This conference aimed to explore and reevaluate the complex history of Jews in Eastern, East Central, and South-Eastern Europe from 1985 to 1995 – a period marked by significant political, social, ideological, and cultural shifts, as well as war, violence, and population movements. By focusing on Jewish actors and communities in the crucial years of post-socialist transition, this event offered a fresh comparative perspective on the experiences, challenges, and transformation of Jewish lives in Late/Post Communist Europe. 

The Conference in Dubrovnik was generously supported by the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS).

Co-organizers of the Conference: the University of Zagreb, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam and the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry (HUJI).

Program of the Conference (click to download)