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The Ramp to Nowhere? Disability in Contemporary Russia
Given the deeply entrenched obstacles—physical, social, cultural, material— to participation in public life by people with disabilities, whatever mention is made is still noteworthy.
Cyborgs, Weak Cosmists, and a Russian Planet
Is Cosmism becoming a new Eurasianism?
Russia and Marxism in Polish Political Thought, Part II
The views on Marxism of philosopher and legal theoretician Leszek Nowak were shared by a number of other important political thinkers of the Polish interwar period, including Roman Dmowski, Józef...
A Day at the Zoo in Soviet Picture-Book Land
Colloquium Series: “Bashkiria’s Imperial World,” a discussion with Charles Steinwedel
Charles Steinwedel Associate Professor of History at Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago joined the Jordan Center to discuss his soon to be completed book, Threads of Empire: Making the Russian Empire in...
Porn for Peace: Ending the War in Ukraine While Riding a Dolphin
In a world where brother battles brother, and Russia and Ukraine find themselves in a virtual state of war, Only One Man could restore peace and harmony. One Man. Sandwiched...
Russia vs. PornHub: Lie Back and Think of the Motherland
Apparently, people would rather do anything else—watch porn, have gay sex—than engage in heterosexual intercourse.
Excerpt from "Sex Work in Contemporary Russia: A Cultural Perspective," Part III
Prostitution existed in Russia for several centuries but became a widespread phenomenon during Peter I’s rule (1683–1725), with the first brothel or “public house” reportedly established by a German in...
Experts debate The Global History of Sport in the Cold War - Day 1
On October 23, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia opened the New York session of “The Global History of Sport in the Cold War,” a...
Russian scholars explore the use of the term 'biopolitics' in Jordan Center-UCL workshop series
What work is biopolitics doing as a heuristic in the Russian field?
Change is coming to All The Russias
I am stepping away from most of my editorial duties for the blog
Remembering Arkadii Dragomoshchenko
Maddie Alpert is currently studying Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. “Time Marvelously Lies” Last Friday, the Jordan Center had the honor of collaborating with the The Ugly Duckling Presse...
Conceptualizing Platforms as Actors in Contentious Politics – A Novel Approach
To understand how and why certain tech companies come to be seen as “harbingers of freedom” and how this reputation impacts their role as actors in contentious politics, we examine...
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....