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Center for Advanced Studies - South East Europe @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social · 6d

Burnout, inequality, digital overload, and climate precarity are reshaping how we live and work. Are we better workers when we're burned out, or has that become the "new normal"? Explore these and many other real-world challenges in our new UNIRI & YUFE Minor: Work and Wellbeing.

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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 6d

I couldn't imagine a better home for what turned out to be by far one of the hardest pieces to write—read it over at @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social 💙

Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d

We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...

"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself."
Ena Selimović: Airborne
Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background

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Vjosa Musliu @vjosamusliu.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Girlhood At War" made it home!

Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Aug 18

My brain actually hurts from the first photo. If anyone can point me to the politically correct elites who are ‘the establishment’ in Croatia, I’m happy to establish.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · Aug 18

It's totally a chant against the establishment elites, who just coincidentally turned up to enthusiastically chant it as well and to take photos with the person leading the chant.

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Aug 15

Čestitam i naručujem :) Nadam se da si lijepo proslavila!

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Aug 14

My article finally has an issue! A lot has changed in Serbia since I submitted this in 2021, but my point remains: young people are capable political actors who have their own ideas of what the future should look like.

Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Aug 6

In an article in Volume 51(3), Katarina Kǔsíc "delineates two defining parameters of intervention thinking that limit ongoing efforts at coeval engagement: predefined fields of visibility and the local-international binary."

📄 👉 buff.ly/MlRx61A

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Aug 12

eat interesting things and report back :)

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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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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · Aug 7

In sum: read it read it read it—!

Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · Aug 7

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www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/herce...

“Yugoslavia, California, Ethiopia, and water activism populate Mela Žuljević’s deeply researched personal narrative, “Hercegovina Kalifornija: Landscape and Legacies in the Neretva Valley.” The essay transported me to a place I’d often been but will never again be in the same way, having read this essay. It succinctly renders the utter folly of geopolitical borders, especially when they cut through water.

Žuljević describes a grim reality—“Political divisions of the country produced such ethnic landscapes that now benefit only the alliances of ethnonationalist ruling classes and investors who, under the guise of ‘green transition,’ capture water for private profit”—that nonetheless can, and has, and should be resisted, in solidarity with the Neretva.”
Ena Selimović, author of "Counting Change"

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Aug 4

Po osebujnim istupima, apsolutnom kontrolom baš svega u Belišću i nepodnošljivom smradu (doslovno) koji je njegova vlast dovela u ovo mjesto. Taj smrad ga je i koštao zadnjih izbora.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · Aug 1

#Slovenia doesn't fuck around <3 #Croatia? Hello?! Anybody home? #ForeignPolicy #InternationalLaw

Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Jul 31

Slovenia bans import, export and transit of weapons to and from Israel

"In such circumstances, it is the duty of every responsible state to take action, even if it means taking a step ahead of others" 🇸🇮

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Mariam Salehi @mariamsalehi.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔥🏟️ New article out: I am very happy that @felixanderl.bsky.social and my paper ”Dangerous arenas: why activists struggle for change in technocratic institutions“ has just been published in @jird-jour.bsky.social and that it’s open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Dangerous arenas: why activists struggle for change in technocratic institutions - Journal of International Relations and Development

Emancipatory activism is often channelled into institutions. While this can be interpreted as a success, it may also demobilize activism. The growing literature on the co-optation of emancipatory stru...

link.springer.com

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jul 29

Apparently talking about embassies burning in the 1960s is far more triggering to some people than watching tens of thousands die on livestream (for almost two years) today.

Please read the long version, someone actually emailed Milorad Dodik — I guess comic relief in a horrible situation?

SFSN

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 29

I was targeted by media in Estonia, #Delfi, for speaking out about Palestine.

Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia | Toni Čerkez

💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia Dear friends and colleagues, I link below my letter detailing how speaking out about Palestine got me dragged through the mud by the Estonian ...

www.linkedin.com

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm so sorry Toni. It's wild that an idea (no matter in what context) of an embassy burning is more triggering than the fact of tens of thousands of children dying in real life. sfsn ✊

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jul 23

I will definitely apply! High time to meet in person :)

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jul 22

This looks fantastic, well done!

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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · Jul 22

Working on #EnvironmentalJustice topics in Central and Eastern Europe? Then you might want to send an abstract for the conference 'The Greyzone of the Green Transition' that I'm co-organizing with my colleagues from Sibiu next year in Romania (18-19 May 2026).
Participation is free of charge!

International Conference: The Greyzone of the Green Transition – ecoJust home

grants.ulbsibiu.ro

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ESEHNextGate @esehnextgate.bsky.social · Jul 9

Dear folks,
Check out this list of books up for review, sign up and claim one! 📚🌿
It’s a brilliant way to read something great and get your name out there.

#envhist #envhum

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · Jul 1

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?" 🌙📚💐
Oscar Wilde was pretty smart on this point; who wants to read (and review) an awesome new(ish) book? #envhist #envhum #envtech #STS #landscape #conservation #sustainability
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Books Available to review for H-Environment

Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at [email protected] for DM me at @farso...

docs.google.com

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jun 26

Amazing!! Congratulations, Dagmar! Super looking forward to seeing the project develop.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕‍🦺 🐄🐎🐦‍⬛
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · May 5

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms.

We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms - A Special Issue of Historical Materialism - Historical Materialism

Guest editors: Anna Beria (Kingston University, London), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London), Giorgi Kobakhidze (Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès), Jiří Růžička (The Institute of Philoso...

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Jun 19

So well done, many many congratulations!!! ❤️

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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · Jun 10

Interested in a British Academy post-doc in politics? Consider applying with us @livunipol.bsky.social. Deadline 16 July. Get in touch with me for all things Middle East and/or IPE. For other topics please check out... www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool instagramblueskyThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on Inst...

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship application support.

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · Jun 9

Israeli forces have boarded Madleen - the volunteer-crewed ship trying to break siege to deliver aid to starving people in Gaza - and abducted the crew. If you are a citizen of any country whose citizens are on board (France/Germany/Brazil/Sweden), please watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMd...

Volunteers Aboard the Freedom Flotilla’s ‘Madleen’ Issue SOS Call

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

www.youtube.com

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