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Rok Stergar

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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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It was a long but inspiring first day of the "History at All Costs?" conference. #HistoryAtHeart #OHTE

16.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ πŸ—“οΈOn this day, October 15, 1917, Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and courtesan accused of spying for Germany, was executed by firing squad in France. She was one of the First World War’s most infamous spies, embodying both the paranoia and fascination surrounding intelligence work during wartime. 🧡

16.10.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Also: which kids? Let's not pretend that these people were teenagers.

16.10.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ausschreibungen

Fellowships for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers from Poland or Ukraine for a stay of up to six months in Halle. πŸ‘‡

www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...

15.10.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Apply for a fellowship : NEC NEC Institute for Advanced Study

Applications are open for postdoctoral and other fellowships at New Europe College.
nec.ro/fellowships/...

14.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Hungarian civil servants on the territory of Slovakia amid the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1919–24: a case study on the status regulation of teachers and postal employees The study investigates the Habsburg (Hungarian) civil service and its relation to the Czechoslovak state on the territory of Slovakia in the immediate post-First World War years. By exploring how C...

We’re delighted to share that Veronica Szeghy-Gayer has won the Slovak Academy of Science award for her article, β€˜Former Hungarian civil servants on the territory of Slovakia amid the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1919–24’.

You can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

14.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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HSG: PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies (m/w/d) We are looking for a PhD candidate with expertise in cultural history, history, literary studies, or sociology. Interdisciplinary approaches and comparative aspects in a European or global context are...

Consider applying!!

PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

⏱️ Deadline: November 15, 2025

jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...

13.10.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Ruling Dynasties in the Age of Revolution 1780–1850 A conference at the IHB will examine the prevailing networks of European dynasties between 1780 and 1850. The aim is to reassess family power networks during the revolutionary period. British historia...

RULING #DYNASTIES IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 1780-1850.
The #Conference will open with a #publiclecture by Dominic Lieven | #LSE. Prof. Lieven is historian of #EasternEurope and Fellow of #TrinityCollege at #CambridgeUniversity.
12 - 14 November 2025
See more: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

13.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’ͺFirst lecture of the new History on the Edge lecture series!
INZ, Wed, 15 Oct 2025, 15:00 (CEST)
Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8509307453...

Marta Baradić
Revisiting Giuseppina Martinuzzi’s Activism on the Centenary of Her Death

#HistoryOnTheEdge #Istria #Trieste #Feminism
@inz-ljubljana.bsky.social

13.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Zotero | Your personal research assistant

New bibliography entry: Tactical Learning and Innovation in the Habsburg Army, 1914–1918 ift.tt/D8JfFMC #FWWstudies

12.10.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I remember correctly, @pkrugman.bsky.social wrote about that in one of his opinion pieces. It was a while back, and I couldn't find it now.

12.10.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unacceptable!

11.10.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tvoja začetna domneva, da nekaj zagotovo ve, zna biti napačna. Par stvari, ki jih je napisal kočevski župan, sem prebral in v njih nisem naőel veliko vedenja. Blefiranja pa kolikor hočeő.

11.10.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Dragocene korenine slovenstva" so ruvali s pomanjkanjem jogurta in globalizmom, "naΕ‘e narodno drevo" pa je venelo.
*avtorico citatov iz vljudnosti zamolčim

10.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ampak jogurt je bil pa samo ene vrste! :)

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Now seems like a good time to remind our followers that "[u]niversity professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion" can make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. www.nobelprize.org/n...

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Fresh from the press! Check out the whole volume "Habsburg Natures : Imperial Governance and Environment in Central Europe, 1850-1918" eds. Jawad Daheur, Iva LučiΔ‡
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.29...

10.10.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two PhDs in the History of Migrant Women's Labour in Postwar Europe Two PhDs in the History of Migrant Women's Labour in Postwar Europe

My ERC project FeMMiWork is hiring two PhDs! One will look at women from Italy, and the other, women from Turkey.

Please distribute through your networks! Deadline to apply is November 30.

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

09.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Motherhood Without Poverty 2026 Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939) Call for papers A One-Day Hybrid Workshop at the University of Glasgow Frid...

πŸ“£πŸ“£Call for papers

sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/...

Hybrid workshop, "Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939)".

27 feb 2026, University of Glasgow.

Please share!

08.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you work on history of experience, or on history of emotion, note this!πŸ‘‡

07.10.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wee reminder that you can have some 11 Nov @fwwsoc.bsky.social action with the Dennis Showalter Lecture by @juliarsct.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/fwws...

06.10.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Above all, you should be proud of your work. Even though I was mostly just observing from the sidelines, I couldn't help but notice how hard you and your team worked.

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Another week, another championship. @tamaupogi adds the European championship to his palmarès.

05.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Everyone likes the Mediterranean in October. In July ... not so much. 😏

05.10.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area is an online database of language contact phenomena as attested in the Balkan languages.

Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area - an online database of language contact phenomena as attested in the Balkan languages abla.cnrs.fr

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Čehi letijo v nebo (Live)
YouTube video by Pankrti - Topic Čehi letijo v nebo (Live)
04.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope they at least served a wide variety of yogurt at breakfast.

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Book Launch: The Enduring Legacy of the Habsburg Islam Policy at Aga Khan Centre Tickets are now available for Book Launch: The Enduring Legacy of the Habsburg Islam Policy at Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street on Thursday 16th October 2025. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

πŸ“š Book launch
πŸ“ Aga Khan Centre, London/Online
πŸ•§ Thursday October 16th, 5:30pmΒ 

Editors Sevgi Adak and Thomas Schmidinger discuss the influence of the Habsburg Islam Policy towards Muslims of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's successor states.

Book your free in-person ticket:

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