New Books in Eastern European Studies
Scott Harrison et al., "Socialist Subjectivities: Queering East Germany under Honecker" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
·1 hr 18 min·5 clips
How did a casual chat at a dreary conference bar spark a radical rethinking of East German history?
As heard by us
A careful, theory-led discussion of queer East German history and subjectivity.
Socialist Subjectivities: Queering East Germany under Honecker reads East German history through Soviet theories of subjectivity, with careful attention to how identities take shape in relation to political, social, and cultural institutions.
Why you'd press play
You want queer East German history routed through Soviet subjectivity theory? Press play.
Listen to the show on