The main magazine of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes is the Czech-language review Paměť a dějiny (Memory and History), which is issued quarterly and targets both scholarly and lay audiences.
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Securitas Imperii is the peer-reviewed periodical of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, concerned primarily with the 1938-1989 period (both in Czechoslovakia and abroad). The heart of the magazine consists of original historical papers as well as documentary histories, reviews, summaries and reports. Securitas Imperii is issued twice annually, with one of the issues being largely monothematic.
Securitas Imperii accepts theoretical articles and work with a politological focus (totalitarianism, authoritarianism, ideology and applications thereof in concrete historical circumstances). The magazine is not oriented exclusively towards component aspects (persecution, the Holocaust), but attempts to address the stipulated period as a whole. The Editorial Board thus welcomes contributions concerning cultural, religious, economic or social history, as long as they thematically or methodologically relate to issues relevant to totalitarian regimes. The Editorial Board further encourages the submission of original, quality contributions on related subject matter extending beyond the defined time period, including Czech fascism, Stalinism, the Ukrainian Hladomor, and so on. Contributions may be submitted in the English language.
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Keywords: Conference; NKVD; KGB; Secret Service; Central and East Europe; Soviet Union; 20th century; security;
The activity of Soviet security units, particularly State Security known throughout the world under the acronym of KGB, remains one of the most important subjects for 20th century research in Central and Eastern Europe. The functioning and operation of this apparatus, which surpassed the activities of the police in countries with democratic systems several fold, had a significant and direct influence on the shape of the totalitarian framework; the actions of party members of the Communist nomenclature; and the form, methods and extent of the repression of “class enemies” and, in the final instance, upon innocent representatives of various sociopolitical groups.
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