Olga Byrska
@obyrska.bsky.social
PhD researcher in post-WW2 intellectual history at the @EUI_EU. Teaching history at @sciencespo Reims campus. Sometimes making theatre. 🏳️🌈 she/her
📍Paris/Warsaw/elsewhere
📍Paris/Warsaw/elsewhere
Reposted by Olga Byrska
Two new job openings at @eui-eu.bsky.social One of these could very well be interesting for historians 👀
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Two new job openings at @eui-eu.bsky.social One of these could very well be interesting for historians 👀
That feeling when your former student whom you wrote a recommendation got into her MA of choice ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
That feeling when your former student whom you wrote a recommendation got into her MA of choice ❤️
Two new job openings at @eui-eu.bsky.social One of these could very well be interesting for historians 👀
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Two new job openings at @eui-eu.bsky.social One of these could very well be interesting for historians 👀
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Comment faire Nation en tentant de lier toutes les parties disparate entre elles
@jeanyvesarcher.bsky.social @christianboyer.bsky.social @jostavodebauge.bsky.social @arboitgerald.bsky.social @geographedumonde.bsky.social
@jeanyvesarcher.bsky.social @christianboyer.bsky.social @jostavodebauge.bsky.social @arboitgerald.bsky.social @geographedumonde.bsky.social
Aristopopulisme : le plan de la Silicon Valley pour prendre les classes populaires
Une figure opère dans l’ombre pour réaliser la jonction ultime entre l’élite accélérationniste des milliardaires de la Silicon Valley et le Midwest désindustrialisé — Charles Buskirk. Le concept au c...
legrandcontinent.eu
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Ales Bialiatski, who won Nobel prize while behind bars, is freed from prison in Belarus reut.rs/3Yp05AP
Ales Bialiatski, who won Nobel prize while behind bars, is freed from prison in Belarus
Human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski fought for decades on behalf of political prisoners in Belarus, earning the Nobel Peace Prize but paying the cost of his own freedom.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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As I lost my father recently, I had to cancel my last classes this term. Some of the messages I got in return were so important that they kept me going over the last few weeks. One might find it too much, but frankly, in 2025, this shared humanity with the younger generation is what keeps me going.
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As I lost my father recently, I had to cancel my last classes this term. Some of the messages I got in return were so important that they kept me going over the last few weeks. One might find it too much, but frankly, in 2025, this shared humanity with the younger generation is what keeps me going.
Today marks the 41st anniversary of the introduction of martial law in Poland: a measure taken to halt the Solidarność movement. This is the most well-known photo from that time, taken by Chris Niedenthal on 14.12. You can see here the movie played in the "Moscow" cinema, Coppola's "Apocalypse Now"
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today marks the 41st anniversary of the introduction of martial law in Poland: a measure taken to halt the Solidarność movement. This is the most well-known photo from that time, taken by Chris Niedenthal on 14.12. You can see here the movie played in the "Moscow" cinema, Coppola's "Apocalypse Now"
It has been long time coming, given the close encounters between GOP and Law and Justice parties since 2015. I do hope that the Polish society won't take this bait, given how much the country has changed for the better since we entered the EU in 2004.
Fuller version of Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU"
notesfrompoland.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It has been long time coming, given the close encounters between GOP and Law and Justice parties since 2015. I do hope that the Polish society won't take this bait, given how much the country has changed for the better since we entered the EU in 2004.
Worth starting the day with a good deed, like deleting your long-unused Twitter account!
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Worth starting the day with a good deed, like deleting your long-unused Twitter account!
„By one estimate, AI companies collectively will generate $60 billion in revenue against $400 billion in spending this year. The one company that is making a lot of money from the AI boom, Nvidia, is doing so only because everyone else is buying its chips in the hopes of obtaining future profits.”
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
„By one estimate, AI companies collectively will generate $60 billion in revenue against $400 billion in spending this year. The one company that is making a lot of money from the AI boom, Nvidia, is doing so only because everyone else is buying its chips in the hopes of obtaining future profits.”
Poem of the day, sent by a friend.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Poem of the day, sent by a friend.
Such a cool CfP!
