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This is the official Account of the Research Group New Cold War Studies at the University of Vienna https://newcoldwarstudies-hist.univie.ac.at/
Mittwoch, 29. April 2026, 18:00-20:00, Vortrag & Diskussion, "Archi­tektur als Welt­politik" im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Global – Neutral" mit Lucile Dreidemy, Architekturzentrum Wien
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Vortrag & Diskussion: Archi­tektur als Welt­politik
Ein zeithistorischer Blick auf Österreichs Bauprojekte in afrikanischen und asiatischen Ländern im Zeitraum von 1955 bis 1989 zwischen Neutralität, Einfluss und globaler Verflechtung.
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April 27, 2026 at 7:13 AM
CfP 16th Annual International Student Conference of the Cold War History Research Center, Budapest, July 30–31, 2026
Deadline for proposal submission is May 15, 2026.
April 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Lecture by Agustín Cosovschi, Rethinking Temporalities, Meanings, and Networks in the History of Non-Alignment, Tuesday, 21 April 2025, 6pm, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (hybrid)
www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
Rethinking Temporalities, Meanings, and Networks in the History of Non-Alignment
Lecture | Agustín Cosovschi
www.oeaw.ac.at
April 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Call for Applications: 1 PhD and 2 postdoctoral positions in history/development studies in the ERC project ShockAge on the global history of structural adjustment in the long 1980s (with a specific focus on the G77, the IMF/World Bank and Bolivia) 👇
ie.univie.ac.at/aktuelles-un...
Call for Applications: 1 PhD + 2 postdoc positions
in ERC research project ShockAge
ie.univie.ac.at
March 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Call for applications for 4 four-year PhD POSITIONS at the University of Vienna. Focused on studying CHALLENGES to MULTILATERALISM in history, development studies, political science, and international law below.
Application deadline: 12.04.2026
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University assistant predoctoral
University assistant predoctoral
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March 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Job: 0,75 Univ. Assistant Predoc. "Multilateralism Revisited" (Univ. of Vienna)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-160912

Wien, 01.09.2026-31.08.2030, University of Vienna, Bewerbungsschluss: 12.04.2026 University assistant predoctoral
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March 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Rez: P. Gatrell u.a.: Refugee Voices in Modern Global History

https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-155315

P. Gatrell u.a.: Refugee Voices in Modern Global History
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March 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Out now and highly recommended: Engineering Global Socialism. Ownership, Non-Alignment, and Corporate Culture in a Bosnian Company by Anna Calori
iupress.org/978025307511...
Engineering Global Socialism
Engineering Global Socialism chronicles the journey of the Bosnian global corporation Energoinvest and its workers from its Yugoslav socialist ideals through...
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February 17, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Next week! Join us for an interesting presentation!
10 December 2025, 17:00, Workshop "New Histories of Romania during the Cold War" organised by the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies! You can attend in person or via Zoom. For more information: 👇
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ihb/detai...
New Histories of Romania during the Cold War
Workshop
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Book Discussion "The New International Economic Order
Lives and Afterlives" by Paul Stubbs (EIZG, Zagreb and IWM, Vienna) with Eva-Maria Muschik (Chair), Sophie Erschen & Franz Paul Kroiß (Discussants)

Wednesday, 10 December, 16:00-18:00, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Wien (Seminar Room SG2)
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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My article "Religious humanitarianism. The World Council of Churches for refugees in Austria in 1956 and 1968" is out! Published in "Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe. Local, national and international perspectives" edited by @dacretu.bsky.social and @michalfrankl.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Book Discussion "The New International Economic Order
Lives and Afterlives" by Paul Stubbs (EIZG, Zagreb and IWM, Vienna) with Eva-Maria Muschik (Chair), Sophie Erschen & Franz Paul Kroiß (Discussants)

