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Mischa Gabowitsch

@mgabo.bsky.social
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Historian & sociologist. Professor of Multilingual and Transnational Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Mainz. Movements & monuments

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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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What Could War Monuments Be Silent About? – A Conversation with Misсha Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk
Olha Haidamachuk in Conversation with Misсha Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk. Conflicts of interpretation and the semiotic contradictions of the war monumentscapes in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territo...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Please do me a favor: open www.malva-center.org (but only if you haven't visited before) and tell me (a) what language the website opens in and (b) your browser language.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
польові дослідження українського сексу в 1909 році shron1.chtyvo.org.ua/Tarasevskyi_...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
So Mykola and I did a thing: www.malva-center.org/en
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
One of the great things about the Russian section at our department: where else can you witness a Ukrainian student and a German lecturer have a long discussion in Urdu? #germersheimmoments #ftsk
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Happening now! In English. Join us on Zoom russisch.fb06.uni-mainz.de/2026/01/12/2...
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26.01.2026 | Vortrag „Translating for Change: Women Translators and the Politics of Anonymity. The Women’s Publishing Cooperative in St. Petersburg, 1863–1879“ | Russisch
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
www.inalco.fr/en/events/pl... Strasbourg, 12 Feb 2026
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Plural Frames of Remembrance in Ukraine in Times of War | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Mein Beitrag zum Feminismus (Reaktion einer Studentin): "Auch Simone de Beauvoir fand ich sehr spannend. Ihrer Meinung nach sieht sich der Mann als absolutes Subjekt bzw. als Norm, weshalb ich mir direkt ihr Buch „Das andere Geschlecht“ gekauft habe."
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy new year! My new publication: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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From the Memory of Socialism to the Memory of Postsocialism | 27 | Mne
The chapter begins by addressing the treatment of socialist-era monuments and the creation of new monuments and museums. It then discusses how memory has been
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Entrevista a Mykola Homanyuk y a mí sobre nuestro libro manuelferez.com/monumentos-y...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
www.hsozkult.de/publicationr...
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Rezension zu: M. Gabowitsch u.a.: Monuments and Territory
Rezension zu / Review of: Gabowitsch, Mischa; Homanyuk, Mykola: : Monuments and Territory. War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Neuer Aufsatz von Mykola Homanyuk und mir: "Legitimierungsumkehr: Denkmäler für den Zweiten Weltkrieg und den Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg in der heutigen Ukraine". In: Meienberger/King-Savić/Biegger (Hrsg.) Mit Osteuropa denken: Kultur, Wissenschaft, Politik. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2025. S. 483-512.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Hat jemand einen direkten Kontakt zu @zeit.de? Es geht (leider) um einen Nachruf, den ich dort gerne veröffentlichen würde.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The print version of Monuments and Territory is now available for purchase through Amsterdam University Press's website: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Monuments and Territory
From the very first weeks of Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian soldiers, politicians, and proxy administrators expended considerable effort interacting with monuments on...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Reminder: this summer, Zhazira Bekzhanova and I are teaching a summer school course on the analysis of history textbooks. The application deadline is 15 May. The course is open to BA and MA students as well as practising history teachers. Please share! fb06.uni-mainz.de/en/2024/11/1...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I've updated the calendar of my upcoming public talks: gabowitsch.net/events/
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Events from 14 May – 14 November – Mischa Gabowitsch
Events archive.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Tofutümelei ins Grundgesetz!
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Sprachen lernen in Germersheim in unserem neuen Studiengang! Viele von Euch haben in der Familie oder im Bekanntenkreis Teenager oder junge Erwachsene, die „irgendwas mit Sprachen“ studieren wollen. Für einige von ihnen könnte unser Fachbereich interessant sein! @ftsk-unimainz.bsky.social
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Russisch-Intensivkurs in Armenien. Offen für alle! Bitte weiterleiten!
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.rosalux.de/news/id/53351 Ein neuer Überblickstext von mir zum Gedenken an den 2. Weltkrieg in der Ukraine und Russland. Gedacht als Einführung in das Thema auf Grundlage neuerer Forschung
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80 Jahre danach: Gedenken an den Zweiten Weltkrieg in der Ukraine und Russland - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Das Kriegsgedenken in der Sowjetunion und die Rolle der Ukraine
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Михайло Габович, Микола Гоманюк: «Росіяни вторглися в Україну не тільки з «градами» і «солнцепьоками», а й з «прапорами перемоги», пересувними «вічними вогнями» і парадною формою для почесних караулів...
Цю розмову присвячено основному змісту книги «Пам’ятники і територія. Військові меморіали в окупованій Росією частині України», нещодавно виданої українським соціологом Миколою Гоманюком та німецьким ...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It's here! Come to our book discussion in Vienna on Thursday to see for yourself. www.recet.at/event-news/e...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Come to our book launch in Berlin this coming Friday: berlin.instytutpileckiego.pl/de/events/mo...
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Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine - Instytut Pileckiego
Book Launch and Discussion
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A recording of the dMSA seminar in which Mykola Homanyuk and I presented our book is now available. Thanks a lot to Violeta Davoliūtė for chairing, and to Katarzyna Anzorge, Ulla Savolainen, and Lana Đaković for organizing the session! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVpDP0xDCY0
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dMSA February 2025 - Monuments and Territory - War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
YouTube video by Memory Studies Association
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
July 2025 summer school course in Germersheim: "Analyzing History Textbooks: Texts, Images, Translation" taught by Zhazira Bekzhanova and me. Open to all levels from BA to practicing history teachers. For details, see fb06.uni-mainz.de/en/2024/11/1... Please spread the word!
