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Historian at the confluences of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, paramilitaries, nationalism and the far right. https://www.discogs.com/seller/stevanbozanich/profile

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Skandal/ Policia e Shtetit rrethon News24, kërkon nxjerrjen me forcë nga ambientet. Gazetarëve u ndalohet hyrja në redaksi Policia e Shtetit ka nisur një represion mbi News24, duke rrethuar godinën në orët e para të mëngjesit. Pa paralajmërim dhe pa vendim gjykate, Policia kërkon lirimin e ambienteve ku aktualisht ndodhen...

Earlier this morning, police forces in #Tirana — without any prior notice and in complete disregard of legal or administrative procedures—surrounded the offices of News24, BalkanWeb, Panorama, and Gazeta Shqiptare.

09.08.2025 08:30 — 👍 1    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

If you're a historian who was disgusted by the AHA's recent pro-AI bullshit, the awesome @cjdenial.bsky.social has a good answer

07.08.2025 12:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Bosna 2025. - 30 godina kasnije 30. godišnjica završetka rata u Bosni i Hercegovini vrijeme je za razmišljanje. 30 godina od rata, institucionalne strukture zemlje još uvijek su veoma složene. Izgledi za mir i pomirenje ispunjeni su...

Throughout 2025, I'm collecting reflections from people in #Bosnia-#Herzegovina about the country 30 years on from the end of the war. Please use the following template or contact me directly. forms.gle/w4SXP3guiUiS...

07.08.2025 08:44 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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In late November, we will convene at the University of Munich for the conference: "The 1990s as a Time of Unmaking and Remaking Albania" with topics from arts and politics to political economy. Tag along if you are around.

Details are here: www.gose.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ko...

07.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Obviously they walked

07.08.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
UBC

Together with Dr. Kate Holland, Dr. Katherine Bowers has published an article called “The Failure of Form: Reading Liminality Computationally in Dostoevskii’s The Double” in the most recent issue of Slavic Review. @katiabowers.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social
cenes.ubc.ca/news/dr-bowe...

05.08.2025 21:55 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Institute for Habsburg and #BalkanStudies ist looking for a new DIRECTOR WITH TENURE (F/M/X). The successful candidate will bring expertise primarily in the
history of the #earlymodern #HabsburgMonarchy in its #CentralEuropean context.
For further information see: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=xad3...

06.08.2025 09:29 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The Robert D. Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies | Centre for European Studies The Tobin Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated in 2024. It brings international scholars working at the forefront of queer and trans German studies to UBC to share their scholarship with stude...

To find out more about the Tobin Lecture Series and how you could support our work: ces.ubc.ca/research/the....

06.08.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Tobin Distinguished Lecture: Andrea Rottmann “From Weimar to Berlin: German Queer Democratic Citizenship in the Postwar Moment” | Centre for European Studies Event Details Start: 12 September 2025 12:00 pm End: 12 September 2025 1:30 pm Categories: CES Talks, Events, Featured Talk, Talks, The Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies Fo...

To find out more about the lecture and the speaker, visit the event website: ces.ubc.ca/events/event...

06.08.2025 11:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Lecture title, speaker name, and lecture time/date/location info on a poster, all of which is available on the website for the event.

Lecture title, speaker name, and lecture time/date/location info on a poster, all of which is available on the website for the event.

QR code for the online registration for those interested attending via zoom.

QR code for the online registration for those interested attending via zoom.

UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.

06.08.2025 11:41 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Threads of Life — Mangal Media I finally found a thread that leads from the land she came from to the bristled leaves that sprouted from it, to the grazing flocks of sheep that my grandmother tended and whose wool she shore, from t...

A couple of years ago I read an essay by Ana Sekulić (@anasekulic.bsky.social ), "Threads of Life", which explained my situation exceptionally well, and I felt seen for the first time. I am really grateful. I strongly recommend you read it. [12/12]

www.mangalmedia.net/english/find...

05.08.2025 16:48 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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No excuse for not having read Brian Ladd's _The Ghosts of Berlin_ long since. Urban historian Alan Lessoff recommended it as an exemplar of urban histoy. He is so right. What a spectacular book. Perhaps, even worthy of the overused "brilliant" and "fantastic." Good covers, too.

05.08.2025 11:08 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I’m dying at this 😂

05.08.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Busy days ahead! Just received the proofs for my next book, which will be out in January 2026. It's written for a broad audience and covers a very timely topic. The best thing is that it will be released as an affordable paperback edition straightaway! #history #skystorians #book #germany

04.08.2025 10:13 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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"Luka Ivan Jukic... [aims] to show that Central European history is much more than the sum of its parts”.

