Here’s a fun little article on Habsburg/Central European #history www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

When Central Europe dominated football, and how the Nazis ended the glorious footballing culture of the Danube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGO...

Chet Holmgren looks like if David Cronenberg directed a remake of Rookie of the Year that was basketball themed

Nothing quite like a fireworks display in late October to remind you both that it’s Diwali and that you have a new Sikh community center down the street

Just posted a review of “Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849” by Christopher Clark from @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social on my substack. AN essential intro to one of Europe’s most tumultuous periods of social upheaval #books #history open.substack.com/pub/empiresa...

Our Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue is here! 🎉 ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdf7e6km Read the on-the-ground reportage from the pre-eminent historian of Gaza; the unlikely story of Decca Mitford, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist; and much more. See the thread below for some highlights ⬇️

Papa Smurf wears a Phrygian cap, most often associated with the French Revolution, indicating Smurf Village had a monarchy it has since overthrown. This makes Papa Smurf, de facto head of state post-revolution, akin to Robespierre. In this essay I will —

www.bbc.com/news/article... this article was some welcome good news! Though the popup ad for Shell seemed a bit antagonistic

Seen in Rovinj @sebsb.bsky.social

I am “teenagers dress like idiots” years old

'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

That’s quite a concerning update PlayStation

Below, my review of Eric Storm’s “Nationalism: A World History” from @princetonupress.bsky.social an equally informative and engrossing study of the growth of the nation-state and nationalism from the 18th century to present day #History #bookreview empiresandnations.substack.com/p/nationalis...

Absolutely love seeing this. Public libraries do such good for the soul and the mind just with the most basic of services they provide, namely lending out books for free, and they continue to do wonders on tiny budgets to help people dream, dare and learn

“Nobody loved the library more than Dan.” A meticulous list kept by Dan Pelzer from 1962-2025, cataloging all the books he borrowed and read from the Columbus Metropolitan Library, shared by his daughter. I could not could not love this more. Dan's book list (all 109 pages) at what-dan-read.com

#vss365 #purpose #dailyaffirmation #writingprompt If you are struggling with your ‘purpose’. Your purpose is to live. There is no knowing the effect you have, On others. Your smile. A quiet hello. A cuddle. Someone in their dark. You are enough without a ‘purpose’. Your purpose is you.

@manuelveth.bsky.social please tell me you don’t honestly think l the reason we pause athletic events for lightning is because we haven’t figured out lightning rod technology

I can’t be the only who has the thought I should really read more American history every 4th of July

The @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social is two today! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who contributed to, engaged with, and followed the CEURB in its first two years! There is a lot more to come, stay tuned! See some of the highlights of the past year: bento.me/ceurb2ndanni...

Today I learned a sitting U.S. Senator doesn’t understand the difference between a nation and a nation state.

The 1969 “Greek Case” in the Council of Europe (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024) ed. by Kostis Kornetis et al, explores the pressure the Council of Europe exerted for the international condemnation of the Greek junta. @kordasgeorge.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-g...

Seems appropriate to share this again today #NoKings

Reupping myself today

Just posted a review of “Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany” by Harald Jähner from @princetonupress.bsky.social A timely read which not only covers National Socialism’s rise, but the social, cultural and technological changes of the era open.substack.com/pub/empiresa... #History #books

Tomorrow seems like an appropriate time to post a book review on the Weimar Republic #books #history

Something that I always need reminded of.

Pacers out here making last year’s Leverkusen look like a bunch of choke artists on last minute scores

Check out @princetonupress.bsky.social's reading list for Pride month. I'm proud to be part of it--and indeed to work with a press committed to elevating sexuality as a centrepoint for intellectual thought and exchange. press.princeton.edu/ideas/read-w... #sociology

Hard to beat a day like this. 72 and sunny with a cold brew and great book to spend the evening with

Posted today, my review of “The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire” from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social a fascinating look into a short lived continental power and what I see as one of the bigger what ifs of the Middle Ages, with implications for the 100 Years War and the Habsburgs #history #BookReview

These catalogs are a thing of joy to behold, think it’s time to renew my “circling the catalog” posts from the previous blog

🇪🇺 Happy Europe Day! (Europe Day marks the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community.)

@zachlowenba.bsky.social pretty sure Cavs in 5 is impossible now. Haliburton was the Diff! #YesCers

For the AM crowd 👇🏻 #bookreview #History @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

Posted today, my review of “The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire” from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social a fascinating look into a short lived continental power and what I see as one of the bigger what ifs of the Middle Ages, with implications for the 100 Years War and the Habsburgs #history #BookReview

New book review coming this week. To give you a hint of what it will be about: waffles and beer #bookreview #history

Read this book when it came out and absolutely enjoyed it! Natasha Wheatley gave a very unique look into Austrian legislative practices at the beginning of the 20th century

Currently reading a book on Weimar Germany. Seems like a timely read and I’d be lying if I didn’t see some parallels with the present day #books #history

We've got you covered for your weekend listening needs with the new episode of our Podcast. Jeremy F. Walton, Kevin Kenjar, & Matea Magdić discussed their @erc.europa.eu project @revenantempires.bsky.social. Listen here: tinyurl.com/RevenantERC & on all other podcast platforms.

@lrb.co.uk says Isaac Nakhimovsky's The Holy Alliance "fully inhabits the feverish world of the postwar 1810s and 1820s." Read the full review here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

New post below. A review of Pieter M. Judson’s excellent “The Habsburg Empire: A New History” from @harvardpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/empiresa...

If I’ve learned anything in this world it’s that if you’re excellent at remembering faces and awful at remembering names you will spend your life making lots of awkward eye contact with people

New review on the ol’ Substack. This one is a particularly great intro for those who are unfamiliar with Central European history. #history #books #bookreview open.substack.com/pub/empiresa...

Took a bit of an unexpected hiatus for the holidays and the start of a new job, but will be posting a new book review soon! Feel free to suggest a country/topic related to Central Europe to post on and if one of the reviews I’m holding back is on that topic I’ll release it! #history #books

Every Christmas while I watch old holiday favorites the thought always comes back to me that if I were ever to become a drug dealer my nickname would definitely be Frosty the blow man

Would anyone read a spy novel set in the post 1848 Revolutions Austria-Hungarian empire? And yes id you’re wondering I did read a John Le Carre novel right after finishing a book on Austrian history

New review of the insightful “Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West” by Victor Sebestyen. The perfect introduction to the story of the city and to Hungary and the Magyar people substack.com/home/post/p-... #history #Budapest #Hungary #bookreviews #CentralEurope

Excited to share I’ll be posting my review of this excellent survey of Budapest’s history tomorrow #history #books #Budapest

🌍 To commemorate the opening of the Berlin conference 140 years ago (on 15 November 1884), activists toppled the Otto von Bismarck statue in Frankfurt Höchst.