Rethinking Europe's East-West Divide
@eastwestdivide.bsky.social
@uaces.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Network building a collaborative space for scholars and practitioners studying Europe
Convenors: @juliarone.bsky.social, @eli-gateva.bsky.social and @tudzarovska.bsky.social
Convenors: @juliarone.bsky.social, @eli-gateva.bsky.social and @tudzarovska.bsky.social
Join us at UACES Annual Conference in beautiful Prague, 7-9 September 2026. Submit your proposals by 1 February #UACES2026
𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀
Theme Track 1: Beyond The East West Divide: EU Strategic Autonomy
Convenors: @juliarone.bsky.social, @eli-gateva.bsky.social and @tudzarovska.bsky.social
Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES2026
Theme Track 1: Beyond The East West Divide: EU Strategic Autonomy
Convenors: @juliarone.bsky.social, @eli-gateva.bsky.social and @tudzarovska.bsky.social
Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES2026
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Join us at UACES Annual Conference in beautiful Prague, 7-9 September 2026. Submit your proposals by 1 February #UACES2026
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📢 Call for Papers: UACES 56th Annual Conference 2026 at Charles University, Prague!
Share your research & connect with the European Studies community.
Submit by 1 February 2026
👉 www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES #EUStudies #CfP
Share your research & connect with the European Studies community.
Submit by 1 February 2026
👉 www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES #EUStudies #CfP
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
📢 Call for Papers: UACES 56th Annual Conference 2026 at Charles University, Prague!
Share your research & connect with the European Studies community.
Submit by 1 February 2026
👉 www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES #EUStudies #CfP
Share your research & connect with the European Studies community.
Submit by 1 February 2026
👉 www.uaces.org/themedtracks...
#UACES #EUStudies #CfP
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Next week our UACES network "Rethinking Europe' East-West Divide" holds its annual conference!
After the 2024 kick-off in Oxford, in 2025 we are at Charles University Prague discussing Security, Strategic Autonomy and Enlargement! Join us if you are around! & let us know if you have relevant work!
After the 2024 kick-off in Oxford, in 2025 we are at Charles University Prague discussing Security, Strategic Autonomy and Enlargement! Join us if you are around! & let us know if you have relevant work!
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next week our UACES network "Rethinking Europe' East-West Divide" holds its annual conference!
After the 2024 kick-off in Oxford, in 2025 we are at Charles University Prague discussing Security, Strategic Autonomy and Enlargement! Join us if you are around! & let us know if you have relevant work!
After the 2024 kick-off in Oxford, in 2025 we are at Charles University Prague discussing Security, Strategic Autonomy and Enlargement! Join us if you are around! & let us know if you have relevant work!
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In under 14 days, we’ll welcome academics, students, and practitioners to Liverpool for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025.
Last year in Trento was packed full of sharing research, exchanging ideas and community building.
Which of these are you most looking forward to again this year? 💭
Last year in Trento was packed full of sharing research, exchanging ideas and community building.
Which of these are you most looking forward to again this year? 💭
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In under 14 days, we’ll welcome academics, students, and practitioners to Liverpool for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025.
Last year in Trento was packed full of sharing research, exchanging ideas and community building.
Which of these are you most looking forward to again this year? 💭
Last year in Trento was packed full of sharing research, exchanging ideas and community building.
Which of these are you most looking forward to again this year? 💭
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“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
BISCA PhD Studentships - University of Birmingham
PhD opportunities in Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA) at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Looking for background reading on EU10 or just interested in European politics and European integration? Explore 'Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement' Blog Series: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/b... at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
Big bang enlargement series - EUROPP
This series was put together by Dr Eli Gateva (University of Oxford). You can cite the series using the following citation: Gateva, E (ed) (2024/2025) Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years s...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Looking for background reading on EU10 or just interested in European politics and European integration? Explore 'Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement' Blog Series: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/b... at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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Less than a week left to register for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025⏲️
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Less than a week left to register for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025⏲️
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
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Working with @lotemhalevy.bsky.social was super fun and super inspiring! I learned a lot from her about ugly times, my favorite kind of times to contemplate these days … to new scholarship on liberalism 🤩🥂📚
It's an honor to have an article with @lenkabustikova.bsky.social in this special issue on Illiberalism with so many scholars whose work I've learnt so much from.
Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social , @petraguasti.bsky.social , Dean Schafer, + Bálint Mikola!
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social , @petraguasti.bsky.social , Dean Schafer, + Bálint Mikola!
