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D. Anca Cretu

@dacretu.bsky.social
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Historian. Assistant Prof. at University of Warwick. Aid, Forced Migration, Modern Europe. Currently researching and writing on refugees, Central Europe, WWI (& beyond).

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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vital text about UNHCR's closures of reading rooms and a reflection on ways to come out of it all. refugeehistory.org/blog/2026/9/...
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UNHCR Archives: A History of Access - is Access Now History? — Refugee History.
UNHCR Archives has temporarily closed its reading room to external researchers. Here is what that means for access, research, and the future of digital delivery.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible surprise to see my book reviewed in American Historical Review! Thank you to Ke-Chin Hsia for such a beautiful and careful read. academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Doina Anca Cretu. Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal
Searching for the origins of modern international institutions and their repertoire of practices in interwar East-Central Europe, as exemplified by Peter B
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seems fitting for the official end of a 2-month research trip.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rok is being humble, but beyond grateful for his invitation and support in putting my article together...and for bringing such wonderful scholars together to produce this material and for feedback. Wonderful experience.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My friend Raul Cârstocea has a superb project and some postdoc ads! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR588/p...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Specified Purpose Contract) at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Researcher (Specified Purpose Contract) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sometimes archiving does have a wonderful aesthetic.
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Alex Drace-Francis @alexdrace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"The Romanian Diaspora's Contributions to British Economy and Society" - report published this week www.acord.uk/our-work/
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ACORD UK | Advisory Council on Romanian Diaspora in the UK
ACORD UK brings together Romanian experts in the UK within a diaspora diplomacy framework, providing evidence, expertise and community dialogue.
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 CEH's third digest is out now, featuring journal news, blog updates, prizewinners, and more! And our editors have again chosen an article from the last six months on which they've enjoyed working - read on to see their selections! [1/7] www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Contemporary European History digest, no. 3, January to June 2026 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog
In our third digest, we present our new managing editor; we highlight two recently published prize-winning articles on nude activists in communist Poland and the politics of transnational banking in t...
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Choosing @christianrau.bsky.social's 'Ambivalent Entanglements and Participations', @dacretu.bsky.social noted that 'Rau skilfully demonstrates... “East German life-worlds and subjectivities” as innovative approaches to understanding post-1945 Germany'. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ambivalent Entanglements and Participations: New Research on the History of Subjectivities and Identities in East Germany | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Ambivalent Entanglements and Participations: New Research on the History of Subjectivities and Identities in East Germany - Volume 35
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In personal news…I’m on vacation. Rotting on a couch and feeling giddy things at the below is a good start. If you know me, you know.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Losing Carlo Ginzburg and Slavenka Drakulić in the same week seems cruel. Gratitude for everything they produced and with hope that I do their work justice in my classroom.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... Many thanks to @stefanc-ionescu.bsky.social for the thoughtful review of my book!
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Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal. By Doina Anca Cretu. Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by Norman Naimark and Larry Wolff. Stanford, CA: S...
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Productive day of plotting Eastern European history takeover at St Andrews, hosted by the wonderful Bernhard Struck with @dacretu.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social & al
l to r: Roland Clark, Claire Morelon, Svenja Bethke, Anca Cretu, myself, Bernhard
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
www.theplayerstribune.com/edin-dzeko-b...
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A Letter to the Children of Bosnia | By Edin Džeko
I grew up with war. Suddenly, I was living a fairy tale. Nothing is ever impossible. Not even taking Bosnia to the World Cup.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It was a pleasure to give a keynote on "History of Humanitarianism: The View *From* East-Central Europe" at Cardiff University, part of the "Belief and the Future: Global Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe" workshop last week. Fancy room included!
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Paola Medina-Gonzalez @paolamedgonz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
On Monday, I passed my viva! Many thanks to my supervisors @ankahajkova.bsky.social and @dacretu.bsky.social for getting me to the finish line. Many thanks to my examiners Lydia Plath and @history-doug.bsky.social !
