Masha Cerovic
@mcerovic.bsky.social
Associate Professor, History, CERCEC - EHESS (Paris) / Russian empire, Soviet Union, war history, borderlands, military occupations, partisan warfare, Soviet-Nazi war
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[#Infuse] Mars Imperium portail web en libre accès dédié à l’histoire impériale et post-coloniale de Marseille. Il est le fruit d’un projet collectif rassemblant des laboratoires de recherche d’Aix Marseille Université, des institutions culturelles et des partenaires socio-culturels. ⤵️
Portail Mars Imperium : comprendre l’histoire coloniale et post-coloniale de Marseille
Mars Imperium est un portail web en libre accès dédié à l’histoire impériale et post-coloniale de Marseille (XIXᵉ-XXIᵉ siècle). Il est le fruit d’un projet collectif rassemblant des laboratoires de re...
infuse.univ-amu.fr
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
[#Infuse] Mars Imperium portail web en libre accès dédié à l’histoire impériale et post-coloniale de Marseille. Il est le fruit d’un projet collectif rassemblant des laboratoires de recherche d’Aix Marseille Université, des institutions culturelles et des partenaires socio-culturels. ⤵️
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In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience.
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience.
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
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Nice bit of digital humanities here - using AI to transcribe more than 32,000 manuscripts in the space of a few months. But with two years of preparation in training the model and creating standards for automating manuscript transcription
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed
Transcribing thousands of medieval manuscripts by hand would be a monumental undertaking. Fortunately, researchers in computational humanities at the Inria Paris Centre have been able to automate the ...
www.inria.fr
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Nice bit of digital humanities here - using AI to transcribe more than 32,000 manuscripts in the space of a few months. But with two years of preparation in training the model and creating standards for automating manuscript transcription
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
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📚 #OutNow
In the summer of 1940, many Romanian Jews fled to the USSR to escape persecution and protest antisemitism. In this book chapter, Svetlana Suveica (IOS) examines this largely overlooked migration & the fate of the refugees. Published by Bloomsbury Academic.
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In the summer of 1940, many Romanian Jews fled to the USSR to escape persecution and protest antisemitism. In this book chapter, Svetlana Suveica (IOS) examines this largely overlooked migration & the fate of the refugees. Published by Bloomsbury Academic.
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge...
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
📚 #OutNow
In the summer of 1940, many Romanian Jews fled to the USSR to escape persecution and protest antisemitism. In this book chapter, Svetlana Suveica (IOS) examines this largely overlooked migration & the fate of the refugees. Published by Bloomsbury Academic.
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge...
In the summer of 1940, many Romanian Jews fled to the USSR to escape persecution and protest antisemitism. In this book chapter, Svetlana Suveica (IOS) examines this largely overlooked migration & the fate of the refugees. Published by Bloomsbury Academic.
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge...
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For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.
Every data centre is a U.S. military base - CCPA
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.
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The University of Basel has just advertised three positions in my project on treason, disloyalty, and the defense of democracy in interwar Czechoslovakia. If you know any students and junior scholars interested in working on interwar Czechoslovakia, please encourage them to apply!
Universität Basel: PhD position: History of Interwar Czechoslovakia (case study Bohemian Lands)
The Department of History at the University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a invite applications for a fully funded, four-year (1 plus 3) PhD position in a history project led by Dr. ...
jobs.unibas.ch
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The University of Basel has just advertised three positions in my project on treason, disloyalty, and the defense of democracy in interwar Czechoslovakia. If you know any students and junior scholars interested in working on interwar Czechoslovakia, please encourage them to apply!
