Maja Lorbek
@majalorbek.bsky.social
Architect and architectural historian. Vienna.
History of educational & architectural ideas, Austria, socialist Yugoslavia, postwar internationalism
Research project on the UIA Commission des Constructions Scolaires
https://transnationalarchitecture.org
History of educational & architectural ideas, Austria, socialist Yugoslavia, postwar internationalism
Research project on the UIA Commission des Constructions Scolaires
https://transnationalarchitecture.org
I’ve been reading about Rosalind Franklin and came across a fascinating piece on her visits to Slovenia and Yugoslavia. Impressive historiography from a chemist — precise and well-grounded. It’s in Slovenian, but DeepL handles it quite OK, native speaker here. acsi-journal.eu/index.php/AC...
Obiski Rosalind Franklin v Sloveniji
| Acta Chimica Slovenica
acsi-journal.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I’ve been reading about Rosalind Franklin and came across a fascinating piece on her visits to Slovenia and Yugoslavia. Impressive historiography from a chemist — precise and well-grounded. It’s in Slovenian, but DeepL handles it quite OK, native speaker here. acsi-journal.eu/index.php/AC...
I refuse to write Open Access with Capitals. Nothing to celebrate during this week for actual researchers. Different story for bureaucrats and publishers, particularly the big five.
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I refuse to write Open Access with Capitals. Nothing to celebrate during this week for actual researchers. Different story for bureaucrats and publishers, particularly the big five.
Christmas starting early @Leuven
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Christmas starting early @Leuven
Ich weiss nicht, wieso ich euch so hasse, Fahrradfahrer dieser Stadt (Tocotronic), aber Leuven und nicht Freiburg
September 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Ich weiss nicht, wieso ich euch so hasse, Fahrradfahrer dieser Stadt (Tocotronic), aber Leuven und nicht Freiburg
Day 6. Tried Venturo spritz, a "novita", but not for me, a bit too sweet...
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Day 6. Tried Venturo spritz, a "novita", but not for me, a bit too sweet...
Storm, not out of nowhere, day three
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Storm, not out of nowhere, day three
Meaning of nowhere, day three
September 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Meaning of nowhere, day three
Some more meaning of nowhere
September 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Some more meaning of nowhere
And the feeling of nowhere...
September 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
And the feeling of nowhere...
> 0:52: "I was too lazy to be an architect. It's so intense, you need to know so much..." 👍 youtu.be/cBIYH5QSUbM?...
Inside Gustaf Westman’s Playful Small Stockholm Apartment, 30sqm/323sqft
YouTube video by NEVER TOO SMALL
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
> 0:52: "I was too lazy to be an architect. It's so intense, you need to know so much..." 👍 youtu.be/cBIYH5QSUbM?...
Austrian academic culture in a nutshell >Over half of all respondents reported observing violations of academic integrity, especially problems related to authorship.< Source link below
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Austrian academic culture in a nutshell >Over half of all respondents reported observing violations of academic integrity, especially problems related to authorship.< Source link below
update: cancelled. www.euractiv.com/section/defe...
July 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
update: cancelled. www.euractiv.com/section/defe...
There will be a referendum on NATO membership in Slovenia, but the majority of mainstream news outlets are not covering this topic. www.politico.eu/article/slov...
Slovenia’s risky referendum on NATO
Prime Minister Robert Golob’s bombshell referendum plan rocks coalition allies and experts in Ljubljana.
www.politico.eu
July 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There will be a referendum on NATO membership in Slovenia, but the majority of mainstream news outlets are not covering this topic. www.politico.eu/article/slov...
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Daily reminder: Die hierarchische Verfasstheit der österreichischen Universitäten ist demokratiepolitisch eine Sauerei.
#UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social
#UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Daily reminder: Die hierarchische Verfasstheit der österreichischen Universitäten ist demokratiepolitisch eine Sauerei.
#UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social
#UGNovelle #UG2002 #HochschulenDemokratisieren #IchBinHanna #ExitExzellenz #IchBinReyhan @eviholz.bsky.social
Reposted by Maja Lorbek
Just to be clear: Taylor & Francis, like Palgrave Macmillan, which is owned by Springer Nature, a company heaquartered in Cham, canton of Zug, Switzerland, is part of a global tax evasion racket. Taylor & Francis is a subsidiary of an entity called "Informa". And, of course, Informa is, as
Amsterdam University Press is sending out letters today notifying series editors and authors that they have been taken over – or shall we say: annexed? – by Taylor & Francis. Not a good day. The evil empire of academic publishing is growing.
June 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just to be clear: Taylor & Francis, like Palgrave Macmillan, which is owned by Springer Nature, a company heaquartered in Cham, canton of Zug, Switzerland, is part of a global tax evasion racket. Taylor & Francis is a subsidiary of an entity called "Informa". And, of course, Informa is, as
Reposted by Maja Lorbek
If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
Selected strategic projects under CRMA
Selected strategic projects under CRMA
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
June 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
Reposted by Maja Lorbek
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Journal collected $400,000 from papers it later retracted
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculation…
retractionwatch.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Wagner, Stadtpark Wien
April 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wagner, Stadtpark Wien
Took me a while, but my review is finally out. Looking back, I wouldn’t phrase it as “after 1992, as Yugoslavia dissolved amid both peaceful secessions and violent conflicts” — not that many peaceful ones, really. I highly recommend Horvat's book.
New review!
In Harte Währung Beton (Böhlau Verlag, 2024), Lea Horvat provides a panoramic overview of the cultural history of mass housing in Yugoslavia. @majalorbek.bsky.social reviews the book.
Read the review here:
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-his...
In Harte Währung Beton (Böhlau Verlag, 2024), Lea Horvat provides a panoramic overview of the cultural history of mass housing in Yugoslavia. @majalorbek.bsky.social reviews the book.
Read the review here:
ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-his...
A history of mass housing in Yugoslavia - CEU Review of Books
Maja Lorbek reviews Lea Horvat's book entitled Harte Währung Beton, published in 2024 by Böhlau Verlag.
ceureviewofbooks.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Took me a while, but my review is finally out. Looking back, I wouldn’t phrase it as “after 1992, as Yugoslavia dissolved amid both peaceful secessions and violent conflicts” — not that many peaceful ones, really. I highly recommend Horvat's book.
What Wolfgang Streeck says about B. Anderson deeply resonates with me. jacobin.com/2025/02/stre...
Wolfgang Streeck: “Global Governance” Is a Pipe Dream
Wolfgang Streeck’s new book Taking Back Control? argues that the neoliberal era of free trade and trickle-down rhetoric lies in the past. He spoke to Jacobin about the political shocks this might brin...
jacobin.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
What Wolfgang Streeck says about B. Anderson deeply resonates with me. jacobin.com/2025/02/stre...
The exhibition’s probably interesting/beautiful. But every time I see that polished red kiosk, I can’t help thinking how hypocritical Western academia is—especially when it comes to appropriating the Second and Third Worlds qua interpretation.
There is a beautiful exhibition at gta ETH Zürich right now, ‘Look at a Leopard Through a Pipe,’ Visualizing Sigfried Giedion's Modernism in Chinese Book Culture 1952–1982
The display it’s simple but joyful, and full of books and cats, so how not to love it?
The display it’s simple but joyful, and full of books and cats, so how not to love it?
February 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The exhibition’s probably interesting/beautiful. But every time I see that polished red kiosk, I can’t help thinking how hypocritical Western academia is—especially when it comes to appropriating the Second and Third Worlds qua interpretation.