Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tomorrow (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! 0104
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026don't threaten me with a good timeyahoo.comTexas tornado twists just miles from Google data centerTwo tornadoes were sighted near Amarillo, Texas Tuesday night, with one touching down just miles from the Hoffman Data Center. 010
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On 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. 0212
Reposted by Jelena SuboticTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026a basic and generalizable point that comes up in approximately 0% of genAI commentary 111215
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As 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...link.springer.comCulturicide in Ukraine as a Russian colonial project 164
Reposted by Jelena SuboticProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Universe righting the scales after taking Dolly and Tim Curry 1245
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Graduate 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...histsectionisa.weebly.comISA HIST SECTIONPlease scroll down for award criteria and nomination instructions for each prize. 11412
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.journals.sagepub.comCompounded historical trauma and cultural restitution in international relations - Jelena Subotić, 2026This article develops the concept of compounded historical trauma to analytically distinguish a single traumatic incident from a succession of interrelated trau... 0175
Reposted by Jelena SuboticJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/05/2026I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years. 833817807
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026It is also so condescending to men who are portrayed as just dumb fucks who only like to beat things with sticks 160
Reposted by Jelena SuboticDave Clark @daveclarkreports.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026Happy 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. 13719
Reposted by Jelena SuboticJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...mashable.comSinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writingA new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged. 14357091327
Reposted by Jelena SuboticLisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Studying 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 121
Reposted by Jelena SuboticGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/04/2026New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped 42866661531
Reposted by Jelena SuboticTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The 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 338786
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I would like to volunteer for this, and only this, committee 2100
Reposted by Jelena SuboticBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban. 462263223093
Reposted by Jelena SuboticJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026the top of the pope’s to do list is “excommunicate JD Vance” and you can’t convince me otherwise 627029
Reposted by Jelena SuboticReview 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. 021
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....tandfonline.comRestitution of looted art in international politics: Benin Bronzes as objects of stigmaRestitution 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... 1114
Reposted by Jelena SuboticGlobal Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Now 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.... 072
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I 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. 51905431
Reposted by Jelena SuboticMatt McDonald @mattuq.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Delighted 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! 1121
Reposted by Jelena SuboticDan Altman @daltmanir.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Went 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...wabe.org'Not America’s war' : Experts, Closer Look listeners react to US–Israel strikes on IranA 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... 0105
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If anyone is interested I just did a 1hr call in talk show on my local Atlanta NPR station about this shitshow in Iranwabe.org'Not America’s war' : Experts, Closer Look listeners react to US–Israel strikes on IranA 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... 0113
Reposted by Jelena SuboticAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026oh my goodness she seems to think Special Envoy for the Shield is a real job 112664961198
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I 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. 170
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026This is 💯 a chatGPT hallucination because these morons know nothing 050
Reposted by Jelena Suboticshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/02/2026if you missed the trump presser here’s a quick recap 501555198
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026“All of the couples were somewhere between happy and thrilled.” This guy.nytimes.comMamdani Surprises Couples at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau 090
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026of coursenytimes.comFlorida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl 050
Reposted by Jelena SuboticAnnie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Minneapolis sign game is strong and weird. 211278229
Reposted by Jelena SuboticJosh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 13/02/2026Wine moms with Molotov cocktails is now the moderate position on ICE. 371351290
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026What 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 1140
Reposted by Jelena SuboticSAINT SLUGGODIN SAYS FUCK MARK CUBAN @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026It 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. 58931
Reposted by Jelena Suboticjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft 17173331905
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. 097
Reposted by Jelena SuboticCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Says 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. 332951
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026You 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. 13811
Reposted by Jelena SuboticRebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Cannot 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:vulture.comWhat Mira Nair Taught Zohran MamdaniThe mayor’s famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition. 13828198
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Oh yes I have a whole chapter about this in my new book!! Link here global.oup.com/academic/pro...global.oup.com 062
Reposted by Jelena SuboticGabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 10/02/2026TIME TO REMEMBER WHERE THE PINK TRIANGLE CAME FROM 013754
Reposted by Jelena SuboticRobin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack… 9918143