Zora Piskačová
@zorapiskacova.bsky.social
Historian of Central Europe | Academy Scholar @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @harvard.edu | Interested in towns, borders and people trying to cope.
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Peter Becker + I wrote "Forward: A Kaleidoscope of CEH-C Meanings" to explain how the Vienna 2025 Central European History Convention and the collection of 20 blogs by emerging scholars on the joys, promises, + challenges of the event came into being. Read! Share! Discuss! cehc.hypotheses.org/79
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Peter Becker + I wrote "Forward: A Kaleidoscope of CEH-C Meanings" to explain how the Vienna 2025 Central European History Convention and the collection of 20 blogs by emerging scholars on the joys, promises, + challenges of the event came into being. Read! Share! Discuss! cehc.hypotheses.org/79
Odešla Atomová lady. Čest její památce.
Po vážné nemoci v pondělí zemřela dlouholetá předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost a česká jaderná inženýrka Dana Drábová, bylo jí 64 let, oznámil úřad. V čele instituce stála od roku 1999, zapojila se také do komunální politiky.
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Ve věku 64 let zemřela Dana Drábová. Zastávala pozici předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnosti
V pondělí zemřela dlouholetá předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost Dana Drábová, bylo jí 64 let, oznámil úřad.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Odešla Atomová lady. Čest její památce.
An honor to hear Czech President Petr Pavel speak @harvard.edu last night, and even more so to have the chance to meet him shortly after.
Děkujeme za návštěvu, pane prezidente! 🇨🇿
Děkujeme za návštěvu, pane prezidente! 🇨🇿
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
An honor to hear Czech President Petr Pavel speak @harvard.edu last night, and even more so to have the chance to meet him shortly after.
Děkujeme za návštěvu, pane prezidente! 🇨🇿
Děkujeme za návštěvu, pane prezidente! 🇨🇿
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We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.
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CFP: Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe
Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
Application deadline: 30.11.2025
URL: www.dhi.waw.pl/pl/ak...
Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
Application deadline: 30.11.2025
URL: www.dhi.waw.pl/pl/ak...
August 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
CFP: Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe
Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
Application deadline: 30.11.2025
URL: www.dhi.waw.pl/pl/ak...
Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
Application deadline: 30.11.2025
URL: www.dhi.waw.pl/pl/ak...
Very honored to be part of this great group!
Meet the 2025–2026 Academy Scholars! Most will be working on transforming their dissertation into a book manuscript or series of articles, while some will be embarking on new writing. Learn more about them and The Harvard Academy at: https://loom.ly/jgRd-yA
August 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Very honored to be part of this great group!
Apply and join me next year! careers.historians.org/jobs/2159507...
Weatherhead Scholars Program in Cambridge, MA for Harvard University:Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Exciting opportunity in Cambridge, MA for Harvard University:Weatherhead Center for International...
careers.historians.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Apply and join me next year! careers.historians.org/jobs/2159507...
The TV show 'Smoke' on Apple TV just had a side character explain to his teenage son why he has to leave him and move across the country:
“It’s tenure-track, man. These positions come up once every five or ten years... like... I can’t. It’s like being an astronaut and getting called to the moon.”
“It’s tenure-track, man. These positions come up once every five or ten years... like... I can’t. It’s like being an astronaut and getting called to the moon.”
July 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The TV show 'Smoke' on Apple TV just had a side character explain to his teenage son why he has to leave him and move across the country:
“It’s tenure-track, man. These positions come up once every five or ten years... like... I can’t. It’s like being an astronaut and getting called to the moon.”
“It’s tenure-track, man. These positions come up once every five or ten years... like... I can’t. It’s like being an astronaut and getting called to the moon.”
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My friend Raul Carstocea is advertising 2 PhD positions within his fabulous ERC project. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU289/p...
PhD Studentship: Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship: Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My friend Raul Carstocea is advertising 2 PhD positions within his fabulous ERC project. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU289/p...
Can't believe I'll be leaving this gem of a town in two weeks. This is so well deserved!
Town of Carrboro Named All-American City After National Competition - Chapelboro.com
The Town of Carrboro won an All-American City award from the National Civic League Sunday evening after a weekend competition.
chapelboro.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Can't believe I'll be leaving this gem of a town in two weeks. This is so well deserved!
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📣Tomorrow starts our 12th #IOSConference2025 on economic continuities between the interwar period & post-1989 transformations in Central, Eastern & #SoutheastEurope. W/ keynotes by Tamás Vonyó (Bocconi University, Milan) & János Mátyás Kovács (@recetvienna.bsky.social).
📅 26–27 June | #LeibnizIOS ⬇️
📅 26–27 June | #LeibnizIOS ⬇️
IOS Annual Conference: "Continuity and Change in the Economic Trajectories of Central, East and South-East Europe in the Long 20th Century"
IOS Annual Conference 2025
leibniz-ios.de
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📣Tomorrow starts our 12th #IOSConference2025 on economic continuities between the interwar period & post-1989 transformations in Central, Eastern & #SoutheastEurope. W/ keynotes by Tamás Vonyó (Bocconi University, Milan) & János Mátyás Kovács (@recetvienna.bsky.social).
