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fdonoff.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Vienna ERC Datarev project: datarev.univie.ac.at
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The best historical comparison I can think of is not with 1938, but with the Holy Alliance and 1815: the rulers of the Great Powers allied against Europe's peoples and democratic ideals (but at last we got rid of both the Russian and the Austrian empires)

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

"Se passa infatti il principio che la maggioranza parlamentare può non solo fare le leggi, ma anche decidere quali magistrati debbano applicarle, chiamiamoli pure tribunali speciali, mi pare evidente che a breve il problema non riguarderà più solo i migranti, ma tutti i cittadini italiani"

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

I really appreciate these posts by @adaplamer.bsky.social they finally allow me to share the history of florence with my friends who don't speak Italian 1/?

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Ill-auguration?

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Encore une fois sur nos représentations de la Russie et de l'Ukraine. Il y a une chose que j'aurais dû trouver frappante il y a des années déjà, et pourtant, ce n'est que depuis 2022 que j'en ai pris conscience: une différence de taille dans la construction des enquêtes d'opinion en Ru et Ukr. 1/10

submitted 45 days ago • 4 comments

This is such sad news. I worked with Nicola at the British Agricultural History Society. She always brought such an effortless and infectious positive energy. She could (and regularly did) brighten up even a Zoom meeting. What a tragedy.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

The right parallel is not with 1938, it's more like 1917 had the Americans threatened to side with the Central Powers

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

The reinstatement of border controls is something german greens and spd should be ashamed of.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

I asked for recommended readings for my "Global Transformations and the liberal world order"-seminar, and am happy to repost the suggestions. Here's the first, on the international trade regime:

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment