Andrea Talaber
@anditalaber.bsky.social
Commissioning Editor at CEU Press and Managing Editor of the CEU Review of Books.
Cultural historian of 19th-20th century Central Europe. EUI History and UCL SSEES alumna.
Cultural historian of 19th-20th century Central Europe. EUI History and UCL SSEES alumna.
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📢 Job update! 🥳 Happy to say that I started a new position as Commissioning Editor at CEU Press.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
@ceu-press.bsky.social is now on BlueSky! 🥳🥳🥳
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@ceu-press.bsky.social is now on BlueSky! 🥳🥳🥳
This was such a pleasure to work on! Go and read @dacretu.bsky.social’s excellent book (after you listened to the podcast 😜).
So very grateful for the opportunity to showcase my book! Many many thanks to @anditalaber.bsky.social for her time, patience, and reading of this material.
New podcast episode out! 🎧
@dacretu.bsky.social talked to us about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024). Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcast and on all major podcasting platforms.
ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/auth...
@dacretu.bsky.social talked to us about her first book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024). Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcast and on all major podcasting platforms.
ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/auth...
July 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This was such a pleasure to work on! Go and read @dacretu.bsky.social’s excellent book (after you listened to the podcast 😜).
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Published today:
My long read of @karolinarogalska.bsky.social's new book Ziemie [Lands: Stories of Recovery and Loss]. It's a Polish book about the "Recovered Territories" and post-1945 displacement.
I poured all my love for the subject into this text. Enjoy!
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
My long read of @karolinarogalska.bsky.social's new book Ziemie [Lands: Stories of Recovery and Loss]. It's a Polish book about the "Recovered Territories" and post-1945 displacement.
I poured all my love for the subject into this text. Enjoy!
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
A braided stream of histories in the Polish “Recovered Territories” - CEU Review of Books
Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displ...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Published today:
My long read of @karolinarogalska.bsky.social's new book Ziemie [Lands: Stories of Recovery and Loss]. It's a Polish book about the "Recovered Territories" and post-1945 displacement.
I poured all my love for the subject into this text. Enjoy!
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
My long read of @karolinarogalska.bsky.social's new book Ziemie [Lands: Stories of Recovery and Loss]. It's a Polish book about the "Recovered Territories" and post-1945 displacement.
I poured all my love for the subject into this text. Enjoy!
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
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📣 New Long Read!
@agatumilowicz.bsky.social explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displacement.
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
@agatumilowicz.bsky.social explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displacement.
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
A braided stream of histories in the Polish “Recovered Territories” - CEU Review of Books
Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displ...
ceureviewofbooks.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📣 New Long Read!
@agatumilowicz.bsky.social explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displacement.
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
@agatumilowicz.bsky.social explores Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s Ziemie. Historie odzyskiwania i utraty (Radio Naukowe, 2024), a study of Poland’s post-1945 border shifts, German expulsions, and Polish displacement.
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/a-b...
I really enjoyed recording this episode. Go and have a listen!
We've got you covered for your weekend listening needs with the new episode of our Podcast. Jeremy F. Walton, Kevin Kenjar, & Matea Magdić discussed their @erc.europa.eu project @revenantempires.bsky.social.
Listen here: tinyurl.com/RevenantERC & on all other podcast platforms.
Listen here: tinyurl.com/RevenantERC & on all other podcast platforms.
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I really enjoyed recording this episode. Go and have a listen!
Such a wonderful list by @nmw1.bsky.social!
And many CEU Press books featured, which makes me very happy. 😊
And many CEU Press books featured, which makes me very happy. 😊
It's Women's History Month. Because the offerings are so broad, I'm posting books, often about women & agender, by women in my field, HABSBURG Central Europe. Nope, not Germany! First, by Mo Healy, whose book from earlier this century has changed the field. Among the best books on World War I.
March 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Such a wonderful list by @nmw1.bsky.social!
And many CEU Press books featured, which makes me very happy. 😊
And many CEU Press books featured, which makes me very happy. 😊
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Have you published an article in Slavic/EE/Eurasian/Gender Studies (15 Apr 2024–15 Apr 2025)? I’m chairing the Heldt Article Prize committee (Association for Women in Slavic Studies)—consider applying! Check out other categories (books, translations).
Deadline: 31 May
awsshome.org/awards/heldt...
Deadline: 31 May
awsshome.org/awards/heldt...