📅 26–27 June | #LeibnizIOS ⬇️
📅 26–27 June | #LeibnizIOS ⬇️
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"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again”
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again”
June 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again”
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again”
I have done it.
I have found a mistake on the first page of my ProQuest-approved dissertation.
#newlevelachieved 🏆
I have found a mistake on the first page of my ProQuest-approved dissertation.
#newlevelachieved 🏆
June 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I have done it.
I have found a mistake on the first page of my ProQuest-approved dissertation.
#newlevelachieved 🏆
I have found a mistake on the first page of my ProQuest-approved dissertation.
#newlevelachieved 🏆
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Call for participants / Summer school: Habsburg Central Europe in Global History, 17th–20th centuries. Prague, 23-25 October 2025, Deadline 15 August 2025.
URL: www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/v...
URL: www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/v...
May 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Call for participants / Summer school: Habsburg Central Europe in Global History, 17th–20th centuries. Prague, 23-25 October 2025, Deadline 15 August 2025.
URL: www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/v...
URL: www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/v...
I "graduated" less than a week ago, and UNC Library has already cut off my access.
Went to look something up and—boom—ACCESS DENIED.
How do independent scholars even survive out here?
Went to look something up and—boom—ACCESS DENIED.
How do independent scholars even survive out here?
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I "graduated" less than a week ago, and UNC Library has already cut off my access.
Went to look something up and—boom—ACCESS DENIED.
How do independent scholars even survive out here?
Went to look something up and—boom—ACCESS DENIED.
How do independent scholars even survive out here?
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7 years ago today I testified in front of a NYC judge + jury how widespread ignorance of how academia works helped a murderer kill a promising scholar vulnerable only because he wanted a stable job. Things have only gotten scarier. Please share: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/historian-mu...
The Historian and the Murder Trial
On May 14, 2018, I was led into a nondescript courtroom in Kew Gardens, Queens to testify at a murder trial. I am a historian who loves details, and the resources
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
May 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
7 years ago today I testified in front of a NYC judge + jury how widespread ignorance of how academia works helped a murderer kill a promising scholar vulnerable only because he wanted a stable job. Things have only gotten scarier. Please share: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/historian-mu...
Officially Dr. Piskačová! Thank you, @unchistory.bsky.social, for everything!
May 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Officially Dr. Piskačová! Thank you, @unchistory.bsky.social, for everything!
I couldn't agree more! Thanks for 'walking' with me @tessmegginson.bsky.social! Here is to us—historians of the Czechoslovak borderlands!
Extra special doing this alongside @zorapiskacova.bsky.social !
May 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I couldn't agree more! Thanks for 'walking' with me @tessmegginson.bsky.social! Here is to us—historians of the Czechoslovak borderlands!
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
What an incredible lineup! I’m so bummed to be missing it...
The program for the #CEH-C2025 - Central European History Convention - to take place in Vienna this July is finally up, and wow, is it amazing! ceh-c.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us... #skystorians #histmed even a little #econhist
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April 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What an incredible lineup! I’m so bummed to be missing it...
A stark reminder of how fragile our infrastructure networks are—and how deeply we rely on them, even when we rarely give them a second thought.
Breaking News: A major power outage hit Spain, France and Portugal, shutting down trains, airports and other critical infrastructure.
Spain, Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage
The blackout hit critical infrastructure like airports and caused transportation disruptions in the three countries. The cause of the outage was unclear.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A stark reminder of how fragile our infrastructure networks are—and how deeply we rely on them, even when we rarely give them a second thought.
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The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.
Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.
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Absolutely worth the read this morning: Tara Zarah on collapsing globalization and how similar developments have played out in the past www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
Opinion | Globalization Is Collapsing. Brace Yourselves. (Gift Article)
The world was just as intertwined 100 years ago, and its unraveling was a disaster. Can we avoid the same outcome?
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Absolutely worth the read this morning: Tara Zarah on collapsing globalization and how similar developments have played out in the past www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...
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Myself and my colleague Dr Raul Carstocea are inviting applications for a PhD scholarship at Maynooth University , looking at the imperial roots of the Ustasha fascist movement.
If successful, the position is fully-funded for four years.
Please share and feel free to contact me!
If successful, the position is fully-funded for four years.
Please share and feel free to contact me!
March 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Myself and my colleague Dr Raul Carstocea are inviting applications for a PhD scholarship at Maynooth University , looking at the imperial roots of the Ustasha fascist movement.
If successful, the position is fully-funded for four years.
Please share and feel free to contact me!
If successful, the position is fully-funded for four years.
Please share and feel free to contact me!