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Jelena Subotic

@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
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I write books and academic things. OG AI hater. jsubotic.com I have a new book! "The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution" global.oup.com/academic/product/the…

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 6h
Dating their chatbot
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tomorrow (Wednesday October 7) at 16h in Europe, 10 AM EST (on zoom) I'll talk about my book on looted art and restitution at the Visual Politics event organized by @bleiker.bsky.social. Below is the information if you'd like to join!
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don't threaten me with a good time
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Texas tornado twists just miles from Google data center
Two tornadoes were sighted near Amarillo, Texas Tuesday night, with one touching down just miles from the Hoffman Data Center.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On this Yom Kippur I would like to atone for various insults I hurled at people, countries, and things. But not to authors and reviewers who send me AI garbage. For the offensive things I said to them, I am not sorry.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
a basic and generalizable point that comes up in approximately 0% of genAI commentary
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As part of a forum on Svetlana Biedarieva's book on Russia's colonial occupation of Ukraine, I wrote about Russia's destruction of Ukrainian cultural property in historical context. Russia looted before. Russia is looting again. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
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Culturicide in Ukraine as a Russian colonial project
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Universe righting the scales after taking Dolly and Tim Curry
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Graduate students working on historical IR, there is a paper award for you! ISA Historical IR section has a best graduate paper award, deadline is August 1. You can nominate yourself! See the details here histsectionisa.weebly.com/awardrules.h...
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ISA HIST SECTION
Please scroll down for award criteria and nomination instructions for each prize.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
So this is happening today
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨I have a new piece in @coco-journal.bsky.social about how much Nazi-looted art is still in museums across East Central Europe and why these museums refuse to return them to their rightful owners. Part of a special issue ed. by @efinkel.bsky.social and Irena Kalhousova on trauma in IR.
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Compounded historical trauma and cultural restitution in international relations - Jelena Subotić, 2026
This article develops the concept of compounded historical trauma to analytically distinguish a single traumatic incident from a succession of interrelated trau...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/05/2026
I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It is also so condescending to men who are portrayed as just dumb fucks who only like to beat things with sticks
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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026
Happy anniversary of the capture of the Strait of Hormuz in 1622 by a combined Safavid Empire and British East India Company fleet, to all who celebrate.
Manuscript page from minature in British Library, painting and inscription: The taking of Hurmuz (1623) by Imām Ḳulī Khān and his army (Latin inscription round the fortress). From a Jarūnnāmah by Qadrī. Isfahan - Safavid style, dated 1697
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Mamdani strikes again!!!!
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Don’t threaten me with a good time
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026
OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...
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Sinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writing
A new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged.
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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Studying art or pop culture? Going to APSA? Join us Sept 2! I'm chairing a "Studying Cool Stuff Seriously" @interpretivemm.bsky.social short course. Featuring @mweitzel.bsky.social @micahenglish.bsky.social @jelenasubotic.bsky.social @alexislerner.bsky.social @colleenwood.rocks and more
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The fact of the matter is that your racist uncle who hates Woke Studies ever since he heard about it on the drive back from the supermarket and the governing board that oversees your research institution are converging, and the results are exactly as monstrous and as stupid as you would have guessed
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Fuck yes!!!! Excited to get my settlement!
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I would like to volunteer for this, and only this, committee
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
the top of the pope’s to do list is “excommunicate JD Vance” and you can’t convince me otherwise
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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨starting now!🚨 Our panel at #ISA2026 will present our latest special issue on cultural heritage and politics. The special issue editor @jelenasubotic.bsky.social is kicking us off with her presentation.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🚨I have a new article! Here I explain how looted art objects have over time become objects of stigma for some grand European imperial museums, while for others (*cough* the British Museum) they keep on keeping on. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Restitution of looted art in international politics: Benin Bronzes as objects of stigma
Restitution of colonial-looted art has recently regained steam. Accelerated by the Savoy-Sarr report (2018), commissioned by French president Emmanuel Macron, several countries have begun negotiati...
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Now online! Johan Hjelte (Gothenburg) reviews "The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution" by @jelenasubotic.bsky.social (@academic.oup.com, 2025) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The cover of the book. An image of soldiers carrying paintings is visible in the bottom part of the cover.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I know this community very well. The Shenandoah club the Temple Israel statement refers to as providing food and shelter during this attack is the club established by Iraqi Chaldeans. This is really beautiful interfaith solidarity in action.
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Matt McDonald @mattuq.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Delighted to announce that I’ll be attempting to fill the very big shoes of my sometime golf partner, Brent Steele, as co-editor of @gsqjournal.bsky.social with my sometime tennis partner, @jelenasubotic.bsky.social. Very excited to work with Jelena, Chris & the awesome GSQ team!
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Dan Altman @daltmanir.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Went on Closer Look with Rose Scott today (Atlanta NPR) to discuss the Iran conflict with her and @jelenasubotic.bsky.social. www.wabe.org/not-americas...
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'Not America’s war' : Experts, Closer Look listeners react to US–Israel strikes on Iran
A joint military campaign by the United States and Israel against Iran is rapidly escalating into a broader regional war. The operation, known as Operation Epic Fury, began on February 28, 2026. Since...
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If anyone is interested I just did a 1hr call in talk show on my local Atlanta NPR station about this shitshow in Iran
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'Not America’s war' : Experts, Closer Look listeners react to US–Israel strikes on Iran
A joint military campaign by the United States and Israel against Iran is rapidly escalating into a broader regional war. The operation, known as Operation Epic Fury, began on February 28, 2026. Since...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026
oh my goodness she seems to think Special Envoy for the Shield is a real job

