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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · Aug 17

Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians

Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · Aug 11

We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans.

Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:

www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Although I didn’t understand it at the time, nature could cradle us and root us, while borders and nations spat us out like bitter, sinewy morsels."

Снежна Авис / Janez @snowyavis.bsky.social · Aug 5

A couple of years ago I read an essay by Ana Sekulić (@anasekulic.bsky.social ), "Threads of Life", which explained my situation exceptionally well, and I felt seen for the first time. I am really grateful. I strongly recommend you read it. [12/12]

www.mangalmedia.net/english/find...

Threads of Life — Mangal Media

I finally found a thread that leads from the land she came from to the bristled leaves that sprouted from it, to the grazing flocks of sheep that my grandmother tended and whose wool she shore, from t...

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Снежна Авис / Janez @snowyavis.bsky.social · Aug 5

A couple of years ago I read an essay by Ana Sekulić (@anasekulic.bsky.social ), "Threads of Life", which explained my situation exceptionally well, and I felt seen for the first time. I am really grateful. I strongly recommend you read it. [12/12]

www.mangalmedia.net/english/find...

Threads of Life — Mangal Media

I finally found a thread that leads from the land she came from to the bristled leaves that sprouted from it, to the grazing flocks of sheep that my grandmother tended and whose wool she shore, from t...

www.mangalmedia.net

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Jun 28

Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...

A detail from a page of a 1702 German publication with the title "Reimb Dich, Oder Ich Liß Dich, Das ist: Allerley Materien, Discurs, Concept, und Predigen, welche bißhero in underschiedlichen Tractätlein gedruckt worden" (vd18 10307974). The author explains on this page, and on pages before and after the Holy Trinity. Part of the detailed explanation if a human heart, made of a V (in German printing a "U") and a three as a cap. In the text, the "V" stands for the Latin "unum" (meaning: one, as in: together as one) and the number 3 is of course the Holy Trinity. This heart symbol, explained in the text, looks like a contemporary emoticon: <3 . The typographical entity highlighted consists of a the letter "i", the number "3", the word "HOMO" (in which all letters are crossed out except for the "M"), a small "z" as part of the M, and the mentioned emoticon: a "V" with a "3" on top.

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Alex Drace-Francis @alexdrace.bsky.social · Jun 27

My article on the etymology of 'kukuruz' is now published in "Zeitschrift für Balkanologie" - get in touch if you would like a copy
www.zeitschrift-fuer-balkanologie.de/index.php/zf...

Kukuruz "cocoon"? | Zeitschrift für Balkanologie

www.zeitschrift-fuer-balkanologie.de

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · May 29

Super proud of @evrenko.bsky.social 💜 Check out this gem of late Ottoman printing now in English.

evren sunnetcioglu @evrenko.bsky.social · May 29

It’s out! My translation just dropped in Art in Translation. It's a booklet, published in 1912 & attributed to Ahmed İhsan Bey, a print entrepreneur, author, and translator, on his publishing house & legendary illustrated journal Servet-i Fünun ("Wealth of Sciences") under the Ottoman Empire. 1/3

Snapshot of the first page of my published translation in Art in Translation, featuring the title and the abstract written by Ahmet Ersoy.

First page of the translated 1912 booklet, featuring a portrait of Ahmed İhsan Bey alongside the opening lines of the text.

Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · May 23

enjoyed this lovely piece. it appears that in scholarship, writing, and life really, the richest insights come from the dislodged. "Disciplines are homes that I don’t belong to anymore and I can’t say that’s something I regret."

Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur @agatumilowicz.bsky.social · May 22

Very shy to share this new text of mine.
Here’s a very personal essay about being an independent scholar, my method, about immigration, cracks in academia and fragments.

I don’t know if people even read this kind of stuff anymore but if you do, enjoy.

aseees.org/newsnet-arti...

On Fragments and Home: Notes from an Independent Scholar | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies

I am an independent scholar; it’s a fancy name for someone who is unemployed in academia, but still has the misfortune of scholarly pursuits, a drive for knowledge and absolutely […]

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Digital Adriatic @digitaladriatic.bsky.social · Apr 17

È online Digital Adriatic!

Un archivio orale #digitale per esplorare voci, luoghi e identità che hanno attraversato frontiere e regimi lungo l’Adriatico orientale.

La #mappa della memoria è ora disponibile in versione beta!

🔗 digitaladriatic.eu

#firstpost #introduction #digitalhistory #dh

I luoghi della memoria adriatica

Scopri la memoria storica dell'Adriatico orientale attraverso testimonianze orali, mappe interattive e dati storici.

