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#Eurozine is an online #magazine and #European network linking up more than 100 #culturaljournals and associates in 35 countries.
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Czech-German conversations: Books and their readers in a changing industry; the crisis of public broadcasting; social memory and the task of historians; Russian emigrés in 1920s Prague. Review of the latest @osteuropa.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/czech-german...
Czech-German conversations
Books and their readers in a changing industry; the crisis of public broadcasting; social memory and the task of historians; Russian emigrés in 1920s Prague.
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October 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The glorification of Ratko Mladic was an example of how, in the former Yugoslavia, ethnic identity is performed through its most provocative symbols. But nationalism thrives in the absence of a convincing political horizon. By Tihomir Loza via Transitions www.eurozine.com/serbias-grea...
Serbia’s great reversal
The glorification of Ratko Mladic was an example of how, in the former Yugoslavia, ethnic identity is performed through its most provocative symbols. But nationalism thrives in the absence of a convin...
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October 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Hands up if you refuse the logic of efficiency; pointless machines; AI and the limits of legibility; the incessant acoustics of data centres. Review of Positionen 148 (2026) www.eurozine.com/anatomy-of-a...
Anatomy of authorship
Hands up if you refuse the logic of efficiency; pointless machines; AI and the limits of legibility; the incessant acoustics of data centres.
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October 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A nuanced and realistic picture is needed of the path of gender equality during and after state socialism, one that overlooks neither progressive-emancipatory nor repressive-patriarchal elements. By Marianna Placáková via A2 @zkra2tka.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy www.eurozine.com/from-enslave...
From enslavement to liberation?
A nuanced and realistic picture is needed of the path of gender equality during and after state socialism, one that overlooks neither progressive-emancipatory nor repressive-patriarchal elements.
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October 5, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Engaged spirituality: the meditator-activist; Indigenous mysticism and the bridging of worlds; the renaissance of the béguinage; spiritual democrats. Review of @revueprojet.bsky.social 414 (2026) www.eurozine.com/spirituality...
Spirituality and politics
Engaged spirituality: the meditator-activist; Indigenous mysticism and the bridging of worlds; the renaissance of the béguinage; spiritual democrats.
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October 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Daniel Cohn Bendit and Claus Leggewie reflect on the limits of anti-authoritarianism, how the Left has become intolerant of ambiguity, and why, when it comes to Europe, utopianism is the better form of realism. Via @revdem2020.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/for-a-utopia...
For a utopian realism
Daniel Cohn Bendit and Claus Leggewie have for decades been two of the most influential and original voices on the European Green-Left. Here they reflect on the limits of anti-authoritarianism, how th...
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September 30, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The delegitimization of the Spanish judiciary; democratic death by a thousand bites; Trump and the new geometry of power; privatising the body of Franco. Review of Letras Libres 9/2026 www.eurozine.com/the-siege-on...
The siege on justice
The delegitimization of the Spanish judiciary; democratic death by a thousand bites; Trump and the new geometry of power; privatising the body of Franco.
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September 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The prospect of a far-right president in France no longer seems far-fetched. Crucial to Le Pen’s chances in 2027 will be whether she can satisfy a sufficient proportion of the electorate that her party is not what it was, writes Enda O'Doherty via Vikerkaar www.eurozine.com/dediabolisat...
Dédiabolisation
With Marine Le Pen comfortably out-polling her competitors, the prospect of a far-right president in France no longer seems far-fetched. Crucial to Le Pen’s chances in 2027 will be whether she can sat...
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September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
In search of traces of the Belarusian diaspora in the West after 1945, the poet Volha Hapeyeva considers how language and literature provide a sense of belonging away from home, helping to conserve an identity that is both Belarusian and European. Via @dekoder.org www.eurozine.com/a-country-be...
A country between being and nothing
In search of traces of the Belarusian diaspora in the West after 1945, the poet Volha Hapeyeva considers how language and literature provide a sense of belonging away from home, helping to conserve an...
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September 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The controversial reopening of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, justified under the pretext of dialogue, legitimised the Russian state’s weaponisation of culture – a practice rooted in Tsarist imperialism. By Zaal Andronikashvili via @voxeurop.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/pushkin-and-...
Pushkin and Putin
The controversial reopening of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, justified under the pretext of dialogue, legitimised the Russian state's weaponisation of culture – a practice rooted in Tsa...
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September 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Iranian cinema’s struggle for freedom of expression; policing women’s right to choose in Russia; Israel’s murderous method of censorship; the suffocation of political theatre in the UK.

Review of @indexoncensorship.org 2/2026
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Conflict and culture
Iranian cinema’s struggle for freedom of expression; policing women’s right to choose in Russia; Israel’s murderous method of censorship; the suffocation of political theatre in the UK.
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September 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Why working-class Valencians are being priced out of their own language; whether or not to write in dialect; Catalonia’s golden age; comparing genocides. Review of L'Espill 77 (2026) www.eurozine.com/waters-made-...
