Veronika Helfert
@veenomen.bsky.social
feminist historian * interested in women’s and gender history of protest & revolution, labour movements & communism * Research Affiliate @ CEU * https://zarah-ceu.org * https://fernetzt.univie.ac.at * Vienna I Montréal * she/her
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Veronika Helfert
@veenomen.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Women’s Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond
This collaborative monograph presents a deeply researched, inclusive history of women’s labour activism in Eastern Europe, Austria, Turkey and transnationally, from the age of empires to the late twen...
uclpress.co.uk
I am so excited to share the news that after many years of research & writing the collaborative monograph of the project #ZARAH #Women'sLabourActivism is out today with @uclpress.bsky.social ! It is available in print and online (open access).
uclpress.co.uk/book/womens-...
uclpress.co.uk/book/womens-...
Vor zehn Jahren haben wir uns gedacht: Bloggen, das können wir auch! Und naja, jetzt haben wir 131 Beiträge auf dem #fernetztblog veröffentlicht - Beiträge aus Geschichte, Forschungsalltag und mit aktuellem Bezug. Als Autorin, Redakteurin und Leserin bin ich wirklich sehr stolz. <3
Am 25. November 2015 ging der erste Beitrag des #fernetzt-Blogs online: 10 Jahre später bloggen wir immer noch! Wir haben das in der Redaktion zum Anlass genommen, um in den 131 Beiträgen zu schmökern und über die Redaktionsarbeit nachzudenken. Lest mehr hier:
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Vor zehn Jahren haben wir uns gedacht: Bloggen, das können wir auch! Und naja, jetzt haben wir 131 Beiträge auf dem #fernetztblog veröffentlicht - Beiträge aus Geschichte, Forschungsalltag und mit aktuellem Bezug. Als Autorin, Redakteurin und Leserin bin ich wirklich sehr stolz. <3
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Am 25. November 2015 ging der erste Beitrag des #fernetzt-Blogs online: 10 Jahre später bloggen wir immer noch! Wir haben das in der Redaktion zum Anlass genommen, um in den 131 Beiträgen zu schmökern und über die Redaktionsarbeit nachzudenken. Lest mehr hier:
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Am 25. November 2015 ging der erste Beitrag des #fernetzt-Blogs online: 10 Jahre später bloggen wir immer noch! Wir haben das in der Redaktion zum Anlass genommen, um in den 131 Beiträgen zu schmökern und über die Redaktionsarbeit nachzudenken. Lest mehr hier:
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
fernetzt.univie.ac.at/2025-11-25/
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Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
Book launch: Intimate Connections
Join us at EPIC to celebrate the publication of a new book on Irish female migration
www.eventbrite.ie
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
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Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
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About to hear a real powerhouse roundtable about women's activism in the 1970s here at #nacbs2025 Montreal. I'm thinking and hearing about... actual History all the time? It's a real treat after the emergencies and alarums of UK HE. 👍
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
About to hear a real powerhouse roundtable about women's activism in the 1970s here at #nacbs2025 Montreal. I'm thinking and hearing about... actual History all the time? It's a real treat after the emergencies and alarums of UK HE. 👍
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New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies is out and, as always, fully available online #openaccess:
"Women's Movements and Knowledge Formations".
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
"Women's Movements and Knowledge Formations".
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
Bd. 36 Nr. 2 (2025): Frauenbewegungen und Wissensformationen
| Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
journals.univie.ac.at
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies is out and, as always, fully available online #openaccess:
"Women's Movements and Knowledge Formations".
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
"Women's Movements and Knowledge Formations".
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
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[Neu am Blog] In ihrem Beitrag "Das Erbe der Doktoren Dienstmägden" blickt Sabrina Mynarik in die Verlassenschaften der #Dienstmägde von Universitätsangehörigen im 18. Jahrhundert und damit auch in ihre Lebenswelten und in die Beziehungen zu den Dienstgeber:innen. fernetzt.univie.ac.at/20251115-2/
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
[Neu am Blog] In ihrem Beitrag "Das Erbe der Doktoren Dienstmägden" blickt Sabrina Mynarik in die Verlassenschaften der #Dienstmägde von Universitätsangehörigen im 18. Jahrhundert und damit auch in ihre Lebenswelten und in die Beziehungen zu den Dienstgeber:innen. fernetzt.univie.ac.at/20251115-2/
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I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
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I'm excited to see that @routledgehistory.bsky.social has published an expanded version of the special issue, 'The Cold War of Labour Migrants'. In it, my article, 'From anti-imperialism to multiculturalism' explores the global intellectual history of migrant activists in 1970s France.
