The roundtable is aimed to discuss the place of Eastern European history in global historical research. The participants of the roundtable approach the region’s place in the global history from a broad range of perspectives –from production and circulation of knowledge, women’s intellectual history, transnational history of science,global socialist activism in the context of building the global civil society and dietary reform to the gendered aspects of the Cold War. Moreover, the roundtable invites to discuss the role of knowledge on Eastern Europe in the current situation of the insecurity brought by the Russian war against Ukraine. Marta Grzechnik discusses challenges and opportunities for studying history of a (Central) Eastern European country such as Poland in the postcolonial framework with examples of Poland's colonial past. Such a study, on the one hand, requires challenging national self-perception, but on the other –can deepen our understanding of Poland’s position globally and in Europe. Julia Malitska discusses dietary modernization, as well as the recalibration of human-animal relations , in the late Romanov empire in the context of global developments of the time. Mikuláš Pešta focuses on the socialist-oriented international organizations, their anti-colonial activism and their role in the construction of the global civil society. Two participants will discuss gender aspects of the history of Eastern Europe from a global perspective. Yuliya Yurchuk shares her findings concerning the decolonization of women’s intellectual history by focusing on the women's contacts in the Baltic Sea region at the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th century.Finally, Yulia Gradskova’s presentation is dedicated to the Cold War history of women’s internationalism. In particular, she will be looking at East-South encounters at the peripheries of the Cold War. All participants will also address the issue of the effects of bringing histories of Eastern Europe to the core of global history research and teaching.