Agustín Cosovschi
@cosovschi.bsky.social
Historian of Southeast Europe and the global Cold War. Researcher at the Institute of contemporary history in Ljubljana. Editor at the Programming Historian. Language nerd.
📍Ljubljana/Belgrade/Paris
digitalkosovski.github.io
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Agustín Cosovschi
@cosovschi.bsky.social
· Nov 13
A word about myself since it's my first day here. I'm a historian of socialist Yugoslavia and the Cold War. I was born in Buenos Aires, but I've been living in Europe for a decade. I've been mostly based in Paris, but I'm currently a postdoc in Athens. I like languages and digital history.
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Author copies have arrived! The book is demonstrably real! Official publication date in about two weeks but I've heard it will already be available at ENIUGH next week. Check out the full info over at: lup.nl/publications...
September 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Author copies have arrived! The book is demonstrably real! Official publication date in about two weeks but I've heard it will already be available at ENIUGH next week. Check out the full info over at: lup.nl/publications...
Yugoslav partisan Rodoljub Colaković with spouse artist Milica Zorić in Croatia in 1939. Taking a break from fighting fascists in Spain before fighting Nazis in the Second World War.
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yugoslav partisan Rodoljub Colaković with spouse artist Milica Zorić in Croatia in 1939. Taking a break from fighting fascists in Spain before fighting Nazis in the Second World War.
I’m thrilled to announce that I was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to carry out my project “Brokers of Nonalignment: Biographical and Network Approches to the Making of the Third World” for the next five years.
September 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I’m thrilled to announce that I was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to carry out my project “Brokers of Nonalignment: Biographical and Network Approches to the Making of the Third World” for the next five years.
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Friends, my book is available for pre-order! It's really real! The official publication date is October 14, but if you order from the UNC Press website (uncpress.org/.../978146.....) you can get 30% off with the code 01SOCIAL30 and get your book 2-4 weeks early!
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Friends, my book is available for pre-order! It's really real! The official publication date is October 14, but if you order from the UNC Press website (uncpress.org/.../978146.....) you can get 30% off with the code 01SOCIAL30 and get your book 2-4 weeks early!
I’m not a fan of Hannah Arendt but I do appreciate the reminder that a life without empathy is not a life worth living
July 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’m not a fan of Hannah Arendt but I do appreciate the reminder that a life without empathy is not a life worth living
In the Balkans: Stojan Novaković and Nicolae Iorga.
Bluesky history enjoyers: who would you say are the most prominent examples of historians who were also major historical actors? The ones that jump out at me are Walter Rodney, Adolphe Theirs, and W.E.B Du Bois
July 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In the Balkans: Stojan Novaković and Nicolae Iorga.
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Est-ce que ce monde est sérieux ?
June 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Est-ce que ce monde est sérieux ?
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Recently published!
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing.
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing.
May 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Recently published!
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing.
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing.
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Just published!
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Alice Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Alice Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing
Calibrating Radiocarbon Dates with R
After reviewing the basic principles and challenges of radiocarbon dating, this lesson teaches you how to use the R programming language to calibrate a set of dates, and then explore and present...
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May 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Just published!
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Alice Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing
A new translation of N. Frerebeau & B. Lebrun’s lesson:
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
We’re grateful to Christina Nguyen for their translation.
Thank you to @semantic-noodles.bsky.social + Jeff Blackadar for their reviews, and to Laura Alice Chapot + @cosovschi.bsky.social for editing
For anyone who thinks the Economist is cool because they criticize Trump, don’t forget they’re also in the business of boosting Milei
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
For anyone who thinks the Economist is cool because they criticize Trump, don’t forget they’re also in the business of boosting Milei
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I keep hearing claims that 3.5 % of citizens protesting is a magic number to overthrow an autocrat. It is based on this Harvard study www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr.... However, that number is misleading. 1/3
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I keep hearing claims that 3.5 % of citizens protesting is a magic number to overthrow an autocrat. It is based on this Harvard study www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr.... However, that number is misleading. 1/3
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⚠️ ¡Querida comunidad!
📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de Historia Internacional!
🌍 Contaremos con la participación de Agustín Cosovschi (École Française d’Athènes), quien nos presentará una investigación titulada:
📝 "Clashing visions of non-alignment: the origins of the Cuban-Yugoslav conflict"
📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de Historia Internacional!
🌍 Contaremos con la participación de Agustín Cosovschi (École Française d’Athènes), quien nos presentará una investigación titulada:
📝 "Clashing visions of non-alignment: the origins of the Cuban-Yugoslav conflict"
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
⚠️ ¡Querida comunidad!
📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de Historia Internacional!
🌍 Contaremos con la participación de Agustín Cosovschi (École Française d’Athènes), quien nos presentará una investigación titulada:
📝 "Clashing visions of non-alignment: the origins of the Cuban-Yugoslav conflict"
📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de Historia Internacional!
🌍 Contaremos con la participación de Agustín Cosovschi (École Française d’Athènes), quien nos presentará una investigación titulada:
📝 "Clashing visions of non-alignment: the origins of the Cuban-Yugoslav conflict"
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Just published!
A new @proghist.bsky.social lesson by Luling Huang
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Thanks to Diego Alves and @JohannesBreuer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy for their reviews, and to @caiomellodh.bsky.social for editing.
A new @proghist.bsky.social lesson by Luling Huang
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Thanks to Diego Alves and @JohannesBreuer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy for their reviews, and to @caiomellodh.bsky.social for editing.
