About OstDok

The repository OstDok is the central open access platform for research on Eastern, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It offers electronic access to over 60,000 full texts such as scientific monographs, sources, theses and series.

OstDok focuses on the history, politics, philology and culture of the countries of Eastern, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe – regardless of the reference period or publication language.

OstDok makes resources available to scholars and scientists electronically and in open access, many for the first time. These include over 9,000 copyright-protected publications from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as well as a large number of titles in the public domain, mainly from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also from earlier periods.

All publications are indexed, long-term archived and permanently accessible via long-term identifiers. With the help of sophisticated search options in the full text and description data of all documents, you will quickly find what you need!

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Contents in OstDok

There are over 60,000 electronic full texts in OstDok (as of August 2023). These currently consist mainly of the following digital and retro-digitised titles:

The following digital series are originally published electronically or as hybrid series on OstDok:

Issues of the following journals (with the exception of the two most recent volumes) are available via OstDok in open access format:

The following publication series which are still subject to copyright are only accessible on OstDok in open access format:

Since August 2015, the entire copyright-free Eastern Europe Collection of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has been electronically accessible on OstDok in the form of retro-digitised copies. In addition, OstDok contains relevant retro-digitisations of works still subject to copyright, for example from the publishing programmes of Otto Sagner, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Wilhelm Fink, Schöningh, as well as a large number of other titles.

Participating institutions and their content in OstDok

The following research institutes currently publish their own collections digitally via OstDok. The majority are series of books, research analyses or journals.

The Albania-Institute is a registered association located in Munich and conducts and supports the historical-philological research on Albania and other Albanian settlement areas. It runs a library specialised on Albanology, that is hosted at the Institute for Eastern European History at the University of Vienna since 2005.

Albania-Institute

Contents of the Albania-Institute in OstDok:

Albanische Forschungen: AlbFo

The Albanian Institute, St. Gallen is an international, interdisciplinary, inter- and non-university scientific institution for the transfer of knowledge between Western and South-Eastern Europe. The institute endeavours to connect cultures through journals, books, translations, events, lectures and other services.

Albanian Institute, St. Gallen/Switzerland

Contents of the Albanian Institute, St. Gallen in OstDok:

Maloki, Krist, Ramaj, Albert: Refleksione : kritikë (letrare), analiza dhe mendime. Prishtinë, 2005.

Ramaj, Albert: Burime dhe dëshmi : Stublla në dokumente arkivore austriake, shkolla, kriptokrishtenizmi në Karadak. St. Gallen, 2008.

Ramaj, Albert: Dëshmitar kohe : Dom Zef Ramaj (1882-1914), famullitar dhe mësues në Shkup. St. Gallen, 2014.

Zefi, Frok: Mihael Summa : nadbiskup skopski (1695-1777). Osijek, 1994.

Zefi, Frok: Skopsko-prizrenska nadbiskupija u 18. stoljeću. Zagreb, 2004.

The Aleksander Brückner Center for Polish Studies, founded in 2012, is dedicated to the interdisciplinary research of both historical and present-day developments in Polish politics, society, language, and culture.

Aleksander Brückner Center for Polish Studies

Contents of the Aleksander Brückner Center for Polish Studies in OstDok:

Polen: Kultur - Geschichte - Gesellschaft

The Baltic Historical Commission (BHK) is a scientific association dealing with the history of the Baltic States. Its research activities focus on all periods of Baltic history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Baltic German minority in the Baltic States is of some importance in this context, but is by no means dealt with exclusively. The intensive cooperation between historians in Germany and the Baltic states is essential for the BHK.

Baltic Historical Commission

Contents of the Baltic Historical Commission in OstDok:

Blaese, Hermann, Elias, Otto-Heinrich, Schönfeldt, Alfred: Baltisches Rechtswörterbuch 1710–1940. [Hamburg], 2022.
Erpenbeck, Dirk-Gerd: Curlandia picta – Bilder von der Dünafront 1915–1918. [Hamburg], 2022.
Erpenbeck, Dirk-Gerd: Schriftenverzeichnis Sigismund von Radecki. [Hamburg], 2009.
Krause, Johann Wilhelm, Etzold, Gottfried: Erinnerungen. [Hamburg], 2013.

