The 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference is currently taking place in Samarkand. As local media enthusiastically report, this is the first time in 40 years that the conference is being held…

and remembering a Polish sculptor who ought to be better known

Addressing the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, including the 2005 Andijan massacre, has not been high on the current government’s agenda.

The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community.

Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der ÖAW

Poland closed its consulate building in St. Petersburg after 53 years. The decision follows Warsaw's order to close a Russian consulate in the Polish city of Poznan last year after accusing Moscow of ...

In June 1539, four of the Mary Rose's crew went drinking, and their drunken shenanigans would end up going down in history...

"Rural History of Soviet Central Asia: Land Reform and Agricultural Change in Early Soviet Uzbekistan" published on 02 Dec 2024 by Brill.

As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institutio...

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.