Dominique Reill
@dominiquereill.bsky.social
Historian. Loves the Adriatic.
Thanks to the brilliant organizational efforts by Domale Dube, today at @ualberta.bsky.social we had the amazing treat of hearing Erika Edwards talk about her next book project on Afro-descendent women in Argentina from the 18th to the 21st centuries. FASCINATING!
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thanks to the brilliant organizational efforts by Domale Dube, today at @ualberta.bsky.social we had the amazing treat of hearing Erika Edwards talk about her next book project on Afro-descendent women in Argentina from the 18th to the 21st centuries. FASCINATING!
The @ualberta.bsky.social History, Classics, + Religion Graduate student association is organizing a conference "Memory and Narrative: Navigating Connection & Contention," with a call to papers open to any field + offering travel subsidies. Apply! Share! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The @ualberta.bsky.social History, Classics, + Religion Graduate student association is organizing a conference "Memory and Narrative: Navigating Connection & Contention," with a call to papers open to any field + offering travel subsidies. Apply! Share! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What I love about entering a new institution: reading amazing work by my new colleagues. Having lunch with Jim Muir today. And I’m eager to admit: I like what I’m reading.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What I love about entering a new institution: reading amazing work by my new colleagues. Having lunch with Jim Muir today. And I’m eager to admit: I like what I’m reading.
Tonight (Nov 6) at 6pm the @WirthInstitute will host the 2025 Annual Toby & Saul Reichert Holocaust Lecture by Vanderbilt Prof Ari Joskowicz, "Jews, Roma, and the Holocaust." Nykkie Lugosi-Schimpf (Poli Sci; Faculty of Native Studies) will introduce him. More here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tonight (Nov 6) at 6pm the @WirthInstitute will host the 2025 Annual Toby & Saul Reichert Holocaust Lecture by Vanderbilt Prof Ari Joskowicz, "Jews, Roma, and the Holocaust." Nykkie Lugosi-Schimpf (Poli Sci; Faculty of Native Studies) will introduce him. More here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
Jana Osterkamp + Jonathan Singerton's "How Central European History Became a Vibrant Field — and Where It Might Go Next" reflects on what we can learn from the 20 CEHC blogs written by emerging scholars. I love this piece. Please share. cehc.hypotheses.org/473
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Jana Osterkamp + Jonathan Singerton's "How Central European History Became a Vibrant Field — and Where It Might Go Next" reflects on what we can learn from the 20 CEHC blogs written by emerging scholars. I love this piece. Please share. cehc.hypotheses.org/473
It’s official! The @wirthinstitute.bsky.social is grateful to receive these 2 beautiful paintings as a donation from the talented Canadian-Austrian artist Ernestine Tahedl. Stay tuned for information on a mini-vernissage to celebrate their arrival. In the meantime, so happy! ernestinetahedl.ca
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s official! The @wirthinstitute.bsky.social is grateful to receive these 2 beautiful paintings as a donation from the talented Canadian-Austrian artist Ernestine Tahedl. Stay tuned for information on a mini-vernissage to celebrate their arrival. In the meantime, so happy! ernestinetahedl.ca
The new @wirthinstitute.bsky.social Czech doctoral fellow Tereza Trojanová's research on the internationalization of academia + its relationship to social mechanisms of inequality couldn't be more timely. Grateful to have someone here investigating this topic: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The new @wirthinstitute.bsky.social Czech doctoral fellow Tereza Trojanová's research on the internationalization of academia + its relationship to social mechanisms of inequality couldn't be more timely. Grateful to have someone here investigating this topic: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
Our new @wirthinstitute.bsky.social Polish doctoral fellow Anna Zabraniak is showing me how translation functioned in the 19th century to help create "Two (intermingled) Enlightenments" between Polish + Jews culture makers. Learn more about what I'm learning here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our new @wirthinstitute.bsky.social Polish doctoral fellow Anna Zabraniak is showing me how translation functioned in the 19th century to help create "Two (intermingled) Enlightenments" between Polish + Jews culture makers. Learn more about what I'm learning here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
The new wirthinstitute.bsky.social Croatian doctoral fellow Adriana Blažević's work on analyzing how language discourse frames our understandings around migration + power is now making me read + write with even more care. Learn here why: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The new wirthinstitute.bsky.social Croatian doctoral fellow Adriana Blažević's work on analyzing how language discourse frames our understandings around migration + power is now making me read + write with even more care. Learn here why: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