Heldt Prizes
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March 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Have you published an article in Slavic/EE/Eurasian/Gender Studies (15 Apr 2024–15 Apr 2025)? I’m chairing the Heldt Article Prize committee (Association for Women in Slavic Studies)—consider applying! Check out other categories (books, translations).
Deadline: 31 May
awsshome.org/awards/heldt...
Deadline: 31 May
awsshome.org/awards/heldt...
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It's Women's History Month. Because the offerings are so broad, I'm posting books, often about women & agender, by women in my field, HABSBURG Central Europe. Nope, not Germany! First, by Mo Healy, whose book from earlier this century has changed the field. Among the best books on World War I.
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's Women's History Month. Because the offerings are so broad, I'm posting books, often about women & agender, by women in my field, HABSBURG Central Europe. Nope, not Germany! First, by Mo Healy, whose book from earlier this century has changed the field. Among the best books on World War I.
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Wrote a short review of a book I thoroughly enjoyed! 🙏@anditalaber.bsky.social for a very smooth and professional editing experience, 🙏 @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social for creating an aesthetically and conceptually fresh and appealing outlet for book reviews (and more) on Central and Eastern Europe.
Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 (Purdue University Press, 2023) edited by Marta Verginella explores how feminist nationalism thrived during the late Monarchy.
Read @leahorvat.bsky.social's review here:
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/netwo...
Read @leahorvat.bsky.social's review here:
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/netwo...
Networks of feminist nationalism in the Habsburg Monarchy - CEU Review of Books
Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 (Purdue University Press, 2023) edited by Marta Verginella explores how feminist nationalism thrived during the late Monarch...
ceureviewofbooks.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wrote a short review of a book I thoroughly enjoyed! 🙏@anditalaber.bsky.social for a very smooth and professional editing experience, 🙏 @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social for creating an aesthetically and conceptually fresh and appealing outlet for book reviews (and more) on Central and Eastern Europe.
📢 Job update! 🥳 Happy to say that I started a new position as Commissioning Editor at CEU Press.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Job update! 🥳 Happy to say that I started a new position as Commissioning Editor at CEU Press.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it!
I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.
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When good things happen to nice ppl: Ambika Natarajan's wonderful book, Servants of Culture Paternalism, Policing, and Identity Politics in Vienna, 1700-1914, has been shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize 2023.
Link to her interview:
uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...
Link to her interview:
uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...
2023 Book Prize Finalist Ambika Natarajan | Waterloo Centre for German Studies
2023 Book Prize Finalist
uwaterloo.ca
December 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
When good things happen to nice ppl: Ambika Natarajan's wonderful book, Servants of Culture Paternalism, Policing, and Identity Politics in Vienna, 1700-1914, has been shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize 2023.
Link to her interview:
uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...
Link to her interview:
uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...
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New interview out on the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social site! Managing Editor, @anditalaber.bsky.social talked to Eva Taterová about her project exploring the role of Czechoslovak diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1989. ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/in...
Interview with Eva Taterová, Czechoslovak Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1948-1989), GAČR-funded project - CEU Review of Books
Andrea Talabér interviews Eva Taterová about her Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) funded project, “Czechoslovak Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the years 1948-1989”.
ceureviewofbooks.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
New interview out on the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social site! Managing Editor, @anditalaber.bsky.social talked to Eva Taterová about her project exploring the role of Czechoslovak diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1989. ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/in...
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I got one of the bouquets! Also, František Palacký appears to be better looking than Gregor Mendel, but I suppose it's a matter of taste.
November 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I got one of the bouquets! Also, František Palacký appears to be better looking than Gregor Mendel, but I suppose it's a matter of taste.
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🎧 New podcast episode out now! Listen to Mariia Shuvalova, Kateryna Zarembo and Roman Horbyk as they discuss how Russian imperialism has impacted the study of Ukrainian history, literature and culture and contemplate the future of the field. Link here: ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/what...
What's next for Ukrainian studies? - CEU Review of Books
Mariia Shuvalova, Kateryna Zarembo and Roman Horbyk discuss how Russian imperialism has impacted the study of Ukrainian history, literature and culture and contemplate the future of the field.
ceureviewofbooks.com
February 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
🎧 New podcast episode out now! Listen to Mariia Shuvalova, Kateryna Zarembo and Roman Horbyk as they discuss how Russian imperialism has impacted the study of Ukrainian history, literature and culture and contemplate the future of the field. Link here: ceureviewofbooks.com/podcast/what...
