"- And what would you say to people who deny the risk of new Russian aggression? - If they’re so sure, they should publicly swear that they will personally come to fight against the Russian army in the event of a new invasion. Without this, their words are worthless."

CFP: "Nationalities and National Diversity in Revolutionary #Ukraine, 1917-21". University of #Vienna, 3-5 September 2026. Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026 nuru.univie.ac.at/en/news/news...

Showing my ignorance here, but I had not realised that LSE's digital library had grown so much since I'd last browsed it. What a remarkable set of online archives relating to a comprehensive range of past and present social movements: digital.library.lse.ac.uk

a beautiful piece of scholarship 🗃️

A call for papers that may be of interest to our readers - The 'Hybrid Identities in Imperial Spaces of Northern Eurasia' conference will be held at the University of Szczecin in October networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

At last! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

so handy and much needed. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... #herstory 🗃️

so handy and much needed. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... #herstory 🗃️

Allgorhythm! www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5... #Laibach

Well, this was strange, and fun. mubi.com/en/be/films/...

Marc Bloch to be inducted into French Panthéon. 🗃️

1) Which is more effective, grassroots or government fundraising initiatives? What happens when you combine both? And how do new nations finance themselves in eras of uncertainty? #econsky #economichistory #nsrpproject

Doubt I post on here enough for this to reach any sort of audience, but anyhow: I'm thinking of starting a Substack with deep dives on subjects relevant to the Baltics - there are great journalists here, and a few elsewhere who know the region, but there's a lot of absolute toss

Belgian Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt announced that she is exploring plans to send undocumented people convicted of a crime to third-country prisons as part of efforts to escalate deportations of irregular migrants and ease prison overcrowding. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

My article in @fwwsjournal.bsky.social ! Open access! #FWW #WWI In it: social revenge as a key cause of soldiers’ unrest in 1917 and struggles for dignity and equality against paternalistic orders during #RussianRevolution www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On January 29, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, join online the lecture by Prof. Vera Tolz (University of Manchester) at #CEU events.ceu.edu/2026-01-29/e...

The conversation between @timothysnyder.bsky.social and Pieter Lagrou at BOZAR in Brussels is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstB...

PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

Le séminaire REPINE poursuit son exploration de l’influence sous toutes ses formes. 📅 Mardi 20 janvier (16–19h) : séance sur les controverses de l’influence numérique, avec Romain Badouard et Aleksandr Alymov. Participation à distance sur inscription : enseignements.ehess.fr/2025-2026/ue...

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Something to look forward to in the new year--in 2026, my book, Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service, will be published with Oxford University Press.

Last jam of the year. #rosehip

Read this cover to cover over the summer (a luxury I rarely allow myself) and finally had time to take notes. Main take-aways: 1. There is no equality without freedom and vice versa. They are not mutually exclusive, as liberalism would have us believe. www.penguin.co.uk/books/314162...

Car il est bien connu qu’à un moment Dreyfus est parti se dorer la pilule en toute quiétude pour se remettre de toutes ces émotions.

I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.

📆🚨 Nouvelle saison du séminaire "De Plus Grandes Guerres" à SciencesPo. Avec @tvaisset.bsky.social @camillemahe.bsky.social @daccoulon.bsky.social Claire Miot et Guillaume Piketty nous accueillerons des chercheuses et chercheurs pour parler alimentation, alcools, déchets, occupations, famines…

Call for papers: “Experiencing, reporting, recording civil wars, 1917-1949” University College Dublin (@ucddublin.bsky.social), 25-26 June 2025. Deadline: 13 February 2026. More info to come here: civil-wars.eu/workshops/ #CivilWar

V good piece - also exemplifies well a specific quality of historical research which AI doesn't do, namely pausing for thought

This Tuesday, December 16, from 3 to 6 pm Paris time, at the monthly REPINE seminar @ehess.fr, we will discuss practices of influence and #humanitarianism with two guest speakers, Francesca Piana and Sossie Kasbarian. All are welcome (online as well)! enseignements.ehess.fr/2025-2026/ue...

This Tuesday, December 16, from 3 to 6 pm Paris time, at the monthly REPINE seminar @ehess.fr, we will discuss practices of influence and #humanitarianism with two guest speakers, Francesca Piana and Sossie Kasbarian. All are welcome (online as well)! enseignements.ehess.fr/2025-2026/ue...

Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer. mol.im/a/15379789

This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.

Tonight in Brussels, @dirkmoses.bsky.social gave a powerful talk on why separating war and genocide is an intellectual and legal aberration, followed by an illuminating discussion with the legendary Ilan Pappé, Pieter Lagrou, & others. One of those days when I’m so very proud to be part of the #ULB

The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore is holding a conference on the X-Files and 90s culture www.llti.lt/lt/renginiai...

Okay but who won the FIFA Prize in Physics

Puikus kolegos straipsnis. www.lrt.lt/naujienos/nu...

1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6

A good take on troubled Polish-German relations.

Thrilled to share our new open-access article, co-authored with Robin J. C. Adams, for @conteurohistory.bsky.social - this time focusing on #Poland in the aftermath of #WW1. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Positives - an amazing in-depth conversation on the writing and activist practice of the late David Graeber. Enormous thanks to @leninology.bsky.social + @lrb.co.uk for this. Negatives - I welled up at least 4 times during it. We lost an enormous, kind & astute mind. 💔 www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

Rereading one of my all-time favorites.

Polish and German officials will meet in Berlin on December 1 for their latest round of intergovernmental consultations, the first since Friedrich Merz became Chancellor of Germany. READ MORE: tvpworld.com/90264440/ ✍️ by Marcin Zaborowski

Thrilled to share our new open-access article, co-authored with Robin J. C. Adams, for @conteurohistory.bsky.social - this time focusing on #Poland in the aftermath of #WW1. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We're looking for a new modern European colleague @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social Preference for 1900-45. Details 👉 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN091/t...

Job Klaxon: Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.

Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

A reminder

Really enjoyed this episode on an important book!

RUTA stands in solidarity with the Latvian civil society, that is raising alarms and protesting against the concerning rise of global anti-gender and authoritarian politics fuelled by Russia's propaganda narratives

Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/