In this podcast, Silvia Márton, principal investigator within the ERC Project “Transnational Histories of ‘Corruption’ in Central-South-East Europe,” discusses the multiple understandings of the concept “corruption” in the context of Central-South-East Europe; the relevance of this debate in understanding the process of modernization between 1750 and 1850; factors that led politicians, scholars, travelers and writers to label Central-South-East Europe as “corrupt;” and how this team aims to challenge the main historiographical debates through the use of multiple sets of sources.
Silvia Márton is Associate Professor of political science at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest and principal investigator within the ERC Project Transnational histories of ‘corruption’ in Central-South-East Europe (1750-1850), hosted by the New Europe College Bucharest.
The conversation was conducted by Adrian George Matus. The audio file has been edited by Lilith Hakobyan.
