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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · 2d

Odešla Atomová lady. Čest její památce.

iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · 3d

Po vážné nemoci v pondělí zemřela dlouholetá předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost a česká jaderná inženýrka Dana Drábová, bylo jí 64 let, oznámil úřad. V čele instituce stála od roku 1999, zapojila se také do komunální politiky.
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Ve věku 64 let zemřela Dana Drábová. Zastávala pozici předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnosti

V pondělí zemřela dlouholetá předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost Dana Drábová, bylo jí 64 let, oznámil úřad.

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · 14d

An honor to hear Czech President Petr Pavel speak @harvard.edu last night, and even more so to have the chance to meet him shortly after.

Děkujeme za návštěvu, pane prezidente! 🇨🇿

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 15d

We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.

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HPS.CESEE @hpscesee.bsky.social · Aug 25

CFP: Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe
Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
Application deadline: 30.11.2025
URL: www.dhi.waw.pl/pl/ak...

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very honored to be part of this great group!

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Meet the 2025–2026 Academy Scholars! Most will be working on transforming their dissertation into a book manuscript or series of articles, while some will be embarking on new writing. Learn more about them and The Harvard Academy at: https://loom.ly/jgRd-yA

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’m actually at the Harvard Academy (part of the Weatherhead), which isn’t in fact listed there (ups) but does have its own call: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13851 — deadline Sept 19!

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies

The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to promoting innovative social science hand-in-hand with deepening our shared knowledge of the experiences and practices of the worl...

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Aug 19

Apply and join me next year! careers.historians.org/jobs/2159507...

Weatherhead Scholars Program in Cambridge, MA for Harvard University:Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Exciting opportunity in Cambridge, MA for Harvard University:Weatherhead Center for International...

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Jul 10

The TV show 'Smoke' on Apple TV just had a side character explain to his teenage son why he has to leave him and move across the country:

“It’s tenure-track, man. These positions come up once every five or ten years... like... I can’t. It’s like being an astronaut and getting called to the moon.”

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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · Jul 4

My friend Raul Carstocea is advertising 2 PhD positions within his fabulous ERC project. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU289/p...

PhD Studentship: Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth

Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship: Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Jun 30

Can't believe I'll be leaving this gem of a town in two weeks. This is so well deserved!

Town of Carrboro Named All-American City After National Competition - Chapelboro.com

The Town of Carrboro won an All-American City award from the National Civic League Sunday evening after a weekend competition.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · Jun 25

📣Tomorrow starts our 12th #IOSConference2025 on economic continuities between the interwar period & post-1989 transformations in Central, Eastern & #SoutheastEurope. W/ keynotes by Tamás Vonyó (Bocconi University, Milan) & János Mátyás Kovács (@recetvienna.bsky.social).
📅 26–27 June | #LeibnizIOS ⬇️

IOS Annual Conference: "Continuity and Change in the Economic Trajectories of Central, East and South-East Europe in the Long 20th Century"

IOS Annual Conference 2025

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Jun 14

Right?!? I wish they caught this…

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · Jun 14

"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again”

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · Jun 14

I have done it.
I have found a mistake on the first page of my ProQuest-approved dissertation.
#newlevelachieved 🏆

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · May 23

I'm still crying because of my wounded pride, but this was amazing.

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · May 16

There is an alumni email, but when you’re no longer ‘enrolled’ your access to other resources is gone apparently. I expected this, just not so fast…

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HPS.CESEE @hpscesee.bsky.social · May 14

Call for participants / Summer school: Habsburg Central Europe in Global History, 17th–20th centuries. Prague, 23-25 October 2025, Deadline 15 August 2025.
URL: www.oeaw.ac.at/ikw/v...

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · May 16

Psst 🤫

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · May 16

I "graduated" less than a week ago, and UNC Library has already cut off my access.

Went to look something up and—boom—ACCESS DENIED.

How do independent scholars even survive out here?

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Dominique Reill @dominiquereill.bsky.social · May 14

7 years ago today I testified in front of a NYC judge + jury how widespread ignorance of how academia works helped a murderer kill a promising scholar vulnerable only because he wanted a stable job. Things have only gotten scarier. Please share: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/historian-mu...