Ivana M. Žimbrek

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

Eroticization of the Adriatic: Sex, Tourism and Masculinities in Socialist Yugoslavia

If you're in Vienna, please join the next CEU Yugo-Region Research Group public event on November 10. We will reminisce about the summer with Anita Buhin and her research on the romantic and sexual interactions on the Yugoslav Adriatic in the 1960s and 1970s.

events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/e...

Es ist wieder soweit - Bewerbungen für den Österr. Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaft sind möglich - mit der Bitte um fleißiges Teilen :-)
www.bmfwf.gv.at/ministerium/...

I gave an interview to Nada & Novosti about my research on Yugoslav department stores. You can't fully see it, but the photos were taken in front of the (now privatized and abandoned) department store Pula, built in 1978. Check it out here: www.portalnovosti.com/ivana-mihael...

Hvala ti!!

Yes they are, just make sure to point out what's your interest/connection to the topic in the letter.

Call for the Free CEU/IFDT Online Course on the Balkans

There is still some time left to apply for our amazing Balkan course at the Invisible University for Ukraine. It's always a great place for mutual exchange (and aid), and exploring (un)expected connections. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/09/call...

Call for Pitches: Bodies of the Balkans

We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans.

Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:

www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials

agrowingculture 3 hours ago 2/5 This morning, Israeli forces raided and demolished the Seed Multiplication Unit of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees' (UAWC) national seed bank in Hebron. Using bulldozers and heavy machinery, the Israeli army destroyed the storage warehouses and infrastructure where essential equipment, seed materials, and tools for indigenous seed reproduction were kept. This is not just an attack on a building-its an attack on Palestinian food sovereignty, biodiversity and cultural memory.

Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.

Kostenlose Deutschkurse in elf Wiener Parks

Auch heuer bieten die Wiener #Volkshochschulen wieder kostenlose Deutschkurse für Erwachsene in elf Wiener Parks an.
Alle Infos:
www.vhs.at/de/deutschim...

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms - A Special Issue of Historical Materialism - Historical Materialism Guest editors: Anna Beria (Kingston University, London), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London), Giorgi Kobakhidze (Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès), Jiří Růžička (The Institute of Philoso...

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms.

We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

„Diese Menschen haben keine Lobby.“ Petar „Pero“ Rosandić erzählt im Interview über seine eigene Fluchterfahrung als Kind, über rassistische Lehrer:innen in Wien und warum er heute selbst Menschen hilft, die vor Krieg flüchten. 1/4

Post-doctoral Researcher (with focus on Ukraine) (f/m/d) Post-doctoral Researcher (with focus on Ukraine) (f/m/d)

Postdoc position at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at CEU for Ukrainian researchers.

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Selected strategic projects under CRMA Selected strategic projects under CRMA

If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further.

The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.

This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.

🆕 Just out in @nationalitiesp.bsky.social:

“Negotiating Brotherhood and Unity: ‘Oriental Confectioners’ and Socialist Morality in Post-war Slovenia”

Albanians in socialist Slovenia/Yugoslavia weren’t just victims – they negotiated inclusion from within YU socialism
🔗 cup.org/4kuS07r
🧵 key findings

I am very excited to be part of this excellent panel on "Women and feminism in early twentieth-century labour movements" together with ‪@szidora.bsky.social‬, Daria Dyakonova and Sára Bagdi and talk about my research on women in revolutionary movements at the end and after World War I.

Capitalist Transformations INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe * Submit Abstract: Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December 2024

A bit late in advertising, but there's still time to check out this amazing conference.

capitalist-transformations.com

Buying sex across the Iron Curtain: Western Men and transactional intimacy in State-Socialist Hungary during the long 1960s By the late 1960s, Budapest had an international reputation as Eastern Europe’s most swinging city, where the Western tourist could find luxury hotels, striptease and charming girls in short skirts...

My first peer reviewed article on has appeared alongside some very excellent articles in a special issue of Rethinking History. Many thanks to @npapadogian.bsky.social and Ulrike Schaper for their insights and support in the process!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Call for application 2025/26 The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana is now accepting applications for the Visiting Fellowship program, for the visits to take place between October 1, 2025, and September 30, 2026. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2025. The decisions will be made by July 31, 2025, at the latest. Scholars working in the field of contemporary political, social, economic history or related disciplines, as well as scholars working in the field of digital humanities, are invited to apply for the fellowship for the periods of two weeks, one month, or two months in the given period. For more information visit: https://www.inz.si/en/VF/

Call for application 2025/26
The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana is now accepting applications for the Visiting Fellowship program.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2025.
The decisions will be made by July 31, 2025.

For more information visit: www.inz.si/en/VF/

From Sierra Leone to Bihać: Neuanfang in Bosnien 🇧🇦
Musa (21) aus Sierra Leone hat nach tausenden Kilometern Flucht & Camp Lipa in Bihać als Koch neu gestartet. Fleißig, pünktlich, voller Hoffnung. Integration braucht Chancen.
Wir zahlen Bosnischkurs.
IBAN: AT20 2011 1842 8097 8400
Danke!

Glad to see all this discussion of community education. Just a reminder that I’ve made all of my course material — 40 classes, from methods to maps, knowledge infrastructures to local media, digital ethnography to digital urbanism — freely available for 20+ years :)

Wir freuen uns sehr, dass Jelena Tešijas Blogbeitrag in kroatischer Übersetzung im online Magazin Vox Feminae erschienen ist: voxfeminae.net/pravednost/k...

Parlametar Zagreb prisustvo na sjednicama

Glasanja po točkama

Pretraživanje ključnih riječi

Gong je lansirao Parlametar Zagreb! 🗳️🚀

Od danas je građanima dostupan Parlametar Zagreb, novi digitalni alat za praćenje glasanja zastupnica i zastupnika u Skupštini Grada Zagreba.

Pictured is another heartwarming defense gift from my friends @szidora.bsky.social and Jelena.

I am spending April in Ljubljana at the always wonderful Institute for Contemporary History. I'm very happy to spend some nice springtime here after my defense. If you're in town, let's get coffee.

In so far as it's a sign, it's a sign that elite academics enjoy mobility that 99% of their colleagues do not, given the absurdities of the academic labor market. If you wanted the "direst sign of bad things to come," that was probably when Mahmoud Khalil got detained.

Beautiful golden balloons for the new title provided by the best @leahorvat.bsky.social

I am happy to announce that I have defended my PhD dissertation on Yugoslav department stores at the @historicalstudies.bsky.social at @weareceu.bsky.social I am incredibly thankful to my supervisor, defense committee, and all my friends and family who have supported me throughout the years.

Have you published an article in Slavic/EE/Eurasian/Gender Studies (15 Apr 2024–15 Apr 2025)? I’m chairing the Heldt Article Prize committee (Association for Women in Slavic Studies)—consider applying! Check out other categories (books, translations).
Deadline: 31 May
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Consider applying!

“Queer Histories of East Central Europe in the 20th Century.” This conference aims to move beyond national frameworks and engage with the fluidity, hybridity, and interconnectedness of queer histories, emphasizing intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches.

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