I'm looking for two postdocs/research fellows (2.5 years, 100%) to join the #ERC project EMPSOLID.

Preference for candidates with expertise on the Caucasus and/or Central Asia🌏, but applications focusing on other regions of the Romanov Empire are also encouraged.

Kombinatas is an annual gathering for left-wing organisations and individuals around the Baltic region. This year it will take place in this lush location in Lithuania. 1/2

Timothy Snyder Joins Sky Defense to Help Protect Ukrainian Cities The goal is $500,000, which will be used to procure interceptor drones and other air defense equipment.

Please help defend Ukrainian civilians from Russian missiles.

I have GONE WILD on the 1926 Irish census and have made some fun discoveries:

Trinidadian medical students, a Baháʼí couple in Donegal, the Irish widow of an emigré Cossack, and Egyptian sailors in Cork city - among many others.

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Very happy to have taken part in this stimulating two-day forum on 19th century transnational histories in East Central Europe.
www.dhi.waw.pl/en/events/ta...

L’interview de Lavrov sur France 2 : comment tirer les bonnes leçons d’un cas de vulnérabilité médiatique à l’influence russe ? L’interview du ministre des Affaires étrangères russe, Sergueï Lavrov par Léa Salamé, diffusée sur France 2, ne m’a pas mise en colère. Elle m’a confirmé dans la conviction qu’il y a une urgence à …

L’entretien de Lavrov sur France 2 est un cas d’école de la vulnérabilité de nos médias face aux stratégies d’influence russes. Entre la nécessité de la polyphonie et le piège de la mise en scène, l'équilibre est fragile. Comment protéger notre espace médiatique ? colinlebedev.fr/2026/03/29/l... 1/2

everyone’s discussing how financially stupid this is and they’re right but it’s also logistically stupid. zero way to charge foreigners and not locals without a hell of a lot of racism coming out in the wash

"Bart De Wever a choisi de s'agenouiller devant Poutine et Trump. C'est un manque de courage mais surtout un manque de compréhension" Dans une interview à L'Écho, le Premier ministre a déclaré au sujet au sujet de la guerre en Ukraine, qu'"il faut se réarmer et remilitariser la...

Pieter Lagrou sur la génuflexion de Bart De Wever.

"- And what would you say to people who deny the risk of new Russian aggression?

- If they’re so sure, they should publicly swear that they will personally come to fight against the Russian army in the event of a new invasion. Without this, their words are worthless."

CFP: "Nationalities and National Diversity in Revolutionary #Ukraine, 1917-21". University of #Vienna, 3-5 September 2026. Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026 nuru.univie.ac.at/en/news/news...

Showing my ignorance here, but I had not realised that LSE's digital library had grown so much since I'd last browsed it.

What a remarkable set of online archives relating to a comprehensive range of past and present social movements:
digital.library.lse.ac.uk

a beautiful piece of scholarship 🗃️

A call for papers that may be of interest to our readers - The 'Hybrid Identities in Imperial Spaces of Northern Eurasia' conference will be held at the University of Szczecin in October networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

At last!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...

so handy and much needed.
library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
#herstory 🗃️

so handy and much needed.
library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
#herstory 🗃️

Laibach - Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala) [Official Video] YouTube video by Laibach

Allgorhythm!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5...
#Laibach

Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) | MUBI A struggling Siberian rock band leaves home in the lonely tundra to tour the United States because, as they’re told, “they’ll buy anything there.” The musicians bravely venture across the States, carr...

Well, this was strange, and fun.
mubi.com/en/be/films/...

Marc Bloch to be inducted into French Panthéon. 🗃️

1) Which is more effective, grassroots or government fundraising initiatives? What happens when you combine both? And how do new nations finance themselves in eras of uncertainty?

#econsky #economichistory #nsrpproject

Doubt I post on here enough for this to reach any sort of audience, but anyhow:

I'm thinking of starting a Substack with deep dives on subjects relevant to the Baltics - there are great journalists here, and a few elsewhere who know the region, but there's a lot of absolute toss

Belgium open to housing foreign prisoners in other countries, minister says Belgium’s Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt is looking at “every possible solution” to increase the number of irregular migrants returned from Belgium, including renting prison space abroad to h...

Belgian Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt announced that she is exploring plans to send undocumented people convicted of a crime to third-country prisons as part of efforts to escalate deportations of irregular migrants and ease prison overcrowding.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

My article in @fwwsjournal.bsky.social ! Open access! #FWW #WWI

In it: social revenge as a key cause of soldiers’ unrest in 1917 and struggles for dignity and equality against paternalistic orders during #RussianRevolution

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Echoes of Deceit - Media, Pandemics and the Disinformation Lifecycle

On January 29, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, join online the lecture by Prof. Vera Tolz (University of Manchester) at #CEU
events.ceu.edu/2026-01-29/e...

Meet the Thinker: Timothy Snyder | Bozar Brussels YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Instituut

The conversation between @timothysnyder.bsky.social and Pieter Lagrou at BOZAR in Brussels is now available online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstB...

Ban Forever Chemicals Now Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...

PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

Le séminaire REPINE poursuit son exploration de l’influence sous toutes ses formes.
📅 Mardi 20 janvier (16–19h) : séance sur les controverses de l’influence numérique, avec Romain Badouard et Aleksandr Alymov. Participation à distance sur inscription : enseignements.ehess.fr/2025-2026/ue...

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Something to look forward to in the new year--in 2026, my book, Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service, will be published with Oxford University Press.