CEU Press Podcast

Lucy Jeffery and Anna Váradi, "Replaying Communism: Trauma and Nostalgia in European Cultural Production" (CEU Press, 2025)

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Lucy Jeffery and Anna Váradi to talk about their edited volume, Replaying Communism: Trauma and Nostalgia in European Cultural Production. The volume explores the lasting impact of the communist era across Central and Eastern Europe, with chapters thematically threaded through by concepts including curation, immersion, interaction, humor, and authenticity. In the podcast we talked about what it means to “replay” communism, about the trauma/nostalgia paradigm in relation to cultural production, and about inter-generational experiences of media depicting the communist period. You can purchase a copy here [https://www.routledge.com/cart/add?isbn=9789048574322]. You can find out more about the Replaying Communism project here [https://sites.google.com/view/replayingcommunism/home]. If you would like to cooperate with Anna and Lucy, or you have a similar project, please contact them via the replayingcommunism@gmail.com [replayingcommunism@gmail.com] email address. The CEU Press Podcast delves into various aspects of the publishing process: from crafting a book proposal, finding a publisher, responding to peer review feedback on the manuscript, to the subsequent distribution, promotion and marketing of academic books. We also talk to series editors and authors, who will share their experiences of getting published and discuss their series or books. Interested in CEU Press’s publications? Click here to find out more: https://ceupress.com/ [https://ceupress.com/] Stay tuned for future episodes and subscribe to our podcast to be the first to be notified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ulinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Press, 2025)

Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats [https://www.routledge.com/Durers-Coats-Renaissance-Men-and-Material-Cultures-of-Social-Recognition/Rublack/p/book/9789633869062]: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also subvert or reshape conventional cultural norms. This book draws on the case of Albrecht Dürer to examine Renaissance male outerwear as a key element of signalling communication in everyday life. The recognised artist fought for the esteem of urban creators. In asserting his dignity and taste, outerwear was particularly important to Dürer and his time. Ulinka Rublack argues that cloaks and gowns gained in importance during this period and were among the things that mediated social relationships for centuries to come. An investigation into outerwear opens a new window into how people and things were connected in the Renaissance and how important clothing was in shaping subjectivities in everyday life. Using the example of Dürer and his wife as emerging social types, the study follows the artist and the men and women of his time through the streets of Venice, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Antwerp. It poses pressing questions about Albrecht Dürer's entanglement in unequal networks of global trade and the German Renaissance Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Emília Barna, "Working in Music on the Semiperiphery: Local Cultural Production and Global Capitalism" (CEU Press, 2025)

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Emília Barna to discuss her new book, Working in Music on the Semiperiphery: Local Cultural Production and Global Capitalism [https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9789633868461] (CEU Press, 2025). We talked about the changes and continuities that the Hungarian music industry underwent from the communist to the post-communist era, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Barna’s research, and the gendered aspects of the music industry. Working in Music on the Semiperiphery is available in Open Access, through CEU Press’ Opening the Future initiative. You can download the book free here [https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103682]. You can find out more about Opening the Future here [https://ceup.openingthefuture.net/]. You can purchase a physical copy here [https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633868461/working-in-music-on-the-semiperiphery]. The CEU Press Podcast delves into various aspects of the publishing process: from crafting a book proposal, finding a publisher, responding to peer review feedback on the manuscript, to the subsequent distribution, promotion and marketing of academic books. We also talk to series editors and authors, who will share their experiences of getting published and discuss their series or books. Stay tuned for future episodes and subscribe to our podcast to be the first to be notified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Pandemic Power: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Muriel Blaive to talk about her new book with CEU Press, Pandemic Power: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique [https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633869338/pandemic-power]. In the podcast we talked about the (failure of the) pandemic response, the necessity of critique, being shadowbanned on Facebook, censorship, and about liberal intellectuals abandoning their core values. Pandemic Power is available in Open Access, thanks to the support of the Austrian Science Fund. You can download a PDF copy here [https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99327]. You can purchase a physical copy here [https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789633869338/pandemic-power]. During the podcast, we discussed the following article: Laura Spinney, “Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak]”, The Observer, 9 March 2025. Muriel frequently posts on X [https://x.com/murielblaivephd?s=21]. The CEU Press Podcast delves into various aspects of the publishing process: from crafting a book proposal, finding a publisher, responding to peer review feedback on the manuscript, to the subsequent distribution, promotion and marketing of academic books. We also talk to series editors and authors, who will share their experiences of getting published and discuss their series or books. Interested in CEU Press’s publications? Click here to find out more: https://ceupress.com/ [https://ceupress.com/] Stay tuned for future episodes and subscribe to our podcast to be the first to be notified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945–1991: Meeting in the Middle

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Andrea Chandler to talk about her new book with CEU Press, Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945–1991 [https://ceupress.com/book/canada-and-eastern-europe-1945-1991]: Meeting in the Middle [https://ceupress.com/book/canada-and-eastern-europe-1945-1991]. In the podcast we talked about why the relations between Canada and the countries of the Eastern bloc have so far been underreseached, about the large Central and Eastern European diaspora in Canada and their role in shaping foreign policy, and also about Canada’s reaction to the 1956 revolution in Hungary and the 1968 Prague Spring. You can purchase a physical copy here [https://www.amazon.com/Canada-Eastern-Europe-1945-1991-Conflict/dp/963386772X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4BKD2YVIOT0Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vAG42SvNwy4JjJ4FGMFJ26LgLR7WzFbhYKm4Rn8j1qjBNRUrNZv-vppb210f3i7VI4eTMjDOJtMq3ioF2MJEgwpyBKvMYUskH33_USDLACUquMzEGCcWlQDHJBcSVIRT.PVVy36C1k1zekh6fE2uX3_IQLoK1l34vKwCuA3iOIoE&dib_tag=se&keywords=canada+and+eastern+europe&qid=1738764651&sprefix=canada+and+eastern+europe%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1]. The CEU Press Podcast delves into various aspects of the publishing process: from crafting a book proposal, finding a publisher, responding to peer review feedback on the manuscript, to the subsequent distribution, promotion and marketing of academic books. We also talk to series editors and authors, who will share their experiences of getting published and discuss their series or books. Interested in CEU Press’s publications? Click here to find out more: https://ceupress.com/ [https://ceupress.com/]  Stay tuned for future episodes and subscribe to our podcast to be the first to be notified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]