Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution;" "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism;" "Caviar and Ashes."
"We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration."--Holly Case on Iryna Vushko's Lost Fatherland
‘The Dual Monarchy was an umbrella that gave politicians opportunities to form both alliances and antagonisms, and then to switch to others when it suited them. ’
Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
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Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration."--Holly Case on Iryna Vushko's Lost Fatherland
"Our religion has long had two traditions, the particular and the universal."--Jason Stanley
Our Legacy
Speech to the Westend Synagogue in Frankfurt on Nov. 9, 2025 to commemorate Reichspogromnacht (Kristallnacht).
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November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"Our religion has long had two traditions, the particular and the universal."--Jason Stanley
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We are happy to announce the inaugural panel of our new event series on December 15, featuring Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Marci Shore, Tamara Hundorova, and Vitaly Chernetsky, moderated by Svitlana Biedarieva. www.eventbrite.com/e/postcoloni...
Postcolonial Thought and Ukraine: Broadening the Field
The panel discusses the role and limits of postcolonial knowledge in the contemporary world, in the context of Russia's war in Ukraine
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November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We are happy to announce the inaugural panel of our new event series on December 15, featuring Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Marci Shore, Tamara Hundorova, and Vitaly Chernetsky, moderated by Svitlana Biedarieva. www.eventbrite.com/e/postcoloni...
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"So, regarding these leaks. They could be fake, could be genuinely overheard conversations [...]"
This is typical of Russian propaganda: "It could be this, it could be that, who knows?" the goal of which is epistemological uncertainty and eventually, nihilism.
This is typical of Russian propaganda: "It could be this, it could be that, who knows?" the goal of which is epistemological uncertainty and eventually, nihilism.
Putin also tried to comment on the scandal involving Witkoff, but after he started telling a joke, the old man seemed to forget what he wanted to say.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"So, regarding these leaks. They could be fake, could be genuinely overheard conversations [...]"
This is typical of Russian propaganda: "It could be this, it could be that, who knows?" the goal of which is epistemological uncertainty and eventually, nihilism.
This is typical of Russian propaganda: "It could be this, it could be that, who knows?" the goal of which is epistemological uncertainty and eventually, nihilism.
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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Un plan de paix sur l’Ukraine qui n’en est pas un. Excellente idée de chercher quelques lumières auprès de spécialistes universitaires américains ayant traversé la frontière pour réfléchir plus librement. C’est le cas de Marci Shore (voir essai à lire ci-joint ). plus.lapresse.ca/screens/f4da...
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Un plan de paix sur l’Ukraine qui n’en est pas un. Excellente idée de chercher quelques lumières auprès de spécialistes universitaires américains ayant traversé la frontière pour réfléchir plus librement. C’est le cas de Marci Shore (voir essai à lire ci-joint ). plus.lapresse.ca/screens/f4da...
"Capping the size of the Ukrainian military--that's like saying to the wolf that's at the door, 'We're opening the door for you.'"
--Janice Stein
--Janice Stein
Is There Any Chance For A Peace Deal in Ukraine?
<p>Donald Trump puts forward a peace deal for Ukraine, a deal pretty well everyone rejects except Russia. But is this just the first step in a real attempt to find a way to end the war in Ukraine? Dr ...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Capping the size of the Ukrainian military--that's like saying to the wolf that's at the door, 'We're opening the door for you.'"
--Janice Stein
--Janice Stein
"Shore peut à peine croire que le plan trumpien permettrait à la Russie de garder le contrôle d’une partie de la population ukrainienne. 'Comme si, à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, on avait permis à l’Allemagne de continuer à occuper des parties de l’Europe, d’y faire régner la terreur.'"
Plan de paix pour l’Ukraine | Le pire des sapins russo-américains
Cinq semaines avant l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie, la journaliste russe Elena Chernenko s’était moquée des demandes que Vladimir Poutine avait adressées à l’Ukraine et à l’OTAN.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Shore peut à peine croire que le plan trumpien permettrait à la Russie de garder le contrôle d’une partie de la population ukrainienne. 'Comme si, à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, on avait permis à l’Allemagne de continuer à occuper des parties de l’Europe, d’y faire régner la terreur.'"
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"The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. . .Awkward wording, evident throughout the document, suggests that at least some of it was originally written in Russian."-- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. . .Awkward wording, evident throughout the document, suggests that at least some of it was originally written in Russian."-- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day. In a world where moral intuition often seems to have been lost, this is a good occasion to remind ourselves that starving people to death is evil.
The Holodomor was a series of artificial famines by the soviet regime in 1921–1923, 1932–1933, and 1946–1947. The most devastating (1932–1933) was a genocide of Ukrainians, taking millions of lives.
Remember those who died of hunger on their own land.
Remember those responsible for it.
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Remember those who died of hunger on their own land.
Remember those responsible for it.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day. In a world where moral intuition often seems to have been lost, this is a good occasion to remind ourselves that starving people to death is evil.
