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Historian of the Habsburg Empire in the long 19th century; also WWI and history of nationalism. Professor in Modern History, University of Ljubljana.

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Am
5. März 2026, 18:30 Uhr
sprechen wir am Institut für historische Sozialforschung darüber, was die digitale Edition der k. k. Regierungsprotokolle über die #Sozialgeschichte verrät.

In den vier Jahrzehnte liberaler und konservativer Politik der späten […]

[Original post on fedihum.org]

02.03.2026 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

In Trump’s video about the American soldiers who have died you can see the exact moment where he stops reading the script. It’s his ‘that’s the way it is…’ line delivered with a weird riff and half smirk. A man who has always thought dead soldiers are losers who get nothing for dying.

01.03.2026 22:45 — 👍 69    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0

I'm curious if Polymarket would be open to a bet on that. Because I am ready to bet serious money that they did!

01.03.2026 06:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Two scientists look at a monitor attached to a large apparatus consisting of pipes, tanks, vessels and hoses. 

The first scientist says
"I don't get it. The reaction is running perfectly, but we can't account for 7% of the heat."

The other says
"Have you Asked the Professor?"

The first replies
"We're not supposed To disturb him when He's in his office."

 On the other side of the apparatus, one of the pipes goes through a wall into another room where it warms the water for a hot tub in which the professor relaxes.

Two scientists look at a monitor attached to a large apparatus consisting of pipes, tanks, vessels and hoses. The first scientist says "I don't get it. The reaction is running perfectly, but we can't account for 7% of the heat." The other says "Have you Asked the Professor?" The first replies "We're not supposed To disturb him when He's in his office." On the other side of the apparatus, one of the pipes goes through a wall into another room where it warms the water for a hot tub in which the professor relaxes.

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

28.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 931    🔁 200    💬 4    📌 5

Neu im Feed: Wir untersuchen die großen Ambitionen der Hochseeflotte und das moralische Gewicht des Militärdienstes im Osten. Unsere neuesten Rezensionen befassen sich mit der deutschen Strategieplanung und persönlichen Memoiren aus den Jahren 1917–1918.

#Geschichte #ErsterWeltkrieg #Histodons

27.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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#OTD - 27 February 1915

27.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Paperback incoming… Can’t deal with the bad karma of posting a link to Amazon - available for pre order via Bloomsbury so far at the same price anyway. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ring-of-f...

26.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 73    🔁 12    💬 4    📌 5

Recycling also helps the environment. No matter how you look at it, this was the right move.

25.02.2026 12:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

You never know when the Prussians might come back. :)

25.02.2026 11:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mene "hrvatenje" ne moti, če hočejo ljudje biti Hrvati in Hrvatice je to povem legitimna izbira. No, za slovenske superpatriote je vseeno nekoliko nenavadna.
Me pa moti koketiranje z radikalnim nacionalizmom in fašistoidnimi tipi vseh sort. Cf. Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán...

25.02.2026 09:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Niti ne! Ante Starčević je bil vseeno antiklerikalni radikalec, JJ et co in njihove simpatije do avtoritarne vlade in vladarjev bi mu šli kvečjemu na živce. ;)

25.02.2026 08:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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📣 #CfA 📣

Are you a #PhD researcher enrolled in a doctoral programme in and holding nationality of one of the countries included in the #EUIWidening Europe Programme?

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📣 #PhDlife

25.02.2026 08:12 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

As I scroll through my timeline this morning, I'm guessing that His Dementedness, the Great Satan, did not catch fire and self-combust on the podium. I must say I am disappointed, I was really hoping for a happy ending to his story.

25.02.2026 06:58 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WEBER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

📣 Job Opportunity: Weber Postdoctoral Scholar in European History at #UCLA!
The UCLA Department of History seeks applicants for a 2-yr Postdoctoral Scholar. Please apply or share with anyone who might be a great fit!
🗓️ Review begins: Apr 1, 2026
🔗Details & application ⬇️
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10862

25.02.2026 02:12 — 👍 20    🔁 26    💬 0    📌 0
cover for the book "Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the Outbreak of the First World War"

cover for the book "Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the Outbreak of the First World War"

They discuss how the books "Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the Outbreak of the First World War" & "British First World War Propaganda: From A to Z" (two recent books from Bloomsbury) reframe the war’s first months.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1947...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1947...

24.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Caroline Pichler and Archduke Charles – of Para-social Relationships in the Early-modern Era By Nebiha Guiga Archduke Charles (1771-1847), the younger brother of Emperor Francis II/I was epileptic. In the early months of 1801, the Viennese writer Caroline Pichler recalls in her memoirs, he su...

New on the #Blog about the history of the #HabsburgMonarchy:
CAROLINE PICHLER AND ARCHDUKE CHARLES –
OF PARA-SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE EARLY-MODERN ERA
#HabsburgStudies #CourtStudies #earlymodern #earlymodernera
See more ⬇️
habsmon.hypotheses.org/2548

24.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Visiting Scholars and Scholarships | GWZO

Call for applications for fellowships in Prague! www.leibniz-gwzo.de/en/institute...

24.02.2026 09:53 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Austro-Hungarian patrol on camelback in Palestine, 1916/1917

24.02.2026 07:01 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

This is an academia dot edu hate account, don’t put your PDF in that

07.09.2025 15:22 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1
Ukrainian Stamp "Russian warship, go f*ck yourself" (2022)

Ukrainian Stamp "Russian warship, go f*ck yourself" (2022)

24.02.2026 03:31 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Se samo meni zdi, da ima slovenska politika en precej očiten problem? #volitve

23.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

what even is the fucking point

23.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 2866    🔁 725    💬 213    📌 299

2. On 18 March, we’re also running a workshop about publishing in global, international or European history for early career researchers, contact @rshc.bsky.social if you want to reserve a place

23.02.2026 13:45 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Event poster for 'After Empire: National Questions and the making of International Order in Southeastern Europe' with an image of the book cover. In-person event.

Event poster for 'After Empire: National Questions and the making of International Order in Southeastern Europe' with an image of the book cover. In-person event.

Join us for this seminar with Dr Georgios Giannakopoulos to hear more about his book 'The Interpreters' which offers a new interpretation of the cultural and intellectual exchanges between Britain and southeastern Europe in an age of imperial transformation.

🗓️ 3 March at 6pm
➡️ buff.ly/3FH0K8u

23.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Richard Georg Plaschka-Preis Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

#opportunity

Richard Georg Plaschka-Preis

Wissenschaftler:innen, außerordentliche Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropäischen Geschichte erbracht und das 40. Lebensjahr noch nicht überschritten haben. @oeaw.bsky.social

stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/preise/geist...

23.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War Final conference of the Leibniz Junior Research Group Project “‘Man hört, man spricht’: Informal Communication and Information ‘From Below’ in Nazi Europe” (INFOCOM) at the Leibniz Institute for Conte...

The call is now also on H-Soz-Kult! Apply by May 1st for our conference @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social on "Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War" @crh.ehess.fr @ehess.fr

www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

23.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Thank goodness my wife isn't on social media! Otherwise, we'd be retiling our bathroom right now!

23.02.2026 10:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
ESSHC | European Social Science History Conference

The European Social Science History Conference CfP is now live. Anyone thinking of going/putting together a panel? It's in Lyon! esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en

23.02.2026 08:30 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Or this guy for that matter.

23.02.2026 06:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The US team earned their gold medals, I am not disputing that. But I was cheering for the Canadians because I didn't want to see His Dementedness gloat.😉

22.02.2026 22:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0