The Bavarian Cultural Centre of Germans from Russia (BKDR), based in Nuremberg, functions primarily as a meeting place, event venue and central contact point for Russian Germans. It advises and supports cultural workers of this target group and documents Russian-German history by means of publications, audio and video recordings, etc.

Bavarian Cultural Centre of Germans from Russia

Contents of the Bavarian Cultural Centre of Germans from Russia in OstDok:

Krieger, Viktor: Verfolgt - Entrechtet - Enteignet: zum 80. Jahrestag der Deportation der Russlanddeutschen in der UdSSR : dokumentarische Gedenkschrift. Nürnberg, 2021.

Krieger, Viktor, Böpple, Artur: Grundlinien russlanddeutscher Geschichte: Begleitbroschüre zur Ausstellung. Nürnberg, 2019.

The BKGE is a Federal Institute with Research and Development Assignments in the portfolio of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and a research institute affiliated to the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg.

Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe

Contents of Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe in OstDok:

Journal für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa

Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im Östlichen Europa

Schriften des Bundesinstituts für ostdeutsche Kultur und Geschichte

The Collegium Carolinum in Munich, a research institute for the history of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, brings together internationally renowned scholars who deal with the history of and present situation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Eastern Central Europe. The associated institute organises conferences, produces numerous publications such as the journal “Bohemia” and maintains a subject library with the largest special collection on Bohemica and Sudetica in Germany.

Collegium Carolinum

Contents of the Collegium Carolinum in OstDok:

Bad Wiesseer Tagungen des Collegium Carolinum

Berichte zur Entwicklung von Staat und Recht in der ČSFR

Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder

Bohemia: Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der böhmischen Länder

DigiOst

Digitale Reihe der Graduierungsschriften: Universitäten Deutschland

Digitale Reihe der Graduierungsschriften: Univerzity Česká republika

Veröffentlichungen der Deutsch-Tschechischen und Deutsch-Slowakischen Historikerkommission

Veröffentlichungen des Collegium Carolinum

The German Association for East European Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde, DGO) is the largest network within the German speaking realm engaged in research on East European affairs. The DGO has been active as a forum for the discussion and analysis of politics, economics, and culture in Europe’s East. It provides information about current developments, serves as a conduit of knowledge, and promotes dialogue between East and West. DGO members are important multipliers from academia, politics, commerce and industry, cultural life, and the media.

German Association for East European Studies

Contents of the German Association for East European Studies in OstDok

The German Institute of Polish Affairs is a centre for Polish history, culture and society and German-Polish relations. With its programmes mainly in Germany it fosters the relations to neighbouring Poland.

German Institute of Polish Affairs

Content of the German Institute of Polish Affairs in OstDok:

The Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa – FSO) is an independent research institute attached to the University of Bremen. Founded during the Cold War in 1982, the FSO today combines two goals: the (re)examination of societies and cultures in the Eastern Bloc and the analysis of contemporary developments in the post-Soviet region.

Research Centre for East European Studies

Contents of the Research Centre for East European Studies in OstDok:

The Joint Commission for Research into the Recent History of German-Russian Relations (DRGK) was founded in 1997 with the aim of promoting scientific research into German-Russian history in the 20th century and thus contributing to the consolidation of mutual trust between Russia and Germany. It is composed of German and Russian academics as well as high-ranking representatives of the archival administrations of both sides.

Joint Commission for Research into the Recent History of German-Russian Relations

Contents of the Joint Commission for Research into the Recent History of German-Russian Relations in OstDok:

Mitteilungen der Gemeinsamen Kommission für die Erforschung der jüngeren Geschichte der deutsch-russischen Beziehungen

The Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association in Marburg is one of the most important institutions for historical research on Eastern Central Europe. With its research library and scientific collections, it fulfils the function of a central research centre and academic service institution.

Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe

Contents of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in OstDok:

Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler im östlichen Mitteleuropa

DigiOst

Historische und landeskundliche Ostmitteleuropa-Studien

Materialien und Studien zur Ostmitteleuropaforschung

Sammlungen des Herder-Instituts zur Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung

Tagungen zur Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung

Tagungsberichte des Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Forschungsrates

Quellen zur Geschichte und Landeskunde Ostmitteleuropas

Wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Ostmitteleuropa-Studien

Wissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Geschichte und Landeskunde Ost-Mitteleuropas

Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung

The Institute for German Culture and History of Southeastern Europe (IKGS) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich researches and documents German culture and history in the network of relationships between the cultural regions of Southeastern Europe. Its library has a collection of around 19,000 books and 1,000 journals on the region.

Institute for German Culture and History of Southeastern Europe

Contents of the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeastern Europe in OstDok:

Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas e. V. an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (IKGS): Wissenschaftliche Reihe

Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks: Schriftenreihe: Reihe A, Kultur und Dichtung

Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks: Reihe B, Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten

Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks. Reihe C, Erinnerungen und Quellen

Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks: Reihe D, Kleine Südost-Reihe

Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks: Reihe E, Miscellanea

The Institute of Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies (IdGL) investigates and documents the history, regional customs and dialects of the German settlements in Southeastern Europe as well as the historical issues of the flight, displacement and integration of German expellees. It has an interdisciplinary focus, combining historical, geographical, political, literary, linguistic and cultural studies perspectives in its activities.

Institute of Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies

Contents of the Institute of Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies in OstDok:

Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde

The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) analyses economic, social and political processes of change in the agricultural and food sector, and in rural areas. The geographic focus covers the enlarging EU, transition regions of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Asia.

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies

Content of the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies in OstDok:

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) at the University of Leipzig conducts comparative research on the history and culture of the region between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea from the early Middle Ages to the present. The scientific reference library of the institute is the largest specialised library on Eastern and Central Europe in the eastern part of Germany.

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe

Contents of the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe in OstDok:

Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mitteleuropa

Mitropa: Jahresheft des Leibniz-Instituts für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO)

Oskar-Halecki-Vorlesung: Jahresvorlesung des GWZO

Studia Jagellonica Lipsiensia

Visuelle Geschichtskultur

The Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg investigates the economy and history of this region. With the publication of specialist journals and its internationally important subject library, it offers an excellent infrastructure for the academic study of Eastern Europe.

Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies

Contents of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in OstDok:

Schriften zur Geistesgeschichte des östlichen Europa

Südosteuropäische Arbeiten

Südost-Forschungen: internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Kultur und Landeskunde Südosteuropas

Ukraine-Analysen

Untersuchungen zur Gegenwartskunde Südosteuropas

Veröffentlichungen des Osteuropa-Institutes München

Wissenschaftlicher Dienst Südosteuropa: Quellen und Berichte über Staat, Verwaltung, Recht, Bevölkerung, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Veröffentlichungen in Südosteuropa

The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) is an independent academic institution. It advises policymakers on issues of foreign and security policy and international and European policy on the basis of its own practice-oriented research.

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Contents of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in OstDok:

Berichte des Bundesinstituts für Ostwissenschaftliche und Internationale Studien

The Hungarian Institute Munich e.V. is a scientific and cultural institute with a focus on history, politics, culture, regional studies, literature, music, art and language. The content contributed to OstDok by the Hungarian Institute Munich e.V. is supervised by the Hungarian Institute of the University of Regensburg.

Hungarian Institute Munich

Hungarian Institute of the University of Regensburg

Contents of the Hungarian Institute Munich in OstDok:

Studia Hungarica: Schriften des Ungarischen Instituts München

The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) is an independent, international, publicly funded research institute. It focuses on foundational and policy-relevant academic research on Eastern Europe and shares the results with policymakers, the media, and the broader public.

Centre for East European and International Studies

Contents of the Centre for East European and International Studies in Ostdok:

Publishing on OstDok

OstDok offers scientists and scholars the opportunity to publish their research results electronically in open access. In the digital series "DigiOst" and "Digital Series of Graduation Publications" they can publish their original research results electronically, or electronically republish works already available in print. It is also possible to write thematic dossiers on osmikon.de, whereby all essays and contributions of a dossier are additionally published in the OstDok special repository.

In addition, we offer research institutions the option of electronically hosting scientific journals issued under their own editorship. The individual issues of the hosted journals also feed into the OstDok repository and are indexed for research purposes. Here, it is possible to set up a moving wall.

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Institutions in Charge

OstDok is a joint project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Collegium Carolinum, the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, funded by the German Research Foundation from 2009-2015. Since 2016, OstDok has been continued and further developed as part of the Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies.

Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies

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We are looking forward to receiving enquiries from research institutions, scientific libraries and publishers who would like to cooperate with us! Write to us if you would like to publish your own publications electronically, provide digitised collections, are interested in mutual harvesting, or want to host electronic journals.