Our fall/winter special explores the shapes of the collective and the ways togetherness shapes us. Deadline: September 30, 2026 +90-minute co-writing workshop on September 16, 2026 www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials

It took longer than planned, and the communication about it was off, but my book is now open access! www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

It took longer than planned, and the communication about it was off, but my book is now open access! www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Happy S15 launch on June 15 to everyone celebrating!

Bjelovar alert: tamo sam od 15. do 17. srpnja i zainteresirana za pitomo druženje i lokalnu povijest ako netko zna nekog iz Bjelovara 📨

Pisala sam za VoxFeminae o svojim i tuđim zubima 🦷https://voxfeminae.net/pravednost/zuboboja/

Lea @leahorvat.bsky.social i ja sutra držimo izlaganja o stanovanju i robnim kućama u Jugoslaviji na Arhitektonskom fakultetu, pa svratite ako ste u Zagrebu! www.ipu.hr/article/hr/2...

Pisala sam za VoxFeminae o svojim i tuđim zubima 🦷https://voxfeminae.net/pravednost/zuboboja/

in awe of Lolita Zikmane (spotted in Latvian National Museum of Art), 1970s-1980s The Snow-Covered Table and everything else ✨

It’s common to criticize Studienstiftung for elitism, but I had the best experiences with them and was treated respectfully and fairly as a first gen academic and immigrant (unlike at 1 leftist Stiftung where an interviewer basically said that Eastern Europeans can’t formulate research questions).

Zur Studienstiftung: Ich sehe keine Medienberichte, keinen Aufschrei aus der Wissenschaft. Nur Professoren und Alumni in meinem Umfeld, die schulterzuckend zur Kenntnis nehmen, dass ihr Nachwuchs verheizt wird!? www.studienstiftung.de/infos-fuer-p...

Just arrived in Riga for the AWSS biennial conference. So happy that it’s taking place in Europe this year, as I’m not going to the US for any events at the moment. awsshome.org/about/confer...

We love para-ethnographic stories and other genres beyond classic academia and op-eds. We’re always open to pitches if you feel inclined to experiment with us!

I am very grateful to Lea Horvat & Ana Sekulić for creating Women* write the Balkans as a platform for conversation and experimentation, as well as for their masterful editorial guidance and patience. I enjoyed writing this para-ethnographic story and might do more of that in the future

Today, @charnab.bsky.social guides us through the lives and legacies of ostajnicas—a historical range of gender expressions that simultaneously reinforced and destabilized the heteronormative binary in the Balkan mountains. www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/third...

If you're a Yugo-scholar based in Vienna/Austria, consider applying to the workshop and networking event of our New Yugoslav Studies Association. It will take place on May 7 at the Central European University. events.ceu.edu/2026-05-07/n...

A proud editor moment: this piece hits with exactly the right intensity, and I might spend the next few days asking everyone around me to read it. + @anasekulic.bsky.social did an amazing job streamlining the story

Happy to share that my book, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" has just been published! iupress.org/978025307522...

We’re closing our winter special with a gem: Lejla Talić’s intimate exploration of bodily and sexual repression in 2000s Croatia, and the passion and love found beyond it. www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/sleep...

If you’re in Berlin on 20 March, come along to the launch of the German edition of my book, ‘The Roma’ eriac.org/book-present...

Join us at the Arbeiterkammer Wien Library this Thursday evening for the launch of this incredible book on the history of women's labor activism in Eastern Europe. ihsf.at/Veranstaltun...

Spectacular Monday off, alone with the Baltic Sea 🩵 all means of transportation included in Deutschlandticket 🥰

Our article is out! It's part of a special issue on welfare and housing in southeastern Europe, so keep an eye for upcoming articles.

Our (@ivanamihaela.bsky.social 🥰)article is out! While domestic literacy today largely in private sector (think home renovation influencers), we examine how it was embedded in housing provision in socialist YU. If you’d like a link to a free copy, let us know! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our (@ivanamihaela.bsky.social 🥰)article is out! While domestic literacy today largely in private sector (think home renovation influencers), we examine how it was embedded in housing provision in socialist YU. If you’d like a link to a free copy, let us know! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CFP for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer More: inz.si/wp-content/up...

entering the proofs stage with @ivanamihaela.bsky.social!

Check out Growing Pains, a new essay in our Bodies of the Balkans winter special. Iva Jelušić explores parental expectations that eschewed words, living instead in bodies, gestures, and things. www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/growi...

Please chip in for winter warmth for the students at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv Uni! gofund.me/eba202aac

So I wrote something about ethnicity and gender, and the feeling of being "Other" in both. Thanks so much to @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social for publishing it, hope people find it an interesting read!

The idea of this originally came to my mind after the Supreme Court ruling last year, and I originally wrote a much longer and more rambling draft, but a huge hvala puno to @anasekulic.bsky.social and @leahorvat.bsky.social for helping me refine it down a bit in the months since then!

The third essay of our winter special Bodies of the Balkans is now on the website! @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social writes about bodies—national and personal—and costs of classification. www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/on-cl...

Hochschulaktionstag in Jena! Took 10 min in class this week to talk about studying & working conditions and answer any questions students might have. Especially interesting to hear from student assistants!

zimski problemi, 1896.

In the second part of our winter special, Bodies of The Balkans, Magdalena Crăciun guides us through the river crossing between socialist Romania and Bulgaria, exploring the shadow economy and the delicious pleasures on the other side with a touch of life-changing suspense. tinyurl.com/3v24vamk

za promjenu jedna druga bivša država 😆 www.tiktok.com/@becka_skola...

In den frühen 1970er Jahren begann der jugoslawische Fotograf und Reporter Jovan Ritopečki, das Leben der Gastarbeiter:innen aus #Jugoslawien mit seiner Kamera festzuhalten. Eine neue Bilddatenbank gilbt Einblicke in deren Lebenswelten. #VisualStudies #BalkanStudies ⬇️ www.oeaw.ac.at/news/back-to...

Except for one kid (who moved away), all the kids at my child’s birthday party had a Migrationshintergrund (mostly Ukraine and Syria). The kids are awesome and I mean this not in a “so many foreigners!” way, but in a “Berlin is segregated once you look at schools” way.

Amid all the ups and downs, one constant in 2025 was the support from friends. My last big task was a guest lecture in @leahorvat.bsky.social's course on cultural history. My first Vorlesung was stressful, but went well, and we even had time to relax in Jena. Hope for more vibes like this in 2026!

race to finish e-mails before my winter vacation and not to have the response ball on my workdesk

Diese Geschichte von #Schimanek, #Rade und der kroatischen Insel Šipan, die aufgekauft und womöglich für Wehrsportübungen von Rechtsextremen genutzt wird, ist komplett irre. Im Oktober ist sie an mir vorbeigegangen. #Rechtsextremismus www.derstandard.at/story/310000...

putting the final touches on a paper that has to be in British English and questioning everything at this point

My teaching countdown just moved past December ❄️ love my analog semester overview sheet with most important teaching, research and writing obligations

Mein Lebensgefährte studiert gartenbauliche Phytotechnologie und hat für eines seiner Projekte eine Umfrage erstellt. Wenn ihr in Berlin lebt / arbeitet nimmt euch bitte 5-10 Minuten Zeit, um die Umfrage zu beantworten. 🌲🌳🍃Es würde ihm helfen 🤗

Late to the party, but just found out you can donate train "miles" to different organizations. Such a nice way to let go of a few pieces of my commute: bahnbonus-praemienwelt.de/category/spe...

After an exhausting late fall, I’m focusing hard on recovery. This week I’ve done sauna, swimming, back excercises, dentist appointment, slow cooking, quality time with friends and my kid, walks, reading, and plenty of naps: it’s working!

Finally got an advanced swimming class spot for my kid at a Berlin public pool! Proper pool, better class, cheaper than private options. Always happy when public institutions outshine private ones, like when I studied in 🇭🇷 and public universities were clearly superior to private ones at the time.