Journal of Austrian-American History
@jaustamerhist.bsky.social
Explores historic relationship between U.S. & Austria, including historical Habsburg Empire. Editor: Michael Burri.
Open access: www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JAAH.html
Open access: www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JAAH.html
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What happens when a minority decides for the majority?
On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD.
In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD.
In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What happens when a minority decides for the majority?
On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD.
In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD.
In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
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#signup Museomics Symposium at the Natural History Museum Vienna, 23–24 March 2026.
Two days of talks and discussion on new methods, historical DNA, and the role of museum collections in biodiversity and conservation. Free to attend, limited to 100 participants.
👉 More: tinyurl.com/8nssnetz
Two days of talks and discussion on new methods, historical DNA, and the role of museum collections in biodiversity and conservation. Free to attend, limited to 100 participants.
👉 More: tinyurl.com/8nssnetz
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#signup Museomics Symposium at the Natural History Museum Vienna, 23–24 March 2026.
Two days of talks and discussion on new methods, historical DNA, and the role of museum collections in biodiversity and conservation. Free to attend, limited to 100 participants.
👉 More: tinyurl.com/8nssnetz
Two days of talks and discussion on new methods, historical DNA, and the role of museum collections in biodiversity and conservation. Free to attend, limited to 100 participants.
👉 More: tinyurl.com/8nssnetz
Past due: Walter Dujmovits, great chronicler of human exchange between Burgenland & U.S., has died.
A colleague tells how during his adolescent crisis, Dujmovits, who also taught history at Güssing Gymnasium, told his parents not to worry.
A hero to all students is gone.
kurier.at/chronik/burg...
A colleague tells how during his adolescent crisis, Dujmovits, who also taught history at Güssing Gymnasium, told his parents not to worry.
A hero to all students is gone.
kurier.at/chronik/burg...
„Ein Brückenbauer zwischen den Welten“: Walter Dujmovits ist verstorben
Der burgenländische Historiker Walter Dujmovits ist verstorben. Politik und Wegbegleiter würdigen ihn als Forscher, Lehrer und Bewahrer der Landesgeschichte.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Past due: Walter Dujmovits, great chronicler of human exchange between Burgenland & U.S., has died.
A colleague tells how during his adolescent crisis, Dujmovits, who also taught history at Güssing Gymnasium, told his parents not to worry.
A hero to all students is gone.
kurier.at/chronik/burg...
A colleague tells how during his adolescent crisis, Dujmovits, who also taught history at Güssing Gymnasium, told his parents not to worry.
A hero to all students is gone.
kurier.at/chronik/burg...
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Looking forward to tomorrow's online talk by Emily Sneff, "The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence," co-sponsored with the German Society of Pennsylvania & the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies. Registration info here: germansociety.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Looking forward to tomorrow's online talk by Emily Sneff, "The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence," co-sponsored with the German Society of Pennsylvania & the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies. Registration info here: germansociety.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
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Our volume is finally out! Open access to boot! Personal thanks to Michal Frankl for his patience and trust ...and, of course, to our authors for powering through the long production process. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189929/
Manchester University Press - Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe
Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe by Doina Anca Cretu
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our volume is finally out! Open access to boot! Personal thanks to Michal Frankl for his patience and trust ...and, of course, to our authors for powering through the long production process. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189929/
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Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
Letting Emperor Franz Joseph know about it from Nebraska. With a Lincoln stamp no less.
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Letting Emperor Franz Joseph know about it from Nebraska. With a Lincoln stamp no less.
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Im Österreichisch-Jüdischen Museum in #Eisenstadt hat das Interreg-Projekt „Smart Map of Jewish History“ gestartet. Das grenzüberschreitende Projekt soll das frühere jüdische Leben in der Region zeigen.
burgenland.orf.at/stories/3330...
burgenland.orf.at/stories/3330...
