Behind the Iron Curtain: Sylvia Plath and Hungary during the Cold War by Dorka TAMÁS

“…On the other hand, while Plath experienced the Cold War context in the West, Hungary was part of the Iron Curtain of the East. There are parallels and opposition between Plath’s perception of the early stages of the Cold War and Hungary’s history. …”
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Jesuit Fathers Beyond the Iron Curtain: Directions and Challenges of Lithuanian Jesuit Exiles in the 20th Century by Ignas Stanevičius

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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“… This paper is to evaluate the peculiarity of iron curtain that was to fortified borders in central Europe, because it was not used to describe similar border between communist and capitalist states basis. …”
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« Ici, pas de politique » by Alfredo Mignini

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Entre Rideau de Fer et Dégel : panorama des opéras soviétiques 1945-1970 by Tetiana Zolozova-Le Menestrel

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Sauvés de l’oubli by Marianne Berissi

“…A Chilhood Behind the Iron Curtain, and Tomi Ungerer's autobiographical work, Tomi, a Childhood under the Nazis, focuses on the status of ego documents and archive in historical stories for youth. …”
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Introduction. The formation of the Hungarian Information Society in the last ten years by Róbert Sinka

“…Hungary was an example to follow as one of the initiators of the change that ultimately resulted in the elimination of the Soviet dependence, as well as in the democratization of Eastern-Central European countries. The iron curtain pulled down in 1989 opened up the country to the world. …”
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Autarky and Openness — Reflections on the Optimal Balance of an Open Economy by Thieß Petersen, Marcus Wortmann

“…Abstract Following a surge in globalisation in the wake of the fall of the Iron Curtain and China joining the WTO, the international division of labour has been increasingly characterised by protectionist tendencies in recent years. …”
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À l’Est de l’Europe, quoi de neuf en matière de réformes territoriales ? Réflexions à partir de la régionalisation en Bulgarie by Emmanuelle Boulineau

“…By analyzing regionalization processes in Bulgaria since 1989, the paper aims at interpreting the territorial reforms in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain and, the EU integration during the 2004-2007 Enlargement period. …”
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The East-West-German Productivity Gap: Lessons from firm-level data? by Steffen Müller

“…Abstract According to national accounts, the East German economy is at only 80 % of West German labour productivity even 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain. This difference in aggregate labour productivity goes hand in hand with many of the economic and societal problems East Germany faces today. …”
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Political Experience in Economic and Social Transformation by Christoph Bergner

“…The economic and social transformation of East Germany took place with its accession to the German Constitution. The fall of the “Iron Curtain” gave the process of globalisation a considerable acceleration, which in turn made strengthening competitiveness a growing challenge for German politics.…”
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Writing, rewriting and revisiting the Cold War in Tom Stoppard’s Squaring the Circle. Poland 1980-81 (1984) by Jean Du Verger

“…Moreover, Stoppard’s political commitment and his concern about what was happening behind the Iron Curtain tend to show him in a new light. Finally, I examine the way in which history is performed throughout the play and the impact it may have had on the audience at the time.…”
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Gendered Geographies of the European East in the American Cold-War Literary Imaginary by Martyna Bryla

“…The portrayal of women in the texts under study uncovers (and at times challenges) the fantasies, fears and concerns driving the East-West encounters which these texts dramatize, while at the same time providing interesting insights into gender and social dynamics behind and beyond the Iron Curtain.…”
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Quand l’album de jeunesse innove pour mettre en scène la guerre by Nelly Chabrol Gagne

“…On the one hand, autobiographical writing testifies about the childhood of two author illustrators, Uri Shulevitz and Peter Sis, who lived during a time of war, after the bombing of Warsaw or behind the Iron Curtain. On the other hand, writing to the limit, chosen by Pef and Dedieu, insists on the preoccupation of confronting the reader with images depicting the horrors of wars massacring civilians or the hellendured by soldiers during the First World War. …”
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Enseignement de l’architecture paysagère et démocratie by Zydi Teqja, Albert Karaj

“…From the mid-seventies to the end of the eighties existing programs increased their number of staff members and students. The fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1989, resulted in the establishment of several new university degree programs in Eastern Europe. …”
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Landscape architecture education and democracy by Zydi Teqja, Albert Karaj

“…From the mid-seventies to the end of the eighties existing programs increased their number of staff members and students. The fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1989, resulted in the establishment of several new university degree programs in Eastern Europe. …”
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Gazetecilik Yıllarında Bülent Ecevit ve Anti-Komünizm (1950-1961) by Ferit Salim SANLI

“…Ecevit, who always preserved his CHP identity, used the analogy of the Soviets/iron curtain/communism in his criticisms of the DP, while criticizing the Democrat Party in the struggle against communism.…”
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Chemical Engineer George L. Standart – between Science and Ideology by Věra Dvořáčková

“…He was driven to do that by his leftist mindset, his conviction that there lay a more just and peaceful world behind the Iron Curtain, and also the feeling that he was at risk in his homeland, unsettled by McCarthyism. …”
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Gina Pane and Krzysztof Jung: Queer Love in European Performance Art of the 1970s by Paweł LESZKOWICZ

“…The French-Italian lesbian artist Gina Pane and the Polish gay artist Krzysztof Jung performed same-sex love, pleasure, and suffering on both sides of the Iron Curtain in Cold War Europe. In their unique pioneering body art, they examined sexual identities, embodied subjectivity, personal emotions, and artistic involvement in human freedom at a time of dramatic social transformation in both Eastern and Western European context. …”
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