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Juliane Fürst

@jcaf.bsky.social
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Historian of Eastern Europe. Lover of random, untold histories. Explorer of the last days of state socialism. ERC Project: Perestroika from Below ZZF Potsdam, CEU Vienna

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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This much for academia being somehow above or outside the war: this is the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, and these are our colleagues, engaged in the same work we do. This is also late punishment for the instrumental role the Academy played in the late 1980s in the struggle for independence.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When discussing historical memory and Stolpersteine in Heidenau, it's worth remembering what happened there last time Nazis seized complete control of the town gedenkplaetze.info/biografien/p...
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Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In Oleschky, im Süden der Ukraine, entwickelt sich eine humanitäre Katastrophe. Eine junge Frau, die noch in der Stadt ist, schreibt der ARD in einer SMS: „Ich esse nur einmal, am Abend. Fladenbrot mit gesalzener Tomate, dazu Tee.“ Wichtiger Beitrag von Florian Kellermann.
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Frontstadt in der Ukraine: "Jetzt beginnt dort echter Hunger"
Seit Mai leben die Menschen in Oleschky von Vorräten und dem, was sie im Sommer geerntet haben. Der Hunger nimmt in der von Russen besetzten Frontstadt jeden Tag zu. Nur wenigen gelingt die Flucht - d...
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I exercised my democratic right to vote today. While my candidates never win, it felt meaningful and precious.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18/09/2026
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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Editorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied Oleshky
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia. The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I hope Witkoff and Kushner see the sheer beauty of Kyiv, its delicacy and softness and layers of history. It might give it a face when they read about the next missile attack. But they are property developers, so I should not hope too strongly.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Happy 35th Independence Day, Ukraine.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sun eclipse in Bavaria. Always a good excuse to get the Alphorn out.
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I remember standing in those late-Soviet lines as a kid. The Public Aesthetics of the line are terrible. And the Gas Line is the opposite of Kuran's preference falsification: a public assembly of everyone privately doubting the government’s capacity to provide basic necessities.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pretty good analysis of British academia’s malaise which made me leave (plus Brexit). The unnecessary destruction of a system that functioned well through the cult of management. My condolences to my colleagues in Exeter. open.substack.com/pub/johnheat...
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrate the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Dieses Titelblatt wird durch Dutzende von Händen gegangen sein und keiner hat sich erinnert, dass es so was wie die Sowjetunion gab, die nicht mit Russland identisch war. Erstaunlich.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One of the casualties of the US -Israeli attack on Iran is the memory of the tens of thousands of protesters killed by the Iranian regime just a few weeks before. Trump has allowed brutal bullies to be recast as victims, probably pushing the chance of political change in Iran back by decades.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is not surprising Russia targeted the Chornobyl Museum in Kyiv. I spent hours in their exhibition a few years ago and left with an overwhelming sense of doom caused by systemic failure, yet mitigated by the actions of conscientious individuals. Chornobyl is the anti-story to imperial grandeur.
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Denis Trubetskoy @denistrubetskoy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Wie mein gestriger Tag in Kyjiw so verlief. Ein längerer persönlicher Text von mir zum massiven russischen Luftangriff und auch zu den bemerkenswerten Momenten danach, die trotz allem aufmuntern. www.n-tv.de/politik/Ich-...
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Ich liege im Flur, als die Rakete im Haus gegenüber einschlägt
Die Bewohner Kiews haben unzählige Luftangriffe hinter sich. Die Nacht zu Sonntag sprengt aber jedes bisherige Maß. Auch mir kommt der russische Tod plötzlich ganz nahe. So schockierend dieser Moment ...
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Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Die Ukraine hat einen der massivsten russischen Luftangriffe durchlebt. Hunderte Drohnen, Dutzende Raketen, Tote, Verletzte, heftige Zerstörung. Druckwellen haben auch das ARD-Studio Kyjiw erreicht. Unser Team ist zum Glück unverletzt. Die Statik des Gebäudes muss geprüft werden.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Yes. And the reverse is also true.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Finally a collaboration worth its name. Leave it to women to find a common, anti-imperialist language. I suspect that this will remain the highlight of this year‘s biennale. kyivindependent.com/pussy-riot-f...
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Pussy Riot, Femen storm Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale
Police on the premises tackled members from the feminist protest groups who were able to make it inside the building, according to a joint press release.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I am in awe of this very British linguistic construction: a subjective qualifier preceding a verb embodying uncertainty. An amazing feat of hedging your words.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
40 years ago one of the reactors of the nuclear station of Chornobyl went into meltdown and exploded. The consequences of this event still reverberate today, not least in the ongoing struggle for independence by Ukraine and Belarus. The accident ripped off the plaster covering past Soviet wounds.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I have walked this street many times. As have millions of Russian tourists. But the times when shock still had value have probably passed a long time ago. Oh beautiful Lviv. My heart breaks for you.
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The historic Bernardine Monastery in Lviv, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, is on fire after a russian drone attack. 🎥 Xenia Gerke on Facebook
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Martina Winkler @martinawinkle14.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Bei all dem Furchtbaren um uns herum droht das Leiden in der Ukraine unterzugehen. @arturweigandt.bsky.social kämpft nach wie vor für die Menschen dort. Wir können ihm helfen.
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Wilson Voight @radiospanishspeak.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
tech.....
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We truly live in an age that proves that destruction is much easier than construction, that creating negativity is much easier than positive affirmation, and that no man is too stupid or too evil to wreck things for all. And I have several candidates in mind here.
