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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/

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When in Mainz...
kunstundbau.rlp.de/kunstwerke/k...

14.03.2026 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

11.03.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Carna Brkovic holding the book "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans"

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...

11.03.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Carna Brkovic holding the book "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans"

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...

11.03.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Call for Applications: Co-Editor-in-Chief at 
Ethnologia Europaea โ€“ Journal of European Ethnology (same text as accessable the link given)

Call for Applications: Co-Editor-in-Chief at Ethnologia Europaea โ€“ Journal of European Ethnology (same text as accessable the link given)

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ for Co-Editor-in-Chief at ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐š ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ž๐š!

We invite applications for the position of co-editor-in-chief, beginning ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•. Shadowing of the current editorโ€™s duties would begin in ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

Find more info and key duties here:
๐Ÿ”— www.siefhome.org/cfa-ethnolog...

11.03.2026 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am delighted that the special issue โ€˜Socialist 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...

09.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations on this amazing and important issue!!

09.03.2026 14:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ New article online!

'Blood Knows No Borders: Blood Donation and Transfusion Systems in Yugoslavia', by Ivan Simic | @ivansimic.bsky.social

๐Ÿ“– Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

02.03.2026 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Professor Cara Wall-Scheffler debunks the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers - SPU Stories Women were hunters in 79 percent of the societies the researchers studied. Biological anthropologist Cara Wall-Scheffler โ€™00 and her four undergraduate research students came to these findings after a...

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...

23.02.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 123 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Zohran Mamdani Wants to Reclaim Efficiency From the Right New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to demonstrate that the public sector can match or even surpass the private sector in excellence. Itโ€™s high time the Left reclaimed the value of โ€œefficienc...

Yes to democratic socialist excellence: โ€œFor too long, we have turned to the private sector for greatness, while accepting mediocrity from those who serve the publicโ€...
This focus on โ€œdemocratic excellenceโ€ marks a significant innovation for the Left jacobin.com/2026/02/zohr...

22.02.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rest in power, Henrike Naumann

16.02.2026 04:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now I want to know more about how you decided to study ex-YU

16.02.2026 06:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rest in power, Henrike Naumann

16.02.2026 04:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Rahvusvaheline residentuur / International Residency INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS CLICK HERE Algab konkurss ERMi rahvusvahelisse residentuuri! Fotokogu uurimine ja nรคituse kokkupanek ERMi fotoarhiiv klaasnegatiividest digipiltideni ootab uurijaid. Neli resi...

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

03.02.2026 10:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Justice in the Balance | Stanford University Press Established as a post-World War II response to conflict and fascism, the European Court of Human Rights is routinely characterized as the most successful human rights institution in the world. Based i...

"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 ๐Ÿ’ซ
www.sup.org/books/anthro...

31.01.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

28.01.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the date! Feb 24th, Global Initiatives Grant webinar.

Register for 10 AM: buff.ly/SVMb2N8

Register for 8PM: buff.ly/JD3jtX3

28.01.2026 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ
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.

28.01.2026 11:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 ๐Ÿ™

28.01.2026 05:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us if in Halle
Grateful to Asta Vonderau for the invitation ๐Ÿ™

27.01.2026 05:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chiara Bonfiglioli wrote a nice essay about this film

24.01.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Mit groรŸer 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."

"Mit groรŸer 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.

23.01.2026 08:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu โ€œBy making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...

"Our AI has turned your book chapter on pleromatic forms in gnostic cosmogony into a cute cat video."

23.01.2026 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 52 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Programm der Ringvorlesung Medien der Solidaritรคt an der JGU Mainz

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 ๐Ÿ’ซ

21.01.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Programm der Ringvorlesung Medien der Solidaritรคt an der JGU Mainz

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 ๐Ÿ’ซ

21.01.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jadni Madjari nemaju more ๐Ÿ˜„

20.01.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cairo has strong Blade Runner vibes
youtu.be/RScZrvTebeA?...

01.01.2026 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(PDF) Urban Governance and Battling the โ€œEvil of Contagionโ€. Measures Against the 1738โ€“1739 Plague in Sibiu/Hermannstadt PDF | On Dec 16, 2025, Oana Sorescu-Iudean published Urban Governance and Battling the โ€œEvil of Contagionโ€. Measures Against the 1738โ€“1739 Plague in Sibiu/Hermannstadt | Find, read and cite all the re...

One further piece in the plague-puzzle Iโ€™ve 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/...

25.12.2025 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ethnologia Europaea 55(2) is out! The special issue "Delayed and Displaced Gifts" explores the many sides of gifts and gifting

๐Ÿ”—๐ŸŽ Read open-access here:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
๐Ÿท๏ธ #gifts #gifting #ethnology #anthropology

23.12.2025 16:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re excited by @danielsoar.bsky.socialโ€™s @lrb.co.uk review of Pynchonโ€™s new novel, youโ€™re 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/

22.12.2025 11:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0