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I'm excited to see that @routledgehistory.bsky.social has published an expanded version of the special issue, 'The Cold War of Labour Migrants'. In it, my article, 'From anti-imperialism to multiculturalism' explores the global intellectual history of migrant activists in 1970s France.
Ein sehr schöner Nachruf auf eine beeindruckende Historikerin, die auch mich (wenn auch aus der Ferne und lesend) im Studium geprägt hat - viele ihrer Publikationen begleiten mich bis heute.
Die Historikerin Gisela Bock ist gestorben. In der FAZ ein Nachruf von Daniel Schönpflug
@wiko-berlin.bsky.social
zeitung.faz.net/data/522/rea...
@wiko-berlin.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ein sehr schöner Nachruf auf eine beeindruckende Historikerin, die auch mich (wenn auch aus der Ferne und lesend) im Studium geprägt hat - viele ihrer Publikationen begleiten mich bis heute.
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Des feux zombies couvent sous la neige et persistent dans les sols, parfois pendant plusieurs années. Les scientifiques apprennent à mieux les connaître.
www.quebecscience.qc.ca/environnemen...
www.quebecscience.qc.ca/environnemen...
Les feux qui ne s'éteignent pas - Québec Science
Des feux zombies couvent sous la neige et persistent dans les sols, parfois pendant plusieurs années. Les scientifiques apprennent à mieux les connaître.
www.quebecscience.qc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Des feux zombies couvent sous la neige et persistent dans les sols, parfois pendant plusieurs années. Les scientifiques apprennent à mieux les connaître.
www.quebecscience.qc.ca/environnemen...
www.quebecscience.qc.ca/environnemen...
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Such important work! A wealth of data on #gendergaps in academia in #Germany #Austria and #Switzerland e.g. women authored 53% of the articles in the 90 communication journals but only 37% of the articles they authored were cited. Women made up between 35% (Germany) 43% (Switzerland) of grant PIs.
Wie steht es um Geschlechterdiversität in der Wissenschaft? Wir haben uns das für die deutschsprachige Kommunikationswissenschaft (DACH-Raum) angeschaut – alle Hierarchiestufen #IchbinHanna & Jobs in Relation zu Publikationen, Zitationen, Preisen und Drittmitteln doi.org/10.1007/s116...
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Such important work! A wealth of data on #gendergaps in academia in #Germany #Austria and #Switzerland e.g. women authored 53% of the articles in the 90 communication journals but only 37% of the articles they authored were cited. Women made up between 35% (Germany) 43% (Switzerland) of grant PIs.
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The newest episode of #HistoryinFocus looks at the recent special edition of the #AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." @danieljstory.bsky.social speaks with the History Unclassified editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci and nine contributors to the issue. Listen at the link. 🗃️
Mistakes I Have Made
What if historians could own up to their mistakes? Or learn to see their mistakes not as weaknesses to be hidden but as a necessary part of the process of growth and discovery? That is what a recent s...
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The newest episode of #HistoryinFocus looks at the recent special edition of the #AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." @danieljstory.bsky.social speaks with the History Unclassified editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci and nine contributors to the issue. Listen at the link. 🗃️
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Patchworkfamilien im mittelalterlichen #Wien & Donauraum? Unser nächster #Jeudi-Vortrag mit Christina Lutter @univie.ac.at über serielle Monogamie & Vererbungspraktiken.
Kommentar: Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan @sorbonne-universite.fr
13.11. | 18:00 | vor Ort & online | DE-FR
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
Kommentar: Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan @sorbonne-universite.fr
13.11. | 18:00 | vor Ort & online | DE-FR
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Patchworkfamilien im mittelalterlichen #Wien & Donauraum? Unser nächster #Jeudi-Vortrag mit Christina Lutter @univie.ac.at über serielle Monogamie & Vererbungspraktiken.
Kommentar: Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan @sorbonne-universite.fr
13.11. | 18:00 | vor Ort & online | DE-FR
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
Kommentar: Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan @sorbonne-universite.fr
13.11. | 18:00 | vor Ort & online | DE-FR
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
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C'est demain que débute le colloque «Femmes d’histoire et #Histoire des #femmes». On pourra notamment y entendre notre collègue Bénédict Nguiagain-Launière dans le cadre d'une table-ronde sur la diffusion de l’histoire des femmes. @histoirequebec.bsky.social 👉 histoirequebec.qc.ca/evenement/co...
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
C'est demain que débute le colloque «Femmes d’histoire et #Histoire des #femmes». On pourra notamment y entendre notre collègue Bénédict Nguiagain-Launière dans le cadre d'une table-ronde sur la diffusion de l’histoire des femmes. @histoirequebec.bsky.social 👉 histoirequebec.qc.ca/evenement/co...