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Analyzing History Textbooks: Texts, Images, Translation (28.7.-1.8.2025) – Fachbereich 06 – FTSK
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Conference "Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts. Part II." 12-15 Feb, Mainz. tinyurl.com/embedded-mainz Geography: Europe, Canada, Ghana, the Indian subcontinent, Japan, New Zealand, Peru. Period: 16th to 21st centuries Genres: drawing, music, painting, photography, sculpture, theater
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12.-15.2.2025 | Tagung "Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts. Part II" | Russisch
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
RIP Hrant Dink, Anastasia Baburova, Stanislav Markelov
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Upcoming public presentations of "Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine" with Mykola Homanyuk and myself: www.gabowitsch.net/events As a reminder, the book is available in open access at ceupress.com/book/monumen....
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Events from 20 January – 14 November – Mischa Gabowitsch
Events archive.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Four-year postdoc position in sociology at the University of Heidelberg: www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/job...
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Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology (f/m/d) bei Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Zentr. Universitätsverwaltung
Jobsuche der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Hier Stellensuche nach neusten Jobs oder Ausbildungsplätzen starten in einer der größten Jobbörsen Deutschlands.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The deadline for OVD-Info's essay competition on repression, surveillance, and censorship in Russia has been extended until the end of January. That's just to submit a brief abstract, students will then have another five months to write the full essay: en.ovdinfo.org/competition
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OVD-Info Prize for Master’s and PHD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary Russia
Независимый правозащитный медиапроект ОВД-Инфо
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Expert meeting: "Voices of War"
On 19 February 2024 the expert meeting "Voices of War: Exploring Individual Armed Actors and Personal Testimonies" (20th –21th century) will take place at NIOD.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Monuments and Territory is now available in open access on JStor: www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Monuments and Territory is currently the first book featured on Central European University Press's homepage!
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Out now in open access with CEU Press: Mischa Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk: Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine ceupress.com/book/monumen...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
TODAY @4.50 pm CET in Germersheim (N.316) and on Zoom uni-mainz-de.zoom.us/j/64264620621 Vitaly Chernetsky @globalrhizome.bsky.social: Odesa's City Myth Rethought and Reframed: Ukrainian Black Sea Narratives, Multidirectional Memory, and the Challenges of Decolonization tinyurl.com/odesamyth
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9.12.2024 | Gastvortrag von Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas / Universität Basel): Mythos Odesa, neu gedacht: ukrainische Schwarzmeer-Narrative, multidirektionale Erinnerung und die Herausforde...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Honored to serve on the award committee for the OVD-Info Prize for Master’s and PhD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary Russia. Please spread the info widely among your students! en.ovdinfo.org/competition
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OVD-Info Prize for Master’s and PHD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary Russia
Независимый правозащитный медиапроект ОВД-Инфо
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
This Saturday at the CEU in Vienna! American war photographer Ben Brody talks about his work in Afghanistan and Iraq with Oksana Sarkisova. www.recet.at/event-news/e...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Funded 3-year PhD position to work with me at @unimainz.bsky.social. Candidates must know a post-Soviet language other than Russian. Please circulate! stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/HPv3.Jobs/jg...
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Academic staff member
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. Thanks to its location in the Rhine-Main science region, the university can unfold to its full potential and sh...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Promotionsstelle (50% TV-L 13) bei mir an der @unimainz.bsky.social. . Bewerber_innen sollten eine postsowjetische Sprache _außer_ dem Russischen beherrschen. Bitte weiterleiten! stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/HPv3.Jobs/jg...
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Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d)
Die Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) gehört zu den großen Universitäten in Deutschland. In der Wissenschaftsregion Rhein-Main entfaltet sie ihre Leistungsstärke, Innovationskraft und Dynamik...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
Please spread widely! www.recet.at/event-news/e...
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CfP – Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts
This workshop aims to explore the structure and effects of military patronage of the arts across all times and places. It seeks to go beyond the time-honored theme of “the artist in uniform” to ask ho...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Professional news: On 1 July I’m taking up a new position as a tenured Professor of Multilingual and Transnational Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Mainz's Dept. of Translation, Language, and Culture in Germersheim. I’ll never stop supporting those in the academic precariat. #IchwarHanna
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Revised book manuscript submitted to CEU Press! Mischa Gabowitsch & Mykola Homanyuk, “Monuments and Territory: War Memorials and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” should be out in the new series “Memory, Heritage and Public History in Central and Eastern Europe” in the fall.
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Mein Vortrag über das Kriegsgedenken in der Sowjetunion vor 1965 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dJe...
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Mischa Gabowitsch (Wien): Kriegsgedenken vor dem Kult: Kommemorative Praxis in der Sowjetunion
Hier ist die Aufzeichnung des Folgenden Vortrags:Kriegsgedenken vor dem Kult: Kommemorative Praxis in der Sowjetunion von 1945 bis 1965 in der Universitätsbi...
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Mischa Gabowitsch @mgabo.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Dear all, if you know any scholars at risk who are interested in getting 2-3 years' worth of funding and an affiliation in Germany, please let them know about the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. If their work falls into the area of post-Soviet studies very broadly conceived, 1/2
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