Ivana M. Žimbrek
@ivanamihaela.bsky.social
Teaching at CEU Invisible University for Ukraine
PhD from CEU Historical Studies: Yugoslav department stores
(she/ona)
PhD from CEU Historical Studies: Yugoslav department stores
(she/ona)
Pinned
I gave an interview to Nada & Novosti about my research on Yugoslav department stores. You can't fully see it, but the photos were taken in front of the (now privatized and abandoned) department store Pula, built in 1978. Check it out here: www.portalnovosti.com/ivana-mihael...
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📢 CfP: The Yugoslav Wars & Post-Cold War Europe
📍 Regensburg, December 9–11, 2026
We invite proposals for presentations on all aspects of the Yugoslav Wars. 🔗 www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/au...
This conference is organised jointly with @leibniz-ios.de and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
📍 Regensburg, December 9–11, 2026
We invite proposals for presentations on all aspects of the Yugoslav Wars. 🔗 www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/au...
This conference is organised jointly with @leibniz-ios.de and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
📢 CfP: The Yugoslav Wars & Post-Cold War Europe
📍 Regensburg, December 9–11, 2026
We invite proposals for presentations on all aspects of the Yugoslav Wars. 🔗 www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/au...
This conference is organised jointly with @leibniz-ios.de and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
📍 Regensburg, December 9–11, 2026
We invite proposals for presentations on all aspects of the Yugoslav Wars. 🔗 www.ifz-muenchen.de/aktuelles/au...
This conference is organised jointly with @leibniz-ios.de and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
New collab with @leahorvat.bsky.social coming soon!
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM
New collab with @leahorvat.bsky.social coming soon!
The call for the IUFU Spring Term 2026 is out. There are a lot of great courses, including our Rethinking Balkans for Ukraine, which also accepts students from WB universities.The deadline is Feb 10, so please share with anyone interested.
www.ceu.edu/academics/no...
www.ceu.edu/academics/no...
Invisible University for Ukraine
The open call for the Spring Semester 2026 is out! The deadline for applications is 10 February 2026, midnight, 12 PM (CET). The detailed information on current programs and application requirements ...
www.ceu.edu
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The call for the IUFU Spring Term 2026 is out. There are a lot of great courses, including our Rethinking Balkans for Ukraine, which also accepts students from WB universities.The deadline is Feb 10, so please share with anyone interested.
www.ceu.edu/academics/no...
www.ceu.edu/academics/no...
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CFP
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
CFP
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
for a special journal issue to be submitted to History of European Ideas
Subverting Hierarchies through Women’s Intellectual History in Eastern Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Editors: Isidora Grubački, Zsófia Lóránd, Emily Steinhauer
More: inz.si/wp-content/up...
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Marie-Neurath-Preis: Einreichfrist wird verlängert ⏰ Grafiker:innen, Studierende, Wissenschafter:innen aufgepasst! Der #Preis für #Datenvisualisierung der #AK sucht starke Arbeiten. Einreichfrist neu = 15. Februar.
Preisgeld bis 3.000 €, Preisverleihung am 17. März im Wien Museum. 👉 Mehr Infos hier:
Preisgeld bis 3.000 €, Preisverleihung am 17. März im Wien Museum. 👉 Mehr Infos hier:
Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung
Die AK Wien schreibt 2025 erstmals den Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung aus.
wien.arbeiterkammer.at
January 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Marie-Neurath-Preis: Einreichfrist wird verlängert ⏰ Grafiker:innen, Studierende, Wissenschafter:innen aufgepasst! Der #Preis für #Datenvisualisierung der #AK sucht starke Arbeiten. Einreichfrist neu = 15. Februar.
