The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and Memory of the Romanian Exile (IICCMER) announces the release of the 5th issue of its English yearbook History of Communism in Europe, on the topic Narratives of Legitimation in Totalitarian Regimes – Heroes, Villains, Intrigues and Outcomes.
Based on case studies, the volume analyzes and explores grand narratives that supported and legitimized the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe.
The 5th edition of the IICCMER yearbook is available online here and the content can be viewed here.
The next issue of the History of Communism in Europe yearbook, no. 6/2015, on the subject The Institutionalization of the Social Memory of Totalitarian Pasts: Practices, Politics, Arts, is expected for the end of this year.
The academic journal History of Communism in Europe is open to all research inquiries regarding the ideology, actions and effects of the communist and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century in Europe and not only. The yearbook is published by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and Memory of the Romanian Exile.
