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Stella Ghervas

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Eugen Weber Chair in European History at @UCLA. Author of CONQUERING PEACE, by @Harvard_Press (2021), http://tinyurl.com/5fuz4w2u. 2023 Laura Shannon Prize for the best book in European studies. Lover of peace and chocolate.

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Consolidarea colaborării între USM și partenerii externi – tema discuției dintre rectorul Igor Șarov și prof. Stella Ghervas de la University of California, Los Angeles usm.md?p=40508

14.08.2025 06:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stella Ghervas, Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press, 2021, 529 str. Review.

“In a world marked by rising nationalism, political polarization, and new global conflicts, Ghervas’s book reminds us that lasting peace is fragile and requires constant renewal through law, dialogue, and collective responsibility.”
— Marko Ribičić, Historijski zbornik

hrcak.srce.hr/319902

28.07.2025 08:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

🕊️Delighted to share a thoughtful new review of my book "Conquering Peace" (HUP), by Marko Ribičić in "Historijski zbornik"—this time in Croatian!

It means a great deal to see it resonate with readers in Central & Southeast Europe, a region shaped by Europe’s turbulent history of peace and war.

28.07.2025 08:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stella Ghervas, Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press, 2021, 529 str. Review.

“In a world marked by rising nationalism, political polarization, and new global conflicts, Ghervas’s book reminds us that lasting peace is fragile and requires constant renewal through law, dialogue, and collective responsibility.”
— Marko Ribičić, Historijski zbornik

hrcak.srce.hr/319902

28.07.2025 08:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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🏆 Very pleased to share that I have been awarded the title of Honorary Member of the "A.D. Xenopol" Institute of History–The Romanian Academy.

In response to the laudatio, will deliver a lecture on June 5, 2025 entitled “Calming the Waters: Peace and Conflicts in the Black Sea.” lnkd.in/d5t7AWea

02.06.2025 21:43 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Stella Ghervas (Universitatea din California, Los Angeles): România poate juca un rol de punte în regiunea Mării Negre, în calitatea sa de membru al Uniunii Europene și al NATO, dar și de vecin istori... Zilele acestea, s-a desfășurat cea de-a șasea ediție a „Conferinței Anuale a Institutului de Istorie „A. D. Xenopol”, instituție a Academiei Române, filiala Iași. Invitat special a fost doamna profeso...

I recently joined Ioana Soreanu at Radio Romania Iași for a thoughtful exchange on the Black Sea region—its complex history, current geopolitical tensions, and the prospects for peace.

🎧 Audio & transcript (in Romanian): www.radioiasi.ro/life/stella-...

26.06.2025 08:32 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union LITTLE REVIEWSConquering Peace is a truly significant reenvisioning of the last three centuries of Europe's history. It is an imaginative and beautifully written longue durée narrative that presents f...

“This peace history should be mandatory reading for everyone concerned about how the long war in Ukraine will end and about the prospects for ensuring enduring peace in Europe during its aftermath.” — Ronald W. Edsforth, #CommonKnowledge

read.dukeupress.edu/common-knowl...

21.06.2025 10:27 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Stella Ghervas (Universitatea din California, Los Angeles): România poate juca un rol de punte în regiunea Mării Negre, în calitatea sa de membru al Uniunii Europene și al NATO, dar și de vecin istori... Zilele acestea, s-a desfășurat cea de-a șasea ediție a „Conferinței Anuale a Institutului de Istorie „A. D. Xenopol”, instituție a Academiei Române, filiala Iași. Invitat special a fost doamna profeso...

I recently joined Ioana Soreanu at Radio Romania Iași for a thoughtful exchange on the Black Sea region—its complex history, current geopolitical tensions, and the prospects for peace.

🎧 Audio & transcript (in Romanian): www.radioiasi.ro/life/stella-...

26.06.2025 08:32 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you, Elizabeth — that means a lot!

24.06.2025 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Conquering Peace — Harvard University Press A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace.Political peace in Europe has historically...

How timely—and gratifying for me as the author—to read this review of my book #ConqueringPeace (Harvard UP), tracing Europe’s fragile peace efforts since the 17th century. Glad it still resonates amid today’s urgent challenges.
📖 Order the book here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

21.06.2025 10:27 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Conquering Peace — Harvard University Press A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace.Political peace in Europe has historically...

How timely—and gratifying for me as the author—to read this review of my book #ConqueringPeace (Harvard UP), tracing Europe’s fragile peace efforts since the 17th century. Glad it still resonates amid today’s urgent challenges.
📖 Order the book here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

21.06.2025 10:27 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union LITTLE REVIEWSConquering Peace is a truly significant reenvisioning of the last three centuries of Europe's history. It is an imaginative and beautifully written longue durée narrative that presents f...

“This peace history should be mandatory reading for everyone concerned about how the long war in Ukraine will end and about the prospects for ensuring enduring peace in Europe during its aftermath.” — Ronald W. Edsforth, #CommonKnowledge

read.dukeupress.edu/common-knowl...

21.06.2025 10:27 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Educația la zi - 5 iunie 2025 | Educația la zi Invitatele emisiunii sunt Stella Ghervas, istoric, Universitatea din California, Los Angeles și prof.univ.dr. Veronica Mocanu, medic... | By TVR Iasi | ... Educația la zi Invitatele emisiunii sunt Stella Ghervas, istoric, Universitatea din California, Los Angeles și prof.univ.dr. Veronica Mocanu, medic...

I had the chance to speak with Ovidiu Mihăiuc on his show "Educația la zi", on TVR Iași, right after my lecture "Calming the Waters: Peace and Conflicts in the Black Sea", at the Institute of History "A.D. Xenopol" — The Romanian Academy.
You can watch it here: www.facebook.com/tvriasi/vide...