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Working with @lotemhalevy.bsky.social was super fun and super inspiring! I learned a lot from her about ugly times, my favorite kind of times to contemplate these days … to new scholarship on liberalism 🤩🥂📚
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Job Opportunity: The Department of Political Science and Management at the University of Agder is hiring up to three fully funded Ph.D. candidates (three-year positions) in political science/public administration.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
Up to three PhD Research Fellowships in Political Science (283360) | University of Agder
Job title: Up to three PhD Research Fellowships in Political Science (283360), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Job Opportunity: The Department of Political Science and Management at the University of Agder is hiring up to three fully funded Ph.D. candidates (three-year positions) in political science/public administration.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
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Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Oxford LLMs
A Workshop for Social Science Researchers
llmsforsocialscience.net
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
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George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Why Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic)
The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
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very happy to be part of this report by the fantastic Critical Infrastructure Lab & REDE.
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
www.criticalinfralab.net
July 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
very happy to be part of this report by the fantastic Critical Infrastructure Lab & REDE.
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
First International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub 'Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South' securityhub.ee/news/between... Today is the final day to submit proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, or audio/visual contributions
“Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.
securityhub.ee
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
First International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub 'Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South' securityhub.ee/news/between... Today is the final day to submit proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, or audio/visual contributions
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Read here about the July 1 holiday spawned by Uriah Heep’s “July morning” song. www.rferl.org/a/For_Uriah_...
For Uriah Heep Fans In Former Soviet Bloc, One 'July Morning' Has Lasted 40 Years
Only a few Western rock bands were able to penetrate the Soviet bloc in the 1970s, but those who did went on to enjoy cultlike status that endures until today. One such group was Britain's Uriah Heep,...
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June 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Read here about the July 1 holiday spawned by Uriah Heep’s “July morning” song. www.rferl.org/a/For_Uriah_...
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Anti-gender movements are gaining momentum across Western societies, including in the Western Balkans.
Join our great #ReThinkCEE fellow Angel Dimitrievski, Adriana Zaharijevic, Irena Cvetkovic & yours truly to
discuss the impact.
📅June 26, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP⤵️
www.gmfus.org/event/battli...
Join our great #ReThinkCEE fellow Angel Dimitrievski, Adriana Zaharijevic, Irena Cvetkovic & yours truly to
discuss the impact.
📅June 26, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP⤵️
www.gmfus.org/event/battli...
Battling the Backlash: The Future of Gender Equality in the Western Balkans
Anti-gender movements across the Western Balkans have gained momentum, challenging hard-won human rights and undermining fragile democratic norms. These movements, often backed by religious and far-ri...
www.gmfus.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Anti-gender movements are gaining momentum across Western societies, including in the Western Balkans.
Join our great #ReThinkCEE fellow Angel Dimitrievski, Adriana Zaharijevic, Irena Cvetkovic & yours truly to
discuss the impact.
📅June 26, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP⤵️
www.gmfus.org/event/battli...
Join our great #ReThinkCEE fellow Angel Dimitrievski, Adriana Zaharijevic, Irena Cvetkovic & yours truly to
discuss the impact.
📅June 26, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP⤵️
www.gmfus.org/event/battli...
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Ahead of the planned Pride 🏳️🌈 parade on June 28, let’s look at the situation in Hungary. It’s confusing: the LGBT+ Pride is banned but also, it’s going ahead. Here’s an explainer on the background and what we can expect 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ahead of the planned Pride 🏳️🌈 parade on June 28, let’s look at the situation in Hungary. It’s confusing: the LGBT+ Pride is banned but also, it’s going ahead. Here’s an explainer on the background and what we can expect 🧵
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Why was the EU enlargement policy successful in countering state capture in Central and Eastern Europe but not in the Western Balkans? In my new article I argue this has a lot to do with how the EU managed their economic integration 🇪🇺🛒 Open access👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
European integration and state capture: insights from the EU’s earlier Eastern enlargement
The EU’s enlargement policy has successfully strengthened state institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), while failing to do so in the Western Balkans (WB). This is often attributed to dom...
www.tandfonline.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Why was the EU enlargement policy successful in countering state capture in Central and Eastern Europe but not in the Western Balkans? In my new article I argue this has a lot to do with how the EU managed their economic integration 🇪🇺🛒 Open access👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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💥 New: Poland’s presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?
✍️ Adam Holesch
✍️ Adam Holesch
Poland’s presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?
Poland’s 2025 presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
💥 New: Poland’s presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?
✍️ Adam Holesch
✍️ Adam Holesch
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🤩 Out and #openaccess, thanks to @tandfresearch.bsky.social @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social, why it is important to learn about these women’s role in the early years of European integration, where my study identifies distinct career trajectories @cbesurrey.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🤩 Out and #openaccess, thanks to @tandfresearch.bsky.social @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social, why it is important to learn about these women’s role in the early years of European integration, where my study identifies distinct career trajectories @cbesurrey.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to share my thoughts on writing in Times Higher Education!
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
How to write even when the words won’t come
Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements. Here, Catherine De Vries explains how to develop ‘skill pow...
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy to share my thoughts on writing in Times Higher Education!
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...