When in Mainz...
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@charnab
Professor @ Uni Mainz | Europeanization | humanitarianism | historical anthropology of socialism | surfing ambivalences for a living | new book: REALIGNING HUMANITARIANISM IN THE BALKANS, Indiana UP | ERC CG Racial Socialism https://carnabrkovic.net/
When in Mainz...
kunstundbau.rlp.de/kunstwerke/k...
A proud editor moment: this piece hits with exactly the right intensity, and I might spend the next few days asking everyone around me to read it.
+ @anasekulic.bsky.social did an amazing job streamlining the story
Carna Brkovic holding the book "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans"
Happy to share that my book, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" has just been published!
iupress.org/978025307522...
Carna Brkovic holding the book "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans"
Happy to share that my book, "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" has just been published!
iupress.org/978025307522...
Call for Applications: Co-Editor-in-Chief at Ethnologia Europaea โ Journal of European Ethnology (same text as accessable the link given)
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We invite applications for the position of co-editor-in-chief, beginning ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐, ๐๐๐๐. Shadowing of the current editorโs duties would begin in ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐.
Find more info and key duties here:
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I am delighted that the special issue โSocialist Humanitarianism in the Twentieth Centuryโ has now been published in the Journal of Contemporary History. This special issue was a joy to edit and brings together a dream team of contributors. I'll post the contributions in this thread...
Congratulations on this amazing and important issue!!
๐ฃ New article online!
'Blood Knows No Borders: Blood Donation and Transfusion Systems in Yugoslavia', by Ivan Simic | @ivansimic.bsky.social
๐ Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Meanwhile, meta analyses of generations of anthropological research on hunter-gatherer societies show that Darwin was deeply wrong in his conclusions about sex and gender. Showing clear and consistent evidence of women in prominent hunting roles.
stories.spu.edu/articles/pro...
Yes to democratic socialist excellence: โFor too long, we have turned to the private sector for greatness, while accepting mediocrity from those who serve the publicโ...
This focus on โdemocratic excellenceโ marks a significant innovation for the Left jacobin.com/2026/02/zohr...
Rest in power, Henrike Naumann
Now I want to know more about how you decided to study ex-YU
Rest in power, Henrike Naumann
Call for Applications at the Estonian National Museum: International Residency Researching the Photo Archive and Producing an Exhibition
Submit your application no later than 28 February 2026: www.erm.ee/residency#EN
"Justice in the Balance" is a fantastic book by one of the few people who see law and legal instititions as a potential tool for progressive social change. Jessica Greenberg also visited KAEE Mainz to talk about her book ๐ซ
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
So I wrote something about ethnicity and gender, and the feeling of being "Other" in both. Thanks so much to @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social for publishing it, hope people find it an interesting read!
Save the date! Feb 24th, Global Initiatives Grant webinar.
Register for 10 AM: buff.ly/SVMb2N8
Register for 8PM: buff.ly/JD3jtX3
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Ethnologia Europaea is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal focusing on European cultures & societies, past & present. We're always looking for contributions that are rooted in theoretical & methodological frameworks from ethnology, cultural anthropology or folklore studies.
A very special opportunity today to talk about teaching and to discuss SIEF's initiative to develop transnational syllabi of European ethnology / empirical cultural studies. It feels a bit like going home @ KAEE Gรถttingen and online ๐
Join us if in Halle
Grateful to Asta Vonderau for the invitation ๐
Chiara Bonfiglioli wrote a nice essay about this film
"Mit groรer Sorge verfolgen wir die Aktionen, die seit dem Ende des Sommersemesters unter anderem mit einer Internetpetition, Demonstrationen und Boykottaufrufen versuchen, den Entzug der Lehrbefugnis von Prof. Eckert zu erwirken. Dies widerspricht dem Prinzip, dass fรผr ihn ebenso wie fรผr jeden anderen Beschuldigten im Rechtsstaat die Unschuldsvermutung zu gelten hat, sofern und solange kein gegenteiliges Urteil ergangen ist."
Jetzt publiziert Leonid Schneider einen Brief, den 44 Lehrstuhlinhaber unterschrieben. Darin steht u.a.
Ich bin ehrlich gesagt fassungslos, dass diese Kolleg*innen sich Gedanken machen รผber faires Procedure fรผr diesen Professor, aber nicht fรผr seine Opfer.
"Our AI has turned your book chapter on pleromatic forms in gnostic cosmogony into a cute cat video."
Programm der Ringvorlesung Medien der Solidaritรคt an der JGU Mainz
Join us in Mainz for a lecture series Media of Solidarity/Medien der Solidaritรคt. Today: Alexandra Schneider on "Cinemas of Proximity". On 11 Feb I will chat about my book Realigning Humanitarianism and how to think about past progress. Organized by film studies & media dramaturgy at our institute ๐ซ
Programm der Ringvorlesung Medien der Solidaritรคt an der JGU Mainz
Join us in Mainz for a lecture series Media of Solidarity/Medien der Solidaritรคt. Today: Alexandra Schneider on "Cinemas of Proximity". On 11 Feb I will chat about my book Realigning Humanitarianism and how to think about past progress. Organized by film studies & media dramaturgy at our institute ๐ซ
Jadni Madjari nemaju more ๐
Cairo has strong Blade Runner vibes
youtu.be/RScZrvTebeA?...
One further piece in the plague-puzzle Iโve been inadvertently building, showing how #18thC #plague policy implementation was negotiated to the tiniest detail when it came to the circulation of cows, but apparently less important when it came to people. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Ethnologia Europaea 55(2) is out! The special issue "Delayed and Displaced Gifts" explores the many sides of gifts and gifting
๐๐ Read open-access here:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
๐ท๏ธ #gifts #gifting #ethnology #anthropology
If youโre excited by @danielsoar.bsky.socialโs @lrb.co.uk review of Pynchonโs new novel, youโre going to want to follow our project #LiminalWater, the premise of which is that Rijeka (Fiume) is in fact the centre of the universe. chanse.org/liminalwater/