Philipp Ther

Dear all, I am migrating this profile and can be soon found only here: @philippther.bsky.social.

“Shipbuilders were among the primary groups whose strikes and #activism brought down #communism: this pathbreaking volume asks what they ultimately achieved.” John Connelly, @UCBerkeley Read In the Storms of Transformation: bit.ly/4gEovhr @philipp_ther

We have several events on "Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women's Rights" coming up this week, including two workshops on December 5 and 6 and a #TransformativeSalon on Thursday, December 5.

Our next #TransformativeSalon is right around the corner: Dec 5 – "They lived in a period of constant revolution," Feminism & Socialism from the Baltics to the Balkans. Book launch and a discussion with Zsófia Lóránd, Claudia Kraft & @celiadonert recet.at/event-news/eve…

I am low-key super-excited my kids convinced me to launch M4Studio - a YouTube channel to share the behind the scenes of some of my team's most insane investigations over the years -- how we've burned hundreds of spies, exposed implausible government plots and conspiracies, and leveraged new open-source methods to do it.

Which means that the economic growth you might get will mostly benefit a few oligarchs (@elonmusk et alia) and the very rich.

Tomorrow another lecture at the Univ. of Ottawa. On my way I observe the huge difference betwenn the US and Canada. The difference looks like the one between Hungary and Austria. And now the people in the US voted for the Hungarian, i.e. Orban model. uottawa.ca/en/events-all/…

I feel very honored to present now my most recent research on transformations now at @CEESMunk: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/storms-t…

Dear Mr. Musk, unelected plutocrats should not try to lesson democracies about checks and balances. God bless America, hopefully the judiciary there can keep its independence.

Tomorrow!

This is from p. 180. I hate being a Cassandra. But the predicaments for democracy, as we knew it from postwar history, and the rule of law are very clear. The second victory of #Trump at the #Election2024 will bring much bigger changes than the first one. God bless America.

A quote from my "How the West lost the Peace" @politybooks : "by their second electoral victory, antiliberals everywhere have managed to push through systemic changes including the partial or complete coordination of the judiciary and media, and the manipulation of voting rights"

Herzlich willkommen: Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz @KrzyRuch ist neuer Direktor des @InstPileckiego! Die Ernennung von Prof. Ruchniewicz setzt ein klares Zeichen: Die 🇵🇱🇩🇪 Beziehungen genießen aktuell höchste Priorität. Wir freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit!

@IWZen Yes, there are examples of large scale cleansings in antiquity. Yet, the way how nationality, ethnicity and religion were defined, were quite different. I also don't know the antique languages well enough to study sources. So unlike @harari_yuval I decided to focus on 2 centuries

Our next #TransformativeSalon: "Does Eastern Europe generate ideas? On the history of global developmental economics", with Małgorzata Mazurek (@Columbia, hosted by the @IWM_Vienna) & @ewa_2m – 7 November, 19:00

Come and see Maria Todorova at the @IWM_Vienna on Wednesday – the event is moderated by our @philipp_ther!

Nach 5 Jahren Vorbereitung nun eröffnet: das ⁦von UCU Lviv u. ⁦@LMU_Muenchen⁩ geschaffene Mykola Hayevoy Modern History Center in Lviv/München. Ziel: die gemeinsame Erforschung deutscher und sowjet. Gewaltgeschichte des 20.Jh. Yaroslav Hrytsak, ⁦@StruveKai⁩

Today good news about @univienna! medienportal.univie.ac.at/media/aktuelle…

@GLandsbergis I am not sure about the label "realists". Maybe "post-realists" or "past-realists" would be more fitting. "Real existing socialism" did not last forever.

Idealists say aggression is fundamentally unacceptable. Realists say Russia is so strong that resistance is futile and acceptance is the only answer. Well, I say we are strong enough to defend our ideals, and fighting back is the most realistic choice. Here's why. 👇🧵1/16

We are starting the new semester with a new episode of our #TransformativePodcast! Our former Ukraine Fellow Kateryna Ruban (@HURI_Harvard) talks to Zsófia Lóránd about Abortion and Emancipation in Ukraine and her book project! Listen now recet.at/podcast