Creating a Dashboard for Interactive Data Visualization with Dash in Python
This lesson shows how to create interactive web-based dashboards using Python's Dash library. Using two news media case studies, this lesson provides a practical guide for making digital humanit...
doi.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just published!
A new @proghist.bsky.social lesson by Luling Huang
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Thanks to Diego Alves and @JohannesBreuer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy for their reviews, and to @caiomellodh.bsky.social for editing.
A new @proghist.bsky.social lesson by Luling Huang
doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Thanks to Diego Alves and @JohannesBreuer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy for their reviews, and to @caiomellodh.bsky.social for editing.
The solution for the crisis of democracy lies in politics, not in court. It is with political imagination and popular mobilization, not with a ruling, that one can beat fascism.
April 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The solution for the crisis of democracy lies in politics, not in court. It is with political imagination and popular mobilization, not with a ruling, that one can beat fascism.
David is right. The decision will only strengthen Marine Le Pen’s strategy to present herself and her party as the true and only representatives of all sectors of French society who feel estranged from the state and the government.
jacobin.com/2025/03/mari...
jacobin.com/2025/03/mari...
Stopping Marine Le Pen From Running Is a Bad Idea
Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office for five years. The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.
jacobin.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
David is right. The decision will only strengthen Marine Le Pen’s strategy to present herself and her party as the true and only representatives of all sectors of French society who feel estranged from the state and the government.
jacobin.com/2025/03/mari...
jacobin.com/2025/03/mari...
Dieu sait à quel point JLM m’insupporte, mais il a raison. LFI a raison.
Il faut bien entendu respecter l’indépendance de la justice. Mais le procès à MLP est très politique et laisser la justice régler les problèmes de la politique est toujours une mauvaise idée.
Il faut bien entendu respecter l’indépendance de la justice. Mais le procès à MLP est très politique et laisser la justice régler les problèmes de la politique est toujours une mauvaise idée.
Je m'associe pleinement à la déclaration de la coordination du mouvement insoumis. Et j'ajoute : la décision de destituer un élu devrait revenir au peuple. C'est à cela que servirait le référendum révocatoire dans une 6e République démocratique.
➡️ la-fi.fr/petition-6e-...
➡️ la-fi.fr/petition-6e-...
April 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Dieu sait à quel point JLM m’insupporte, mais il a raison. LFI a raison.
Il faut bien entendu respecter l’indépendance de la justice. Mais le procès à MLP est très politique et laisser la justice régler les problèmes de la politique est toujours une mauvaise idée.
Il faut bien entendu respecter l’indépendance de la justice. Mais le procès à MLP est très politique et laisser la justice régler les problèmes de la politique est toujours une mauvaise idée.
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Out now!
We've published Issue 06 of our Bulletin // Boletín // Bulletin // Boletim.
We promote our French journal’s call for translations, thank a long-term member of our team, and invite you to be a #DiamondOpenAccess advocate on our behalf.
Read it here!
tinyurl.com/bulletin-iss...
We've published Issue 06 of our Bulletin // Boletín // Bulletin // Boletim.
We promote our French journal’s call for translations, thank a long-term member of our team, and invite you to be a #DiamondOpenAccess advocate on our behalf.
Read it here!
tinyurl.com/bulletin-iss...
March 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Out now!
We've published Issue 06 of our Bulletin // Boletín // Bulletin // Boletim.
We promote our French journal’s call for translations, thank a long-term member of our team, and invite you to be a #DiamondOpenAccess advocate on our behalf.
Read it here!
tinyurl.com/bulletin-iss...
We've published Issue 06 of our Bulletin // Boletín // Bulletin // Boletim.
We promote our French journal’s call for translations, thank a long-term member of our team, and invite you to be a #DiamondOpenAccess advocate on our behalf.
Read it here!
tinyurl.com/bulletin-iss...
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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My colleague Levent Dölek, the Education and Science Workers' Union (EĞİTİM SEN) representative for Istanbul University, has been arrested for his active role in advocating our union's call for a strike. Levent is not only a brilliant economist but also a dedicated activist in the labor movement.
March 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My colleague Levent Dölek, the Education and Science Workers' Union (EĞİTİM SEN) representative for Istanbul University, has been arrested for his active role in advocating our union's call for a strike. Levent is not only a brilliant economist but also a dedicated activist in the labor movement.
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Ji Xinping just playing with his phone waiting for the inevitable, aka him being added to the 'Defence of Taiwan, secret plans' Signal group.
March 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Ji Xinping just playing with his phone waiting for the inevitable, aka him being added to the 'Defence of Taiwan, secret plans' Signal group.
People have gone completely insane.
March 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People have gone completely insane.
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Mass mobilization in Serbia is pre-revolutionary and there is still a deafening silence from European authorities and media. We have heard 100 times more about Moldova and Georgia, where civil society has been 100 times less mobilized than in Serbia. I wonder why that is?
March 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mass mobilization in Serbia is pre-revolutionary and there is still a deafening silence from European authorities and media. We have heard 100 times more about Moldova and Georgia, where civil society has been 100 times less mobilized than in Serbia. I wonder why that is?
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Increasing evidence that the Serbian government used a sound weapon against protesters (during 15 minutes of silence!) to create a mass panic. EU should demand an investigation. The use of repressive tools against peaceful protesters is a serious escalation & deliberate attempt to harm citizens.
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Increasing evidence that the Serbian government used a sound weapon against protesters (during 15 minutes of silence!) to create a mass panic. EU should demand an investigation. The use of repressive tools against peaceful protesters is a serious escalation & deliberate attempt to harm citizens.