New East Digital Archive

Coming Of Age

A sunlit weekend in the Budapest hills | The Calvert Journal Shop

A sunlit weekend in the Budapest hills | The Calvert Journal Shop

Mesmerisingly minimalist, Beshkempir is a relatable coming-of-age story from Central Asia | Film of the Week

Mesmerisingly minimalist, Beshkempir is a relatable coming-of-age story from Central Asia | Film of the Week

‘I wanted this book to be a reconciliation of different generations’: Lea Ypi on growing up in communist Albania

‘I wanted this book to be a reconciliation of different generations’: Lea Ypi on growing up in communist Albania

Merging reality and fiction, Stop-Zemlia is an honest account of adolescent turbulence in Ukraine

Merging reality and fiction, Stop-Zemlia is an honest account of adolescent turbulence in Ukraine

The Hill Where Lionesses Roar: in Kosovo, a teenage trio fight for freedom

The Hill Where Lionesses Roar: in Kosovo, a teenage trio fight for freedom

Hey brother: how Skype and analogue photography fused a long-distance sibling bond

Hey brother: how Skype and analogue photography fused a long-distance sibling bond

Magda Szabó’s cult novel Abigail is an adventurous tale of teenage friendship in wartime Hungary 

Magda Szabó’s cult novel Abigail is an adventurous tale of teenage friendship in wartime Hungary 

My coming out story: watch the stories of Russia’s LGBTQ youth and the families who embrace them

My coming out story: watch the stories of Russia’s LGBTQ youth and the families who embrace them

 Who are Russia’s Generation Z? The lives of Moscow’s youngest tribe — in pictures

Who are Russia’s Generation Z? The lives of Moscow’s youngest tribe — in pictures

Quietly breathtaking and nostalgic photos of a small town that doesn’t exist

Quietly breathtaking and nostalgic photos of a small town that doesn’t exist

Onboard an overnight ‘party’ ferry, Latvia’s youth sail into uncharted waters — and uncertain times

Onboard an overnight ‘party’ ferry, Latvia’s youth sail into uncharted waters — and uncertain times

Sun kissed: growing up beside Croatia’s glittering Adriatic Sea

Sun kissed: growing up beside Croatia’s glittering Adriatic Sea

Thrifting and teen thrills: photos of Russian youth's love affair with second-hand clothes

Thrifting and teen thrills: photos of Russian youth’s love affair with second-hand clothes

In bloom: see a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness

In bloom: see a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness

Beyond the glitz: what’s making Nur-Sultan’s kids want to leave the Kazakh capital?

Beyond the glitz: what’s making Nur-Sultan’s kids want to leave the Kazakh capital?

These teens have mastered the art of killing time in an industrial wasteland

These teens have mastered the art of killing time in an industrial wasteland

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

Beautiful armour: meet the photographer unmasking youth in Kiev and Riga

Beautiful armour: meet the photographer unmasking youth in Kiev and Riga