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Carna Brkovic
@charnab.bsky.social
Professor @ Uni Mainz | Europeanization | humanitarianism | historical anthropology of socialism | surfing ambivalences for a living | new book: Realigning humanitarianism in the Balkans, Indiana UP | ERC CG Racial Socialism
https://carnabrkovic.net/
A very special opportunity today to talk about teaching and to discuss SIEF's initiative to develop transnational syllabi of European ethnology / empirical cultural studies. It feels a bit like going home @ KAEE Göttingen and online 🙏
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Join us if in Halle
Grateful to Asta Vonderau for the invitation 🙏
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 AM
In this moment of existential uncertainty for the humanitarian sector, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans" offers urgent insights by revisiting the multipolar debates on key humanitarian principles from the Cold War era. Pre-order at 30% off @icrc.org @iupress.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Join us in Mainz for a lecture series Media of Solidarity/Medien der Solidarität. Today: Alexandra Schneider on "Cinemas of Proximity". On 11 Feb I will chat about my book Realigning Humanitarianism and how to think about past progress. Organized by film studies & media dramaturgy at our institute 💫
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Cairo has strong Blade Runner vibes
youtu.be/RScZrvTebeA?...
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂

iupress.org/978025307522...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
botanischer Garten @unimainz.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
April 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fascinating photographs of everyday life in Montenegro in 1920, taken by the American Red Cross. Humanitarian spectacularism at its finest.
Source: www.loc.gov/search/?in=&...
April 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Nod briefly and become a cabbage"
April 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join us this semester during the Mainz Colloquium in European Ethnology!
culture.ftmk.uni-mainz.de/mainz-colloq...
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join us for the next #SIEF "Culture in Dialogue" talk on 21 January at 6 pm CET on Zoom, where Lisa Mol @lisamol.bsky.social and Regina Bendix will discuss the book “Heritage at War. Plan and Prepare”
January 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM