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Project 1917: A Revolutionary Year Reimagined through Social Media
In today’s Russia, where government propaganda consistently denies society’s inherent complexity, Project 1917 offers a space that supports civil discourse and challenges official narratives. Only when history belongs to the...
3 Questions: Russian intellectual history as a practice and project (Historia Nova Interviews)
What kinds of intellectual projects would be most beneficial for our shared fields?
Book Review: "Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition"
What distinguishes "Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition" from other works on Russian television is its emphasis on the industry's adaptation to global markets and trends.
Change is coming to All The Russias
I am stepping away from most of my editorial duties for the blog
Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Liberalism
Scholars discuss the roots of neoliberalism and how we can understand the spheres of economic and political liberalism.
Black woman or Russian fashion accessory? Only her hairdresser knows for sure...
If you’re an art impresario, fashion designer, and related to two (count ‘em, two) Russian oligarchs by blood and by common-law marriage, it can’t be easy finding a new thrill....
Talking with Scholarly Publishers (Historia Nova Prize Part II)
What advice would you give a young scholar when submitting a manuscript to your press?
Ksenia Sobchak; or, Who Gets to Lose to Putin in 2018?
Russia could do a lot worse than Ksenia Sobchak. In fact, most countries currently are (not everyone gets to be Canada).
Reflecting on the 1917 Revolution: Yanni Kotsonis gives a lecture on doubts about the "Great Event"
Yanni Kotsonis presents the question, Should we as historians be investing such meaning in the 1917 Revolution?
Julia Sweet discusses the role of collective memory in Putin's propaganda machine
Julia Sweet considers the Russian state's most effective propaganda strategies in maintaining anti-Ukrainian sentiment.
Technology, Ideology and Culture: Legacies of Soviet-African Relations
Historians and anthropologists discuss the impacts and legacies of Soviet-African relations of the 20th century.
An Interdisciplinary Study of the Russian Revolution
Scholars host a roundtable to discuss the multi-layered legacy of 1917.
Russia's Relations with the West one Year after the US Presidential Elections
One year after the US presidential elections, what is the current state of US-Russian/Eurasian relations and what can we expect for the future?
What Were They Thinking? Russian intellectuals interpret the revolution, 1917-1922
Intellectual visions and destroyed dreams of the Revolution.
Taking Inventory of the New Regime
Anne O'Donnell discusses the challenges in taking inventory of property during the first years of Soviet socialism.
Was the Russian Revolution a Failure?
Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses multiple lenses through which to investigate the event 100 years later.
"On Narratives of Possibility and the Nature of Social Protest": A colloquium discussion with William Rosenberg
William Rosenberg discusses the multiplicity of narratives that shaped the Revolution.
A Punk Prayer: a screening and discussion of Evgeny Mitta's "Act and Punishment"
Evgeny Mitta powerfully narrates the rise and global evolution of Pussy Riot.
Deciphering Stalin, the man and tyrant: Stephen Kotkin discusses the second volume of his series, "Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941"
The shaping of Communist ideology in the midst of 20th-century geopolitics informed Stalin's domestic policies as well as the Soviet Union's role on the world stage.
Building and Mythologizing the Soviet Friendship Project
Rachel Applebaum discusses the development and narrativization of Soviet-Czechoslovak relations through the 20th century.