Ehemaliges jüdisches Leben sichtbar machen
Am Donnerstag hat im Österreichisch-Jüdischen Museum in Eisenstadt das Interreg-Projekt „Smart Map of Jewish History“ gestartet. Das grenzüberschreitende Projekt soll das frühere jüdische Leben in der...
burgenland.orf.at
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Im Österreichisch-Jüdischen Museum in #Eisenstadt hat das Interreg-Projekt „Smart Map of Jewish History“ gestartet. Das grenzüberschreitende Projekt soll das frühere jüdische Leben in der Region zeigen.
burgenland.orf.at/stories/3330...
burgenland.orf.at/stories/3330...
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Good morning! Noise last night, radical Yiddish folk songs tonight at the same venue in my neighborhood. Very Dan Blacksberg style!
Come on out tonight for Seattle’s Brivele and Western MA’s A Glezele Tey!
events.humanitix.com/brivele-a-gl...
Come on out tonight for Seattle’s Brivele and Western MA’s A Glezele Tey!
events.humanitix.com/brivele-a-gl...
A night of Yiddish antifascist and movement songs with Brivele & A Glezele Tey
Get tickets on Humanitix - A night of Yiddish antifascist and movement songs with Brivele & A Glezele Tey hosted by Studio 34. Studio 34 Yoga Healing Arts, 4522 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143,...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good morning! Noise last night, radical Yiddish folk songs tonight at the same venue in my neighborhood. Very Dan Blacksberg style!
Come on out tonight for Seattle’s Brivele and Western MA’s A Glezele Tey!
events.humanitix.com/brivele-a-gl...
Come on out tonight for Seattle’s Brivele and Western MA’s A Glezele Tey!
events.humanitix.com/brivele-a-gl...
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Percy Health, Modern Jazz Quartet, New York, 1954
📸 Lisette Model
📸 Lisette Model
September 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Percy Health, Modern Jazz Quartet, New York, 1954
📸 Lisette Model
📸 Lisette Model
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Hörenswerte Sendung auf Ö1: Neue Fakten im "Schrödinger-Skandal", 13.11., 19:05
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Neue Fakten im "Schrödinger-Skandal" vom 13.11.
Seit vier Jahren stehen sexuelle Mißbrauchsvorwürfe gegen Erwin Schrödinger, den österreichischen Physiknobelpreisträger von 1933, im medialen Raum. Sie basieren auf einer Biografie, die fast 40 Jahre...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hörenswerte Sendung auf Ö1: Neue Fakten im "Schrödinger-Skandal", 13.11., 19:05
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oe1.orf.at/player/20251...
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So pleased to be reminded of the nurses #WW1 memorial in Liverpool Cathedral #histnursing #lestweforget #armisticeday
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So pleased to be reminded of the nurses #WW1 memorial in Liverpool Cathedral #histnursing #lestweforget #armisticeday
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
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CFP: Doing Migration History with Digital Methods.
🔥Come and join us in Paris next year for the sommer school at the @dhiparis from June 22-26, 2026.
🖥️Rethink how digital sources reshape migration history, from research questions to methods and narratives, while tackling bias and meeting legal […]
🔥Come and join us in Paris next year for the sommer school at the @dhiparis from June 22-26, 2026.
🖥️Rethink how digital sources reshape migration history, from research questions to methods and narratives, while tackling bias and meeting legal […]
Original post on fedihum.org
fedihum.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
CFP: Doing Migration History with Digital Methods.
🔥Come and join us in Paris next year for the sommer school at the @dhiparis from June 22-26, 2026.
🖥️Rethink how digital sources reshape migration history, from research questions to methods and narratives, while tackling bias and meeting legal […]
🔥Come and join us in Paris next year for the sommer school at the @dhiparis from June 22-26, 2026.
🖥️Rethink how digital sources reshape migration history, from research questions to methods and narratives, while tackling bias and meeting legal […]
Street and place names in Vienna with a connection to the U.S.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Street and place names in Vienna with a connection to the U.S.