Preisgeld bis 3.000 €, Preisverleihung am 17. März im Wien Museum. 👉 Mehr Infos hier:
Preisgeld bis 3.000 €, Preisverleihung am 17. März im Wien Museum. 👉 Mehr Infos hier:
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The KARL KASER PRIZE FOR #HISTORICALANTHROPOLOGY IN #SOUTHEASTERNEUROPE
for outstanding publications by early-career scholars is now open for submissions. We invite you to apply and to share this announcement with interested colleagues and networks.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2026
See more ⬇️
for outstanding publications by early-career scholars is now open for submissions. We invite you to apply and to share this announcement with interested colleagues and networks.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2026
See more ⬇️
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The KARL KASER PRIZE FOR #HISTORICALANTHROPOLOGY IN #SOUTHEASTERNEUROPE
for outstanding publications by early-career scholars is now open for submissions. We invite you to apply and to share this announcement with interested colleagues and networks.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2026
See more ⬇️
for outstanding publications by early-career scholars is now open for submissions. We invite you to apply and to share this announcement with interested colleagues and networks.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2026
See more ⬇️
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Thanks to @histmat.bsky.social for publishing my article “Afterlives of Austro-Marxism in Yugoslavia: Rethinking the Multinational Federal Political Community in Crisis”
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brill.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Thanks to @histmat.bsky.social for publishing my article “Afterlives of Austro-Marxism in Yugoslavia: Rethinking the Multinational Federal Political Community in Crisis”
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
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The Society for the Study of Labour History offers #bursaries of up to £500 to students on BA and Taught Masters programmes to support archival, library and online research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history topic
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
Bursaries
The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…
sslh.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Society for the Study of Labour History offers #bursaries of up to £500 to students on BA and Taught Masters programmes to support archival, library and online research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history topic
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
My fave corner of the internet @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social is fundraising to maintain its digital infrastructure. If you can, consider supporting them, every amount helps: ko-fi.com/womenwriteth...
Support Women* Write the Balkans
Support Women* Write the Balkans
ko-fi.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
My fave corner of the internet @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social is fundraising to maintain its digital infrastructure. If you can, consider supporting them, every amount helps: ko-fi.com/womenwriteth...
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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+++ Call for Applications +++
PhD position at the Department of Historical Studies, CEU (Vienna) in collaboration with the ProletGard ERC Starting Grant project, Kassák Foundation (Budapest, Hungary).
❗Deadline pre-application: 5 January 2026❗
❗Deadline application: 4 Februrary 2026❗
PhD position at the Department of Historical Studies, CEU (Vienna) in collaboration with the ProletGard ERC Starting Grant project, Kassák Foundation (Budapest, Hungary).
❗Deadline pre-application: 5 January 2026❗
❗Deadline application: 4 Februrary 2026❗
December 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
+++ Call for Applications +++
PhD position at the Department of Historical Studies, CEU (Vienna) in collaboration with the ProletGard ERC Starting Grant project, Kassák Foundation (Budapest, Hungary).
❗Deadline pre-application: 5 January 2026❗
❗Deadline application: 4 Februrary 2026❗
PhD position at the Department of Historical Studies, CEU (Vienna) in collaboration with the ProletGard ERC Starting Grant project, Kassák Foundation (Budapest, Hungary).
❗Deadline pre-application: 5 January 2026❗
❗Deadline application: 4 Februrary 2026❗
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ÖAW-Bilddatenbank
Gastarbeiteralltag in 3.500 Fotos
Der jugoslawische Fotoreporter Jovan Ritopečki (1923-1989) hat in den frühen 1970er Jahren begonnen, das Leben seiner Landsleute zu dokumentieren, die als Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter ins Land gekommen sind.
science.orf.at/stories/3233...
Gastarbeiteralltag in 3.500 Fotos
Der jugoslawische Fotoreporter Jovan Ritopečki (1923-1989) hat in den frühen 1970er Jahren begonnen, das Leben seiner Landsleute zu dokumentieren, die als Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter ins Land gekommen sind.
science.orf.at/stories/3233...
Gastarbeiteralltag in 3.500 Fotos
Der jugoslawische Fotoreporter Jovan Ritopečki (1923-1989) hat in den frühen 1970er Jahren begonnen, das Leben seiner Landsleute zu dokumentieren, die als Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter ins Land g...
science.orf.at
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ÖAW-Bilddatenbank
Gastarbeiteralltag in 3.500 Fotos
Der jugoslawische Fotoreporter Jovan Ritopečki (1923-1989) hat in den frühen 1970er Jahren begonnen, das Leben seiner Landsleute zu dokumentieren, die als Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter ins Land gekommen sind.
science.orf.at/stories/3233...
Gastarbeiteralltag in 3.500 Fotos
Der jugoslawische Fotoreporter Jovan Ritopečki (1923-1989) hat in den frühen 1970er Jahren begonnen, das Leben seiner Landsleute zu dokumentieren, die als Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter ins Land gekommen sind.
science.orf.at/stories/3233...
