New East Digital Archive

Women recollected

Katalin Ladik’s body art tore away the veil of conformity for Eastern European women

Katalin Ladik’s body art tore away the veil of conformity for Eastern European women

How Slovene author and adventurer Alma Karlin travelled solo across the globe — and fought the Nazis

How Slovene author and adventurer Alma Karlin travelled solo across the globe — and fought the Nazis

Reclaiming the legacy of Anna Bunina, Russia’s first woman poet

Reclaiming the legacy of Anna Bunina, Russia’s first woman poet

Curvaceous shapes in cheerful colours: Ilona Keserü’s paintings wrest unbridled joy out of the grip of sorrow

Curvaceous shapes in cheerful colours: Ilona Keserü’s paintings wrest unbridled joy out of the grip of sorrow

The story of Sofia Gubaidulina, the composer who created music for God in the atheist USSR

The story of Sofia Gubaidulina, the composer who created music for God in the atheist USSR

How the playful portraiture of 100-year-old Valentina Rusu Ciobanu captured a century of Moldovan life

How the playful portraiture of 100-year-old Valentina Rusu Ciobanu captured a century of Moldovan life

How Soviet artist Anna Andreeva found freedom from state censors in fabric

How Soviet artist Anna Andreeva found freedom from state censors in fabric

Lana Gogoberidze: the feminist filmmaker at the centre of a Georgian cinematic dynasty

Lana Gogoberidze: the feminist filmmaker at the centre of a Georgian cinematic dynasty

How Polish director Wanda Jakubowska used her own experience in Auschwitz to create ‘the mother of all Holocaust movies’

How Polish director Wanda Jakubowska used her own experience in Auschwitz to create ‘the mother of all Holocaust movies’

Back to Basha: the enigmatic star of the Polish Poster School who shunned the spotlight

Back to Basha: the enigmatic star of the Polish Poster School who shunned the spotlight

The female gaze behind the Iron Curtain: the brilliant archive of Joanna Helander

The female gaze behind the Iron Curtain: the brilliant archive of Joanna Helander

Elizaveta Svilova: the woman behind The Man With a Movie Camera

Elizaveta Svilova: the woman behind The Man With a Movie Camera

Remembering Yanka Dyagileva, the queen of Siberian punk who died as the Soviet Union fell

Remembering Yanka Dyagileva, the queen of Siberian punk who died as the Soviet Union fell

Behind the surreal, satirical lens of Binka Zhelyazkova, Bulgaria’s prolific female director

Behind the surreal, satirical lens of Binka Zhelyazkova, Bulgaria’s prolific female director

The prolific life and career of Svetlana Kana Radević, Montenegro’s first female architect

The prolific life and career of Svetlana Kana Radević, Montenegro’s first female architect

How Larisa Shepitko’s pursuit of truth produced a searing legacy of anti-war films

How Larisa Shepitko’s pursuit of truth produced a searing legacy of anti-war films

Celebrating Czech avant-gardist Bèla Kolářová, who defied the notion that ‘the entire world has been photographed’

Celebrating Czech avant-gardist Bèla Kolářová, who defied the notion that ‘the entire world has been photographed’