Call for papers “Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe” No. 1/2026

The Editorial Board of the Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe invites submissions of articles and reviews for the general issue of the journal (No. 1/2026), scheduled for publication in 2026. Manuscripts addressing broadly understood issues related to Central and Eastern Europe should be submitted by 30 May 2026 to the Yearbook’s correspondence address: yearbook@ies.lublin.pl.

Issue No. 1/2026 will be devoted to the historical and humanistic dimensions of research on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to studies on international relations in Central and Eastern Europe and the role of Central and Eastern Europe in international relations. Given the interdisciplinary character of research on Central and Eastern Europe, the Editorial Board also welcomes submissions from authors of political science, sociological, economic, philosophical, and other related studies.

We encourage the submission of original theoretical and empirical works in both Polish and English.

Manuscripts should not exceed 60,000 characters (including spaces and the bibliography) and must be prepared in accordance with the author guidelines available on the journal’s website: https://ies.lublin.pl/en/yearbook/guidelines/

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis, i.e. from the date of the call for papers until the stated final deadline. The initial editorial decision regarding further processing of the manuscript should not exceed two weeks.