Kelly Hignett
@kellyhignett.bsky.social
Historian, Bibliophile, Nature Lover, Keen Home Cook. Interested in Central/East Europe, Communism, Crime and Incarceration/Forced Labour.
Some ‘light’ reading at the British Library! 📚 @britishlibrary.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Some ‘light’ reading at the British Library! 📚 @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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The people in the photo enjoy spending time reading through kilometres of documents produced by the secret services, trying to extract any trace of meaning from them. It was a great joy to co-organise a panel on preventative policing and repression in the USSR and Czechoslovakia at #ICCEES2025
July 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The people in the photo enjoy spending time reading through kilometres of documents produced by the secret services, trying to extract any trace of meaning from them. It was a great joy to co-organise a panel on preventative policing and repression in the USSR and Czechoslovakia at #ICCEES2025
‘Racing in the East’ - a great exhibition in Jeffrey Hall at #ICCEES2025
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
‘Racing in the East’ - a great exhibition in Jeffrey Hall at #ICCEES2025
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This starter pack is an experiment on our part, we've added everyone we can find posting under the conference hashtags #ICCEES2025 & #ICCEES25
If you would like to be added, just add to the conversation using #ICCEES2025 or #ICCEES25
go.bsky.app/Hb5CnBQ @basees.bsky.social
If you would like to be added, just add to the conversation using #ICCEES2025 or #ICCEES25
go.bsky.app/Hb5CnBQ @basees.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This starter pack is an experiment on our part, we've added everyone we can find posting under the conference hashtags #ICCEES2025 & #ICCEES25
If you would like to be added, just add to the conversation using #ICCEES2025 or #ICCEES25
go.bsky.app/Hb5CnBQ @basees.bsky.social
If you would like to be added, just add to the conversation using #ICCEES2025 or #ICCEES25
go.bsky.app/Hb5CnBQ @basees.bsky.social
Today at #ICCEES2025 : why not end the day at our panel about Preventative Policing and Repression within the USSR and Czechoslovakia? Panel 10.1, W3.01, 16.30-18.00
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today at #ICCEES2025 : why not end the day at our panel about Preventative Policing and Repression within the USSR and Czechoslovakia? Panel 10.1, W3.01, 16.30-18.00
I’m starting #ICCEES2025 day 3 at a panel about Culture, Politics and Civil Society in the Soviet Union, including a paper by @shsslbu.bsky.social PhD student Christina Schlegel
July 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’m starting #ICCEES2025 day 3 at a panel about Culture, Politics and Civil Society in the Soviet Union, including a paper by @shsslbu.bsky.social PhD student Christina Schlegel
I’m starting day 2 of #ICCEES2025 by attending a very interesting panel: 3.1 ‘Voices from Ukraine: War Diaries of the Russo-Ukrainian War’
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I’m starting day 2 of #ICCEES2025 by attending a very interesting panel: 3.1 ‘Voices from Ukraine: War Diaries of the Russo-Ukrainian War’
This panel looks interesting 😉 Panel 2.12, 16.30-18.00, today. Come and join us! #ICCEES2025
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This panel looks interesting 😉 Panel 2.12, 16.30-18.00, today. Come and join us! #ICCEES2025
I thoroughly enjoyed Taťjana Šarić’s fascinating paper ´Tracked Lives: Yugoslav State Security and Female Cominform Emigration’ (Panel 1.3) #ICCEES2025 👏
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed Taťjana Šarić’s fascinating paper ´Tracked Lives: Yugoslav State Security and Female Cominform Emigration’ (Panel 1.3) #ICCEES2025 👏
It’s great to be in London for #ICCEES2025
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It’s great to be in London for #ICCEES2025
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New review out!
In Red Tape (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024), Rosamund Johnston shows how Czechoslovak Radio became a site of negotiation between the regime, the listeners and the people who worked there. David M. Durant reviews the books.
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/radio...
In Red Tape (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024), Rosamund Johnston shows how Czechoslovak Radio became a site of negotiation between the regime, the listeners and the people who worked there. David M. Durant reviews the books.
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/radio...
