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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Anne O’Donnell, whose book Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution won the @aseees.bsky.social's Ed A. Hewett Book Prize for outstanding publication on the political economy of Russia, Eurasia, and/or Eastern Europe!

Read about her book here: hubs.ly/Q03LB1yv0

Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution by Anne O'Donnell

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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Samuel Hodgkin, winner of the University of Southern California Book Prize for, Persianate Verse and the Poetics of Eastern Internationalism with Cambridge University Press. #ASEEESPrizes
See all winners: buff.ly/nwIZZjj

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · 12d

Has anyone written on Donald Mills's visit to Turkey in 1978? (2/2)

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · 12d

Great article. (1/2)

American Historical Association @historians.org · 21d

In the September issue of the #AHR, Giuliana Chamedes provides a novel account of the New International Economic Order (NIEO) in “Unpaid Debts,” focusing on Jamaican activists and their efforts to redefine “socialist internationalism.”🗃️

Unpaid Debts: Socialist Internationalism and Jamaica’s Bid for a New International Economic Order

Abstract. “Unpaid Debts” provides a novel account of the New International Economic Order (NIEO), from the economic crises of the 1970s to the lost develop

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 13d

New article on Open Access! Georgios Giannakopoulos @giannako.bsky.social on 'Nationality before Internationalism in the Age of Empire: Robert W. Seton-Watson and the Shifting Landscape of Eastern Europe, 1900–1940'

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Nationality before Internationalism in the Age of Empire: Robert W. Seton-Watson and the Shifting Landscape of Eastern Europe, 1900–1940*

Abstract. This article re-examines the international thought of British historian Robert W. Seton-Watson during a period of intense national and imperial t

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations!

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Onur Isci @onurisci.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yıllar süren uzun bir yolculuğun sonunda yeni kitabımızın Ekim ayında @kronikkitap.bsky.social tarafından yayımlanacağını paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz. Kitapta gökyüzünde bir anda belirip, muazzam bir enerjiyle parlayıp kayan bir yıldızın hikayesini anlattık, umarım beğenirsiniz.

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · Jul 19

Considering discussing this essay on the first day of the semester in my class on Historical Research and Writing 🗃️

The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congratulations Harrison King, 2025 Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellow!
“The Mountains Above the Black Sea: A History of the Georgian-Turkish Border, 1878-1965”
buff.ly/wl2Qp6V

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History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social · Jun 30

#History #SkyStorians Triple review klaxon! Andrew Peak on Samuel J. Hirst's Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919-1939 (OUP, 2024).
doi.org/10.1111/1468...

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · Jun 17

As am I, Jim!

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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · Jun 17

Really looking forward to talking with my friend, @samueljhirst.bsky.social, about his excellent new book on Friday.

The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association @andottoman.bsky.social · May 1

Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · Jun 7

Many thanks to @vhtroyansky.bsky.social for reviewing my book The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) in the #SlavicReview 83:4 W2024
doi.org/10.1017/slr.... ✨
#skystorians🗃️ #menasky #balkansky #islamicstudies

Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular. The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina. Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023. x, 332 pp. No...

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Candan Badem @candanbadem.bsky.social · May 21

My book Kars Province under Russian Rule is now available for pre-order from @routledgehistory.bsky.social
#KarsOblast #КарсскаяОбласть
www.routledge.com/Kars-Provinc...

Kars Province under Russian Rule: Imperial Rivalry and Nation-Building in the Periphery, 1878-1918

This book analyses the borderland province (oblast) of Kars under Russian imperial rule from 1878 to 1918. It is a study of imperial expansion, inter-imperial rivalry, colonization, legal and administ...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · May 28

Diplomatic History is now on Bluesky! Check out our April edition if you haven't already: academic.oup.com/dh/issue

Issues | Diplomatic History | Oxford Academic

The official journal of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Examines issues relating to U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues from the colonial period to the present...

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · May 29

Erdem Sönmez @erdemsonmez.bsky.social reviews 'Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939', by Samuel J. Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social

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Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939,, By Samuel J. Hirst

How did the Soviet Union and republican Turkey establish a statist partnership within the context of the liberal international order of the inter-war perio

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · May 27

Thank you, Erdem hocam, for the thoughtful and generous review. I like the idea of "alongside." Perhaps not instead of "against" but in addition to, depending on the year and the context.

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Erdem Sönmez @erdemsonmez.bsky.social · May 27

Saying hi to Bluesky with my review of Samuel Hirst's Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, just out in the English Historical Review enghistrev.bsky.social ‬

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Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939,, By Samuel J. Hirst

How did the Soviet Union and republican Turkey establish a statist partnership within the context of the liberal international order of the inter-war perio

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · May 10

Crazy. Very sorry to hear this, Lisel.

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · Apr 27

At the end of the storm...

#LFC #Liverpool

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Apr 26

For those who want to make sense of how injustices by the incumbent toward the Istanbul mayor and toward the political opposition in general mobilize voters, our article with Tuğçe İnce just got assigned to an issue (open access)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What Leads to Voting Despite Intention to Abstain?: Emotions, Turnout, and Negative Campaigns in Turkish Elections | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

What Leads to Voting Despite Intention to Abstain?: Emotions, Turnout, and Negative Campaigns in Turkish Elections - Volume 57 Issue 2

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Behlül Özkan @behlulozkan.bsky.social · Apr 20

Yozgat izlenimleri: Yozgatlılar bu çapta mitingi 1983’te Özal, 2002’de Erdoğan yapabildi. Biz 50 yıldır CHP’yi burada görmedik dediler. CHP'nin tarihî mitinginin ardından kentte neler konuşuldu?

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Aposto | Yozgat'tan izlenimler: CHP'nin tarihî mitinginin ardından kentte neler konuşuldu?

Hayatın yavaş aktığı, 100 bin nüfuslu Yozgat; muhafazakar-milliyetçiliğin “kalesi”; siyasette ise yaprak kıpırdamayan bir şehirdi. Ta ki geçen aya kadar... Toplumsal meselelerde gerçekte yaşanan, ço...

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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · Apr 8

For those in Ankara this Thursday:

Bilkent History @bilkenthistory.bsky.social · Apr 8

SEMINAR

Understanding the First Muslim Communists of Central Asia:
Anticolonialism and the Politics of Muslim Solidarity in the Age of the Russian Revolution

by
Adeeb Khalid, Carleton College

Date: 10 April 2025, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

For more details…

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Gulriz Sen @gulrizsen.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yeni yazım.
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Suriye’de Esad sonrası dönemde Türkiye-İran İlişkileri: Belirsizlik ve gerilim - Fikir Turu

Suriye’deki durum Türkiye-İran ilişkilerini nasıl etkiliyor ve etkileyecek? İran Suriye’de neler yapabilir? İran Suriye’den tamamıyla vazgeçer mi? Suriye’nin yeni yönetimiyle İran arasında nasıl bir i...

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