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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · Apr 15

Not all Balkan blooms are soft and fragrant—some are green, spiky, and delicious. This week, Rebecca Duras takes us to Istria for a hands-on introduction to the art of wild asparagus picking and shows us what to do with it once we’re back in the kitchen.🌱
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/a-few...

" I don’t know much about asparagus, just as I don’t know much about about mushroom foraging, butchering a pig, or driving away curses. I can’t know because my grandmother won’t teach me. She says I have what I learn in books and that is better because she only finished four years of school and this is a hard life and who would want the skills for a hard life. But I want to know."
Rebecca Duras: A Few Things I Know About Asparagus (and A Few More That I Don't)

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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · Apr 8

Spring is late and somewhat treacherous this year, but our first essay in the Balkan Blooms series is here, brought to you by Madeleine Corcoran.
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/mothe...

“The birch tree, the washing lines, and the way the pavements crackled with meltwater from the rooftops one day and froze over the next. This seemed to illustrate, the more I observed, that birth was not one event but a painful series of coming in and out of life.” Madeleine Corcoran: Mothers Who Eat the Good Strawberries

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Tijana Stevanović @tijana.bsky.social · Feb 15

Such a moving piece, and in so many ways. I am particularly interested in women doing house construction as mentioned here: "my father pointed at a wall in the house and, referring to the stone within, said, “Baba brought all of it from the river on her back.”

Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Dec 10

I've been thinking about intersections of historical record, material culture, and family silence and part of it is now an essay here: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/the-w...

The Weight of Wool — Women* Write the Balkans

Ottoman and Habsburg coins turned into jewelry; the remnants of successive empires worn on the women’s chests. In some cases, the đerdans are so elaborate that they almost entirely occlude their weare...

www.womenwritethebalkans.com

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Feb 1

hvala!

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Feb 1

Habsburg people and anyone in the know: what should I read about the construction of the Trieste-Vienna railway? Monographs, anything at all. Thanks!

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · Jan 23

We are so excited to reveal the cover for “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World” designed by the amazing @flaroh.bsky.social! 🤩
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...

The cover art is set against an orange background, with white text reading "Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences. Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World." The cover art shows a series of ancient artifacts (sculptures, busts, vases) set on shelves as if being displayed to an audience.

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Jan 23

ugh i know, another example of not being able to watch things

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jan 3

Did you write a dissertation on the environmental history of Europe the past two years? Know someone who did? The deadline for the ESEH Tallinn Dissertation Prize is Jan. 15! @eseh.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social

eseh.org/call-for-sub...

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Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur @agatumilowicz.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy 2025!

And yes, I’m bringing my “door handle of Lower Silesia” cycle to Bluesky. As a reminder that one gesture is enough to open up new opportunities. After all, door handles are a perfect midpoint between you and something new.

Here’s to new beginnings✨
Let’s go.

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Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · Dec 26

If you’ve ever written a book, or haven’t, you probably need to read this.
#BookSky 💙📚
www.ask-polly.com/p/i-publishe...

'I Published a Novel and No One Cares!'

Blaming yourself for not selling books is like blaming yourself for aging.

www.ask-polly.com

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Dec 10

I've been thinking about intersections of historical record, material culture, and family silence and part of it is now an essay here: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/the-w...

The Weight of Wool — Women* Write the Balkans

Ottoman and Habsburg coins turned into jewelry; the remnants of successive empires worn on the women’s chests. In some cases, the đerdans are so elaborate that they almost entirely occlude their weare...

www.womenwritethebalkans.com

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Dec 21

BCMS: ni koliko je crno pod noktom

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Dec 19

one of the films was sold to a *big media company* who just locked it away, made it unavailable and the director himself couldn't share it

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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · Dec 19

what's the point of making films if they become so embroiled in distribution rights (?) that you can't ever watch them. wanted to show a bunch of different things this semester, and every single one was unavailable even with the best efforts of the amazing library staff.

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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · Dec 19

Intervju o mojoj novoj knjizi Nakon Osmanske Evrope: Muslimani u Habsburškoj Bosni i Hercegovini
@ajbalkans.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social
#menasky #Balkansky 🗃 #skystorians #AcademicSky
#Balkans #History #Ottoman #Habsburg #BosnaiHercegovina
balkans.aljazeera.net/teme/2024/12...

‘Prijelomni trenutak za bosanske muslimane nije odvajanje od Osmanskog carstva’

Bosanski muslimani su shvatili svoje stanje i tražili načine da ostanu relevantni u dešavanjima koja se odnose na budućnost Bosne i svoje mjesto u njoj, ukazuje historičarka Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular.

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