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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This week I watched Kabul (2025). Does anyone know what language "the locals" speak? Is it Pashto? I was surprised when I understood some words. Also, some actors casted come from, say, Lebanon. How easy (or not) it may be for an Arabic speaker to learn Pashto, or Dari, to sound convincingly native?

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I´ve seen it repeatedly lately how ppl use Google Scholar metrics for comparing other ppl´s erudition in the public domain. Basically flawed - impact ain´t competence. Also, GS is anything but a reliable source of citations count, at least for the Social Sciences & the Humanities.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I´m happy to share with you that I´ve joined the Institute of Military History @ Swedish Defence University as a postdoctoral researcher. I shall focus on the Neutral Nations Supervisory Committee in Korea & Cold War detente. As a historian, I simply cannot part ways with the issues of war & peace.

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Zora Piskačová @zorapiskacova.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📢 My new article, "Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38," is now out in Central European History via First View! And it's open access! Many thanks to everyone who made this piece better. You know who you are!

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Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38 | Central European History | Cambridge Core

Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This piece didn´t fly at first, back in 2016, as it was considered too Norway-focused. In-between the two submissions, I´ve changed a bit as a historian & new sources have appeared & helped me contextualise 'Minister Ditleff´s Report' much better. I´m happy to see that the article has found readers.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Meeting Katie in the Scandinavian history classroom at the University of Gothenburg, last fall was a genuinely pleasant experience. Now she writes for The Guardian and teaches me something about Norway which I should long have known - but I did not, apparently. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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‘We know fans bleed for the jersey’: how Norway used fierce football rivalries to get more blood donors

When the Norwegian Red Cross desperately needed to find more donors, it decided to harness the competitive nature of football fans

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Indigenous ethnic federal subjects as strategic liability? This brings back shadows from the past - fears vs hopes which, imo, did not amount to anything close to a "strategic value". Beijing has little to win by expansion in this direction, although some hawkish utterances transpire occasionally.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Happy to see that this critically important book is about to be published in English. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Absolutely thrilled about the publication of the new edition of GLOBALE MONARCHIE by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung). Very affordable! The English translation of the book is in progress...: www.bpb.de/shop/buecher... @lsehy.bsky.social @bpb.de

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"Given the nature of your comments on the previous version of this article..." Eh, well, what did I write in January? Fortunately, I can go back to it. Reviewing a revised version feels a bit like reviewing one´s own observations first. #Academic #Publishing

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I´ve just read an article in @risjnl.bsky.social where repeated references to a TV show were made. Nothing wrong about that but hey, audio-visual material should be referenced too. Episodes & time stamps are just like chapters & pages. What if I wanted to check out those scenes? #AcademicWriting

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Terje Helland @terjehelland.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🇬🇪The persistence of the Georgian public and the unified opposition is starting to pay off. Domestic non-recognition and international isolation are driving Georgian Dream crazy and weakening the regime.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Melania Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting. I'm not joking. The US currently holds the presidency of the council and that's who Trump chose as chair.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The world is a rockier place than usual and there are still conflicts that may flight below the radar.

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It's official. The illegitimate Georgian Dream government will now be able to jail people for up to three years for publicly calling it illegitimate.

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Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The last recorded voyage between Norway and #Greenland occurred in 1410. Some of the last news out of the colonies described a witch burning around 1406 and a wedding in 1408. What these mundane dispatches don’t mention is any kind of world-ending calamity—no plague, no slaughter, no starvation.”

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Not only you can´t swipe, you can´t touch it (so a situation like this looks pretty surreal to me). The pic makes me recall how me and my sister, an arts student, used to inspect paintings for paint layers but it´s never crossed our minds to touch anything, not even by accident.

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Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard @sondergaard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Why is Greenland suddenly at the center of a global power struggle? What motivates Trump's interest? And could this spark a transatlantic showdown? I thoroughly enjoyed being on DW's 'To the Point' to discuss these and other questions with a knowledgeable panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUL6...

