For far too long, views of Eastern Europe as a negligible and peripheral region have shaped popular perceptions of this part of the world. Presenting new research, Globalizing Eastern Europe: Politics, Culture and Economics from the 18th to the 21st Century offers refreshing arguments to counter such misconceptions. Global politics and international law have been profoundly shaped by the experiences and expertise that emanated from this region. Migration to and from Eastern Europe, has fostered deep ties with neighbouring and distant societies, as have this area's literature and music. The importance of its agricultural development has reverberated in the global economy. This volume recasts Eastern Europe as a global region. It shows how people from this part of the world shaped the 'global', and how in turn, the 'global' shaped them. Authors from a range of disciplines, chart century-long traditions of entanglements and contemporary interactions. In doing so, this book further enriches the perennial debates regarding this region's spatial boundaries.

Gilad Ben-Nun is professor for global studies at Leipzig University, where he teaches history of International Law, and Muslim-Jewish relations.

Katja Castryck-Naumann is senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) Leipzig.

Lena Dallywater is researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig, Germany and coordinator of the Leibniz Science Campus "Eastern Europe - Global Area" (EEGA).