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Between 1964 and 1975, employees of the Museum of Folk Techics in Sibiu rescued five windmills from Dobrogea, which were at risk of being destroyed by the communist regime’s agricultural modernisation drive following the completion of collectivisation in 1957. A key role in this endeavour was played by Hedwig Ulrike Ruşdea, a museologist working at the museum, who in the mid-1960s specialised in pre-industrial Romanian windmills. The Museum's team not only rescued and reassembled windmills in its open-air exhibition, but also conducted extensive research on their history and on their social and economic role within the communities, and collected stories told by local inhabitants about windmills and their former owners. Ruşdea later wrote several academic papers on windmills from Dobrogea based on her research findings. Some of them, such as “Morile de vânt din Dobrogea – România: Descriere şi tipologie” (Windmills of Dobrogea – Romania: Description and Typology), are available in manuscript in the scientific archives of the ASTRA Museum. After a short introduction to the history of windmills in Romania, Ruşdea discusses in this paper their evolution in Dobrogea and notes the devastating impact that the region’s rapid economic modernisation had on these essential artefacts of the cultural heritage of the region. While in the early twentieth century there were over 740 windmills in the region, by the beginning of the 1980s their number had decreased to only three. In addition, the study presents a typology of windmills according to structure and operating principles, and compares windmill technology in Dobrogea with that in other parts of Europe.

The article 'Religinė atributika Justino Marcinkevičiaus knygoje "Gyvenimo švelnus prisiglaudimas"' (Religious Attributes in Justinas Marcnkevičius’ book ‘The Gentle Touch of Life’). The article analyses new trends in works by Lithuanian authors. It argues that a sort of trend for religious and sacral moments could be seen in Lithuanian poetry in that time, especially in Justinas Marcinkevičius’ poems, that contradicted Soviet ideology and materialism.

“Rudi Supek Night” is an informal gathering of sociologists organised by the Discrepancy Student Sociology Club at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. Discrepancy is one of the most active student organisations at the University of Zagreb. “Rudi Supek Night” is held annually in honour of Rudi Supek, the founder of the Faculty’s Sociology Department. Although it is a freshmen party for sociology students, this event, which is full of dancing and music, is open to all visitors. The concert regularly offers a broad repertoire of both popular and lesser known bands which have or have had sociology students as members. It is a concert of various music genres that alternate throughout the evening, open to everyone, regardless of subculture or musical taste. Each year, Discrepancy announces the concert with a distinct poster featuring a picture of Rudi Supek on it. By naming the event after Supek, students show how popular Supek was among his students as a sociologist, professor and non-conformist intellectual.