The SocialEast Forum is conceived as a platform for innovative, transnational research on the art and visual culture of Eastern Europe. Based on active collaboration with institutes of art history across Europe and the involvement of prominent academics, curators and artists, SocialEast has become an internationally-recognised generator of groundbreaking research into the art history of Eastern Europe during the Cold War.  The goal of the project, which was initiated by Dr. Reuben Fowkes at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2006, is to encourage comparative research into the art of the region, as well as to examine how a revised understanding of the achievements and circumstances of East European art impacts on global interpretations of art history.

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