Why did #Mozambique want to join CMEA/COMECON, following Cuba and Vietnam? And why weren't they allowed to do so, despite the support of the #GDR? My new open access article in Cold War History tackles these questions #ColdWar #ThirdWorld #twitterstorians doi.org/10.1080/146827…

What did socialism sound like? This forthcoming book by RECET fellow Rosamund Johnston explores radio archives in Prague, Bratislava and Budapest to find out. Coming out in March 2024 with Stanford University Press. Stay tuned for more details …

On Friday we organized a one day colloquium on the history of the international organizations based in Prague. The event brought together specialists from different fields, focusing on topics such as anti-colonialism, language tropes, Cold War politics, media, or secret services.

Look at this! Our Rosamund Johnston holding a fresh copy of her newest book "Red Tape – Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969" – and the best thing is: You can order one too: sup.org/books/title/?i…

My upcoming lecture on student internationalism and the Global Cold War in Vienna!

V novém článku, který vyšel v Jnl of Cont History, se Mikuláš Pešta zaměřil na reinterpretaci historie několika mezinárodních nevládních organizací sdružujících národní členské organizace v různých oblastech, které v době studené války sídlily v Praze. 1url.cz/Aux1d

If you happen to be in Vienna next week, come to the presentation of Rosie Johnston's new book which I am honored to comment on

What a wonderful panel it was yesterday! Our Rosamund Johnston presenting her newest book "Red Tape. Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969" (with Stanford Press) & Mikuláš Pešta, Elisabeth Röhrlich, Philipp Ther, Agata Šústová Drelová commenting (chair: Agata Zysiak).

Join us tomorrow for the talk by Mikuláš Pešta about the International Union of Students and student internationalism in the Cold War Research Group New Cold War Studies Research Center for the History of Transformations 29.4. 18:30 - Institute of Contemporary History Universität Wien recet.at/event-news/eve…

Thank you for having me on my last evening in Vienna!

My new article on Czechoslovaks in the French Foreign Legion in the war in Indochina and why we should not glorify them, just as some Czech historians do (in Czech) a2larm.cz/2024/04/hrdino…

Excited that my paper on US diplomacy towards Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Velvet Revolution is published in The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social's Journal of Cold War Studies. Punchline: they did a pretty good job! direct.mit.edu/jcws/article-a…

Thank you for having me!

📷✨ Jak se posunul studentský nadnárodní aktivismus během studené války a po jejím skončení? A jaké faktory tyto posuny vyvolaly? Nejen o tom se včera debatovalo ve vile Lanna.

A paper I co-authored is out, a part of a super-interesting edited volume on international organizations. Thanks to the editors Eva-Maria Muschik , Elisabeth Roehrlich, Sandrine Kott, and my co-authors, Matthieu Gillabert and Lidia Lesnykh