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Trump eyes the Arctic: Will Europe defend Greenland? | To the Point

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I´m not sure whether Dugin is "the Kremlin´s chief ideologue". But what he refers to here goes beyond post-Soviet nostalgia. To reclaim what one has lost despite one´s holy right to own is a potent, easy-to-internalise collective belief. May he have omitted the #Baltic #NATO countries by accident?

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Regarding #Lousiana Gov´s remarks: what arcane histories did they teach there in the ´90s? #USA established their presence on #Greenland by agreement with #Denmark´s (somewhat rogue) minister in Washington during #WW2. #Greenland wasn´t sovereign in ´45, #Denmark couldn´t occupy its own territory.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure to share & discuss my views on #WW2 governments-in-exile with colleagues at @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social. An inspiring conversation with bright minds who explore (mostly) different rooms in the mansion of international history & politics. Grateful for this opportunity.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

90 hrs of lecture are many, many hundred hrs of work. Doing whatever you want as long as it publishes is tons of work (which you cannot fully control).

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

SHADES OF BLUE by Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt offers a fresh perspective on Europe’s evolving identity. Through discourse analysis, this book explores how #Europe oscillates between integration & disintegration. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Shades of Blue by Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimcev, and Gregor Feindt | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

In Shades of Blue, Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt investigate the political project of "Europe" as it oscillates between the extremes of expectations of an ever-w...

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History Today @historytoday.com · 27/11/2025

Access to #Tibet’s recent history is restricted by China. Comparing newspapers from either side of the Himalayas may provide access to the past. 🔒 Robert Barnett’s article from the December issue is now in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

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Tibet: History Across the Himalayas

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Redd Norgeskunnskap i utlandet/save the Scheme for Norwegian Studies Abroad - Sign the Petition! c.org/h24x8TLCyd So, after 🇩🇰, 🇳🇴 is also cutting off the instruction of its language and culture abroad. A bad idea, 🇳🇴will loose scores of informal ambassadors (although one can always conclude that

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Redd Norgeskunnskap i utlandet/save the Scheme for Norwegian Studies Abroad

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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

In secret Senate testimony from October 1975, Gottlieb said the CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, saying “it was probably not a high pay-off program.” nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

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The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later

Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate te...

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

As I´ve just discovered #skystorians, I dare re-post this: Can sb kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @hellenicsociety.bsky.social?

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Academia edu has been a rather troublesome knowledge-visibility platform for quite some time now. Their new steps to monetise research to which they´ve not contributed prompt me to leave. I´m still on RG which, as far as I can tell, has a different business model.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

1,000 reads is not 100 citations. Not even 10. Still, not a bad attention score for an article discussing what some might consider, quite unjustly, a niche topic.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Earlier this month, a German historian who, although from a distance, had a great influence on my research on Second World War governments-in-exile, passed away. Requiescat in pacem. www.collegium-carolinum.de/institut/akt...

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Nachruf auf Detlef Brandes (1941–2025)

Das Collegium Carolinum trauert um sein Mitglied Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlef Brandes.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 15/09/2025

In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British. ⌛️ Last chance to read this History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

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Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Do I know anyone who reads #Korean? I would love to know who cited one of my articles over there.

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Vaida Nicodème (Niksaite) @vaidanik.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

If you happen to be in Brussels on 16–17 September, join us at the ULB for the international conference “Influence and Propaganda: New Historiographical Perspectives” repine.hypotheses.org/1216

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Historians: tailoring a practical micro-course in #diplomatic #history for undergrads that extends beyond my period of expertise, I need help. Is there a compendium of key 19C diplomatic documents (treaties etc.) where these are rendered in English, not French?

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

In the offing for quite some time now. If anything drives POTUS, it´s a childish preoccupation with his lasting legacy, which is currently in the making. There may be none greater accolade for a statesman in office than the #NobelPeacePrize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize

US president told Norway’s finance minister he wants the Nobel peace prize, according to the Norwegian press

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