Rok Stergar

Vacancy for a fully funded 4-year PhD at @uvahumanities.bsky.social on the key roles played by social science, demography, and nutritional science during the blockades of the First and Second World Wars, especially where they related to food.

Gówno w pozłotku is a very accurate description of His Dementedness, the Great Satan (with tiny hands).

I am looking at this picture and thinking ... these walls could use more kitschy gold-plated decorations!

kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

Habsburg Railroad Engineers in America | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies by Henry Blood.

New on our blog: “Habsburg Railroad Engineers in America”

Discover how Matthias Schönerer, Franz Anton von Gerstner & Carl von Ghega saw the promise of American steam power—strengthening Austrian-American ties.

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#HabsburgEmpire #RailwayHistory #AustrianHistory

Blocked and reported! 😊

She finished high school in Slovenia, which means she had English as her first foreign language for eight years and watched numerous TV shows and movies in English growing up. She has been living in the US for decades. I would really appreciate it if someone could explain her horrible English to me.

Troops of the 1st Ukrainian Division (possibly) marching through a major town in Ukraine.

Anniversary: 1 March 1918. German forces capture Kyiv.

Wolfram Dornik & Peter Lieb interpret this occupation as a "political and economical fiasco". They analyze how strategic overstretch in the Ukrainian "failing state" accelerated the collapse of the Central Powers.

March 31, 2026: Application Deadline for Research & Project Grants | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies seeks grant proposals for research or projects aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic

⏰ Deadline approaching! The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies seeks grant proposals on U.S.–Austria (incl. Habsburg) history. Support for archival research, books, dissertations, exhibits & media. Apply by 5 PM EST, March 31, 2026.
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📣 New article online!

'Blood Knows No Borders: Blood Donation and Transfusion Systems in Yugoslavia', by Ivan Simic | @ivansimic.bsky.social

📖 Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I hate ChatGPT and other LLMs. In all honesty, though, any one of them would have written a more human text than this.

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]

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.

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

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

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

#OTD - 27 February 1915

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...

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

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

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...

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. ;)

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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.

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!
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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...

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

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

Austro-Hungarian patrol on camelback in Palestine, 1916/1917

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