Rok Stergar
@stergarr.bsky.social
Historian of the Habsburg Empire in the long 19th century; also WWI and history of nationalism. Professor in Modern History, University of Ljubljana.
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Rok Stergar
@stergarr.bsky.social
· Mar 18
A Cacophony of Classifications: Education and Identification in a Prenational Empire | Nationalities Papers | Cambridge Core
A Cacophony of Classifications: Education and Identification in a Prenational Empire
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The @nationalitiesp.bsky.social article Jan Bernot and I just published looks at explicit and implicit linguistic, ethnic, and national classifications in pre-1848 Habsburg schools and their effects.
It is available in OA, go grab it. #nationalisky
It is available in OA, go grab it. #nationalisky
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📖 New article online!
'Revisiting Ordoliberal Influence in the Process of Early European Integration' by Pavlos Roufos
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'Revisiting Ordoliberal Influence in the Process of Early European Integration' by Pavlos Roufos
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November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📖 New article online!
'Revisiting Ordoliberal Influence in the Process of Early European Integration' by Pavlos Roufos
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'Revisiting Ordoliberal Influence in the Process of Early European Integration' by Pavlos Roufos
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Spreading the word on this call for papers on the topic of "Virtualities," part of the third number of @invivoarts.bsky.social (run by my dear friend Alex Bumbas). www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
Virtualité(s) (revue In Vivo Arts)
For English, see below Para español, ver abajo APPEL À CONTRIBUTIONS 3e NUMÉRO IN VIVO ARTS THÈME : VIRTUALITÉ(s) https://invivoarts.fr/ Bluesky : @invivoarts.bsky.social Récemment, l’artiste A...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Spreading the word on this call for papers on the topic of "Virtualities," part of the third number of @invivoarts.bsky.social (run by my dear friend Alex Bumbas). www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
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I'm looking for readings for well prepared first year university students on international socialism and/or anarchism before 1914. Please and thank you!
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I'm looking for readings for well prepared first year university students on international socialism and/or anarchism before 1914. Please and thank you!
States and empires? Count me in!
Thank you for a wonderful ASEEES Annual Convention! We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago next year!
#ASEEES25
2026 ASEEES Theme: States and Empires
Spotlight on Balkan Studies
October 16-17, 2026, Virtual
November 12-15, 2026, Chicago, IL
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#ASEEES25
2026 ASEEES Theme: States and Empires
Spotlight on Balkan Studies
October 16-17, 2026, Virtual
November 12-15, 2026, Chicago, IL
buff.ly/BLu2TOU
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
States and empires? Count me in!
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#jobopportunity
0,75 Dissertant:in PraeDoc Univ.Ass. "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Salzburg) @unisalzburg.bsky.social
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0,75 Dissertant:in PraeDoc Univ.Ass. "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Salzburg) @unisalzburg.bsky.social
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0,75 Dissertant:in PraeDoc Univ.Ass. "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Salzburg)
Befristete Prae-Doc Stelle (Dissertant:in) am Fachbereich Geschichte der Universität Salzburg. Besetzung ab 01.03.2026 für die Dauer von 4 Jahren. Anstellungsverhältnis 30 Wochenstunden
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November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#jobopportunity
0,75 Dissertant:in PraeDoc Univ.Ass. "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Salzburg) @unisalzburg.bsky.social
www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
0,75 Dissertant:in PraeDoc Univ.Ass. "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Salzburg) @unisalzburg.bsky.social
www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
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The #paperback edition of Maria Theresa by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available worldwide!
This book is a major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.
Learn more:
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#History #MariaTheresa
This book is a major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.
Learn more:
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#History #MariaTheresa
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The #paperback edition of Maria Theresa by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available worldwide!
This book is a major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.
Learn more:
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#History #MariaTheresa
This book is a major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.
Learn more:
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#History #MariaTheresa
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Join us next week in Vienna for the lecture: “Afterlife of Imperial Bodies: Nationalizing the Fallen of the First World War in East-Central Europe.” (27 Nov., 2025) at the Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Boerhaavegasse 25).
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Join us next week in Vienna for the lecture: “Afterlife of Imperial Bodies: Nationalizing the Fallen of the First World War in East-Central Europe.” (27 Nov., 2025) at the Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Boerhaavegasse 25).
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🔊 Deadline approaching: South-East European Studies Fellowship!
The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.
Apply by 1 Dec.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.
Apply by 1 Dec.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Submissions Open: South-East European Studies Fellowship
The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes / opportunities at SSEES
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🔊 Deadline approaching: South-East European Studies Fellowship!
The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.
Apply by 1 Dec.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
The fellowship is awarded to PhD students from the territories of the former Yugoslavia, with special emphasis on those areas of SEE which do not benefit from existing schemes at SSEES.
Apply by 1 Dec.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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My book has a webpage!
In case you want to pre-order a copy (or, more probably, request that your library does so).
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In case you want to pre-order a copy (or, more probably, request that your library does so).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My book has a webpage!
In case you want to pre-order a copy (or, more probably, request that your library does so).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
In case you want to pre-order a copy (or, more probably, request that your library does so).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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📌 The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has been published #openaccess. Check it out here 👇
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Keep reading, keep citing!
On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak
polisky / nationalisky
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Keep reading, keep citing!
On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak
polisky / nationalisky
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
📌 The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has been published #openaccess. Check it out here 👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Keep reading, keep citing!
On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak
polisky / nationalisky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Keep reading, keep citing!
On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak
polisky / nationalisky
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👥 Associate Editors introductions: Rok Stergar
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Rok Stergar
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
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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
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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/
99,8%. Po desetih mesecih in osemnajstih dneh od roka za oddajo prijav še vedno nismo prišli do rezultatov.
