Need an example of present-day Balkanism, complete with gender tropes? Look no further than this piece on #CharlesIII's alleged "affair" with #Transylvania, the land "beyond modernity". Unbelievable that The New Statesman gets away with such exoticizing prose tinyurl.com/3ym86x2r

Best advice I got in grad school was not to be angry when someone got something they didn’t deserve but instead to be hopeful that I would get something better that I also didn’t deserve

Fawn season in our front yard. The second super cute visitor this week. #ATX

Congratulations, Monica Cure! This is fantastic news!

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A Self-Portrait of the Roma, Without the Stereotypes nytimes.com/2023/07/27/art…

World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics: Discontinuance of all programs. Eliminate all 32 faculty. Sadly confirming earlier reports. Again: 32 faculty.

How fascinating and tangled was the spy world at the end of WWII! From Transylvanian Nazis to Iron Guard fascists to Romanian princes and princesses, they all sold information, often to several, if not all, intelligence services. A lucrative business, I must say.

Das Buch „Der lange Arm der Stasi“ von Gabriele Stötzer ist im diesjährigen Wettbewerb „Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher“ der Stiftung Buchkunst in der Kategorie „Sachbuch“ ausgezeichnet worden. 🏆 Die Autorin und Künstlerin war in der DDR Zentrum des künstlerischen Untergrunds in

In Romania, the Traumas of a Bloody Revolution Still Cast a Long Shadow nytimes.com/2023/09/25/wor…

If you are interested in "file stories," intelligence gathering strategies, targets, informants, officers, and forensic translation in an era of analog surveillance, please join these wonderful scholars as they discuss my new book.

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The Secret Police Dossier of Herta Müller by Valentina Glajar provides an in-depth investigation of the Romanian secret police's file on #HertaMüller from 1983 until after she emigrated to West Germany in 1987. Get 50% off with code BB250 during our #ebooksale: boybrew.co/489wPQY

Very excited about this! And Ljubljana is a plus 😉. @ProfAliLewis1

CFP: Surveillance and Literature We’re seeking submissions for a special issue of Surveillance & Society on “Surveillance and Literature.” Guest edited by @StephJayB. Submission deadline January 1, 2025. More details can be found here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surv… Please share!

A generous and thoughtful review of my book. Very grateful! Boydell & Brewer Camden House degruyter.com/document/doi/1…