Brigitte Le Normand 🟥
@blenormand.bsky.social
Historian of Yugoslavia in global context. Urban Planning, migration, maritime transportation. Believer in speaking out for/amplifying the silenced. she/her.
Gaining insights into the Dutch electoral system, voter behavior, and the trends we can see with these elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @bettovanwaarden.bsky.social @luanarusso.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gaining insights into the Dutch electoral system, voter behavior, and the trends we can see with these elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @bettovanwaarden.bsky.social @luanarusso.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social
BBC trying to brand Croatian pace of life à la "hygge" - next step is "pomalo" coffee table books and travel shows.
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BBC trying to brand Croatian pace of life à la "hygge" - next step is "pomalo" coffee table books and travel shows.
I can't help but think of a different body of work, created by concentration camp survivors...
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I can't help but think of a different body of work, created by concentration camp survivors...
In a tiny container on Maastricht's Markt, a beautiful and moving exhibit of work by Gaza artist Ahmed Muhanna. An artist who has dedicated himself to art therapy for children in the midst of genocidal war. In the absence of paper, he has painted on WFP boxes.
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In a tiny container on Maastricht's Markt, a beautiful and moving exhibit of work by Gaza artist Ahmed Muhanna. An artist who has dedicated himself to art therapy for children in the midst of genocidal war. In the absence of paper, he has painted on WFP boxes.
Here is where the Dutch political parties stand on higher education. We better hope for a coalition involving D66 and GroenLinks/PvdA...
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Here is where the Dutch political parties stand on higher education. We better hope for a coalition involving D66 and GroenLinks/PvdA...
Every Monday this year.
June 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Every Monday this year.
Whether we talk about the violation of the right to self-determination of Palestinians, the rules of occupation, the requirement to distinguish between combatants and civilians, and - need we say it - the prohibition of genocide.
June 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Whether we talk about the violation of the right to self-determination of Palestinians, the rules of occupation, the requirement to distinguish between combatants and civilians, and - need we say it - the prohibition of genocide.
Gergana Noutcheva at the official launch of the @umceehub.bsky.social asking, are we ready to take seriously the voices and experiences of East Europeans in our academic fields?
May 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Gergana Noutcheva at the official launch of the @umceehub.bsky.social asking, are we ready to take seriously the voices and experiences of East Europeans in our academic fields?
I do think this is one of the largest protest marches Maastricht has seen in a long while... 1500 strong!
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I do think this is one of the largest protest marches Maastricht has seen in a long while... 1500 strong!
My Liege lion salutes your faces of Lower Silesia.
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My Liege lion salutes your faces of Lower Silesia.
Although I find it very interesting that academics have been complaining about administrative bloat for quite a while now. It's just that it's now being weaponized against us in a really dangerous moment.
That aside, here is my favorite part of the article...
That aside, here is my favorite part of the article...
March 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Although I find it very interesting that academics have been complaining about administrative bloat for quite a while now. It's just that it's now being weaponized against us in a really dangerous moment.
That aside, here is my favorite part of the article...
That aside, here is my favorite part of the article...
Happy international women's day. The struggle continues!
March 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Happy international women's day. The struggle continues!
Just spotted in Germany...
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just spotted in Germany...
FFS NYT...
Can you provide a single example of a state that benefitted from ingratiating itself to Trump?
Can you provide a single example of a state that benefitted from ingratiating itself to Trump?
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FFS NYT...
Can you provide a single example of a state that benefitted from ingratiating itself to Trump?
Can you provide a single example of a state that benefitted from ingratiating itself to Trump?
I need people to realize how serious this attack on knowledge production and dissemination is. Shared by a colleague in the US.
February 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I need people to realize how serious this attack on knowledge production and dissemination is. Shared by a colleague in the US.
I feel like the term "carnavalshits" captures both how fans and detractors feel about this type of music. Happy Vastelaovend!
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I feel like the term "carnavalshits" captures both how fans and detractors feel about this type of music. Happy Vastelaovend!
The doors of Ghent same your doors of Lower Silesia. (Taken today, just fifteen minutes ago.)
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The doors of Ghent same your doors of Lower Silesia. (Taken today, just fifteen minutes ago.)
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
Not a fan of the ADL to begin with, but this truly strains credulity.
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Not a fan of the ADL to begin with, but this truly strains credulity.
Today's featured #ASEES24 panel is "Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds": Citizen Diplomacy as Women’s Liberation during the Cold War. Really interesting talks on representation of African women by Soviet scholars and journalists and the diplomacy of the heart in the Soviet-American pen pal program.
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Today's featured #ASEES24 panel is "Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds": Citizen Diplomacy as Women’s Liberation during the Cold War. Really interesting talks on representation of African women by Soviet scholars and journalists and the diplomacy of the heart in the Soviet-American pen pal program.
Terrific panel on Accessing Socialist and Post-Socialist Memory through Oral History at #ASEEES24 with Jovana Babić, Dilyana Zieske, and Lilia Topouzova - on the last generation of Yugoslavs, Bulgarian diaspora, and the artist's studio as an archive of the Bulgarian gulag.
November 23, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Terrific panel on Accessing Socialist and Post-Socialist Memory through Oral History at #ASEEES24 with Jovana Babić, Dilyana Zieske, and Lilia Topouzova - on the last generation of Yugoslavs, Bulgarian diaspora, and the artist's studio as an archive of the Bulgarian gulag.
Is it wrong to watch national lampoon's Christmas vacation on the way to Boston for #ASEEES? Asking for a friend. Hope to see many of you there!
November 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Is it wrong to watch national lampoon's Christmas vacation on the way to Boston for #ASEEES? Asking for a friend. Hope to see many of you there!
Stop the cuts in bigger education #WOinActie Maastricht
November 14, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Stop the cuts in bigger education #WOinActie Maastricht
