Image1
Image2
Image3
Image4
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.
About the project

Upcoming events

28. 5. 2026 - 29. 5. 2026
Prague, Czech Republic

Conference Intimate States: New Histories of Medicine, Welfare, and Care under Socialism

ExpertTurn organizes a conference focused on socialist institutional care and intimacy, which will take place at the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague at Národní třída. 
 

More

Newest outcomes

8. 9. 2025 - 9. 9. 2025
Munich, Germany

The Transnational History of Attachment Theory in post-war Europe

Kateřina Lišková presented Czechoslovak documentaries about childhood development and discussed the expert understandings of collective and maternal care in early childhood at The Transnational History of Attachment Theory in post-war Europe Conference held by Deutsches Jugendinstitut.

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

EAHMH Conference

Kateřina Lišková presented at the EAHMH conference which took place on August 26-29, 2025 in Berlin.

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

HISRESS Conference

Kateřina Lišková presented at the HISRESS conference which took place on June 6-7, 2025 in Amsterdam.

More