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What a year it has been! Many thanks for all your support for the CEURB. We will be back with more in 2024! Till then happy holidays and a happy New Year! www.instagram.com/reel/C1Hqheh...
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Season’s greetings and a happy New Year from the CEURB! More to come in 2024!
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December 21, 2023 at 8:24 PM
What a year it has been! Many thanks for all your support for the CEURB. We will be back with more in 2024! Till then happy holidays and a happy New Year! www.instagram.com/reel/C1Hqheh...
I just sent something really cool off that I cannot talk about yet, but I’m really super excited about! 🤐😫😅❤️ Stay tuned until the end of November.
November 7, 2023 at 9:36 PM
I just sent something really cool off that I cannot talk about yet, but I’m really super excited about! 🤐😫😅❤️ Stay tuned until the end of November.
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Hans Kundnani’s Eurowhiteness (Hurst, 2023) provides a critique of the EU and what he claims is its rootedness in “imperial amnesia”. Ferenc Laczó writes that Kundnani’s focus on western Europe leads him to overlook today's Russian imperialism. Read it here: ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/the...
The Anti-Imperialism of the Center: What Makes Hans Kundnani’s Reflections on Europe and Imperiali...
Hans Kundnani’s book Eurowhiteness (Hurst, 2023) provides a strong critique of the European Union and what he claims is its rootedness in “imperial amnesia”. Ferenc Laczó in his Long Read, howe...
ceureviewofbooks.com
November 7, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Hans Kundnani’s Eurowhiteness (Hurst, 2023) provides a critique of the EU and what he claims is its rootedness in “imperial amnesia”. Ferenc Laczó writes that Kundnani’s focus on western Europe leads him to overlook today's Russian imperialism. Read it here: ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/the...
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Still interested!
Historians! Revamping my reading list: Suggestions welcome for recent scholarly works that you’ve loved. About any time, any topic, any place. 😎
November 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Still interested!
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Damn, the Masaryk Institute Archives just dropped this, & uh. Is it Christmas today?! Seriously?! 👀😻✨🎉
masaryk.mua.cas.cz
historiansky historysky etc (i have no clue which keywords to use tbh 😬)
masaryk.mua.cas.cz
historiansky historysky etc (i have no clue which keywords to use tbh 😬)
Hlavní stránka | Masarykův archiv
masaryk.mua.cas.cz
October 24, 2023 at 11:11 AM
Damn, the Masaryk Institute Archives just dropped this, & uh. Is it Christmas today?! Seriously?! 👀😻✨🎉
masaryk.mua.cas.cz
historiansky historysky etc (i have no clue which keywords to use tbh 😬)
masaryk.mua.cas.cz
historiansky historysky etc (i have no clue which keywords to use tbh 😬)
Now that I have a week off I might actually finish the cardigan I promised my partner for her birthday last year. 🥳🥳
October 27, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Now that I have a week off I might actually finish the cardigan I promised my partner for her birthday last year. 🥳🥳
New review on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social!
In Revolutionary Spring (Penguin Allen Lane, 2023), Christopher Clark challenges the narrative of the 1848-49 revolutions as a failure and argues that, in fact, they changed everything. Michael Ignatieff reviews Clark’s continent-spanning tour de force. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-swe...
A sweeping history of Europe’s revolutionary spring - CEU Review of Books
The 1848-49 revolutions swept through Europe, during which political ideas and movements were tested and transformed. In Revolutionary Spring (Penguin Allen Lane, 2023), Christopher Clark challenges t...
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October 2, 2023 at 1:56 PM
New review on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social!
Spotted on my way to work. Yay, early morning commute…
September 27, 2023 at 4:39 AM
Spotted on my way to work. Yay, early morning commute…
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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...
It's one of those pieces I hold dearly in my heart.
www.triangle.house/migrating-ga...
Migrating Gardens — Triangle House
www.triangle.house
September 20, 2023 at 3:49 PM
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...
It's one of those pieces I hold dearly in my heart.
www.triangle.house/migrating-ga...
The @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social is now on Blue Sky too! Follow us for excellent book reviews, long reads and interviews, and for some great podcast episodes!
We also have a fortnightly newsletter, sign up if you have not done so yet! We bring you a selection of our content alongside a short note from our editor. You can sign up here: ceureviewofbooks.com/sign-up-for-...
September 7, 2023 at 5:15 PM
The @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social is now on Blue Sky too! Follow us for excellent book reviews, long reads and interviews, and for some great podcast episodes!