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Cristian Cercel

@cercel.bsky.social
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from Bucharest, now based in Tübingen, often elsewhere | searching and researching

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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Bucharest, the city where the mayor boasts about how his projects led to the tripling of real estate prices: “A dat drept exemplu Parcul Liniei, care, potrivit acestuia, a generat o triplare a preţurilor apartamentelor din zonă după finalizare.”
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Ciprian Ciucu, primarul general al Capitalei: PMB pregăteşte concesionarea sau includerea în PPP a celor 4.000 de imobile din portofoliu
Ciprian Ciucu, primarul general al Capitalei, a anunţat că PMB urmează să evalueze portofoliul de circa 4.000 de imobile pe care le deţine, pentru a...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“On the night of 27 February, the day before the US and Israel would carry out strikes on Iran, an unusual influx of about 150 accounts on Polymarket placed bets that the US would strike Iran the next day.”
theguardian.com
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
„In such narratives, geopolitical confrontation is not merely strategic but part of a larger, divinely ordered struggle. The effect is to further erode the space for diplomacy, recasting war as destiny rather than as a contingent and avoidable political choice.“
focaalblog.com
Antonio De Lauri: The Trump Administration: Theology into Statecraft
President Donald Trump meets with Faith Leaders from across the country to pray in the Oval Office, Wednesday March 19, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley) One of the most troubling feat...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Happy to see this piece out, in which I look at postwar plans of resettling German expellees to Latin America through the lens of the 'coloniality of migration'. It's part of an upcoming special issue of Settler Colonial Studies, that will be duly advertised when all the articles are out.
tandfonline.com
The emigration solution and the coloniality of migration: postwar plans of resettling German expellees
This article examines the so-called ‘emigration solution’ to the ‘refugee question’ in postwar Europe and the plans to resettle Germans expelled from the East of Europe in Latin America. After layi...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Sánchez seems to be the only European political leader who hasn’t lost his mind
theguardian.com
Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli action
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Fascists despise many things about socialism. In particular, and related, are its rationalism, materialism, cosmopolitan universalism, and above all socialism’s egalitarianism. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
currentaffairs.org
Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First
Contrary to right-wing myths that the "Nazis were socialist," fascists despise socialism and want to destroy it. Here's why the left poses such a threat to them.
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Romania already had an underfinanced education system with disastrous results. Now, with huge emigration rates, a low skilled workforce and an aging population, these measures could well be the last nail in the coffin for Romania’s future.”
open.substack.com
Romania is destroying its education system and its future together with it
A look into stats, policies and claims of the current political strongmen in the country
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Happy to have contributed to the dossier on “Lorrainians” in Banat published by “Revue d’Allemagne”. And extremely grateful to Benjamin Landais, who had to put a lot of effort in order to make my French readable. The dossier, currently under paywall, is here: journals.openedition.org/allemagne/4369
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Why have a state, after all?
mediafax.ro
Nicușor Dan asks the private sector to replace the state and come up with ready-made policies
President Nicușor Dan told business representatives at the "Dialogue for Development" Summit that the Romanian state currently lacks the administrative capacity to develop efficient policies and that ...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
so much freedom in the land of the free
theguardian.com
US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Europäische Landwirtschaft, wie sie heute organisiert ist, basiert auf ausbeutbarer Arbeit. Früher Rumänen statt Polen, jetzt Roma oder Arbeiter aus Nepal, Bangladesch, Vietnam. Ohne diese Arbeitskräfte würde vieles zusammenbrechen oder viel teurer werden.”
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Gastarbeiter aus Rumänien: Experte sieht „Aufstand der Ausgebeuteten“
Europas Landwirtschaft wird von Arbeitsmigranten getragen. Warum dieses System inklusive finanzieller Ausbeutung bis hin zu sexueller Gewalt noch funktioniert, erklärt der rumänische Historiker und An...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The European dream: “In 2020-2021, the Dutch Labour Inspectorate reported that more than two-thirds of severely disadvantaged workers employed by an employment agency in low-wage industries were Romanian. The trend is most pronounced in the meat industry…”
balkaninsight.com
Treated Like Meat: Romanians Suffer Violence, Broken Promises in Dutch Industry
Romanian migrants recruited by employment agencies often end up in some of the toughest and lowest-paid jobs in the Netherlands, most notably in the meat industry.
