Kristian Gerner
Encyclopedia
Kristian Gerner is a Swedish historian, author, expert on Eastern Europe
and Professor of History at Lund University
(since 2002). From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at Lund University. Gerner earned his doctorate at Lund in 1984.
He is a board member of the Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism
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Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
and Professor of History at Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
(since 2002). From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at Lund University. Gerner earned his doctorate at Lund in 1984.
He is a board member of the Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism
Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism
The Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism is a Sweden-based non-profit and non-governmental human rights organization, founded in 2008, with the stated purpose of "spreading essential information on the crimes of communism and to promote vigilance against all totalitarian...
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Publications
- Framtidsinriktad samhällsforskning i Sovjetunionen, with Ingmar Oldberg, 1972
- Konflikten i Teschen 1918-1920, 1974
- Planhushållning och miljöproblem. Sovjetisk debatt om natur och samhälle 1960-1976, with Lars Lundgren, Stockholm, Liber 1978
- Arvet från det förflutna. Sovjet på tröskeln till 80-talet, Stockholm, Liber 1978
- Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model. A Legacy for Gorbachev, with Stefan HedlundStefan HedlundStefan Peter Hedlund is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/Russian studies, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University...
, London, Routledge 1989 - Svårt att vara ryss. På väg mot postsovjetismen, Lund, Signum, 1989
- Centraleuropas återkomst, Stockholm, Norstedts 1991, 1992
- The Baltic States and the End of the Soviet Union, with Stefan HedlundStefan HedlundStefan Peter Hedlund is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/Russian studies, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University...
, London, Routledge, 1993 - Hjärnridån. Det europeiska projektet och det gåtfulla Ryssland, with Stefan HedlundStefan HedlundStefan Peter Hedlund is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/Russian studies, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University...
and Niclas Sundström, Stockholm, Fischer 1995 - Centraleuropas historia, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1997, 2004
- Nordens medelhav. Östersjön som historia, myt och projekt, with Anders Hammarlund and Klas-Göran Karlsson, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 2002