The @wirthinstitute.bsky.social is so lucky to be hosting Hungarian doctoral fellow Erzsébet Árvay. After just a month among us, I'm already asking different questions about how Cold War states tried to "manage" émigré communities. Learn more about her project here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The @wirthinstitute.bsky.social is so lucky to be hosting Hungarian doctoral fellow Erzsébet Árvay. After just a month among us, I'm already asking different questions about how Cold War states tried to "manage" émigré communities. Learn more about her project here: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
The new @WirthInstitute Polish doctoral fellow Tereza Trojanová's research on the internationalization of academia + its relationship to social mechanisms of inequality couldn't be more timely. Grateful to have someone here investigating this topic: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The new @WirthInstitute Polish doctoral fellow Tereza Trojanová's research on the internationalization of academia + its relationship to social mechanisms of inequality couldn't be more timely. Grateful to have someone here investigating this topic: www.ualberta.ca/en/wirth-ins...
A little birdie told me some exciting news: Howard Louthan is stepping in as Executive Editor of the Journal of Early Modern History. Now, help welcome the new editor by sending great work his way! brill.com/view/journal...
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A little birdie told me some exciting news: Howard Louthan is stepping in as Executive Editor of the Journal of Early Modern History. Now, help welcome the new editor by sending great work his way! brill.com/view/journal...
Check out the 20 blogs by emerging scholars in Central European history, discussing the successes, promises, + challenges experienced at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention, that featured 2 keynotes + 55 panels, among other events. cehc.hypotheses.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Check out the 20 blogs by emerging scholars in Central European history, discussing the successes, promises, + challenges experienced at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention, that featured 2 keynotes + 55 panels, among other events. cehc.hypotheses.org
In his "Overcoming Orientalism," Matthias Lehmann discussed the fascinating new research presented at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention that de-centered Habsburg Europe, thereby permitting its deeper contours into center stage. Learn more here! cehc.hypotheses.org/239
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In his "Overcoming Orientalism," Matthias Lehmann discussed the fascinating new research presented at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention that de-centered Habsburg Europe, thereby permitting its deeper contours into center stage. Learn more here! cehc.hypotheses.org/239
In his "Whither nation, blossom state," Simon Neumaier highlighted the new trends present at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention that dislodged traditional ways of understanding state-society-governance outside + alongside the national. cehc.hypotheses.org/257
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In his "Whither nation, blossom state," Simon Neumaier highlighted the new trends present at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention that dislodged traditional ways of understanding state-society-governance outside + alongside the national. cehc.hypotheses.org/257
In her "Empire, Environment, and the Judson Legacy: Reflections from the first Central European History Convention in Vienna," Daša Ličen discusses the most exciting work at the July Convention that reframed thinking about power, empire, + money beyond the man-nature binary. cehc.hypotheses.org/270
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In her "Empire, Environment, and the Judson Legacy: Reflections from the first Central European History Convention in Vienna," Daša Ličen discusses the most exciting work at the July Convention that reframed thinking about power, empire, + money beyond the man-nature binary. cehc.hypotheses.org/270
In "The Quest for Global History and the “Relevance” of Central Europe," @Cosminea argues the 2025 Central European History Convention showed promise of what can be gained when local Central European approaches worked together + apart from US/UK/global trends in scholarship. cehc.hypotheses.org/281
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In "The Quest for Global History and the “Relevance” of Central Europe," @Cosminea argues the 2025 Central European History Convention showed promise of what can be gained when local Central European approaches worked together + apart from US/UK/global trends in scholarship. cehc.hypotheses.org/281
