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Reka Krizmanics

@rekakrizmanics.bsky.social

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Historian, PhD. Akad. Rätin a.Z./Asst. Prof. @unibielefeld Writing a book on women│global│solidarity│state socialism. Posts on events, lit, job calls, and ongoing research. Parttime feminist killjoy, fulltime foodie. Runner, biker, overthinker.

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · May 7

I am happy to have received my author copies from the Journal of World History: my article on women travel writers from state socialist Hungary who visited/lived in various African countries is finally out!
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First page of the article: A One-Woman Expedition to Get to Know Tanzanian Women

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · 2d

A last-minute addition to the syllabus? Anna Dobrowolska's recent monograph is an exciting read.
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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · 9d

It took some time for them to arrive, but now they'll keep me occupied 📚🗃

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Sep 8

Starting today!

Leibniz-Forschungsverbund "Wert der Vergangenheit" @valuepast.bsky.social · Aug 19

Register now for our conference "Re-Visions of history in right-wing populism and the far right. European and global perspectives" from 8-10 September in Berlin: calendar.boell.de/en/event/re-...
@boell.de @maxweberstiftung.de @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Sep 4

The syllabi are ready for the fall term:

Introduction into the history of state socialist Eastern Europe: A global perspective (BA)

Advocating for women behind the Iron Curtain: Eastern European women's voices (MA)

I can't wait to meet the students again.
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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Sep 1

We received many excellent proposals in response to the call for papers for the upcoming conference "Entanglements of Scale and Spheres in History: Between the Local, Regional, Global, and Planetary." The organizing committee will begin reviewing applications soon.
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www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Entanglements of Scale and Spheres in History: Between the Local, Regional, Global, and Planetary

The Annual Conference of the CrossArea e.V. is scheduled to take place from November 14th to 15th, 2025, and will be hosted by the Global and Entangled History Profile Area in cooperation with the Cen...

www.hsozkult.de

Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 26

On my way to Berlin to EAHMH 2025 - I will be presenting at a medical history conference for the first time.
(Gendered Mobilities? Hungarian Women Health Care Professionals and the Circulation of Socialist Medical Knowledge)

eahmh25.org

EAHMH: Health Beyond Medicine

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 26

The #ZARAH project's collective monograph, "Women’s Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond. A new transnational history" is out with UCL Press. Congrats to the authors!
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uclpress.co.uk/book/womens-...

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

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Magdalena Kozłowska @magdalenakozlowska.bsky.social · Aug 15

Funny how academia works: nothing for ages, then boom, 2 articles in a week. The 2nd began with @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social email. Not my usual period but those intriguing AAN files kept calling… Of course, Jewish threads are in: I wouldn’t be me otherwise 😉. doi.org/10.1177/0888...

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yeyy, it's out!!

Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you for sharing!
In this case, the nurse did not return to Libya for the last 6 month after getting married during her vacation in Hungary - the last thing I know about her for sure.

Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 7

Her application was approved and she worked in Libya for two years.

I hope she was made permanent at a HU institution at last - the archives are silent.

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Aug 7

The last lines in the cv of a HU critical care nurse, 1982:

"Ever since I started working...I was always hired on a contract, my superiors...while greatly appreciating my performance on the job...remain unable to hire me permanently...most probably for economic reasons."

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 31

Perhaps you could take a look at Monika Baar's projects? (disability history)

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Elizabeth Drummond @eadhistory.bsky.social · Jul 31

Teaching my Other Europes course again this fall & in response to student interest am expanding focus on queer & trans history & on disability history. Historian friends, any recs for favorite articles/book chapters &/or primary sources that work well w/ undergrads? 19th-20th c. focus. Thanks! 🗃️

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Luka Ivan Jukic @ljukic.bsky.social · Jul 29

It’s real!

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 28

Vacation, finally!

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Jul 24

The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. Available now as an Ebook! (print copies will start shipping in a month)

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Paul van Trigt @paulvt.bsky.social · Jul 23

Happy to see this volume on family, human rights, and internationalism out, edited by Julia Moses, and with my chapter on disability policies (providing a historical background for UNCRPD article 12)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Human Rights, the Family, and Internationalism Since the Nineteenth Century

This book examines global considerations of human rights today: how the family has historically served as a protected category

link.springer.com

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · Jul 17

Would appreciate any shares, friends! Not sure where ppl go to to ask for recs rn

Anyone know of a racial history of amateurism in international sport? Ie pre-WWII?

(Will take case studies, but looking for an overarching history to avoid getting lost in details if poss)

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our library was super fast with the acquisition - Bad Lieutenants by Andrew Mertha is on my desk finally!
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Justyna A. Turkowska @jaturkowska.bsky.social · Jul 14

Spread the word, submit an abstract for our conference on Entanglements of Scale and Spheres in History: Between the Local, Regional, Global, and Planetary to be held in Bielefeld on Nov, 14-15, 2025, with @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social

www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

www.hsozkult.de

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 9

The pleasure was all mine!

Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wrapping up the preparations for the last classes of the term - on homonationalism (class on nationalism theories) and some aspects of postwar masculinities (class on Communism and gender).

I taught many texts for the first time. It was an exhausting but very rewarding experience.
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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our new volume 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956', co-edited with Daniel Frost, is now available for pre-order from @manchesterup.bsky.social.

Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion

In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Reka Krizmanics @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social · Jul 6

Strawberry mousse cake - first attempt, I am pretty satisfied with the result!