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This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Moscou déclenche une spoliation massive des Ukrainiens dans les zones occupées
Moscou déclenche une spoliation massive des Ukrainiens dans les zones occupées
Une loi signée par Vladimir Poutine, le 15 décembre, encourage l’expropriation à grande échelle des propriétaires de biens immobiliers dans les zones occupées par l’armée russe. Kiev dénonce un « remplacement de population ».
www.lemonde.fr
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Moscou déclenche une spoliation massive des Ukrainiens dans les zones occupées
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The way to actual tech sovereignty from the US? Extremely interesting talk by Cory Doctorow.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The way to actual tech sovereignty from the US? Extremely interesting talk by Cory Doctorow.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
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🚨 Le dernier numéro des #Annales est disponible sur @universitypress.cambridge.org
Au programme : #évergétisme #migrations #mercenaires #valeur #géographie
Avec plusieurs articles en #openaccess
Bonne lecture !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Au programme : #évergétisme #migrations #mercenaires #valeur #géographie
Avec plusieurs articles en #openaccess
Bonne lecture !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🚨 Le dernier numéro des #Annales est disponible sur @universitypress.cambridge.org
Au programme : #évergétisme #migrations #mercenaires #valeur #géographie
Avec plusieurs articles en #openaccess
Bonne lecture !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Au programme : #évergétisme #migrations #mercenaires #valeur #géographie
Avec plusieurs articles en #openaccess
Bonne lecture !
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
So Putin is clearly laying out that he wants to "reintegrate" Ukraine in Russia. Get a puppet government, buy it off with cheap gas, neutralize its military, get rid of the "fascists" aka supporters of Ukrainian independence, reclaim RU cultural and economic hegemony. Peace through conquest.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So Putin is clearly laying out that he wants to "reintegrate" Ukraine in Russia. Get a puppet government, buy it off with cheap gas, neutralize its military, get rid of the "fascists" aka supporters of Ukrainian independence, reclaim RU cultural and economic hegemony. Peace through conquest.
J'ai essentiellement travaillé dans les archives de l'empire russe et de l'URSS. Leurs transformations en archives nationales depuis les indépendances reflètent la diversité des trajectoires politiques et économiques des pays concernés.
Non ? Ça m'intéresse d'en savoir plus sur les pratiques des autres pays...
December 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
J'ai essentiellement travaillé dans les archives de l'empire russe et de l'URSS. Leurs transformations en archives nationales depuis les indépendances reflètent la diversité des trajectoires politiques et économiques des pays concernés.
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War doesn’t just destroy buildings—it erases places where children learn, play, and grow. Bellingcat and journalists from @afp.com bureaus in Paris and Kyiv take a look at the lost spaces of youth in Ukraine. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How Russia’s Invasion is Impacting Ukraine’s Youth - bellingcat
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian educational facilities and spaces used by children have been damaged in air strikes or closed because of them.
www.bellingcat.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
War doesn’t just destroy buildings—it erases places where children learn, play, and grow. Bellingcat and journalists from @afp.com bureaus in Paris and Kyiv take a look at the lost spaces of youth in Ukraine. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
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Félicitations à Louison Bernard, lauréate du prix franco-allemand d'histoire attribué aux mémoires de Master pour son travail : « ‹ À l’est, le silence. À l’ouest, l’oubli. › Les déportations de civil·es allemand·es vers l’URSS après la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1945-1956) ».
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Félicitations à Louison Bernard, lauréate du prix franco-allemand d'histoire attribué aux mémoires de Master pour son travail : « ‹ À l’est, le silence. À l’ouest, l’oubli. › Les déportations de civil·es allemand·es vers l’URSS après la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1945-1956) ».
Russia promises not to attack any EU country. It also claims that it never attacked Ukraine. It claims that it never attacked anyone, only ever defended itself. Warsaw and Vladivostok just happened to become parts of a Russian empire defending itself.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Russia promises not to attack any EU country. It also claims that it never attacked Ukraine. It claims that it never attacked anyone, only ever defended itself. Warsaw and Vladivostok just happened to become parts of a Russian empire defending itself.
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📣 Latest content in English
'Two Protestant Assemblies in #Tianjin: In Search of Markers of Certainty'
by Isabelle Thireau (@ehess.fr)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
'Two Protestant Assemblies in #Tianjin: In Search of Markers of Certainty'
by Isabelle Thireau (@ehess.fr)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 Latest content in English
'Two Protestant Assemblies in #Tianjin: In Search of Markers of Certainty'
by Isabelle Thireau (@ehess.fr)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
'Two Protestant Assemblies in #Tianjin: In Search of Markers of Certainty'
by Isabelle Thireau (@ehess.fr)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
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Bulle de l'IA : 70 % du cloud est contrôlé par trois entreprises américaines
Le gouvernement américain et le secteur privé en sont profondément conscients.
