Day 1 kicked off with a warm welcome from Prof. Dr. Ali ÖZEN (Rector) & Prof. Dr. Ali DERAN (Dean) 🎤✨
Guests mingled with faculty at a relaxed reception 🤝
Then dove into series of powerful panels and discussions.
📌 Day 2 Recap - Migration, Diaspora & Collaboration
We explored some powerful themes today—from diasporic medical tourism and local services for Syrian immigrants in Mersin to firsthand accounts from migrant students.
The day wrapped up with an exciting push toward collaborative paper development.
@hiddencostaction.bsky.social members will be interested in this great free seninar, register below 👇👇👇
Many countries mark Refugee Weeks in June to celebrate refugees' stories and contributions. 🌍 June 20 | World Refugee Day
This month, HIDDEN will share inspiring stories and important facts. Join us in standing with those forced to flee their homes. @costprogramme.bsky.social
June is Refugee Awareness Month.
This month, we’re sharing stories that matter—like You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska.
At just 12 years old, Yeva fled war-torn Ukraine. Her diary is a raw, unforgettable account of survival and courage. @costprogramme.bsky.social
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Appel à contributions pour un numéro spécial de French Politics, Culture, & Society sur l’handicap. Envoyez vos propositions en français ou anglais avant le 15 janvier www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/fp...
QMUL and Twentieth Century Communism journal are hosting a 1 day symposium in April 2024 and are planning a special issue on the 'global 1956'. Deadline for abstracts is this Friday (15 Dec).
Please see full CFP at this link: lwbooks.co.uk/call-for-pap...
📢The Joyce Youings Memorial Lecture 2023 📢
Prof Alex Shepard, 'Who Cared? Looking after Children in C18th London'.
📅 Wed 6 December, 15.30-17.00 GMT
📍 University of Exeter or Zoom
#EarlyModern #History 🗃️
Registration & details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-cared-...
On November 23, we'll have the pleasure of welcoming Kostis Karpozilos (ASKI, Athens) at UCD #Dublin.
‘Between crumbling Empires: Black Sea refugees, professional revolutionaries and the transnational evolution of Greek #communism (1918-1924)’
All welcome! More info: www.ucd.ie/warstudies/s...
Job alert: The Greenhouse has a fully-funded, 3-year PhD position in envhist/envhum, connected to the Good Fire project. Norwegian/Scandinavian reading competency required. Deadline 12 December.
In Gaza women are giving birth ‘without adequate care, including undergoing caesareans without painkillers & being discharged, still bleeding, within hours of delivery’. #ceasefirenow
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
If you can't find people to take your invites, please consider donating them to good causes like this scheme to offer invites to scholars from the global south:
Fully funded PhD position @uvahumanities.bsky.social in international history of sound vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...
Continuing on the introductory Blue Sky "shameless self-promotion" streak, I am sharing an article I wrote some time ago about Ukrainian refugees, migration, and plants.
It's one of those pieces I hold dearly in my heart.
www.triangle.house/migrating-ga...
Lecture poster featuring lecture description and book cover of Kapka KAssabova's Elixir: In the Valley and the End of Time. Lecture: An Alchemical Journey, November 17th, 2023, at 10 am EST. Kapka Kassabova's writing eschews a narrow register of academic writing and explores different chronotopes of nourishment, from The Red Riviera of the Black Sea coast to the and the valley of the river Mesta, abundant with local practices of healing. Join us for a discussion about situated, in-depth histories of well-being, care, and nourishment as we collectively contemplate the potential of the Balkans as a space of nourishment. This Keynote address is part of the conference Balkans As a Place of Nourishment, taking place from November 16-18th in Jena, Germany.
Exciting news! Join us for a keynote talk with Kapka Kassabova on November 17 👇Help us spread the word!
This is a hybrid event and registration link is available here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📣 JOBS! We are hiring 2 Assistant Professors in (1) European security and (2) international institutions at Maastricht University. Application deadline: 15 Oct. Starting date: 1 January. Please RT, share and apply 🧵1/6