Austria pols working remotely, as Socialist party leader Andreas Babler focussed on getting Habsburg jewel collection returned from Canada.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Habsburgs ferne Juwelen
Andreas Babler will prüfen, ob ein jetzt aufgetauchter Juwelenschatz "rückgeführt" werden kann. Das wird nicht leicht
www.derstandard.at
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Austria pols working remotely, as Socialist party leader Andreas Babler focussed on getting Habsburg jewel collection returned from Canada.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
A good idea for Tom Waits was to spend a day in Vienna.
Outdoor locations look shared with classic *Kottan ermittelt* episode "Nachttankstelle" (also 1978).
youtu.be/IgW7DClijmQ?...
Outdoor locations look shared with classic *Kottan ermittelt* episode "Nachttankstelle" (also 1978).
youtu.be/IgW7DClijmQ?...
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna (1978) [Documentaire VO]
YouTube video by FilmStarSoundtracks
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November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A good idea for Tom Waits was to spend a day in Vienna.
Outdoor locations look shared with classic *Kottan ermittelt* episode "Nachttankstelle" (also 1978).
youtu.be/IgW7DClijmQ?...
Outdoor locations look shared with classic *Kottan ermittelt* episode "Nachttankstelle" (also 1978).
youtu.be/IgW7DClijmQ?...
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P.S. Die #Schweiz hat keine angespannte Finanzlage, schon mit einer leichten Anhebung der #Schuldenquote stünden bis 2035 jedes Jahr 9,9 Mia. Fr. zusätzlich zur Verfügung.
Machen wir aus der Spar-Diskussion eine Diskussion über eine vernünftige #Finanzpolitik:
www.alliancesud.ch/de/entlastun...
Machen wir aus der Spar-Diskussion eine Diskussion über eine vernünftige #Finanzpolitik:
www.alliancesud.ch/de/entlastun...
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
P.S. Die #Schweiz hat keine angespannte Finanzlage, schon mit einer leichten Anhebung der #Schuldenquote stünden bis 2035 jedes Jahr 9,9 Mia. Fr. zusätzlich zur Verfügung.
Machen wir aus der Spar-Diskussion eine Diskussion über eine vernünftige #Finanzpolitik:
www.alliancesud.ch/de/entlastun...
Machen wir aus der Spar-Diskussion eine Diskussion über eine vernünftige #Finanzpolitik:
www.alliancesud.ch/de/entlastun...
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Bulle Ogier in La Salamandre, Alain Tanner (1971)
September 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bulle Ogier in La Salamandre, Alain Tanner (1971)
Der Ex-ORF-Washington-Korrespondent @thomasl.bsky.social hätte das sicherlich nicht als „Korrektur” bezeichnet und weitergeleitet.
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Der Ex-ORF-Washington-Korrespondent @thomasl.bsky.social hätte das sicherlich nicht als „Korrektur” bezeichnet und weitergeleitet.
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🇦🇹 November 4, 1918 – The Armistice of Villa Giusti
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🇦🇹 November 4, 1918 – The Armistice of Villa Giusti
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
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CFP: Unabhängigkeit und Fremdherrschaft: Wirkungswege der „Declaration of Independence“ im Zeitalter der Revolutionen (1750-1850)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158499
Hamburg, 29.09.2026-30.09.2026, Volker Depkat, Universität Regensburg; Markus Friedrich, Universität Hamburg; Jürgen …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158499
Hamburg, 29.09.2026-30.09.2026, Volker Depkat, Universität Regensburg; Markus Friedrich, Universität Hamburg; Jürgen …
www.hsozkult.de
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CFP: Unabhängigkeit und Fremdherrschaft: Wirkungswege der „Declaration of Independence“ im Zeitalter der Revolutionen (1750-1850)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158499
Hamburg, 29.09.2026-30.09.2026, Volker Depkat, Universität Regensburg; Markus Friedrich, Universität Hamburg; Jürgen …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158499
Hamburg, 29.09.2026-30.09.2026, Volker Depkat, Universität Regensburg; Markus Friedrich, Universität Hamburg; Jürgen …
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🚨 Job Alert!
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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Managing Editor – Call for Applications
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🚨 Job Alert!
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
