Welcome to the website of the Chair of Modern General and Eastern European History. We deal with Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. The chair focusses on the history of Eastern Central Europe, especially the Carpathian region, Hungary and the Soviet Union. In teaching and research, we pursue approaches that go beyond the national space. These include border spaces, stateless cultures and the history and culture of Eastern European Jews. Another focus is the analysis of the diverse interconnections between Eastern Europe and european and non-european regions and in particular Switzerland. We also look at the history of Eastern Europe from a transnational perspective.
The chair cultivates close cooperation with the lectureship on the History of Eastern Europe, the Center for Global Studies, the Swiss Eastern European Library and the Swiss Archival Environment. The tasks of the chair also include the direction of studies in the interdisciplinary Eastern European Studies programme hosted by the Universities of Bern and Fribourg.