#CfP Call for Papers
Organised by Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick:
Between Thompson and the Global: Reflections on Labour History Today
Workshop: 26-27 June 2026, University of Warwick
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2026
Submit to globalhistory@warwick.ac.uk
Organised by Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick:
Between Thompson and the Global: Reflections on Labour History Today
Workshop: 26-27 June 2026, University of Warwick
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2026
Submit to globalhistory@warwick.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Such a cool CfP!
Not-so-fun, but an interesting story: since I will be in Warsaw for the next month or so, I figured I could take advantage of the introductory military training offered by the Polish army. Only, there are no places left anywhere around (red dots), unless I'd like to travel some 400 km away.
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Not-so-fun, but an interesting story: since I will be in Warsaw for the next month or so, I figured I could take advantage of the introductory military training offered by the Polish army. Only, there are no places left anywhere around (red dots), unless I'd like to travel some 400 km away.
I’d also add @okopress.bsky.social (PL)
For those that want to put their money where their democracy is:
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
when you wonder what you can do to support democracy, start by supporting independent journalism!
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I’d also add @okopress.bsky.social (PL)
Tomorrow, I have the concluding sessions of the "Narratives, Uses and Representations of the Past" course, so, of course, I prepared a meme.
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tomorrow, I have the concluding sessions of the "Narratives, Uses and Representations of the Past" course, so, of course, I prepared a meme.
Cursed be procrastination in the library, as I have found the silliest thing ever: an InspiroBot, "dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes". The quotes:
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Cursed be procrastination in the library, as I have found the silliest thing ever: an InspiroBot, "dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes". The quotes:
This sounds bad. Europe needs to step in, but frankly, I’m not optimistic about that either.
Latest from sources in Kyiv: US officials tell NATO nations that Zelenskyy will be pushed to sign the “peace plan” this week or face an even worse deal in future
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
‘No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,’ says US army secretary in sombre meeting
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This sounds bad. Europe needs to step in, but frankly, I’m not optimistic about that either.
Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
And another story on the US-Russia plan.
Story here with exclusive new details: The Trump admin and Russian officials have drawn up a sweeping new proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine that envisions major concessions from Kyiv and urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept it...
via @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2353...
via @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2353...
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine
Sweeping 28-point proposal would include territorial concessions and rollback of American military assistance
www.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
And another story on the US-Russia plan.
School for ???? Research.
And to think that Hannah Arendt was teaching there. Academic freedom no more.
And to think that Hannah Arendt was teaching there. Academic freedom no more.
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
School for ???? Research.
And to think that Hannah Arendt was teaching there. Academic freedom no more.
And to think that Hannah Arendt was teaching there. Academic freedom no more.
The key question now is, what will Europe do?
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The key question now is, what will Europe do?
I love teaching, even if it sometimes makes me feel like an old auntie. Yesterday I had my students listen to Joni Mitchell for the first time (and that was apropos of our session, since they had to read Zadie Smith's essay on listening to JM). Of course, the presentations delivered:
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I love teaching, even if it sometimes makes me feel like an old auntie. Yesterday I had my students listen to Joni Mitchell for the first time (and that was apropos of our session, since they had to read Zadie Smith's essay on listening to JM). Of course, the presentations delivered:
Reposted by Olga Byrska
Meanwhile in Poland, between Warsaw and the airport in Dęblin that is mostly used to teach new pilots, notably military ones, a detonation of a railway took place. Yet another episode of the hybrid war.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Meanwhile in Poland, between Warsaw and the airport in Dęblin that is mostly used to teach new pilots, notably military ones, a detonation of a railway took place. Yet another episode of the hybrid war.
Meanwhile in Poland, between Warsaw and the airport in Dęblin that is mostly used to teach new pilots, notably military ones, a detonation of a railway took place. Yet another episode of the hybrid war.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Meanwhile in Poland, between Warsaw and the airport in Dęblin that is mostly used to teach new pilots, notably military ones, a detonation of a railway took place. Yet another episode of the hybrid war.
Reposted by Olga Byrska
Russia has killed Natalia Khodemchuk,the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk -the first victim of the Chornobyl disaster -during the attack on Kyiv on November 14
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Russia has killed Natalia Khodemchuk,the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk -the first victim of the Chornobyl disaster -during the attack on Kyiv on November 14
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.