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
„Honestly, I am convinced that real performance in graduate school wasn’t understanding these men. The real performance was pretending you did.“ Amen. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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Rest in Peace, Habermas and the Long Tradition of White Men Who Thought Confusion Was Genius
Y’all, Habermas died over the weekend.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Babies running academia.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Display of items confiscated at Tbilisi airport. And I was worried about the pickled cabbage in my hand luggage.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Rustaveli Avenue now, on day 465 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Multi-layered relationships to Russia in Tblisi.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Ukraine still stands. And Vienna still stands with Ukraine. Including its large Iranian exile community which came out in force this year. The pain that hung over the square and everyone on it was palpable. One could almost touch it.
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 23/02/2026
The people here profoundly shaped/influenced society and culture as we are experiencing it right this moment. No wonder we feel the way we do about ourselves, really
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
It turns out that talking about Russia's corrosive influence on the West and talking about Epstein isn't either or.
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bert hoppe @berthoppe.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In Kyjiw ist nun eine Holocaustüberlebende erfroren, wie die @novayagazeta.bsky.social berichtet. Sie lebte zurückgezogen in Podil. Ihren Namen hatte sie im Waisenhaus erhalten, wo man sie abgegeben hatte, als ihre Eltern in Babyn Jar erschossen worden waren: Bezfamilnaja („Ohne Nachnamen“). Sie 1/2
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Alice Bota @alicebota.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In der morgigen @diezeit.bsky.social findet sich auf der Seite 1 ein Leitartikel meiner Kollegin @oliviakortas.bsky.social , die in Kyjiw lebt, der so wahr ist und beklemmend und bestürzend, dass ich ihn jeder und jedem ans Herz legen möchte. Hier der erste Absatz:
Ich bin in Kyjiw, und mir wird bang. Ich meine damit nicht nur die Angst vor den Explosionen nachts, die Wände erzittern lassen, die den Menschen alles nehmen, ihr Leben, das ihrer Liebsten. Oder die Sorge um die vielen Freunde, die schon Medikamente gegen Depressionen nehmen und in kalten, dunklen Wohnungen sitzen, die um ihre Alten fürchten oder um ihre Babys. In diesen Tagen, in denen das sonst so hartnäckige Kyjiw in Teilen kollabiert, wächst in mir die Furcht, dass die Worte, die wir aus der Ukraine in den Westen schicken, verhallen: Europa. Muss. Aufwachen. Neue Sanktionen verhängen. Taurus liefern. 1.000-mal gesagt und geschrieben.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The problem is who truly believes that a Trumpian USA will honour any security guarantees? And who thinks that Russia will be an honest deal maker?
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The massacre of Iranian protesters reminds of Tiananmen Square - an event that is still shrouded in the darkness of deadly secrecy. The Chinese regime bought itself out of the memory of mass murder by making China rich and imposing silence. Hard to see what Khameini can offer in order to forget.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/01/2026
As Kyiv residents face brutal winter blackouts and heating disruptions caused by Russian strikes, World Central Kitchen is delivering thousands of hot meals.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Who would have thought that the news from Iran would be the most hopeful reading experience of the day. Indeed, the whole year so far.
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Dustin Johnson 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸 @warandcoffee.eurosky.social · 09/01/2026
I know there is a lot going on but it has largely fallen from the headlines that Russia is using the current freezing weather in Ukraine and attacks on power and heat infrastructure to try to freeze millions of civilians, a clear crime against humanity www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Zelenskyy: Russians are exploiting cold snap and trying to hit as many energy facilities as possible
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia is exploiting the freezing cold weather and attempting to strike as many Ukrainian energy facilities as possible. He added that it is of ...
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Steve Gutterman @sgutterman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
By the numbers: Mentions of 'peace' in Christmas and New Year's addresses, combined: Zelenskyy: 32 Putin: 0
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Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft - Für unsere und eure Freiheit! @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Zusammen mit der @bravery-ev.bsky.social startet heute ein wichtiger Fundraiser und ein neuer Meilenstein in der Ukraine Unterstützung. Zwei weitere gepanzerte Fahrzeuge müssen her: Einmal für die Medics in Pokrovsk und nochmals für Kherson. bravery.berlin/waswirtun/ev...
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gepanzerte Vans – Bravery e. V.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Wohltätigkeit ist das Gegenmodell zum Sozialstaat.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Frohe Weihnachten. Merry Christmas. May true peace come.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Poignantly this song by Mykola Leontovych was used in 1919 in a cultural diplomacy campaign to get international recognition and guarantees for the new independent Ukrainian Republic. The attempt failed but the song went on to become world famous. Hopefully, we can do better.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Sometimes I marvel at the amount of work political scientists put into trying to scientifically study what wedge issues would divide the far right and then some chaos goblin of fate throws out into the world the wildcard of: "being mean to the violently murdered director of the Princess Bride."
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
When small nations forget that they need the upkeep of the international order more than anyone else: Belgium’s refusal to release funds for Ukraine is short-sighted and forgetful of history.
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Juliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Belgium seems to have forgotten that the drive to establish an international order after WW I was not least based on the empathy attributed to a neutral Belgium that had been invaded by Germany simply because it was the shortcut around the French defence lines.
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Kaarel Kressa @kaarelkressa.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
‪According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, Witkoff gladly payed 550 rubles (6 euros) for a cheburek while visiting Moscow in August and that is all you really need to know about his aptitude for making deals in Russia
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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
And the forum has been cancelled on orders from the Kyrgyz security services. Discussing the legacy of Russian colonialism is off limits in Kyrgyzstan
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