Secretary Kristi Noem

@Sec_Noem
Thank you 
@POTUS
 Trump for appointing me as the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. 
@SecRubio
 and 
@SecWar
 are incredible leaders and I look forward to working with them closely to dismantle cartels that have poured drugs into our nation and killed our children and grandchildren.

The Western Hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security. 

We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security to make America safe again: we delivered the MOST secure border in American history, 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S., we have located 145,000 children, FEMA delivered disaster relief at a 100% faster rate, we ushered in the golden age of travel, saved the American taxpayer $13 billion and revitalized the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I am at the airport and this was my first thought. My second was I am a little sad I don’t get to yell “Nazi Barbie”every time I see her staring from those TSA screens.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is 💯 a chatGPT hallucination because these morons know nothing
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
if you missed the trump presser here’s a quick recap
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“All of the couples were somewhere between happy and thrilled.” This guy.
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Mamdani Surprises Couples at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
of course
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Florida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Minneapolis sign game is strong and weird.
Large sign on a light pole that says “Kristi Noem eats worms”
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Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 13/02/2026
Wine moms with Molotov cocktails is now the moderate position on ICE.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
What an absolute legend. Absolutely 💯 chance I’m doing the same for my son in like 3 years when he tries to sell his first play
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SAINT SLUGGODIN SAYS FUCK MARK CUBAN @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
It was a party balloon. You don’t have to humor them. Of course they screamed cartel, thy shot down a party balloon with one of their most advanced weapons. That doesn’t mean you need to talk about it seriously. Talk about what really happened.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
you don't say
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026
oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📚Book promotion day 📚 Here is a 30% discount code for my book AND the first chapter is ungated to read for free.
discount code for Subotic book
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Says a hell of a lot about where America is right now that it will be seen as a massive, massive upset if the El Paso airspace closing isn't related to some sort of crime against humanity.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
You know who wasn’t surprised that Chomsky was bad? Literally everyone who cared that he denied the genocide in Bosnia. It speaks quite poorly of class politics first people to have not listed to us then.
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
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What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani
The mayor’s famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Oh yes I have a whole chapter about this in my new book!! Link here global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
it really, really is
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Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
TIME TO REMEMBER WHERE THE PINK TRIANGLE CAME FROM
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Robin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
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