A great review of Central Europe in this week's WSJ: 'Our image of the Continent in the years before 1914 tends to emphasize Central Europe, especially Vienna, as a crossroads of high culture... but Mr. Jukic broadens the picture.' www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

A great review of Central Europe in this week's WSJ: 'Our image of the Continent in the years before 1914 tends to emphasize Central Europe, especially Vienna, as a crossroads of high culture... but Mr. Jukic broadens the picture.' www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

The fate of a European dream of unity, what we learn from lyric sheets, economic irrationality and more. on.wsj.com/499VdEF

The domains of the Habsburgs formed a politcal and cultural patchwork that would come under increasing strain. on.wsj.com/4ayE75Y

Hugely honoured to see that Dominic Sandbrook has named Central Europe one of his books of the year in the Times!

Hugely honoured to see that Dominic Sandbrook has named Central Europe one of his books of the year in the Times!

Brushing up on nerd street cred @ljukic.bsky.social @jayforeman.bsky.social

🔊 Last few tickets left for tomorrow's seminar with @ljukic.bsky.social! Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

What is ‘Central Europe’? Please join us for this event with @ljukic.bsky.social, who will disentangle the enigma of Central Europe through its birth, death and rebirth. 🗓️ 14 October at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @annakoch.bsky.social

What is ‘Central Europe’? Where do its borders lie? Does it even exist? Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @ljukic.bsky.social to find out more. 🗓️ 14 October at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @annakoch.bsky.social

🚨Attention Londoners! In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history. It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!

In related news for my Oxford-based followers, two days after that I will be talking about my book at the Summertown Library in Oxford. Also free to attend and open to the public!

🚨Attention Londoners! In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history. It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!

#NewBooks for a new term! Check out our display on the Ground Floor of the Library. 📚📚📚

Truly phenomenal book

"Jukic’s Central Europe might be productively read as a powerful antidote to the continent’s sense of crisis about its identity". A very thoughtful review of my book Central Europe by Morten Hoi Jensen in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social - give it a read below! engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

The beauty of Rome is that it’s a modern city on top of a fascist city built on top of a romantic nationalist Italian city built on top of a Papal city built on top of a Roman city and no matter where you are, none of these layers is ever far away

"Jukic’s Central Europe might be productively read as a powerful antidote to the continent’s sense of crisis about its identity". A very thoughtful review of my book Central Europe by Morten Hoi Jensen in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social - give it a read below! engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

The fall and rise of Central Europe | Morten Høi Jensen engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

The Oxfam gods were good to me today

Just discovered this fascinating report from 1949 warning of the dangers of Pan-Slavist subversion in the US (publishing by House Committee on Un-American Activities). “51 percent of the workers in the coal and steel industries are of Slavic extraction…”

Heading to the Eternal City for the third time in as many years in a couple weeks. If anyone has any good tips or recommendations for slightly less well-known things to do or see and places to eat or drink in Rome, I’m all ears!

In Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea, Luka Ivan Jukic makes the case for Mitteleuropa as a time that land forgot. ✍️ Jakub Beneš reviews the recent history book www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

“The Doche”

Was Poland a part of Central Europe? Were Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia doomed? Could a certain friend of the show have saved his family's Danubian realm from collapse? Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!

Was Poland a part of Central Europe? Were Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia doomed? Could a certain friend of the show have saved his family's Danubian realm from collapse? Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!

Amazing that London could have easily become Londonburg or Lundenburg or something similar

It’s been a whirlwind week so I forgot to even say, but a huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of Central Europe earlier this week 🙏 The view that every author dreams of!

Quite a fascinating passage from here interpreting Britain’s WWII mythos (Dunkirk, the Blitz) an expression of traditional Protestant providentialism. Implies it was not so much WWII itself that united postwar Britain but a particularly Protestant interpretation of its significance!

Learning from this that not only did the Welsh historically refer to the English simply as ‘Saxons’, but Scottish Highlanders also saw the English and Scots speaking Lowlaners and the English collectively as ‘Saxons’ too

“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…

Especially humbled by this review because Beneš - besides being an authority on Central European history in general - wrote one of the books I enjoyed most while researching my own, exploring the complex interplay of nationalism and socialism in pre-WWI Austria. Highly recommend!

“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…

Yay! cc @ljukic.bsky.social

With Zelenskyy arriving in DC today, it's a good time to listen to our latest podcast in which @ljukic.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social discuss Ukraine's complex relationship with Russia and Central Europe. newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-...

I had a phenomenal conversation with @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast about my new book and changing attitudes to the idea of Central Europe. If I were to give it an apt title, it would be ‘Central Europe from Mitteleuropa to the Pax Americana’. Give it a listen!

I had a phenomenal conversation with @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast about my new book and changing attitudes to the idea of Central Europe. If I were to give it an apt title, it would be ‘Central Europe from Mitteleuropa to the Pax Americana’. Give it a listen!

“If you want to understand how and why Germany, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia acquired their current forms and locations, this is a good place to start.” A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social

After years of hard work and months of even harder waiting, it’s an incredible feeling to announce that CENTRAL EUROPE is officially out! 🥳 Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!

“If you want to understand how and why Germany, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia acquired their current forms and locations, this is a good place to start.” A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social

If you’ve read Borderlines, you will know that I’m fond of Central Europe - the idea and the places it encompasses. Luka’s book will be a deeper exploration and I’m looking forward to reading it.

'Central Europe' by @ljukic.bsky.social is published today! 🎉 ‘An elegant, erudite and thoughtful book.' — @peterfrankopan.bsky.social 'Jukic writes fluently and peppers his book with colourful anecdotes.' — Peter Conradi , @thetimes.com Get 25% off w/code CENTRALEUROPE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yk6jp56x

After years of hard work and months of even harder waiting, it’s an incredible feeling to announce that CENTRAL EUROPE is officially out! 🥳 Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!

Which way, Times reader?

Which way, Times reader?

In more exciting news for Central Europhiles, the latest Extinguished Countries guide is out! A beautifully-printed travel guide to an empire that no longer exists, but whose legacy confronts unsuspecting tourists at every turn. Such a cool project with so many more countries to explore!

🚨 Fresh discount alert!