youth criminals and sadistic women in socialist Czechoslovakia and Poland. 

26. 3. 2025 - 29. 3. 2025
Leiden, Netherlands

ESSHC Conference

Kateřina Lišková, Vjačeslav Glazov and Theo Finsterschott will present at the ESSHC Conference.

Newest outcomes

27. 10. 2024 - 29. 10. 2024
Munich, Germany

The Transnational History of Attachment Theory in post-war Europe

Kateřina Lišková gave a lecture "Comparing Historical Developments. Sequences of Problem Solving and Sociology of Expertise as Methodological Tools" at the workshop "The transnational history of attachment theory in post-war Europe: an interdisciplinary study of agents, discourses, and practices" organized by Deutsches Jugendinstitut.

12. 9. 2024 - 14. 9. 2024
Zürich, Switzerland

History of Knowledge in History of Education

Theo Finsterschott presented a paper "School maturity testing in state-socialist Czechoslovakia" at the workshop “History of Knowledge in History of Education” taking place at the University of Zürich.

22. 8. 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Reproductive Health from a Gender Perspective

Kateřina Lišková gave a lecture "Reproductive health from a gender perspective"​ as part of "Gender & Health" at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.