East Central Europe Between the Colonial and the Postcolonial in the Twentieth Century

“Kołodziejczyk and Huigen’s book is a collection of sound chapters that reiterate and reinforce the dominant idea about the ‘in-betweenness’ of East Central Europe, which, the argument continues, renders it only slightly different from Western Europe in its relations with the Global South but produces regional colonial dynamics. … this is a required reading for all interested in postcolonial studies and the past and present of the region.” (Piotr Puchalski, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, June 11, 2024)

Siegfried Huigen  is Professor of Dutch and South African Literature at the University of Wrocław in Poland and Visiting Professor at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. He has written and co-edited a number of books and journal articles on colonialism in South Africa, Indonesia and East Central Europe. His most recent book,  Shaping a Dutch East Indies  (2023), explores the construction of an authoritative representation of the Dutch colonial empire at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

Dorota Kołodziejczyk  is Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland. She is Chair of Olga Tokarczuk Ex-Centre. Academic Research Centre, Director of the Postcolonial Studies Centre and board member of the Postdependence Studies Centre. Her publications include  Postcolonial Perspectives on Postcommunism in Central and Eastern Europe  (2016, 2018), co-edited with Cristina Sandru, three issues of the  European Review  co-edited with Siegfried Huigen, and studies in comparative literature.