08.06.2025 19:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you! 🙏

03.06.2025 05:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🏆 Very pleased to share that I have been awarded the title of Honorary Member of the "A.D. Xenopol" Institute of History–The Romanian Academy.

In response to the laudatio, will deliver a lecture on June 5, 2025 entitled “Calming the Waters: Peace and Conflicts in the Black Sea.” lnkd.in/d5t7AWea

02.06.2025 21:43 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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🏆 Am plăcerea să vă anunț că am fost distinsă cu titlul de Membru de Onoare al Institutului de Istorie „A.D. Xenopol” al Academiei Române – Filiala Iași, pentru contribuția mea la studiul Europei de Sud-Est și al istoriei Moldovei și României.
Vă aștept cu drag la ceremonie și la prelegerea mea!

30.05.2025 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Odessa. © 2025 Stella Ghervas

Odessa. © 2025 Stella Ghervas

The Black Sea Security Forum is off to a strong start in #Odesa, now in its 2nd edition. Held in this iconic port-city—the pearl of the #BlackSea —it provides a timely platform for vital talks amid the EU’s announcement of a Black Sea Maritime Security Hub. Looking forward to following its progress!

30.05.2025 14:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us for a talk hosted by the UCLA History Honors Society on Wednesday, April 16 at 4:00 PM (PST):

“Notes from a Peace Correspondent: War in Ukraine and Ceasefire Diplomacy”

I will be sharing reflections from my travels to Ukraine last year—field notes on war and the fragile search for peace.

10.04.2025 21:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us for a talk hosted by the UCLA History Honors Society on Wednesday, April 16 at 4:00 PM (PST):

“Notes from a Peace Correspondent: War in Ukraine and Ceasefire Diplomacy”

I will be sharing reflections from my travels to Ukraine last year—field notes on war and the fragile search for peace.

10.04.2025 21:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Tiken Jah Fakoly - Plus rien ne m'étonne (Le Grand Choral 2024) | Traduction-Lyrics French / English
YouTube video by Learn French With Vic Tiken Jah Fakoly - Plus rien ne m'étonne (Le Grand Choral 2024) | Traduction-Lyrics French / English

Ils ont partagé le monde. Plus rien ne m'étonne.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vXx...

02.03.2025 15:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Susan Pedersen · Slim for Britain: Solidarity Economy No one who has lived in Britain would contest that Oxfam (and Save the Children, War on Want, Live Aid and the other big...

‘Oxfam in particular got under people’s skin, offering activism and expiation, and its strategic choices lastingly marked British retail and urban landscapes.’

Susan Pedersen considers the relationship between non-profits and neoliberalism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

17.01.2025 09:15 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Quite broad selection, but maybe interesting for those looking for accounts relevant for the #history of #intlaw

go.bsky.app/8APWRR6

03.01.2025 14:47 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Vattel (big name in #intlaw)... failed to obtain a writing grant for his classic "Le Droit des Gens" (1758), according to Béguelin (1929). When the Seven Years' War is on its way, he teases Saxon minister Brühl: "you just lost two castles, my 📖 could help you to convince allies to help you...".

07.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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L'Esprit des lois. Lettres persanes. Textes politiques et fictions | Charles de Montesquieu | Bouquins L'Esprit des lois. Lettres persanes. Textes politiques et fictions, de Charles de Montesquieu (auteur). Les œuvres majeures de Montesquieu rassemblées dans...

#Parution : Montesquieu. L'Esprit des lois. Lettres persanes. Textes politiques et fictions. Edition par Aurélia Gaillard et Catherine Volpilhac-Auger. Paris : Robert Laffont (Bouquins), 2025. ISBN : 9782382926215.

08.01.2025 13:23 — 👍 8    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Also there's this one as well, to find people from:

go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb

16.11.2024 18:13 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Stella Ghervas (2024). "Who Is In and Who Is Out? Inclusion and Exclusion in Conference Diplomacy, 1815-2015" Ghervas, Stella. (2024). "Who Is In and Who Is Out? Inclusion and Exclusion in European Conference Diplomacy, 1815–2015". In: Schindler, S., Daase, C., Seibel, W. (eds) Conference Diplomacy ...

🔔 Ending the year on a high note with the publication of my latest chapter, "Who Is In and Who Is Out? Inclusion and Exclusion in Conference Diplomacy, 1815-2015",
now available on Academia.edu - link below.

May peace and goodwill flourish in 2025! 🕊️

www.academia.edu/126583157/St...

27.12.2024 19:22 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

It was an honor to contribute to the just-published volume, "Conference Diplomacy and International Order: From the Congress of Vienna to the G7" (2024), alongside distinguished thinkers like Jürgen Osterhammel, G. John Ikenberry, Martha Finnemore, Adam Tooze, and many others.

27.12.2024 19:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Possibly the only book to carry jacket endorsements from both me and former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

26.12.2024 15:29 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Conquering Peace — Harvard University Press A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace.Political peace in Europe has historically...

🎄This holiday season, get 30% off my book, "Conquering Peace" (Winner of the 2023 Laura Shannon Prize for Best Book in Contemporary European Studies), available from @harvardpress.bsky.social.
Use promo code HOL24 at checkout. Offer valid through December 31, 2024
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

26.12.2024 15:19 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
“”There’s a huge gap in historical publishing market between middle school and college.”

“”There’s a huge gap in historical publishing market between middle school and college.”

Sharing a post from linked in from Jonathan W. Wilson, a high school history teacher, that we need more history books aimed at young adults.

20.12.2024 14:38 — 👍 141    🔁 63    💬 8    📌 7

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