Collapse of the Bipolar World and the New Identity in Eastern Europe and Its Sub-Regions

Kinga Anna Gajda is a professor at Jagiellonian University and the Director of the Institute of European Studies. She holds degrees in theater studies, literary studies, European studies, and cultural studies and her research interests include memory, cultural heritage, and intercultural competence.

• Geopolitical Divisions and Identity in Eastern Europe: The Historical and Contemporary Dynamics of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. IntroductionKinga Anna GajdaPublic Perception of Czechoslovakia's Dissolution in the Czech RepublicKrzysztof KozbialVelvet Revolution in SlovakiaKrzysztof ZarnaDiscourse of the "Lost" Czech Monarchist Identity as an Instrumental Anti-Communist Strategy in 1989Jan KvetinaCentral European Discourse in Czechi Republic: Regional-populist Sovereignism as New Identity?Ladislav Cabada & Petr KörferThe Visegrad Group Then and Now. Another Case for Capacity-Expectation Gap SyndromeMiroslav NatanekNavigating the New Order - the Challenges of Hungarian Foreign PolicyAndrea SchmidtFrom Boom to Bust: Civil Society's Role in the Post-Cold War EraViktor Glied & Péter SzegediDe-centering Migrations Studies: Looking from the Perspective of Central and Eastern EuropeMarta JaroszewiczThe Politics of the History of the Holocaust in Poland since the End of the Second World WarAgnieszka Gawlas-ZajaczowskaReading from Below: Walking Through "Invisible" Walls Before and After the FallNatali Rajchinovska-PavleskaHeritage Intentions vs. the Heritage of Tensions. Analysis of the Significant and Controversial Remnants of Cold War Times in Eastern Europe and Its Sub-RegionsPiotr MichalowskiFrom Dictatorships to Destinations: The Commercial Afterlife of Communist-era Landmarks in Central and Eastern EuropeJovana Janinovic & Ilija MoricNuclear Heritage: The Transformation of Cold War Bunkers into Spaces of Memory, Art, and EducationKinga Anna Gajda