C’est un avantage géopolitique extraordinaire.
Le gouvernement américain et le secteur privé en sont profondément conscients.
C’est un avantage géopolitique extraordinaire.
Bulle de l'IA : 70 % du cloud est contrôlé par trois entreprises américaines
Aveuglés par les faux miracles de ChatGPT, nous sommes en train d’abdiquer une nouvelle fois devant les seigneurs de la Tech. Pourtant, le modèle économique de l’IA n’a rien de nouveau. Meredith Whi...
legrandcontinent.eu
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bulle de l'IA : 70 % du cloud est contrôlé par trois entreprises américaines
Le gouvernement américain et le secteur privé en sont profondément conscients.
C’est un avantage géopolitique extraordinaire.
Le gouvernement américain et le secteur privé en sont profondément conscients.
C’est un avantage géopolitique extraordinaire.
Evaluating grant proposals in the AI age has turned a tedious service task into a truly soul sucking experience. Grant givers should require proposals to focus on scientific substance with little formal guidance and let someone else deal with the BS. The system was always broken, now it's dead.
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Evaluating grant proposals in the AI age has turned a tedious service task into a truly soul sucking experience. Grant givers should require proposals to focus on scientific substance with little formal guidance and let someone else deal with the BS. The system was always broken, now it's dead.
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AI misrepresents news 45% of the time. Hasn't stopped every major search provider enthusiastically adopting it www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
AI misrepresents news 45% of the time. Hasn't stopped every major search provider enthusiastically adopting it www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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A week before the invasion, my friend asked me:
- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
1/9
- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
1/9
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A week before the invasion, my friend asked me:
- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
1/9
- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
1/9
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Aujourd'hui dans le podcast, la Fabrique des Annales n°4, l'émission qui accompagne les numéros de la revue (79/4) et propose aussi une visite en "coulisses" et en "archives".
Un sommaire pointu, dépaysant et (AMHA) passionnant.
Bonne écoute et bonne semaine !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
Un sommaire pointu, dépaysant et (AMHA) passionnant.
Bonne écoute et bonne semaine !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Aujourd'hui dans le podcast, la Fabrique des Annales n°4, l'émission qui accompagne les numéros de la revue (79/4) et propose aussi une visite en "coulisses" et en "archives".
Un sommaire pointu, dépaysant et (AMHA) passionnant.
Bonne écoute et bonne semaine !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
Un sommaire pointu, dépaysant et (AMHA) passionnant.
Bonne écoute et bonne semaine !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
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📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5
#envhist #energysky
#envhist #energysky
September 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5
#envhist #energysky
#envhist #energysky
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Dear colleagues, positions at CNRS (and INRIA) will (in all probability) be announced this winter. By then it will however be too late to properly prepare an application. Recent PhDs, postdocs etc interested in such positions should get right now in contact with teams who would like to recruit them.
September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dear colleagues, positions at CNRS (and INRIA) will (in all probability) be announced this winter. By then it will however be too late to properly prepare an application. Recent PhDs, postdocs etc interested in such positions should get right now in contact with teams who would like to recruit them.
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La destruction du dépôt archéologique de l’École biblique et archéologique française à Gaza par l'armée israélienne est planifiée pour cette nuit (10 sept.) Qques heures de répit ont été obtenues pour sauver 180 m3 d'artefacts représentant 25 ans de travail, il faudrait des jours. #Gazahistoire
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
La destruction du dépôt archéologique de l’École biblique et archéologique française à Gaza par l'armée israélienne est planifiée pour cette nuit (10 sept.) Qques heures de répit ont été obtenues pour sauver 180 m3 d'artefacts représentant 25 ans de travail, il faudrait des jours. #Gazahistoire