Wlodzimierz Borodziej was Professor of History at Warsaw University, Poland.

Joachim von Puttkamer is Professor of Eastern European History at Jena University, Germany and Co-Director of the Imre Kertész Kolleg.

Stanislav Holubec is a researcher at the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.

Sabina Ferhadbegovic is Research Associate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.

Ferenc Laczó is Assistant Professor of History at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Jochen Böhler is acting Chair of Eastern European History at the University of Jena, Germany.