The book, 'Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies', explores diverse childhood experiences in socialist contexts. It challenges simplistic views and highlights children's roles in political and social spheres, offering insights for childhood studies and comparative education.

Volker Benkert explores the political socialization of East Germans born between 1967 and 1973, using narrative interviews to reveal diverse socialization patterns and attitudes towards post-1990 transformation, highlighting the complexity of generational and biographical research.

The Black Sea slave trade, crucial during the 14th and 15th centuries, involved Genoese, Venetian, and Egyptian merchants. Hannah Barker explores this through various historical sources, revealing interconnected Mediterranean slavery practices and their socio-economic impacts.

This book explores the concept of witchcraft in early modern Poland, offering interpretations based on over 200 witch trials. It examines literature, law, and religious contexts, providing a comprehensive historical and demonological analysis.

The Time of the Goats by Luan Starova is a postwar Balkan novel that blends memoir, historical fiction, and political allegory to depict life in Macedonia during the early years of socialist Yugoslavia.

In the 1930s, two Irish Americans visit Albania to explore oral epics and their relation to Homer's works, using a tape recorder. They face ethnic tensions and political intrigue in the Balkans.

The article presents a rich narrative blending historical trauma, art, and family dynamics in Soviet Russia. It explores themes of silence, resilience, and the complex interplay of memory and identity through a dual narrative structure.