Pavol Jakubec

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?

Good point. But no, it is not.

Slightly odd. And I have spent a decade in Prague.

Academia edu has been a rather troublesome knowledge-visibility platform for quite some time now. Their new steps to monetise research to which they´ve not contributed prompt me to leave.
I´m still on RG which, as far as I can tell, has a different business model.

It´s this time of year.

1,000 reads is not 100 citations. Not even 10. Still, not a bad attention score for an article discussing what some might consider, quite unjustly, a niche topic.

Earlier this month, a German historian who, although from a distance, had a great influence on my research on Second World War governments-in-exile, passed away. Requiescat in pacem.
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Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers

In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British.

⌛️ Last chance to read this History Matters for free

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International Politics International Politics is a journal that publishes scholarship on international relations, focusing on power struggles in international society.Explores a ...

Happy to see a special issue dedicated to the #scholarship of Adam Watson. His works have profoundly influenced my take on #International #History and #Politics.
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Do I know anyone who reads #Korean? I would love to know who cited one of my articles over there.

If you happen to be in Brussels on 16–17 September, join us at the ULB for the international conference “Influence and Propaganda: New Historiographical Perspectives”
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Historians: tailoring a practical micro-course in #diplomatic #history for undergrads that extends beyond my period of expertise, I need help. Is there a compendium of key 19C diplomatic documents (treaties etc.) where these are rendered in English, not French?

Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize US president told Norway’s finance minister he wants the Nobel peace prize, according to the Norwegian press

In the offing for quite some time now. If anything drives POTUS, it´s a childish preoccupation with his lasting legacy, which is currently in the making. There may be none greater accolade for a statesman in office than the #NobelPeacePrize.
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The Helsinki accord was a masterpiece of European diplomacy. Fifty years on, we need its spirit more than ever | Kai Hebel and Richard Davy The OSCE hasn’t stopped Putin’s aggression, but it has the potential to help broker a peace in Ukraine when the time is right, say authors Kai Hebel and Richard Davy

50 years of the Helsinki Final
Act 1975.

Having worked with “old guard” activists [a.k.a dissidents] in 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰🇨🇱🇦🇷🇧🇷 - I know personally how important the Helsinki Human Rights Declaration was to their work in the 1970s and 1980s.

That’s right the effect went beyond Europe and Canada and US.

Production de savoirs et organisations internationales ; agentivité, autonomie et gouvernance interne Pas encore de compte ?

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From Hygge to High Alert: Norway’s Turn to Hard Security - The Northern European :: UpNorth Few countries project a gentler international image than Norway, with its fjord tourism, free-range parenting and electric-vehicle leadership. Behind its pastoral reputation, however, Oslo...

A short piece on Norwegian security policy: upnorth.eu/from-hygge-t...

Tbh, as a young man I was quite partial to the Suvorov line but, in time, I observed that it is based on inconclusive evidence at best.

Thought so. Mainstream is boring.

Haven't exactly read his stuff but I remember that the little I encountered made my eyebrows rise.

I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Lying Abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter from @manchesterup.bsky.social

I very much recommend it. Here are my comments…

#lyingabroad #diplomacy #tudor #stuartdynasty #ambassador

Left-wing MEP Rackete resigns from European Parliament - Euractiv Left group says transition may take weeks as administrative process begins.

Bizarre! An MEP leaves her position after just 1 year (out of 5!), gives no real reason, and people hail her “legacy”.

Why run if you are not interested in the job? Or, if you were, why not explain what changed?

Seminar honours contribution of Bronisław Geremek to European integration The inventory of the archives of Bronisaw Geremek is now available for consultation in the database of the Historical Archives of the European Union The openi

The European papers of Prof. Geremek have been made available at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. It was accompanied by a seminar that discussed research paths of East-West collaborations before 1989 and 2004/07 enlargements @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social
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Echoing recent PM #Fico´s praise for regimes getting things done bc they don't get disturbed by elections, 25% of voters declare a preference for a single party regime, a #poll from #Slovakia shows. Are there #polls asking about this from other #EuropeanUnion member states?

Copies of The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State by Ned Richardson-Little (Bloomsbury, 2025)

It’s here!

This shocked me, given that he is no longer a rookie.

Not only for the love of mountains.
#ComingFromAnAlpinistFamily