In her "Peripheral states, weak empires and other fairytales," Lida Dodou reveals how global history has changed (and changes) our understandings of Habsburg Europe as seen from the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention. Learn more here! cehc.hypotheses.org/295
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In her "Peripheral states, weak empires and other fairytales," Lida Dodou reveals how global history has changed (and changes) our understandings of Habsburg Europe as seen from the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention. Learn more here! cehc.hypotheses.org/295
In "Echoes of a lost Empire. Central Europe through the eyes of the Río de la Plata," Alexander Dementyev talks on what experiencing the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention was like in respects to the Argentinian (Lost) Central Europes he has known. cehc.hypotheses.org/312
October 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In "Echoes of a lost Empire. Central Europe through the eyes of the Río de la Plata," Alexander Dementyev talks on what experiencing the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention was like in respects to the Argentinian (Lost) Central Europes he has known. cehc.hypotheses.org/312
In "Navigating t(hr)o(ugh) Gender Studies Perspectives at CEH-C," @KorbelSusanne discussed how at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention scholars showed that gender studies no longer is an ignored lens: it's an anchor in a field of brilliant emerging scholars. cehc.hypotheses.org/344
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In "Navigating t(hr)o(ugh) Gender Studies Perspectives at CEH-C," @KorbelSusanne discussed how at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention scholars showed that gender studies no longer is an ignored lens: it's an anchor in a field of brilliant emerging scholars. cehc.hypotheses.org/344
In his "Central European Convention: An Isle of Humanity in a Competitive Academic World," David Smrček discussed how Pieter Judson's influence in connecting scholars from different generations + geographies came to life at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention. cehc.hypotheses.org/125
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In his "Central European Convention: An Isle of Humanity in a Competitive Academic World," David Smrček discussed how Pieter Judson's influence in connecting scholars from different generations + geographies came to life at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention. cehc.hypotheses.org/125
In her probing "Is it worthwhile for a medievalist to participate in the CEH-C?," Sonja Lessacher confronted a tough question: do these interdisciplinary, cross-chronology big events like the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention work? Read here to learn her answer! cehc.hypotheses.org/145
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In her probing "Is it worthwhile for a medievalist to participate in the CEH-C?," Sonja Lessacher confronted a tough question: do these interdisciplinary, cross-chronology big events like the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention work? Read here to learn her answer! cehc.hypotheses.org/145
In her "A New Economic History of Central Eastern Europe," Bianca Centrone talks about how economic history of Habsburg lands had been overshadowed + what new scholars at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention promise to reveal of how much we still have to learn. cehc.hypotheses.org/156
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In her "A New Economic History of Central Eastern Europe," Bianca Centrone talks about how economic history of Habsburg lands had been overshadowed + what new scholars at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention promise to reveal of how much we still have to learn. cehc.hypotheses.org/156
In "Networks then and now…," Mária Lengyel shared what she found to be the most inspiring work at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention, a place where new networks were made but most importantly new light was shed of how power functioned in Habsburg Europe. cehc.hypotheses.org/166
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In "Networks then and now…," Mária Lengyel shared what she found to be the most inspiring work at the 2025 Vienna Central European History Convention, a place where new networks were made but most importantly new light was shed of how power functioned in Habsburg Europe. cehc.hypotheses.org/166
In his "“New Conference, Familiar Community, New Challenges,” Henry Blood reflected on what it was like to conference it up with authors you've spent a career reading. Learn more from him what happened at the 2025 Central European History Convention. cehc.hypotheses.org/193
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In his "“New Conference, Familiar Community, New Challenges,” Henry Blood reflected on what it was like to conference it up with authors you've spent a career reading. Learn more from him what happened at the 2025 Central European History Convention. cehc.hypotheses.org/193