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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 14d

How does the “Second World” invite us to rethink international law?

Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.

By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social

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(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part I

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 15d

While you’re at it, check out the first academic review of my book on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social by Prof. Mariana Neț here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-f...

The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books

Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 18d

Mark Mazower’s judicious interpretation Antisemitism is released this week - and already covered @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social! ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/do-...

Do not surrender to words! Mark Mazower on two histories of Antisemitism - CEU Review of Books

Ferenc Laczó delves into Mark Mazower's forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History (Allen Lane, 2025), writing that its proposal is to combat anti-Jewish prejudice not in isolation but as part ...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 17d

In "The Eastern Front" (@wwnorton.com, 2024), Nick Lloyd presents a detailed, rich history of the Eastern front during the First World War, a vast theatre of war that brought about the collapse of three empires. David M. Durrant reviews the book.

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A new history of the Eastern Front - CEU Review of Books

In The Eastern Front (W.W. Norton & Company, 2024), Nick Lloyd presents a detailed, rich history of the Eastern front during the First World War, a vast theatre of war that brought about the collapse ...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · Sep 10

My new long read - a review essay really & not at all that long! - at the amazing @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social platform

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

New long read! @ferenclaczo.bsky.social delves into Mark Mazower’s forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History ( @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social, 2025), commenting that its proposal for a kind of progressive centrism is difficult to disagree with.

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Do not surrender to words! Mark Mazower on two histories of Antisemitism - CEU Review of Books

Ferenc Laczó delves into Mark Mazower's forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History (Allen Lane, 2025), writing that its proposal is to combat anti-Jewish prejudice not in isolation but as part ...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

New long read! @ferenclaczo.bsky.social delves into Mark Mazower’s forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History ( @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social, 2025), commenting that its proposal for a kind of progressive centrism is difficult to disagree with.

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Do not surrender to words! Mark Mazower on two histories of Antisemitism - CEU Review of Books

Ferenc Laczó delves into Mark Mazower's forthcoming book, Antisemitism: A Word in History (Allen Lane, 2025), writing that its proposal is to combat anti-Jewish prejudice not in isolation but as part ...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our pleasure! It’s an amazing project.

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Brigitte Le Normand 🟥 @blenormand.bsky.social · Sep 4

A big thank you to @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social for a fun interview about my new project.

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back from our summer ☀️ break with an interview! Read about @blenormand.bsky.social's new @erc.europa.eu project, "Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe" (FeMMiWork).

Read the interview here:

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Interview with Brigitte le Normand on her ERC-funded project FeMMiWork - CEU Review of Books

Brigitte le Normand talks to us about her new ERC-funded project, Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe (FeMMiWork).

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great conversation with @blenormand.bsky.social @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social @umceehub.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back from our summer ☀️ break with an interview! Read about @blenormand.bsky.social's new @erc.europa.eu project, "Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe" (FeMMiWork).

Read the interview here:

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Interview with Brigitte le Normand on her ERC-funded project FeMMiWork - CEU Review of Books

Brigitte le Normand talks to us about her new ERC-funded project, Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe (FeMMiWork).

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back from our summer ☀️ break with an interview! Read about @blenormand.bsky.social's new @erc.europa.eu project, "Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe" (FeMMiWork).

Read the interview here:

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Interview with Brigitte le Normand on her ERC-funded project FeMMiWork - CEU Review of Books

Brigitte le Normand talks to us about her new ERC-funded project, Women Migrants from the Northern Mediterranean and Work in Postwar Northwestern Europe (FeMMiWork).

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Aug 8

I am so happy and honoured for Prof. Mariana Net's review of my monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social) on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social to be mentioned here!

Paula Bardell-Hedley @bookjotter.bsky.social · Aug 2

bookjotter.com/2025/08/02/winding-up-the-week-434/ #AmReading #BookReviews #Books #BookBlog

Winding Up the Week #434

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features fro…

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 6

New long read! Read Lucy Jeffery’s in-depth review of Benjamin Nathans’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (@princetonupress.bsky.social). Jeffery notes that the parallels with Russia today will not be lost on contemporary readers.
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A definitive history of the Soviet dissident movement - CEU Review of Books

Lucy Jeffery’s in-depth review of Benjamin Nathans’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement (Princeton University Press, 2024...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

In Ethics of the Algorithm (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2024), Todd Presner proposes ethical design, metadata reform, and responsible infrastructure for Holocaust memory and history.

Reviewed by Jan Burzlaff.

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Listening after the end: The ethics of algorithmic memory - CEU Review of Books

In Ethics of the Algorithm (Princeton University Press, 2024), Todd Presner proposes ethical design, metadata reform, and responsible infrastructure for Holocaust memory and history, offering an inter...

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 24

I’m overjoyed the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ), by Prof. Mariana Neț in @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social !

Screenshot of an academic review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest” by Mariana Neț, published in CEU Review of Books, July 2025. The review discusses Sonia-Doris Andraș’s book “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series), focusing on the role of fashion and consumer culture among middle-class women in interwar Bucharest. The page includes the publication date, reviewer name, and summary text.

Screenshot of the CEU Review of Books website showing Mariana Neț’s review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest”. Below the review, there’s a book cover image of “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” by Sonia-Doris Andraș, published by Bloomsbury in 2024. Book details include page count (256), ISBN number (9781350294455), and a brief note linking the book’s themes to fashion and gender in interwar Romania.

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · Jul 24

"'The Women of Little Paris' is a valuable and fascinating book.... @soniadandras.bsky.social makes an enticing and original analyses, often from unexpected perspectives." — @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social 💙📚

See the book: bit.ly/4kUarBy

@bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social #Fashion #AcWri

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

In The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024), Sonia-Doris Andraș examines middle-class women in interwar Bucharest and their consumption of fashion, offering readers a glimpse into a modernising Romania. Mariana Neţ reviews the book.

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The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books

Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 9

New interview out on the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social

Kornelia Kończal interviews Bohdan Shumylovych and Magdalena Zolkos, the editors of Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on the War in Ukraine: Imprints and Dreamscapes published by Routledge in 2024.

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The production of fireflies: Violence, hope and the Ukrainian imagination - CEU Review of Books

Kornelia Kończal interviews Bohdan Shumylovych and Magdalena Zolkos, the editors of Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on the War in Ukraine: Imprints and Dreamscapes published by Routledge in 202...

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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · Jul 4

So very grateful for the opportunity to showcase my book! Many many thanks to @anditalaber.bsky.social for her time, patience, and reading of this material.

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

New podcast episode out! 🎧

@dacretu.bsky.social talked to us about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024). Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcast and on all major podcasting platforms.

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Author interview: Doina Anca Cretu - CEU Review of Books

Doina Anca Cretu to talks about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal (Stanford University Press, 2024).

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

New podcast episode out! 🎧

@dacretu.bsky.social talked to us about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024). Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcast and on all major podcasting platforms.

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Author interview: Doina Anca Cretu - CEU Review of Books

Doina Anca Cretu to talks about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal (Stanford University Press, 2024).

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 3

In Zwischen Aufnahme und Transit (@transcript-verlag.bsky.social, 2024), Sarah Knoll examines how Austria reacted and managed the population movements resulting from major Cold War tensions and changes. Emma Dal Mas reviews the book.

Read the review here:

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Austrian migration and asylum policies during the Cold War - CEU Review of Books

In Zwischen Aufnahme und Transit (Transcript, 2024), Sarah Knoll examines how Austria reacted and managed the population movements resulting from major Cold War tensions and changes, such as the 1956 ...

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Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur @agatumilowicz.bsky.social · Jul 2

A big shoutout to @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social, happy 2nd bday! 🎊

If you click on the link, in the highlights you will see my musings on Poland’s post-1945 border shifts and German expulsions as seen through @karolinarogalska.bsky.social awesome book “Ziemie”.

Enjoy & 100 lat, CEURB!

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks Andrew! 😊❤️

CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jun 26

Alesia Mankouskaya reviews Belarus - A Silenced History (ibidem. 2024) by Toni Stenström. Mankouskaya writes that despite its flaws, the book implicitly challenges the historical silence and attempts to reclaim and retell Belarusian national history. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/belar...

Belarus from the Middle Ages to the War in Ukraine - CEU Review of Books

In Belarus - A Silenced History (ibidem, 2024), Toni Stenström offers an accessible and ambitious attempt to trace the historical trajectory of Belarus. Alesia Mankouskaya writes that despite its flaw...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

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.
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The "Greek Case", the Council of Europe, and international human rights - CEU Review of Books

The 1969 “Greek Case” in the Council of Europe (Bloomsbury, 2024), edited by Kostis Kornetis et al, explores the pressure the Council of Europe exerted for the international condemnation of the junta ...

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