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Michael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Zurückweisungen verstoßen nicht nur gegen geltendes Recht und sind menschlich sowie moralisch verwerflich, sie kosten den Steuerzahler darüber hinaus viel Geld: 80,5 Millionen Euro – für 493 zurückgewiesene Personen. Eine in jeder Hinsicht desaströse Bilanz. www.wiwo.de/politik/deut...
WirtschaftsWoche vom 14.08.2025: "Grenzkontrollen Deutschland: 493 Menschen an den Grenzen zurückgewiesen - für 80,5 Millionen Euro. / Seit September 2024 kontrolliert die Bundespolizei an allen deutschen Landgrenzen. Das kostet Millionen. Besonders teuer ist die Vergütung der Überstunden."
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/08/2025
New today: Adam Shatz in Berlin. ‘That Germany has a responsibility to remember the Holocaust is beyond question. But it’s striking how little concern there is for other populations that have experienced racial discrimination or violence at the hands of the Germans.’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary
Under the policy of Staatsräson, which has made the defence of Israel a central pillar of the German state, the lesson...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“Ideea asta că, dacă ai un stat slab, trebuie să-l faci și mai slab în zona serviciilor publice e, sincer, foarte proastă.”
mindcraftstories.ro
Cornel Ban, despre austeritate și neoliberalism: cum circulă ideile economice în lume - Mindcraft Stories
Trăiește la Copenhaga, predă economie politică internațională la Copenhagen Business School și este cercetător afiliat la Global Development Policy Center din Boston. Scrie despre politici economice ș...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
„If extraordinary sums can be mobilised for the military, with far lower economic returns and much lower social benefits, then the refusal to fund a just transition and stronger public services is clearly political, not economic.”
theguardian.com
Europe’s pledge to spend more on military will hurt climate and social programmes
Nato plan to increase military spending overlooks risks to security posed by environmental breakdown and social decay, say economists
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Osteuropa-Institut Tübingen @osteuropa-tue.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Herzliche Einladung zum Vortrag „Dubious Legacies: Cities of Eastern, East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. 1850–2000“ von Markian Prokopovych (Durham) im Rahmen des Gesprächskreises Neuere Geschichte. 📅 2.6.25, 18:15 Uhr 📍Großer Übungsraum, Osteuropainstitut (Wilhelmstr. 36)
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
In Romania, investor (also member of AUR and MP) won a tender & plans to turn the former prison where, among others, Communist and Fascist leaders were imprisoned, in a luxury hotel. Complains about bureaucracy (too many approvals needed). One can only hope bureaucracy will have the better of him.
libertatea.ro
Închisoarea terorii de la Doftana, transformată hotel de lux cu piscină și cinema. Planurile dezvăluite de investitor
După 85 de ani de ruină, închisoarea terorii de la Doftana, județul Prahova, va fi transformată într-un hotel de lux cu 1.500 de locuri de cazare, cinematograf și piscină.  Declarată monument istoric în anul 2015 „Am pus toată experiența mea de treizeci de ani în turism în acest proiect”, susține Mohammad Murad, omul de afaceri […]
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I published something in the latest issue of the Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung. It’s on the Lorrainians/French in Banat, it’s in English and it’s open access. Check it out here: www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/a... www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/a...
zfo-online.de
(How) Could One Be French in Banat (1770–1920)? | Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
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Institut für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde @idgltuebingen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Beim Institut für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde (IdGL) in Tübingen ist zum 01.07.2025 eine unbefristete Stelle im Forschungsbereich Migrations- und Mobilitätsforschung zu besetzen: idglbw.de/de/aktuelles...
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Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/ Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (w/m/d) :: IDGL
Zum 01.07.2025 eine unbefristete Stelle im Forschungsbereich Migrations- und Mobilitätsforschung zu besetzen.
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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
📣 New Long Read! Cristian Cercel provides an in-depth reflection on Marius Turda’s new book În căutarea românului perfect. Specific național, degenerare rasială și selecție socială în România modernă, published by Polirom in 2024. Read it here: ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/the...
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The past and present of the history of racism in Romania - CEU Review of Books
Cristian Cercel provides an in-depth reflection on Marius Turda’s new book În căutarea românului perfect. Specific național, degenerare rasială și selecție socială în România modernă, published by Pol...
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Cristian Cercel @cercel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The world is decomposing, yes, but I published something on Danube Swabians, homeland orientations, and multiple diasporic possibilities
utppublishing.com
Germans Abroad? Danube Swabians and the Plurality of Diasporic Possibilities | Diaspora
This article engages with the history of the so-called Danube Swabians from the eighteenth century up to the present as a history of multiple diasporic possibilities. Showing how the Danube Swabian ca...
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