A two-day conference to examine how the complex transcultural nature of Central and Eastern Europe was co-shaped, fostered, and reimagined by artefacts, materials and visual culture, from food to art and clothing to weapons. Home to  Slavic, Germanic, Latin, Baltic, Finno-Ugric, and Turkic peoples, Central and Eastern Europe  sat astride a network of commercial routes, cultural interactions, and demographic flows that turned it into one of the most entangled regions of the early modern world. Papers explore this multiconfessional, multiethnic, and multilingual realm as a crossroads of cultures. Full programme here.

Dates: The conference will take place at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury, UK, from 9am on Friday 30th June to 6.30pm on 1st July with refreshments, lunches and a dinner on the Friday night provided for attendees. 

Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday 5th June 2023.

Registration for attendance via Teams closes on Wednesday 28th June 2023.

Two postgraduate/early-career bursaries are available (accommodation provided for 3 nights, plus up to £150 towards travel). Applicants will help us record the event by putting together a blog, taking photos throughout the conference and creating social media content (Twitter, Instagram). For the purposes of the bursary, we consider early-career to be within 10 years of gaining a PhD. Please fill out the section below if you would like to apply. Deadline 23rd May 2023.

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We look forward to meeting you!

If you have any questions, please do drop us an email: Dr Suzanna Ivanič s.ivanic@kent.ac.uk and Dr Tomasz Grusiecki tomaszgrusiecki@boisestate.edu.