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"Russia wanted to make sure that we freeze, so a lot of Ukrainians stayed home and tried to stay warm by any means, and so by intensively staying warm during such difficult times it actually gave a formula how you can have more Ukrainians." For those who want a little pick-me-up today 😊
Kyiv of Mine : Chapter 3 – Holding onto the summer
YouTube video by KyivOfMine
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November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Russia wanted to make sure that we freeze, so a lot of Ukrainians stayed home and tried to stay warm by any means, and so by intensively staying warm during such difficult times it actually gave a formula how you can have more Ukrainians." For those who want a little pick-me-up today 😊
An invitation for those in Montreal this Wednesday:
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An invitation for those in Montreal this Wednesday:
"In dem prächtigen Gotteshaus überlappen sich nämlich die zwei jüdischen Frankfurts, und an diesem Abend sind sie miteinander in Konflikt geraten."--Eugen El
(S+) Meinung: Aufregung um Rede in Frankfurt: Was bleibt vom Eklat in der Synagoge?
Hinter dem Eklat um den Auftritt von Jason Stanley in einer Frankfurter Synagoge verbirgt sich ein ungelöster Konflikt: zwischen liberalem und orthodoxem Judentum.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"In dem prächtigen Gotteshaus überlappen sich nämlich die zwei jüdischen Frankfurts, und an diesem Abend sind sie miteinander in Konflikt geraten."--Eugen El
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"The Torture Camp on Paradise Street" is already in Georgian bookstores:
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November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"The Torture Camp on Paradise Street" is already in Georgian bookstores:
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
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Thank you—this is indeed a good “back to Kant” moment for all of us.
Thank you—this is indeed a good “back to Kant” moment for all of us.
I think it was @marcishore.bsky.social's book The Ukrainian Night which first showed me how Euromaidan was about the Kantian sense of dignity, that "that which does not have a price, which cannot be bought or sold."
Ever since reading that book, I see it as the best case path for the US as well.
Ever since reading that book, I see it as the best case path for the US as well.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Thank you—this is indeed a good “back to Kant” moment for all of us.
Thank you—this is indeed a good “back to Kant” moment for all of us.
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America is down, but is it out? Normalization of politics in abnormal times has unsettling historical parallels. Ukraine resists tyranny, but in the US there's a drift away from rule of law to "impunity, humiliation, and political violence." @marcishore.bsky.social - youtu.be/28KnYrBIHuE
America is Down - But is it Out? Authoritarian Slide is Accelerating
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
America is down, but is it out? Normalization of politics in abnormal times has unsettling historical parallels. Ukraine resists tyranny, but in the US there's a drift away from rule of law to "impunity, humiliation, and political violence." @marcishore.bsky.social - youtu.be/28KnYrBIHuE
"Meine Familie wurde aus Deutschland vertrieben. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass die Jüdische Gemeinde mich am Sonntagabend herausgeworfen hat. . . Die Reaktion der Jüdischen Gemeinde in Frankfurt ist ein Verrat an der liberalen, deutsch-jüdischen Tradition."--Jason Stanley
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Meine Familie wurde aus Deutschland vertrieben. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass die Jüdische Gemeinde mich am Sonntagabend herausgeworfen hat. . . Die Reaktion der Jüdischen Gemeinde in Frankfurt ist ein Verrat an der liberalen, deutsch-jüdischen Tradition."--Jason Stanley
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Italian Senator Carlo Calenda left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and someone who repeats Russian propaganda narratives.
I believe this is exactly how public accountability should work - when a liar is called a liar.
I believe this is exactly how public accountability should work - when a liar is called a liar.
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Italian Senator Carlo Calenda left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and someone who repeats Russian propaganda narratives.
I believe this is exactly how public accountability should work - when a liar is called a liar.
I believe this is exactly how public accountability should work - when a liar is called a liar.
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Senator Calenda and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thanks for support!
Thanks for support!
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Senator Calenda and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thanks for support!
Thanks for support!
For friends in and around Nova Gorica tomorrow:
The keynote speech will be given by the historian Marci Shore, entitled: 'Encounters in the borderlands: Translation and the possibilities and impossibilities of understanding in a dystopian world'.
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For friends in and around Nova Gorica tomorrow:
All credit here goes to the Ukrainian protagonists of this book:
Just read—The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of a Revolution by Marci Shore. A hard book to put down! After a brief recap of the causes, you're right there in the thick of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, living it through the words of the protesters themselves. Phenomenal!
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
All credit here goes to the Ukrainian protagonists of this book:
"[A]s Jews from all walks of life and across the world. . . We have not forgotten that so many of the laws, charters, and conventions established to safeguard and protect all human life were created in response to the Holocaust. Those safeguards have been relentlessly violated by Israel."
Jews Demand Action
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November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"[A]s Jews from all walks of life and across the world. . . We have not forgotten that so many of the laws, charters, and conventions established to safeguard and protect all human life were created in response to the Holocaust. Those safeguards have been relentlessly violated by Israel."
30 years ago Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by a right-wing extremist, a Jew opposed to the Oslo Accords. If that bullet had missed, we would be in a different world now.
Tens of thousands are gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Credit Amir Goldstein
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
30 years ago Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by a right-wing extremist, a Jew opposed to the Oslo Accords. If that bullet had missed, we would be in a different world now.