CFP: The History of Romani Women’s Activisms in Eastern Europe, 1945–1990s. Workshop in Prague, 29–30 Oct 2026. Abstracts due 21 June. www.romanihistories.org/events/the-h...

The history of Romani women’s activisms in Eastern Europe, 1945-1990s

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Marking essays generated by LLMs is the most tedious of tasks. A single thesis chapter can contain up to 25 reformulations of the same idea. Also, if I read one more text wrestling with invisible opponents ("Thing x is not merely abc, but also/rather xyz", with no previous mention of abc), I'll cry

“Tankies” with the hammer and sickle emoji in their profiles are a fairly common sight on social media, and memes asserting that victims of Communist terror deserved what they got are not a rare sight. Where did that come from?

The Return of Communism Chic

A new generation discovers the workers’ paradise.

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You really have to admire the French indifference to whether anyone outside France can access their work

Right wing men desire a world ruled by hierarchy and domination, and the way they treat women and girls is an extension of that principle. Left wing men desire a world ruled by equality and dignity, and the way they treat women and girls is an exception to that principle.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo ago

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement.

The look of utter shock on my students' faces when I say "Today I won't teach much, we will discuss the reading instead"

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So much focus on trying to solve the essay writing and assessment thing, whereas nowadays the major issue I see is a huge reduction in students willingness to read literally anything, versus getting an AI summary of it. www.businessinsider.com/nyu-professo...

Call for Papers 📣 The EUI SPS Department invites submissions for the workshop “Political Behaviour in Central & Eastern Europe.” Research on elections, public opinion, parties and political participation in the CEE region. Submit by 30 March 2026 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=... #PoliticalScience

This sounds like an ad, but it's about murder.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6mo ago

To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare. Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T

UK Home Office now only accepting 4.5% of Ukrainian asylum seekers because it’s a “safe country”. Families sent to cities being bombed, told to use noise cancelling headphones to block out the horror. news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

Ukrainian family denied UK asylum told to block out bombs with headphones

Thousands of Ukrainians were welcomed to the UK in 2022 after Russia invaded. But Home Office figures show there has since been a dramatic reduction in the numbers now being approved for asylum.

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So much that could be said on the 4th anniversary of the full scale invasion, but it all just boils down to the ultimate admiration for Ukrainians who have endured so much, fought so hard and deserve victory, peace and prosperity. Slava Ukraini!

This Tuesday! Virtual option here: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Living Together Apart in Europe. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Living Together Apart in Europe”–a conversation about residential segregation, social fragmentation and belonging...

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Jean Beaman@jean23bean.bsky.social · 7mo ago

next week at @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social !!: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

Here’s a direct link for all who’d like to read our text, that is a result of an immensely meaningful and reparative cross-disciplinary and transregional collaboration among scholars from Europe’s East and Central Asia. It’s open access, freely accessible to all www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(En)Countering epistemic imperialism: A critique of “Westsplaining” and coloniality in dominant debates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, the world was surprised by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and, perhaps even more so, by Ukraine’s fierce resistance to it. In this article, we examine mainstream and ...

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Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations

💥Viktor Orbán’s media doxxed 200,000 opposition supporters by publishing stolen personal data, including names & addresses – unprecedented in Hungarian politics. Recovering from this, opposition leader Péter Magyar held a rally in Győr, saying they are the majority — and they’re not afraid of Orbán.

🇵🇱🇮🇪 See, this is what happens when you ask Poles "how are you?" a few times too many.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 10mo ago

Care worker who was told by manager Irish people were ‘nicer’ than Polish is awarded €1,800

My productivity has never been as high as it has been since they began streaming the International Chopin Competition live from Warsaw. And I even do not like Chopin that much www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4eR...

The 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (evening session), 7.10.2025

YouTube video by Chopin Institute

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📣 Workshop: Race, Racialisation, and Racism in the European Context: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives 25–26 Sept 2025 Department of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin. www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/we01/institu...

We shouldn't understand the gig economy as merely the product of technological disruption. It is deeply entangled with the welfare institutions — and the broader transformation of work, security, and social protection.

Are you also moving countries while preparing next semester teaching, writing funding applications and papers? Asking for a friend...

#ERSNew 🐣🔓“Don’t complain. Adapt. Be successful.” How do highly educated, middle-class Germans with a migration background respond to racism? Interviewees emphasise having the 'upper hand', the importance of hard work & education. Article @piwoni.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2529413

Remember when people said Western democracy failed in the East because the Eastern Europe was "so different"? Well it's been failing in the West too—because the crisis of liberal capitalism is global. Glad @ambpressman.bsky.social avoids that tired East-West trope. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

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It was so good to have you with us in Ukraine at our conference with @associationruta.bsky.social on imagination, new visions and connections and close the event with the bang that was our panel on dissent, with a transregional critique of leftist campism, selective anti-imperialism and solidarity

Robin Yassin-Kassab@qunfuz.bsky.social · last yr.

Those campist idiots who think all Ukrainians are anti-Palestinian should be at the conference in Ukraine where I am currently. Talking to and socialising with Ukrainians, plus other victims of Russian imperialism from Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Lithuania, Georgia, Chechnya,

#ERSNew 🐣🔓 New research on racism in #Germany shows that antiracist action can coexist with racism denial—potentially reinforcing racism. Article by Tae Jun Kim & Elias Steinhilper: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2508392

I understand the urge but... immigrants are not only valuable because of contributions to the economy. This is damaging coz: 1. Contributes to commodification of immigrants 2. Makes migrants disposable & deportable when labour is no longer needed (esp periods of high unemployment & austerity)

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · last yr.

All these Trumpers are in for a hurting real bad once they feel how important immigrants are to the economy. It's going to be immense pain. And you know what? The country did it to itself—the self-destructive power of white supremacy.

Kindly reminder, when you look at the results of the election and grunt "wtf, Poland" do have in the back of your head that the difference in votes was 369,591 (1,78%), the smallest difference in the presidential election post-1989. Divided we are, yes. But give some of us a break, we tried.

One week to go before the launch of "Migration and Race: CEE perspectives" edited by Kasia Narkowicz, annagawlewicz.bsky.social & Konrad Pędziwiatr, in which I explore how CEE domestic workers navigate their privileged yet precarious position amidst colonial legacies of labour in Belgium & Germany

Dr Anna Gawlewicz@annagawlewicz.bsky.social · last yr.

Join our online *book launch* to explore migration, race & Central & Eastern Europe 😀 🗓️ Tuesday, 27 May 🕙 1-3pm UK time 📍 Online via Zoom: mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97334902628 Meet the editors/authors & celebrate the journey from page to published 🤗

My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory. Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...

We are founding a new interdisciplinary Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ISOS) at the University of Zurich. Please apply to our Inaugural Conference "Eastern Europe's Invisibilities: Politics, Epistmics, Arts" at the University of Zurich, May 6-8, 2026.

Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK. Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽 www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...

Palestinian Scholarship

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Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽 🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV 🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ Yet another form of far right normalization

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · last yr.

Starmer then: "poor public services are not the fault of migrants... they're political failure" Starmer today: "our public services, struggling under the strain [of illegal immigration]"