Reka Krizmanics
@rekakrizmanics.bsky.social
Historian, PhD. Akad. Rätin a.Z./Asst. Prof. @unibielefeld
Writing a book on
women│global│solidarity│state socialism. Posts on events, lit, job calls, and ongoing research. Parttime feminist killjoy, fulltime foodie. Runner, biker, overthinker.
Writing a book on
women│global│solidarity│state socialism. Posts on events, lit, job calls, and ongoing research. Parttime feminist killjoy, fulltime foodie. Runner, biker, overthinker.
Monday musings
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Monday musings
Coming soon!📚🗃🗃
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Coming soon!📚🗃🗃
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
Happy winter term!🗃
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Happy winter term!🗃
A last-minute addition to the syllabus? Anna Dobrowolska's recent monograph is an exciting read.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A last-minute addition to the syllabus? Anna Dobrowolska's recent monograph is an exciting read.
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It took some time for them to arrive, but now they'll keep me occupied 📚🗃
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It took some time for them to arrive, but now they'll keep me occupied 📚🗃
Vacation, finally!
July 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Vacation, finally!
Our library was super fast with the acquisition - Bad Lieutenants by Andrew Mertha is on my desk finally!
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July 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our library was super fast with the acquisition - Bad Lieutenants by Andrew Mertha is on my desk finally!
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Strawberry mousse cake - first attempt, I am pretty satisfied with the result!
July 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Strawberry mousse cake - first attempt, I am pretty satisfied with the result!
Proofs!
My article article about women's participation in early socialist medical mobilities will be out soon as part of a special issue in The Global Sixties Journal.
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My article article about women's participation in early socialist medical mobilities will be out soon as part of a special issue in The Global Sixties Journal.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Proofs!
My article article about women's participation in early socialist medical mobilities will be out soon as part of a special issue in The Global Sixties Journal.
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My article article about women's participation in early socialist medical mobilities will be out soon as part of a special issue in The Global Sixties Journal.
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Public holiday - time for slow cooking, strawberry picking, and later on - baking!
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Public holiday - time for slow cooking, strawberry picking, and later on - baking!
I am curious to learn what students think of the arguments made in Represented Communities (class: Nationalism Theories and Their Discontents). It is such a brilliant book.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I am curious to learn what students think of the arguments made in Represented Communities (class: Nationalism Theories and Their Discontents). It is such a brilliant book.
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It's finally here! 🗃🗃📚
"as long as we continue to view Asia as a passive recipient of the global confrontation, we will continue to accept this American-centric (or Western-centric) perspective."
"as long as we continue to view Asia as a passive recipient of the global confrontation, we will continue to accept this American-centric (or Western-centric) perspective."
June 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's finally here! 🗃🗃📚
"as long as we continue to view Asia as a passive recipient of the global confrontation, we will continue to accept this American-centric (or Western-centric) perspective."
"as long as we continue to view Asia as a passive recipient of the global confrontation, we will continue to accept this American-centric (or Western-centric) perspective."
Back to reading for the grant proposal
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June 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Back to reading for the grant proposal
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Setting up my courses for the next term. I'd say I'm excited!
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May 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Setting up my courses for the next term. I'd say I'm excited!
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Just another Thursday afternoon
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May 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Just another Thursday afternoon
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I am happy to have received my author copies from the Journal of World History: my article on women travel writers from state socialist Hungary who visited/lived in various African countries is finally out!
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May 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I am happy to have received my author copies from the Journal of World History: my article on women travel writers from state socialist Hungary who visited/lived in various African countries is finally out!
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Small victories: I have my new go-to rhubarb tart recipe. The pecan crust is divine.
May 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Small victories: I have my new go-to rhubarb tart recipe. The pecan crust is divine.
I've just wrapped up the first session of Nationalism: Classical theories and their discontents. Tomorrow my second course is going to kick off as well: Communism and gender in the Cold War world: Themes and debates. It feels great to be back in the classroom after some research-focused years.🗃🗃
April 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I've just wrapped up the first session of Nationalism: Classical theories and their discontents. Tomorrow my second course is going to kick off as well: Communism and gender in the Cold War world: Themes and debates. It feels great to be back in the classroom after some research-focused years.🗃🗃
And the treat for submitting it
(if you know, you know)
(if you know, you know)
March 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
And the treat for submitting it
(if you know, you know)
(if you know, you know)
Almost done with the revisions, slowly getting ready to let it go...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Almost done with the revisions, slowly getting ready to let it go...
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The second shipment also arrived some weeks ago, still in time for the summer term teaching prep.📚
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March 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The second shipment also arrived some weeks ago, still in time for the summer term teaching prep.📚
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An inspiring read for a sunny Monday.🗃
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"To practice other-than-paranoid forms of knowing is to nurture an affective culture around the texts, histories, and subjects we engage that could facilitate plentitude, accretion, interruptive richness, and surprise."
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"To practice other-than-paranoid forms of knowing is to nurture an affective culture around the texts, histories, and subjects we engage that could facilitate plentitude, accretion, interruptive richness, and surprise."
March 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
An inspiring read for a sunny Monday.🗃
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"To practice other-than-paranoid forms of knowing is to nurture an affective culture around the texts, histories, and subjects we engage that could facilitate plentitude, accretion, interruptive richness, and surprise."
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"To practice other-than-paranoid forms of knowing is to nurture an affective culture around the texts, histories, and subjects we engage that could facilitate plentitude, accretion, interruptive richness, and surprise."
Looking forward to getting a hold of The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe. It's available for pre-order already.📚
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March 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking forward to getting a hold of The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe. It's available for pre-order already.📚
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Some book dedications stay with me for long.
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(Tithi Bhattacharya ed., Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression)
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(Tithi Bhattacharya ed., Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression)
March 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Some book dedications stay with me for long.
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(Tithi Bhattacharya ed., Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression)
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(Tithi Bhattacharya ed., Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression)