In recent years, increasing restrictions have emerged, impacting the work of historians, in particular those from the various states of Eastern Europe. The growing barriers include limited granting of scholars' visas, imposing restrictions on investigating certain topics (such as gender studies or critical investigation of the past), as well as using administration methods to constrain archival research.

In this event, we invite scholars to reflect on their experiences and offer perspectives on how international cooperations can continue to be fostered. How do colleagues experience the situation on the ground? What difficulties do they have to live with? What challenges does this pose for their work and their cooperation with international colleagues? What impact does political influence have on research by scholars from Eastern Europe?

While discussing these challenges in the virtual roundtable, we also look to share insight on emerging trends, topics and approaches in historical studies.

The roundtable invites several speaker from Eastern Europe, such as:

- Iwona Dadej (Historical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
- Tatsiana Astrouskaya (Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe)
- Igor Barinov (Institute of Slavic Studies)
- Gözde Yazıcı Cörüt (Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe)