CBEES Annual Conference 2026

Theme: The Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe in the Emerging Global (Dis)Order

As we find ourselves in the midst of an emerging new world order, the aim of this conference is to enable scholarly discussions regarding how the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe contribute to our understanding of the latest global reconfiguration of international relations, epistemic frameworks and technological possibilities: its transitions, ruptures, and watersheds.
The Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe are seen here as a prism through which the current changes in the world reordering may be observed. While previously, Eastern Europe could be portrayed as the exceptional space of turmoil and either teleological transition or tragic backsliding, the past few years have made it clear to the ever broader public that the stability of the Western liberal order has always been an illusion. In light of this, how can the knowledge of the region be wielded to better understand the global “transitions and ruptures”?