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„Es gibt hohe Raten psychischer Gesundheitsprobleme unter jungen [Wissenschaftler_innen], und die Hälfte der Postdocs erwägt sogar, aufgrund von Stress und psychischer Belastung die akademische Laufbahn aufzugeben.“
Wichtiges Plädoyer fürs Grenzen-Setzen von @laraffington.bsky.social! #IchBinHanna
Wichtiges Plädoyer fürs Grenzen-Setzen von @laraffington.bsky.social! #IchBinHanna
Leistungsdruck in der Wissenschaft: Setzt der Uni Grenzen!
Der akademische Betrieb fordert jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern zu viel ab. Das hemmt ihre Kreativität.
www.zeit.de
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
„Es gibt hohe Raten psychischer Gesundheitsprobleme unter jungen [Wissenschaftler_innen], und die Hälfte der Postdocs erwägt sogar, aufgrund von Stress und psychischer Belastung die akademische Laufbahn aufzugeben.“
Wichtiges Plädoyer fürs Grenzen-Setzen von @laraffington.bsky.social! #IchBinHanna
Wichtiges Plädoyer fürs Grenzen-Setzen von @laraffington.bsky.social! #IchBinHanna
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Very happy to share some of our research into #AustrianAuden with an international audience in this article by @philipoltermann.bsky.social in @theguardian.com.
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Very happy to share some of our research into #AustrianAuden with an international audience in this article by @philipoltermann.bsky.social in @theguardian.com.
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
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Twenty participants of the July 2025 Central European History Convention in Vienna wrote blogs about what they thought about the event: what it gave, what it promises, what it didn’t. Read what they think! (There’s a little intro to the forum by Peter Becker + myself). cehc.hypotheses.org
Looking back- looking ahead
cehc.hypotheses.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Twenty participants of the July 2025 Central European History Convention in Vienna wrote blogs about what they thought about the event: what it gave, what it promises, what it didn’t. Read what they think! (There’s a little intro to the forum by Peter Becker + myself). cehc.hypotheses.org
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Peršmanhof-Kommission dürfte umstrittenen Einsatz für rechtswidrig erklären
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Peršmanhof-Kommission dürfte umstrittenen Einsatz für rechtswidrig erklären
Polizeieinsatz bei antifaschistischem Camp auf der NS-Gedenkstätte hätte wohl in dieser Form nicht erfolgen dürfen. Das Ergebnis wird offiziell am Donnerstag präsentiert
www.derstandard.at
October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Peršmanhof-Kommission dürfte umstrittenen Einsatz für rechtswidrig erklären
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
Scottish Workers’ Stories of Life and Labour during Covid-19 from the Workers’ Stories Project
This article explores how Scottish workers narrated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their life and work, by analysing 55 fifty-five submissions to the Workers' Stories Project. Between 2020 and...
scholarcommons.sc.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
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I mean, you should not be citing primary sources *you have not seen* without saying "Cited in." 🗃️
It is hella annoying when people cite sources I found & translated from an archival source - while using *my translation & not mentioning me*. So I don't want my students to do that to others!
It is hella annoying when people cite sources I found & translated from an archival source - while using *my translation & not mentioning me*. So I don't want my students to do that to others!
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I mean, you should not be citing primary sources *you have not seen* without saying "Cited in." 🗃️
It is hella annoying when people cite sources I found & translated from an archival source - while using *my translation & not mentioning me*. So I don't want my students to do that to others!
It is hella annoying when people cite sources I found & translated from an archival source - while using *my translation & not mentioning me*. So I don't want my students to do that to others!
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In our latest essay, Andrés Brink Pinto (Lund University) discusses the differences between antifascist and fascist masculinity and their complex relations to violence. #antifa #antifascism helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/10/15/m...
Masculinity: A Useful Concept to Understand Fascism and Anti-fascism - The Helsinki notebooks
Fascism, as a political movement, is deeply fixated on preserving the traditional gender order – a structure that its defenders view as both natural and perpetually under siege. This perceived fragili...
helsinkinotebooks.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In our latest essay, Andrés Brink Pinto (Lund University) discusses the differences between antifascist and fascist masculinity and their complex relations to violence. #antifa #antifascism helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/10/15/m...
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This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
My wonderful colleague Zhanna Popova turned our research in this gem of a #publichistory website: labouractivism.eu showcases selected protagonists, sources and activist practices
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My wonderful colleague Zhanna Popova turned our research in this gem of a #publichistory website: labouractivism.eu showcases selected protagonists, sources and activist practices