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Incredible in every way.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Very glad to see this finally come to fruition! A pleasure to develop and co-edit this series with the wonderful Jill Massino. With immense thanks to Andrea Talabér for the help and patience. www.ceupressauthorhub.com/studies-in-t...
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Studies in the Global History of Central and Eastern Europe — CEU Press Author Hub
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you to @alexdrace.bsky.social for reading my book with such a keen eye regarding what I did well and what could have been done better (but maybe COULD be done...*wink to other researchers*) in relation to historiography on interwar Romania.
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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New review! @nmw1.bsky.social reviews Pieter Judson and Tara Zahra's new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 (@academic.oup.com, 2005). Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-l...
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The long end to Habsburg Central Europe’s long nineteenth century - CEU Review of Books
In The Great War and the Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe (OUP, 2025), Pieter M. Judson and Tara Zahra analyse the war not as the end of the Monarchy, but rather as a series of socio-politica...
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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I am delighted and proud to share with you the programme for the last conference in our #ERC research programme "The Age of Civil Wars in Europe, 1917-1949". Robert Gerwarth, @sdanisimova.bsky.social and I will be happy to welcome you at UCD in Dublin on 25-26 June. civil-wars.eu/wp-content/u...
Conference Programme : Experiencing, Reporting, and Recording Civil Wars, 1917-1949. 25-26 June 2026
University College Dublin. https://civil-wars.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/260511_Dublin_04.pdfConference Programme : Experiencing, Reporting, and Recording Civil Wars, 1917-1949. 25-26 June 2026
University College Dublin. https://civil-wars.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/260511_Dublin_04.pdfConference Programme : Experiencing, Reporting, and Recording Civil Wars, 1917-1949. 25-26 June 2026
University College Dublin. https://civil-wars.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/260511_Dublin_04.pdf
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
with comment from @dacretu.bsky.social who points out Florea's beautiful analytical writing that poses some hard questions about centrality of the West in our knowledge of the "European" history
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
An absolute pleasure to briefly discuss this wonderful book...probably on many many syllabi for the foreseeable future!
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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦 @astridme.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Did you know that the League of Nation’s Palais Wilson made its staff sick because they couldn’t ventilate the building properly? Utterly fascinating article on the League of Nation’s microclimate in Geneva.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Sometimes one has to escape to the theatre. Very interesting production.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 24/04/2026
"A history professor course could not allocate instructional time to the Stonewall riots or the gay rights movement. If a U.S. history textbook includes a chapter on the AIDS crisis, the professor must skip it." www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...
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Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics
The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Exciting to see this joint volume out in OA already (traditional format soon)! A representation of the work under the @michalfrankl.bsky.social - led ERC "Unlikely Refuge?" My own chapter can be read here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
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Jewish Refugees, Encampment, and the Humanitarian Paradox in Austria-H
This chapter is an analysis of what the author calls an ecosystem of humanitarian aid designed for Jews placed in refugee camps in Austria-Hungary during the
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A change of register for me, with a really compelling day discussing research potential, as well as shortcomings in possible collaborations between Romanian researchers in the UK and at home. Many thanks to Romanian Embassy in London and to Her Excellency Laura Popescu for the initiative.
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Scenes of a revolution These tinted slides show Russia at a time of revolutions and civil war Produced in the USA by the Victor Animatograph Company, they were used for Henry Sara's UK lantern lecture tours See more Sara slides at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
Colourised lantern slide showing a woman dressed in 'peasant' clothing, including headscarf, holding a bowl which contains a small amount of food. Her face is lined with age and she looks gaunt.Colourised lantern slide showing a Russian street scene. A man in a fur hat is sitting on the pavement. The lower part of his legs have been amputated and he is using a four wheeled trolley to move. The crowd also includes soldiers, children and a well-dressed woman who is looking down on the amputee.Colourised lantern slide showing bundles of pro-Bolshevik leaflets or other publications being unloaded from a decorated propaganda train.Colourised lantern slide showing the vast head of a statue of Alexander III, upside down and removed from the rest of the Moscow statue. Two men are adjusting the ropes that have been used to lower it.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A photo I took 14 years ago at an anti-Orbán/Fidesz demonstration in Budapest... It is finally done!