Lotil sem se izračunati, koliko projektov morajo na ARIS še oceniti in sem potem za hec izračun preveril še z UI. Ugotovil sem, da ji osnovna matematika še vedno dela probleme.
PS: Odgovor je: 13. Oceniti morajo še 13 projektov, tako da tja do konca novembra pa verjetno res bo.
PS: Odgovor je: 13. Oceniti morajo še 13 projektov, tako da tja do konca novembra pa verjetno res bo.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
99,8%. Po desetih mesecih in osemnajstih dneh od roka za oddajo prijav še vedno nismo prišli do rezultatov.
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Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern #History- Aarhus University - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK808/a...
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus University
Apply for the Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View deta...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern #History- Aarhus University - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK808/a...
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This Memorial Lecture will be published in full in a future issue of First World War Studies, for now you can watch online!
Last week's wonderful Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture by @juliarsct.bsky.social on the subject of 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War', is now available to watch on the Society YouTube Channel: youtu.be/yoaRVrmjDLw?...
Dennis Showalter Lecture 2025 by Julia Ribeiro Thomaz: 'Poetry under fire'
YouTube video by International Society for First World War Studies
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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This Memorial Lecture will be published in full in a future issue of First World War Studies, for now you can watch online!
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If you are in Edmonton Tuesday, don't miss hearing one of my favorite historians talk about how Central Europe helped frame one of the most important historical interventions of the 20th century. www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins... @emile-chabal.bsky.social
Mitteleuropa Man: Eric Hobsbawm and Austria
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November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you are in Edmonton Tuesday, don't miss hearing one of my favorite historians talk about how Central Europe helped frame one of the most important historical interventions of the 20th century. www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins... @emile-chabal.bsky.social
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The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) is doing so much to encourage Ukrainian scholars and scholarship around Ukraine and in connection with indigenous studies in Canada. Please apply for these exciting grants! cius-awards.artsrn.ualberta.ca
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November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) is doing so much to encourage Ukrainian scholars and scholarship around Ukraine and in connection with indigenous studies in Canada. Please apply for these exciting grants! cius-awards.artsrn.ualberta.ca
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Several new episodes on the French Army in #WWI are now out on YouTube. Follow the history of the French participation in the war from August of 1914 through 1915, with a few special episodes dedicated to specific topics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acRW...
#History #Podcast
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#History #Podcast
Daily Life of a WWI French Soldier | WW1 Podcast Episode: 67
YouTube video by WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front | Podcast
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November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Several new episodes on the French Army in #WWI are now out on YouTube. Follow the history of the French participation in the war from August of 1914 through 1915, with a few special episodes dedicated to specific topics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acRW...
#History #Podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acRW...
#History #Podcast
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The @thegsa.bsky.social is looking for a new editor for its flagship journal, the German Studies Review; anticipated started date: June 1, 2026. Further details about the position and applications/nominations are available here: tinyurl.com/ypfxpkdr
CfA: GSR Editor | German Studies Association
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November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The @thegsa.bsky.social is looking for a new editor for its flagship journal, the German Studies Review; anticipated started date: June 1, 2026. Further details about the position and applications/nominations are available here: tinyurl.com/ypfxpkdr
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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CALL NOW OPEN
Thank you #YasirYilmaz and #ErcanAkyol for the invitation to be part of it again :-)
@ihb-oeaw.bsky.social @yasiryilmaz.bsky.social @ercanakyol.bsky.social
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Thank you #YasirYilmaz and #ErcanAkyol for the invitation to be part of it again :-)
@ihb-oeaw.bsky.social @yasiryilmaz.bsky.social @ercanakyol.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
CALL NOW OPEN
Thank you #YasirYilmaz and #ErcanAkyol for the invitation to be part of it again :-)
@ihb-oeaw.bsky.social @yasiryilmaz.bsky.social @ercanakyol.bsky.social
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Thank you #YasirYilmaz and #ErcanAkyol for the invitation to be part of it again :-)
@ihb-oeaw.bsky.social @yasiryilmaz.bsky.social @ercanakyol.bsky.social
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An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
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If you (or one of your students) finished or will finish a dissertation on German history at a North American university in 2025, consider nominating it (or having it nominated) for the Fritz Stern dissertation prize of the Friends of the GHI. Details at: tinyurl.com/4z9xsw6r
Call for Nominations for the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize – Central European History Society
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November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If you (or one of your students) finished or will finish a dissertation on German history at a North American university in 2025, consider nominating it (or having it nominated) for the Fritz Stern dissertation prize of the Friends of the GHI. Details at: tinyurl.com/4z9xsw6r
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PhD students and recent PhDs in history: CEHS
@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social
is accepting applications for its short-term research and travel grants (travel in 2026). Max award $4000; deadline January 15, 2026. For eligibility and application information, visit: tinyurl.com/695jr4cm.
@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social
is accepting applications for its short-term research and travel grants (travel in 2026). Max award $4000; deadline January 15, 2026. For eligibility and application information, visit: tinyurl.com/695jr4cm.
Research grants – Central European History Society
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November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
PhD students and recent PhDs in history: CEHS
@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social
is accepting applications for its short-term research and travel grants (travel in 2026). Max award $4000; deadline January 15, 2026. For eligibility and application information, visit: tinyurl.com/695jr4cm.
@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social
is accepting applications for its short-term research and travel grants (travel in 2026). Max award $4000; deadline January 15, 2026. For eligibility and application information, visit: tinyurl.com/695jr4cm.