1. Space : empires, nations, borders / James Koranyi and Bernhard Struck
2. Rural and urban worlds : between economic modernization and persistent backwardness / Jacek Kochanowicz and Bogdan Murgescu
3. Demography and population movements / Theodora Dragostinova and David Gerlach
4. Religion and ethnicity : conflicting and converging identifications / Joel Brady and Edin Hajdarpasic
5. The cultures of East Central Europe : imperial, national, revolutionary / Irina Livezeanu, Thomas Ort, and Alex Drace-Francis
6. Women's and gender history / Krassimira Daskalova and Susan Zimmermann
7. Political ideologies and political movements / Ulf Brunnbauer and Paul Hanebrink
8. Communism and its legacy / Malgorzata Fidelis and Irina Gigova
9. Returning to "Europe" and the rise of Europragmatism : party politics and the European Union since 1989 / Reinhard Heinisch
10. Uses and abuses of the past / Patrice M. Dabrowski and Stefan Troebst.