Amid all the ups and downs, one constant in 2025 was the support from friends. My last big task was a guest lecture in @leahorvat.bsky.social's course on cultural history. My first Vorlesung was stressful, but went well, and we even had time to relax in Jena. Hope for more vibes like this in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Amid all the ups and downs, one constant in 2025 was the support from friends. My last big task was a guest lecture in @leahorvat.bsky.social's course on cultural history. My first Vorlesung was stressful, but went well, and we even had time to relax in Jena. Hope for more vibes like this in 2026!
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Part 2 of our History on the Edge season is here!
Join us from January to March for new lectures, discussions, and historical insights. Lectures take place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom at 3 p.m. Programme coming soon.
#INZ #HistoryOnTheEdge
Join us from January to March for new lectures, discussions, and historical insights. Lectures take place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom at 3 p.m. Programme coming soon.
#INZ #HistoryOnTheEdge
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Part 2 of our History on the Edge season is here!
Join us from January to March for new lectures, discussions, and historical insights. Lectures take place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom at 3 p.m. Programme coming soon.
#INZ #HistoryOnTheEdge
Join us from January to March for new lectures, discussions, and historical insights. Lectures take place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom at 3 p.m. Programme coming soon.
#INZ #HistoryOnTheEdge
Next CEU Yugo-Region Research Group event: Paul Stubbs will talk about his new research on Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1970s. Everyone is welcome!
events.ceu.edu/2025-12-09/s...
events.ceu.edu/2025-12-09/s...
Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement in the Long 1970s: conjunctures and contradictions
events.ceu.edu
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Next CEU Yugo-Region Research Group event: Paul Stubbs will talk about his new research on Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1970s. Everyone is welcome!
events.ceu.edu/2025-12-09/s...
events.ceu.edu/2025-12-09/s...
I'm super happy that the CEU Yugo-region Research Group can welcome Maria Todorova. Join us on November 25 for a talk on her new research on the Sovietologist Philip Edward Mosel.
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-25/h...
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-25/h...
Homo Academicus, Homo Politicus - A biography of Philip E. Mosely
events.ceu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm super happy that the CEU Yugo-region Research Group can welcome Maria Todorova. Join us on November 25 for a talk on her new research on the Sovietologist Philip Edward Mosel.
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-25/h...
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-25/h...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Un jour, une ZUP, une carte postale : Zagreb 🇭🇷
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Un jour, une ZUP, une carte postale : Zagreb 🇭🇷
The new issue of Aspasia is out! I contributed only with a short book review, but it's always a cozy feeling to see one's text surrounded by so many great articles and authors.
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The new issue of Aspasia is out! I contributed only with a short book review, but it's always a cozy feeling to see one's text surrounded by so many great articles and authors.
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
If you're in Vienna, please join the next CEU Yugo-Region Research Group public event on November 10. We will reminisce about the summer with Anita Buhin and her research on the romantic and sexual interactions on the Yugoslav Adriatic in the 1960s and 1970s.
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/e...
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/e...
Eroticization of the Adriatic: Sex, Tourism and Masculinities in Socialist Yugoslavia
events.ceu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If you're in Vienna, please join the next CEU Yugo-Region Research Group public event on November 10. We will reminisce about the summer with Anita Buhin and her research on the romantic and sexual interactions on the Yugoslav Adriatic in the 1960s and 1970s.
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/e...
events.ceu.edu/2025-11-10/e...
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Es ist wieder soweit - Bewerbungen für den Österr. Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaft sind möglich - mit der Bitte um fleißiges Teilen :-)
www.bmfwf.gv.at/ministerium/...
www.bmfwf.gv.at/ministerium/...
Österreichischer Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften
www.bmfwf.gv.at
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Es ist wieder soweit - Bewerbungen für den Österr. Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaft sind möglich - mit der Bitte um fleißiges Teilen :-)
www.bmfwf.gv.at/ministerium/...
www.bmfwf.gv.at/ministerium/...
I gave an interview to Nada & Novosti about my research on Yugoslav department stores. You can't fully see it, but the photos were taken in front of the (now privatized and abandoned) department store Pula, built in 1978. Check it out here: www.portalnovosti.com/ivana-mihael...
September 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I gave an interview to Nada & Novosti about my research on Yugoslav department stores. You can't fully see it, but the photos were taken in front of the (now privatized and abandoned) department store Pula, built in 1978. Check it out here: www.portalnovosti.com/ivana-mihael...