CENTRAL EUROPE in the Sunday Times this morning with a perceptive review by Europe Editor Peter Conradi, give it a read below!

03.08.2025 10:29 — 👍 49    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 4

I love Vancouver, don’t get me wrong, but the VAG is not a bright spot in that city.

03.08.2025 00:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Deadline: 31 Aug

02.08.2025 03:01 — 👍 48    🔁 42    💬 0    📌 4
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Thinking of Suleika Aldini on this European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma, which commemorates the 500,000 men, women, and children who were imprisoned, tortured, and killed leading up to and during the Second World War. /1

02.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
A line drawing of a candle with a flame, set against a circular background resembling the Romani flag, featuring red and blue colours with white segments radiating from the centre. Below the candle, it’s written 'WE REMEMBER'. The wall background in the image has a rough and weathered texture, with visible peeling paint and discoloration. It gives off a rustic appearance, suggesting age and wear. The EU flag in the bottom right corner.

A line drawing of a candle with a flame, set against a circular background resembling the Romani flag, featuring red and blue colours with white segments radiating from the centre. Below the candle, it’s written 'WE REMEMBER'. The wall background in the image has a rough and weathered texture, with visible peeling paint and discoloration. It gives off a rustic appearance, suggesting age and wear. The EU flag in the bottom right corner.

#WeRemember🕯️

We honour the memory of victims that were part of the atrocious Roma Holocaust taking more than 500,000 lives.

Today marks 10 years since the EU officially recognised this day.

We stand united against antigypsyism — today and every day.

02.08.2025 07:32 — 👍 256    🔁 78    💬 8    📌 2

Haven’t been to AGA but the VAG is…not good. Cultural institutions at the municipal level in the Lower Mainland is horrendous. Great at the community level, terrible further up.

02.08.2025 05:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This thread raises a question for me. I’m familiar but certainly not an expert such as yourself. Would each of these points apply to Kosovo? I also recognize that each case is unique and, ultimately, states can choose to recognize or not based on any number of real or arbitrary understandings.

31.07.2025 12:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Contemporary European History digest, no. 1, January to July 2025 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog As we - like many other journals - transition towards digital-only publication, we have become acutely aware of how difficult it can be to find out what is happening with Contemporary European History...

You can now keep up with the latest CEH news through our new series of digest blogs! The first edition includes:

🥇 CEH's move to Gold #OpenAccess
📖 Highlighted articles from each of our editors
💻 News about our move to digital-only publication

And more! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

31.07.2025 09:49 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
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The Evolution of Far-Right Violence in Canada Canadian researchers, politicians and security services have expressed concern regarding the rise of the “far right.” However, it remains unclear whether this has also translated into an increase i...

"The Evolution of Far-Right Violence in Canada." 🇨🇦

So happy for my friend Shandon Harris-Hogan (@crexuio.bsky.social) as he completes his series of deep dives on far-right terrorism in the lesser-studied Five Eyes countries: Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

30.07.2025 13:37 — 👍 31    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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How to Contribute to Cogs of War - War on the Rocks Cogs of War is our dedicated vertical on defense technology and defense industrial base issues produced in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton. Read on

If you have something to say about defense technology and industry, we want your voice. Contribute to @Cogs0fWar and shape the debate. warontherocks.com/jo...

30.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Hurray! The paperback edition of my book ‘Holding Out’ has just been published. It’s flying off the shelves, so don’t delay, buy today!

30.07.2025 18:17 — 👍 36    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 2

Take it from a person with a bloody PhD in anthropology, one in sociology, and a book on the subject: for 'cultural difference' to turn into violence you need state-created competition for artificially scarce resources and rewards for in-group loyalty. Wondering which northeast this reminds me of...

30.07.2025 21:04 — 👍 37    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

anyway just realised this may be worth writing up so hit me if you are an outlet that publishes people who have the audacity to not have English-sounding names while having an opinion about British politics 🤭

30.07.2025 21:08 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the Union Movement in Manchester, UK. However, he was attacked by anti-fascists and had to be rescued by police. A Mosley speech later was drowned out by a crowd of anti-fascists. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-6...

29.07.2025 06:40 — 👍 936    🔁 280    💬 14    📌 53
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As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now

Taner Akçam, Marianne Hirsch, and I introduce the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network and call for immediate concrete measures to prevent further atrocity crimes and to protect civilians in Gaza.

29.07.2025 14:10 — 👍 89    🔁 48    💬 0    📌 9

He also rubbed elbows with celebs prior to being PM, partially a result of his high society upbringing. Same with Mulroney, who hosted a celeb style talk show (still does maybe?)

29.07.2025 23:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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