Radio politics in Czechoslovakia - CEU Review of Books
In Red Tape (Stanford University Press, 2024), Rosamund Johnston shows how Czechoslovak Radio became a site of negotiation between the regime, the listeners and the people who worked there. David M. D...
ceureviewofbooks.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New review out!
In Red Tape (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024), Rosamund Johnston shows how Czechoslovak Radio became a site of negotiation between the regime, the listeners and the people who worked there. David M. Durant reviews the books.
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/radio...
In Red Tape (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024), Rosamund Johnston shows how Czechoslovak Radio became a site of negotiation between the regime, the listeners and the people who worked there. David M. Durant reviews the books.
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/radio...
Thirteen of my publications are listed here, including my co-authored book, some journal articles and several book reviews. Years of research, all used without my knowledge or permission…
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thirteen of my publications are listed here, including my co-authored book, some journal articles and several book reviews. Years of research, all used without my knowledge or permission…
Me on Teams meetings 😂😂
Me to myself: This is annoying. This conversation is annoying, this person is annoying. I hope I’m hiding it well.
My face:
My face:
March 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Me on Teams meetings 😂😂
This sounds like a great opportunity for someone! #history #coldwarhist #skystorians
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Keston Research Associate in Religion under Communist Regimes at Cardiff University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Keston Research Associate in Religion under Communist Regimes on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This sounds like a great opportunity for someone! #history #coldwarhist #skystorians
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
We have a great event coming up at @shsslbu.bsky.social next Wednesday! From Leeds to Manila: come and hear former @leedsbeckett.bsky.social student Rafa Ortile speak about his research into the scandalous case of Lord Antony Moynihan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Centre for Culture and Humanities research seminar
Join us for talk from Rafael Antonio Ortile on 'The Rock ‘N’ Roll Lord of Manila', Lord Antony “Tony” Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan of Leeds
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We have a great event coming up at @shsslbu.bsky.social next Wednesday! From Leeds to Manila: come and hear former @leedsbeckett.bsky.social student Rafa Ortile speak about his research into the scandalous case of Lord Antony Moynihan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’ #bulgaria #coldwarhist
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Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’
An exhibition in Sofia of Garo Keshishian's black-and-white photos of communist-era compulsory labour units delves into a little-remembered aspect of Bulgaria's repressive past.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’ #bulgaria #coldwarhist
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We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.
March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.
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New event in the History on the Edge series:
“Women in Serbia during the Second World War (1941-1945)” by Ljubinka Škodrić.
WHEN? Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 13:00
WHERE? at the INZ premises (Privoz 11) or at the ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/86949706378
“Women in Serbia during the Second World War (1941-1945)” by Ljubinka Škodrić.
WHEN? Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 13:00
WHERE? at the INZ premises (Privoz 11) or at the ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/86949706378
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
New event in the History on the Edge series:
“Women in Serbia during the Second World War (1941-1945)” by Ljubinka Škodrić.
WHEN? Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 13:00
WHERE? at the INZ premises (Privoz 11) or at the ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/86949706378
“Women in Serbia during the Second World War (1941-1945)” by Ljubinka Škodrić.
WHEN? Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 13:00
WHERE? at the INZ premises (Privoz 11) or at the ZOOM link: us06web.zoom.us/j/86949706378
Nice to see the latest installation in my local village phone box showing support for Ukraine today #SlavaUkraini #standwithukraine
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nice to see the latest installation in my local village phone box showing support for Ukraine today #SlavaUkraini #standwithukraine
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say the Nazis were very problematic even before the invasion of Poland and the genocides.
March 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m going to go out on a limb and say the Nazis were very problematic even before the invasion of Poland and the genocides.
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I tell my cat “I know” when she meows at me but if I’m being honest? I don’t always know
February 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I tell my cat “I know” when she meows at me but if I’m being honest? I don’t always know
A plea: does anyone here have access to the most recent issues of the Journal of Modern History? My institutional access only goes up to 2019, and there’s an article from 2023 that I could really do with reading… #skystorians #historians #coldwarhist
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A plea: does anyone here have access to the most recent issues of the Journal of Modern History? My institutional access only goes up to 2019, and there’s an article from 2023 that I could really do with reading… #skystorians #historians #coldwarhist