Current Projects

Dr Mark Keck-Szajbel

Current Research Project:

• The Transformation of the Black Triangle from Wasteland to Tourist Mecca

Previous Research Projects:

• Penetrating the Iron Curtain. Marketing and Consuming the West in Times of Transition
• The Borders of Friendship. Transnational Travel and Tourism in the East Bloc (1972-1991)

 
Collections in Progress:

• From Stalinism to Pepsi Cola. A Primary Source Collection
• (with Ondřej Klípa and Alexander Simmeth), Cultures in Transition. East Europe, 1989-2017
• (with Joachim Häberlen), Politics of Authenticity. Countercultures and Radical Movements across the Iron Curtain (1968-1989)

 
Teaching/Outreach:

• The Summer School of Interdisciplinary Polish and German Studies