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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 7d

#Belarus The heartbreaking and dark reality of what we face. Writer Ales Palynski died at the age of 58, and no one can bury him in Belarus. His wife and daughter are in jail. His son, my colleague, great journalist and musician, fled and now lives in exile. Painful.

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Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · Sep 17

That’s horrible to death. Two 13-year-old brothers weighing only 8.5 kg each were found bedridden in frontline Pokrovsk.

They survived over a year under the care of their 10-year-old brother, Platón, after their grandmother's death, Ukrainska Pravda reports. 1/

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Sep 7

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko inside the damaged part of the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv, which was attacked by Russian drones.

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s always intriguing to stumble upon familiar words in Vilnius news from the Russian imperial period — like Azov and Don (Cossacks) — alongside a glimpse of a successful economic institution of that time, the Азовсько-донський банк (Azov-Don Bank), opening a branch in the city. #Azov #Vilnius

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Lindsey A. Freeman @lindseyafreeman.bsky.social · Jun 25

#SomethingLikeResearch #soccer #football

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7i6...

Art of Football - Football is the ballet of the masses

YouTube video by Art of Football

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · May 5

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms.

We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms - A Special Issue of Historical Materialism - Historical Materialism

Guest editors: Anna Beria (Kingston University, London), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London), Giorgi Kobakhidze (Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès), Jiří Růžička (The Institute of Philoso...

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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BASEES Study Group on the Baltic States @balticbasees.bsky.social · Jun 4

Call for Papers: Third Annual Baltic Study Group Workshop, The University of Glasgow, 30-31 October 2025. Please see below for full details.

Please send a 250-word abstract and a 150-word bio note by 1 August 2025 to [email protected]

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Jun 6

Russian drone attack vs Ukraine drone attack

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · Jun 3

I’ll be in Berlin for the next 3 days.

I’ll have some time for interviews on Georgia and the region if German media is interested.

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jun 1

SUPERB! The Film Atlas is a collaboration between the International Federation of Film Archives and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is - or aims to be - an interactive global map of the history of film technology. The site has just gone live and it is free to use for all.
www.filmatlas.com

FILM ATLAS

The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing of films both as art and as historical documents

www.filmatlas.com

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · Jun 1

When will NATO ask for Ukraine's membership?

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 27

When the NATO summit took place in Vilnius and optimists were full of hope about Ukraine being invited into the alliance, my friend organized a showing of this Maksym Palenko painting in the rather touristy Užupis district – hoping to tip the scales in Ukraine’s favor. Still praying for victory!

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 27

Fancy doing research in Poland? Check out the Mieroszewski Scholarship Programme – up to 9 months of funding for researchers and great academic networking. Highly recommended! 26.05-26.06 – submission of applications mieroszewski.pl/en/scholarsh...

Research Scholarships | Mieroszewski Centre

Fellowship programmes for researchers studying the history, culture, and politics of Central and Eastern Europe.

mieroszewski.pl

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · May 25

A dog shelter in Kyiv during last night's Russian attack.

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 25

Just spent all my free time not watching Mission Impossible, but something far more intense: videos from the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov" of the National Guard of Ukraine, fighting in the Toretsk sector: www.youtube.com/@AZOV_Brigade Donate, support, and watch - strongly recommended

AZOV

The official English-language channel of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine. For 86 days we held the defense of Mariupol. On our channel we show the combat work of ...

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 22

3/3 Do follow @seameer on Instagram - her work is vital. It reshapes how we see spring, how we experience both the human and the natural world.

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 22

2/3 Looking at Julija Kochetova’s photo reportage from Pokrovsk, the wonderful scent of lilacs takes on a new, haunting dimension. In Ukraine’s towns, full of blooming lilacs, the air mingles with the smell of decomposing bodies beneath the rubble of bombed homes.

Julia Kochetova, Yudin Gennadiy - Pokrovsk, Ukraine (2025)

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 22

1/3 Spring blossoms have always carried a hint of melancholy for me. In the words In the words of Lithuanian classic Salomėja Neris: "I wasn’t yet - Lilacs were blooming. I’ll be gone - They’ll bloom again."

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Osteuropa-Institut @osteuropainstitut.bsky.social · May 19

🚨CfP | Interdisciplinary Student Conference "BEYOND EMPIRES – Fokus Osteuropa"

👩‍🎓For students of Eastern Europe
📄/🎨 Submit either a conference paper or a creative project

🏁Apply by 30.06.25 ❗
♾️ tinyurl.com/BE0625

@dgoberlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · May 2

So happy that our piece with @ankahajkova.bsky.social—"Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice"—is finally out in @historyworkshop.org.uk

academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · May 9

"Ukraine says more than 20,000 children have been taken without the consent of family or guardians, calling the abductions a war crime that meets the U.N. treaty definition of genocide." tvpworld.com/86602988/eu-...

Putin deporting Ukrainian kids a ‘genocidal strategy’: EU

Abducted Ukrainian children are subjected to russification.

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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · May 7

a whole cluster of postdocs and phd positions in Tartu in Digital Humanities / Computational Social Science / AI under the umbrella of big European projects.

consider sharing please!

Andres Karjus @andreskarjus.bsky.social · May 5

While NSF freezes funding and UK leading unis cut departments, EU still supports important research. 2 Horizon funded centres in #Tartu #Estonia hiring phds&postdocs right now in CSS, AI, DH, text corpora. See
- post below
- DigiTS ut.ee/en/job-offer... (our good colleagues in humanities).

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 3

"Arguments are presented: the industry’s plight, the need to compete with other, thin profit margins [...] These arguments, whether false or true only in part, seem very convincing to the poorly educated worker." It worked at the end of the 19th century. It still works at the start of the 21st.”

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · May 3

On this Labour Day, a thought—and a warning—from one of the Bund’s foundational texts, On Agitation (1894), attributed to Kremer (and Martov): "Nothing is easier than to deceive the worker and prove to him that shortening the working day is impossible". 1/2

“There, where we live, there is our country! A democratic republic! Full political and national rights for Jews. Ensure that the voice of the Jewish working class is heard at the Constituent Assembly.” Yiddish poster, Kiev, ca. 1918.

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Juozapas Paškauskas @juozapas.bsky.social · Apr 30

2/2 But victory should be Ukraine’s. If Russia is talking about peace, it means its defeat is possible - maybe even close. We must keep up the pressure and continue supporting Ukraine.