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The upcoming anticorruption campaign will be hard. A constitutional majority goes a long way, but entrenched corrupt networks fight back and sabotage, they don't give up easily. Just ask Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, etc.
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Морті Маніту 🇺🇦 (🙏 for repost 🔁) @mortymanitou.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Ruszkik haza!” on the Budapest metro after the vote!
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán concedes and focuses on Hungarians voting from neighboring countries (and supporting Fidesz overwhelmingly) as his team looks on shellshocked. The man on the far left, János Lázár (in a political sense actually far right) will be angling for the party. Mark my words.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
What becomes of the Budapest hub of nationalist thinkers and institutions after Orbán’s downfall? Does it stay put and seek to incubate a Fidesz comeback? Decamp to Bratislava / Belgrade / Prague / Washington DC? Or disperse across the continent ahead of the major election years of 2027 and 2029?
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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Open-ended teaching-and-research history jobs in a great department? In this economy?! Way to go Warwick!
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We’re hiring more at Warwick! Assistant Professors in History of Capitalism: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... & History of Iberian Empires: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... Happy to answer any questions for anyone interested!
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Here's something good for early career scholars in history and area studies! Submissions close in a week! Tell your frens! #academicsky 🗃 #histsci #earlymodern #ancient #medieval
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War. History might as well be water, chastising this shore. -Carol Ann Duffy, The Wound in Time, written on the occasion of the centenary of the first World War. #everynightapoem
It is the wound in Time. The century’s tides,
chanting their bitter psalms, cannot heal it.
Not the war to end all wars; death’s birthing place;
the earth nursing its ticking metal eggs, hatching
new carnage. But how could you know, brave
as belief as you boarded the boats, singing?
The end of God in the poisonous, shrapnelled air.
Poetry gargling its own blood. We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War.
History might as well be water, chastising this shore;
for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice.
Your faces drowning in the pages of the sea.

Carol Ann Duffy, ‘The Wound in Time’ (2018)
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Jason A. Higgins, Ph.D @jasonhiggins.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When presidents order war crimes, threaten genocide, wage war without Congressional approval, and act with impunity of international law, it erodes democracy and human rights, and causes innumerable consequences. But historians and other experts are being fired for teaching the truth.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I’ve had worse early morning walks.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Event plug: looking forward to this book event this coming Thursday ( 2 April, 5 pm) in Leipzig at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). @michalfrankl.bsky.social , Maren Hachmeister, and yours truly in conversation with Katja Castryck-Naumann.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Wonderful news!!!!
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
So pleased to see my book put in conversation with scholars and studies I've long admired. And so wonderful to see such a careful and nuanced reading of it (and others). Many thanks to Meghan Riley for this fantastic review essay! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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‘Humanitarianism as History’: Entangled Histories of Humanitarian Relief in Inter-War Europe | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
‘Humanitarianism as History’: Entangled Histories of Humanitarian Relief in Inter-War Europe - Volume 35
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Very excited to finally be in a proper archive after a bit of time focused on teaching, article writing, idea testing, library hopping. Some form of book is loading though and here we are. Adventures in Prague. ❤️
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Old but ever so relevant… aeon.co/essays/for-h...
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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In a transit centre in Pavlohrad the horror of war is written on pensioners' faces
Sian Norris reports from the Donbas on the devastating situation facing internally displaced people fleeing the frontline
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If you read something today... observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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Gisèle Pelicot and the language of rape culture
In her memoir, Pelicot examines the vocabulary of sex and violence in the bedroom, the chatroom and the courtroom. She insists that the way men talk about women matters
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Call for applications for fellowships in Prague! www.leibniz-gwzo.de/en/institute...
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Visiting Scholars and Scholarships | GWZO
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