Immo Rebitschek
immorebitschek.bsky.social
Immo Rebitschek
@immorebitschek.bsky.social
Historian of Eastern Europe, Stalinism, Soviet law & criminal justice, Russian imperial famine relief and humanitarianism... and the NBA (go Mavs 🏀!) @uni-jena.de
https://uni-jena.academia.edu/ImmoRebitschek
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A first look:

My take on the history of criminal justice and the procuracy under (and after) Stalin

The Disciplined Dictatorship: The Soviet Procuracy from Stalin to Khrushchev, 1938—1956

forthcoming with Oxford University Press

Expected September 2026.
More soon.
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For anyone who published a book, article, or digital project on legal history between Jan.2025 and Dec.2026: you should apply to be featured in the ASLH's virtual event series for next yr--"Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27." Due June 30, 2026: aslh.net/virtual-book... (1/2)
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27 | American Society for Legal History
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Sponsored by the American Society for Legal History Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2026 The ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal Histo...
aslh.net
June 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Die FDP hat offenbar doch noch einen Puls 👍
May 30, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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A first look:

My take on the history of criminal justice and the procuracy under (and after) Stalin

The Disciplined Dictatorship: The Soviet Procuracy from Stalin to Khrushchev, 1938—1956

forthcoming with Oxford University Press

Expected September 2026.
More soon.
April 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Unterschiedliche Perspektiven zusammenbringen: eine Seite möchte vernichten, andere wollen überleben. Da wird sich schon die Mitte finden lassen. Ansonsten bleibt ja noch der Sektempfang im Anschluss.

www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Russland wieder zur Biennale
Der Krieg wütet weiter, aber Russland soll nach vier Jahren wieder an der Kunstbiennale in Venedig teilnehmen. Biennale-Präsident Buttafuoco spricht von einer „Diplomatie der Schönheit“.
www.faz.net
March 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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ARD Kyjiw-Korrespondentin Rebecca Barth hat über Monate mit Unterstützung unseres Teams zur Russifizierung in den besetzten Gebieten recherchiert. Das Ergebnis dieser Arbeit ist ein extrem wichtiges Feature, das ihr hören solltet: „Besetzte Gebiete: Wie Russland die Ukraine russifiziert“.
Die russischen Besatzer kamen bei der Invasion der Ukraine 2022 mit frisch gedruckten Schulbüchern
Die russischen Besatzer kamen 2022 mit frisch gedruckten Schulbüchern, erzählen geflüchtete ukrainische Lehrerinnen. Der Druck in besetzten Gebieten ist groß.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
March 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Honest question: are there any other (bigger) anti-ICE protests outside of Minnesota?
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Wenn wir in den Geisteswissenschaften irgendwie KI-Nutzung didaktisch eingehegt kriegen und zugleich accountability unter Studierenden einfordern wollen, muss die Zahl der Hausarbeiten halbiert werden und jede Arbeit in einer Minidisputatio verteidigt werden.
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Cannot wait to hear/read how Trump's Special Military Operation will likely alienate his peaceloving isolationist MAGA voters...

They ordered authoritarianism, he delivered, and they love it.
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Whenever I need a reminder why I left X... 👇
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Manuscript submitted...!
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Watching Wemby's opener: suddenly breaking all of Wilt's records becomes conceivable
#NBAsky
October 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Fellowships for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers from Poland or Ukraine for a stay of up to six months in Halle. 👇

www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...
Ausschreibungen
www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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I respect her deeply, and I feel great disgust toward the Western pro-China lobby and propaganda stooges, Western Maoists, "anti-imperialists", business people without ethics who deny all this or even support it.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...
Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says
Zhang Zhan, 42, was sentenced on a charge of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' in China.
www.japantimes.co.jp
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's out - our collective issue with @jahrbuecherjgo.bsky.social
"Resources in Use: Visions and Practices in Late Imperial Russia and the Early Soviet Union"

biblioscout.net/journal/jgo/...
Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
biblioscout.net
September 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Mastering the art of reducing historical complexity (Fitzpatrick style): "The proletarian coach that had brought Cinderella to the revolution had turned into a pumpkin"
August 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining” is offering two full-time (100% / 40 hours per week) positions as

Head of a Junior Research Group

From 2026 until 31.12.2031. We aim to turn this into a permanent position.

jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/0...
Head of a Junior Research Group
jobs.uni-jena.de
August 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Take it from a historian: it is worthwhile to keep an eye on Russia's agricultural performance
‼️ Russian Agricultural Update:

“Beet shipments down 51%”

*sugar beets

For January-June 2025.

This story might be more complex & more important than you might expect.

www.kommersant.ru/doc/7926448
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Lutz Niethammer – Wikipedia
de.m.wikipedia.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
For those still maintaining equidistance between Russia and Ukraine...👇
Russia is forcing children abducted from Ukraine to fight against their own country when they turn 18 - The Times.

Ukrainian government officials told the media that it is not known how many have been conscripted, but by some estimates, there are thousands.
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Panels, drinks, and books - everything all at once in a small radius. #ICCEES25
July 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM