Although the centenary of the 1919–1920 Paris Peace Conference reignited interest in this pivotal post-war event, the perspective of East Central European geographical sciences remains little investigated. In 1918 and 1919, rather unexpectedly, geography turned out to be a confidante of the knowledge that shaped the future of the world, and it was geographers from new states that emerged in the Eastern and South-Eastern part of the continent that largely contributed to this development. The article assesses the limits of their impact while it also characterises the tensions between their understanding of ‘science’ and their nationalism.

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“几乎是政治家”：中东欧地理专家与巴黎和会

尽管 1919 年至 1920 年巴黎和会的百年纪念重新点燃了人们对这一关键的战后事件的兴趣，但对东中欧地理科学的视角仍鲜有研究。在 1918 年和 1919 年，出乎意料的是，地理学竟然成为塑造世界未来的知识的知己，正是来自非洲大陆东部和东南部出现的新国家的地理学家在很大程度上促成了这个发展。这篇文章评估了他们影响的局限性，同时也描述了他们对“科学”的理解与民族主义之间的紧张关系。