Wednesday, 10 December, 16:00-18:00, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Wien (Seminar Room SG2)
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
10 December 2025, 17:00, Workshop "New Histories of Romania during the Cold War" organised by the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies! You can attend in person or via Zoom. For more information: 👇
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ihb/detai...
New Histories of Romania during the Cold War
Workshop
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November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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@sarahmknoll.bsky.social und @msenn.bsky.social räumen im Interview mit uns mit ein paar Mythen zur Neutralität auf. Die FPÖ stilisiere „sich mit einem überdehnten Verständnis der Neutralität als deren einzige Beschützerin. Das hemmt die Debatte“, sagt Senn. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Historikerin Knoll: "Die FPÖ darf den Diskurs über die Neutralität nicht bestimmen"
Politikwissenschafter Martin Senn und Historikerin Sarah Knoll über die größten Mythen, die sich um Österreichs Neutralität ranken, und ihre Rolle beim Poker um den Verhandlungsort für Ukraine-Frieden...
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August 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#job two PhD positions at the University of Cologne within the Emmy Noether Research Group "Management and Planning for Development. A Transregional Perspective (1950-1990)", headed by Katharina Kreuder-Sonnen. Thread 👇
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Call for Applications for the The Cold War Archival Research Institute (CWAR) Graduate Fellows Program. Calling for graduate students in your department who are working in Cold War history. Details and application materials are available at cwar-institute.org. Deadline for submission: 1.9.2025.
CWAR
In association with the Oxford Life-Writing Centre and Cold War Lives at Wolfson College, Oxford University
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July 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
On Wednesday 14 May 2025 @jelenadj.bsky.social l will present her project "Globalising the Yugoslav Revolution in the Postcolonial World: Veterans, Memory and Transnational Networks of Solidarity" at the ie.talks. Looking forward to an interesting discussion!
May 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Out now, my article on Hungarian Refugees in the United States between Cold War Politics, Economic Growth, and Labour Demands, 1956–1958, The Historical Journal, first view and open access 👇
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Hungarian Refugees in the United States between Cold War Politics, Economic Growth, and Labour Demands, 1956–1958 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Hungarian Refugees in the United States between Cold War Politics, Economic Growth, and Labour Demands, 1956–1958
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April 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Join us online next Tuesday to hear more about Socialism and International Law!
Thursday, 01.04.2025 17:00, Roundtable on Socialism and International Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
You can also participate online! Find all details here 👇
Socialism and International Law
A Roundtable
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March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thursday, 01.04.2025 17:00, Roundtable on Socialism and International Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
You can also participate online! Find all details here 👇
Socialism and International Law
A Roundtable
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March 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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If you are in Vienna tomorrow – Come and drop by for Prof. Jill Massino's (UNC Charlotte) #TransformativeSeminar on "History Doesn't Travel in One Direction: Real Existing Postsocialism in Eastern Europe", 13:00-14:30
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March 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Am Donnerstag (20.03.) um 18:30 Uhr kommt die Historikerin @sarahmknoll.bsky.social zu uns in die FAKTory und stellt ihr Buch "Aufnahme und Transit. Österreichische Asyl- und Flüchtlingspolitik im Kalten Krieg" vor. Kommt vorbei! Zur Anmeldung: https://bit.ly/3XvOwbg
March 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Am 20. April um 18:30 Uhr stellt 
@sarahmknoll.bsky.social  in Wien ihre Publikation »Zwischen Aufnahme und Transit« vor. 

Mehr Informationen zur Veranstaltung: https://ow.ly/haPk50VkuFC
Zum Buch: https://ow.ly/UKAx50VkuFH
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Recommendation! Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 6pm Jill Massino will give a talk on Romania's relations with Pinochet's Chile at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
Romania’s Relations with Pinochet’s Chile
Lecture Jill Massino | Charlotte (NC)
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March 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🏆Unser Partner-Verein "1989 – Verein zur Förderung der Historischen Transformationsforschung und des Wissenstransfers" schreibt zum ersten Mal einen Nachwuchspreis in historischer Transformationsforschung aus! Der "Transformation Studies Student Award" prämiert bis zu 2exzellente Masterarbeiten ...
March 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM