People who send a nice email when they like an article are the backbone of academia

The call for 2024/2025 is open ❗️❗️❗️ The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana is now accepting applications for the Visiting Fellowship program, for the visits to take place between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025. More info: inz.si/en/VF/

mi lahko kdo razloži to razliko v ceni v DM Mali Lošinj in Ljubljana (oboje slikano v istem tednu), tudi ko upoštevaš razlike v davčnih stopnjah Hr in Slo? 🤨🤨🤨

This thread on the MetGala in research methods is everything 🙌🙌 mixed methods (and archival research 😅) ftw 💪

twin sister had half her thyroid taken out 4 months ago, sent her dr follow-up blood results, mentioning that she feels like shit constantly. Dr answered “your hormone levels are ok, go shopping or on vacation and your mood will improve” 🤬🤬🤬 (in Belgrade, Serbia)

I am teaching the PhD course "Mixed Methods" at our online summer school, July 8-12 (4 ECTS). Especially good for PhD students currently writing their dissertation proposals, applications due June 17! tinyurl.com/4w64euj6

Pavasović Trošt: Otvorenost granica ide uz otvorenost uma ajb.me/d8rzci

Putem ove forme pozivamo sve vas koji su ili lično preživeli deljenje osvetničke pornografije ili znaju nekoga ko jeste, da odgovore na pitanja koja su u potpunosti anonimna. docs.google.com/forms/d/11W3ya…

Good things are happening at Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Impact factors aren't really a measure of quality, but still it's nice to see hard work paying off - especially for our publisher University of California Press (is on Bluesky), who took over a flailing journal and entrusted it to our editorial team.

Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed. 🧵

I'm glad I don't have to write an endorsement piece, because I really wouldn't know how to go about it. Ever since 2015, when Trump descended the escalator, I have had the same feeling, which I've never quite seen articulated, so I will briefly try:

yikes

New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈 Read: osf.io/preprints/osf/… Findings 🧵👇

V petek bo v Srbiji generalna stavka, prvič v zgodovini. Solidarnost državljanov, je izjemna. Ogromna je to hrabrost, nepokorščina. Restavracija Walter je v Srb grozila zaposlenim z odpovedjo, če stavkajo. Lastnik je Vucicev. Slovenci, pls, jedite drugje, ne v čeWapi🫶

Great news from Serbia. Huge anti government protests in Serbia. The number of people on the streets of Belgrade is like during the 90’s against Milosevic. It will take some time but this is the beginning of the end for Vucic’s authoritarian regime. x.com/CuvariVatre/st…

Don't miss today, 20 May, 16:00 CET wiiw: What can the rise of China, the decline of the US, and the legacy of Yugoslavia teach us about the future? Great event with Branko Milanovic and Anastas Vangeli. For more: ➡️shorturl.at/sunNR