Waters made of words
Why working-class Valencians are being priced out of their own language; whether or not to write in dialect; Catalonia’s golden age; comparing genocides.
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September 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Cryonics promises to preserve patients’ brains, if not entire bodies, until they can be given a ‘second life’. But now there is another route to immortality: digital brain emulation. A transhumanist fantasy? By Moheb Costandi via @newhumanist.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/afterlife-fr...
Afterlife: freeze and upload
Cryonics promises to preserve patients’ brains, if not entire bodies, until they can be given a ‘second life’. But now there is another route to immortality: digital brain emulation. A transhumanist f...
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August 31, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Israel’s devastating response to the Hamas massacre on 7 October 2023 was consonant with, and rooted in, decades of state practice and ideology, write Avi Shlaim and Jamie Stern-Weiner via @irishpages.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/israels-road...
August 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Messages sent between friends reveal the experiential distance from inside and outside Ukraine. Can language – recorded sound or words on a screen – make the despicable legible? What is the personal impact of mediating these trials in communication? Asia Bazdyrieva via Springerin
August 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Metropolitan public infrastructure has long been designed with getting from A to B in mind. This male-dominated approach negates layered activity and locations, or ‘trip chaining’, describing how many women navigate cities. Jovana Božović via the Green European Journal (Link in comments)
August 19, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Women who build their own computers dream of a freer internet. By personalizing their tech, they bring fun back into the equation, and, beyond initial aesthetic choices, are taking back control over how their technology functions. www.eurozine.com/how-punk-is-...
How punk is a cyberdeck?
Women who build their own computers dream of a freer internet. By personalizing their tech, they bring fun back into the equation, and, beyond initial aesthetic choices, are taking back control over h...
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August 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
An interview with Tomas Grunskis, a philosopher of architecture; the renaissance of Lithuanian film; Warhol and Beuys; body intelligence. Review of Nemunas 6/2026 www.eurozine.com/moulding-spa...
Moulding space
An interview with Tomas Grunskis, a philosopher of architecture; the renaissance of Lithuanian film; Warhol and Beuys; body intelligence.
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August 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
On the rituals of prisoner exchange; a village priest who became an adoptive father of six; a wedding costume to be worn into the grave; the field hospital as a place between life and death. Review of Reporters 15 (2026) www.eurozine.com/beauty-at-th...
Beauty at the threshold
On the rituals of prisoner exchange; a village priest who became an adoptive father of six; a wedding costume to be worn into the grave; the field hospital as a place between life and death.
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August 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Bernard Charbonneau (1910–1996) was a pioneer of the ecology movement and a fierce critic of the tourism industry, which he argued brought with it exactly what tourists were trying to escape. By Patrick Chastenet via Esprit / @cairninfo.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/you-can-get-...
‘You can get on a plane, but you can’t truly ever get off’
Bernard Charbonneau (1910–1996) was a pioneer of the ecology movement and a fierce critic of the tourism industry, which he argued came from an authentic desire to escape the city, but which brought w...
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August 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Even in the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, a deep-rooted moral paralysis prevents the Russian opposition from demanding justice for the crimes committed by the state both during Soviet rule and since. By Sergei Lebedev via @osteuropa.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/impunity-cre...
Impunity creates impunity
Even in the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, a deep-rooted moral paralysis prevents the Russian opposition from demanding justice for the crimes committed by the state both during Sov...
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August 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Profiles without selves, or boycott Facebook now; Sartre, Heidegger and Whatsapp; a biography of Orhan Veli, one of Turkey’s great 20th-century poets. Review of Varlık 7/2026 www.eurozine.com/the-anxiety-...
The anxiety of distance
Profiles without selves, or boycott Facebook now; Sartre, Heidegger and Whatsapp; a biography of Orhan Veli, one of Turkey’s great 20th-century poets.
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July 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Against the backdrop of the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine and a historically low birth rate, the authorities in Russia are waging an unprecedented campaign against the right to choose to be a mother. By Olga Borisova via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/policing-wom...
Policing women’s right to choose
Against the backdrop of the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine and a historically low birth rate, the authorities in Russia are waging an unprecedented campaign against the right to choose to be a mother.
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July 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Biljana Plavšić’s universe of concealment; why it’s the middle classes the Left needs to watch; how to know with uncertainty; who decides who deserves welfare? Review of @nlboekengids.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/how-not-to-i...
How not to interview a war criminal
Biljana Plavšić’s universe of concealment; why it’s the middle classes the Left needs to watch; how to know with uncertainty; who decides who deserves welfare?
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July 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
How do you write the history of a displaced society when sites of memory have been destroyed, libraries looted, and archives made inaccessible? Tracing the evolution of Palestinian historiography is to analyse responses to this enduring challenge. By Jihane Sfeir www.eurozine.com/fighting-era...
Fighting erasure
How do you write the history of a displaced society when sites of memory have been destroyed, libraries looted, and archives made inaccessible? Tracing the evolution of Palestinian historiography is t...
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July 23, 2026 at 10:04 AM