We are recruiting two postdoctoral researchers (2.5 years, full-time) 📢 Preference for candidates working on the Caucasus and/or Central Asia, but applications focusing on other regions of the late Romanov Empire are also encouraged. 📅 Deadline: 4 May 👉 Apply: lnkd.in/dPejtfYs

Thrilled to share that our article “Horizontal Threads: Towards an Entangled Spatial History of the Romanov Empire” by Catherine Gibson and Anton Kotenko is now out in Slavic Review (Vol. 84, No. 2). Read here doi.org/10.1017/slr.... #EMPSOLID #ERC #SpatialHistory #RomanovEmpire

Back from #ICCEES2025 and still processing all the connections and conversations! It was great to see so many panels on the history of humanitarianism, and to share some preliminary #ERC EMPSOLID research in such inspiring company.

Siobhán Hearne@siobhanhearne.bsky.social · last yr.

En route to ICCEES and looking forward to catching up with colleagues. Come join our panel on solidarities and relief across the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. It's on Thursday 24th at 14:45 with @jolaycock.bsky.social and @catherinegibson.bsky.social www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...

EMPSOLID is featured in a new exhibition at the University of Tartu Library! ⭐ The exhibition will remain on display until 19 August, after which it will continue its journey to various European cities. The Exciting Minds exhibition is also available online: researchinestonia.eu/ERC/en/

🎙️ Interview Time with Michela Quercetti! "I'm not a historian, but I'm enchanted by the archives!" Michela shares her experience working on the #EMPSOLID project, diving into 100-year-old documents, Romanov-era charity networks, and Estonian archives. 📸 Archive photo + full quote in the post!

💥Everyone interested has the opportunity to view online exhibition “Exciting Minds“, which tells the story of the #ERC grant for the #EMPSOLID project! #EMPSOLIDnews researchinestonia.eu/ERC/en/cathe...

Catherine Gibson | Exciting Minds

In the late 19th century, the Romanov Empire stretched across an immense territory, from today’s Tallinn to Vladivostok, encompassing a diverse range of populations. Did people living in different par...

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Catherine will present some preliminary EMPSOLID findings this week at CBSE Cambridge. Rather than presenting traditional papers, our panel decided to make a film! 🎬 Here is the trailer, made in collaboration with Maarja Merivoo-Parro (Uni of Jyväskylä) & Sanita Reinsone (University of Latvia)!

Catherine Gibson@catherinegibson.bsky.social · last yr.

Heading to Cambridge this week for the Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe? Here's a sneak peek of our 📹 documentary film 🎬 with the wonderful Maarja Merivoo-Parro and Sanita Reinsone for our panel on solidarity in the Baltics in the long 20th century! 📆 25 April 15:30 @balticstudies.bsky.social

Registration link for the online PhD Information Session 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4be2fc...

EMPSOLID ERC@empsolid.bsky.social · last yr.

💡Our PhD call is now also available at EURAXESS! You can find a thorough description of the position and of the application process here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333981 #EMPSOLID #EMPSOLIDnews #PhD

💡Our PhD call is now also available at EURAXESS! You can find a thorough description of the position and of the application process here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333981 #EMPSOLID #EMPSOLIDnews #PhD

💡PhD Application Call💡 The ERC Starting Grant project invites applicants for a fully-funded 4-year PhD position at the University of Tartu. 👉Find out more on our website: sisu.ut.ee/empsolid/news/

📜✨ Lately, we've been delving into the Latvian State Historical Archives' collections! These 19th-century petitions reveal how news travelled across the Romanov Empire, why people helped others, and how they gathered donations. (📷: Well-worn petitions requesting permission to hold charity events)

❗We are happy to share that our project "Empire of Solidarities" has launched its website!❗ There you can find more information about the project itself, the people involved and much more! 👉Here is the link: www.empsolid.ee

Find out more about Dr. Catherine Gibson, the Principal Investigator of "Empire of Solidarities" project, here: novaator.err.ee/1609581169/a...

A reminder that there is still time to submit proposals for the Tartu Conference (cfp deadline 20 Jan)!

Catherine Gibson@catherinegibson.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 CfP: 9th Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, 11-13 June 2025 🔹 Conference theme: "Resilience and Adaptation in Times of Adversity" & our plenary speaker is Kate Brown (MIT) 👉 For more information & submission of abstracts, please see: sisu.ut.ee/tartuconfere...

The project is based at the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and will run from 2025 to 2029. More information here: skytte.ut.ee/en/content/u...