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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

6. 6. 2025 - 7. 6. 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands

HISRESS Conference

Kateřina Lišková will present at the HISRESS conference which will take place on June 6-7, 2025 in Amsterdam.

26. 8. 2025 - 29. 8. 2025
Berlin, Germany

EAHMH Conference

Kateřina Lišková will present at the EAHMH conference which will take place on August 26-29, 2025 in Berlin.

Newest outcomes

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

ESSHC Conference

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

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

56th ASEEES Annual Convention 2024

Kateřina Lišková, Theo Finsterschott and Vjačeslav Glazov presented 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. 

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.