Edge of History: European Perspectives on Transition: A Comparative and Transnational Approach to the History of a Political and Social Concept

You are kindly invited to a new event in the new spinoff lecture series, the Edge of History. The new series will focus on the work of researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History, on their projects and new publications. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . In the new series, lectures will take place at 10.30 and if you will be joining us in person, you are welcome to a coffee 20 minutes before the lecture begins.

This time the presentation will be given by Agustín Cosovschi, who will, as both an editor and an author, present the edited volume European Perspectives on Transition: A Comparative and Transnational Approach to the History of a Political and Social Concept. The lecture will be held in English.

The concept of transition occupies an awkward place within scholarship on contemporary European history. Seemingly unable to decipher the complex factors shaping the processes of democratization, it risks appearing redundant as a framework for understanding recent and on-going political developments. In European Perspectives on Transition, editors Pablo Sánchez León and Agustín Cosovschi prove otherwise, offering a pioneering and much-needed conceptual history of transition from a comparative perspective. Bringing together eight case studies on transitional discourse, ranging from the so-called Third Wave of Southern Europe in the 1970s to the regime changes in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume models a vital new way for studying temporality and transition within Europe.

Špica zgodovine / Edge of History