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A Conversation with Julia Phillips, Author of "Disappearing Earth"
Phillips set out to create a work of fiction for American readers set in what, for them, is exotic landscape. She devoted her time in Kamchatka to meeting people, traveling,...
Excerpt from Victoria Phillips' "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," Part I
This week, "All the Russias" is delighted to feature excerpts from Victoria Phillips' book, "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," out in 2019 from Oxford University Press....
Excerpt from Victoria Phillips' "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," Part II
This week, "All the Russias" is delighted to feature excerpts from Victoria Phillips' book, "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," out in 2019 from Oxford University Press....
Excerpt from Victoria Phillips' "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," Part III
This week, "All the Russias" is delighted to feature excerpts from Victoria Phillips' book, "Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy," out in 2019 from Oxford University Press....
The Spy Who…oh, never mind.
When Ryan Fogle, Third Secretary at the American Embassy in Moscow, was arrested for attempting to recruit a Russian security-services officer, the world sat up and took notice. Then it...
When does Russian propaganda work — and when does it backfire? Here’s what we found.
After examining Russia’s 2014 disinformation campaign in Ukraine, we found that Russian propaganda has very uneven effects. Whether it sways individuals to vote for pro-Russian candidates — or backfires, and...
The Paralympic Games’ Cinderella Story: Ukraine
It is critical that the disability rights movement in Ukraine find ways to ride the Paralympic wave of success.
Behind the @RodionTweets Curtain: the Nuts and Bolts of Twitterifying Dostoevsky
At one point, Sarah Hudspith said she had to fight the urge to write “Sh*t! Got blood on my iPhone! #murderproblems”
Open Letter on the Termination of Russian Studies Faculty at Ohio University
Like you, we are wholeheartedly invested in the survival and recovery of higher education in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That recovery depends on the will of universities...
Diary of a Tweeter: On Golyadkin, Raskolnikov, and the Search for Empathy
I broke one of the @RodionTweets rules.
Twitterature in the Dostoevsky Classroom
My adventure with Twitterature began three years ago, when I began to work with the North American Dostoevsky Society as their social media curator. I began a twitter account for...
Tweets from Underground
How would Raskolnikov use Twitter?
On Tweeting Part One of Crime and Punishment
“Where can I get an #axe at this time of day!”
In Defense of Russia’s Holocaust on Ice
Has “Springtime for Hitler” finally met its match?
Russians are protesting! Why? A Monkey Cage Symposium
Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?
Rodion Raskolnikov, Your Tweet Archive is Ready
Two years ago, on May 1, 2016, the Twitter account @RodionTweets sent its first tweet. Since then @RodionTweets has livetweeted the events of Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, broken into...
Amber Wars: Corruption and International Implications
While the conflict in the East has garnered much attention in the last few years, the illegal amber market plaguing Ukraine’s northwestern region is virtually unknown to the international community.
How Track 2 Diplomacy Might Help Ease Russian-Ukraine Tension
In some cases, where formal diplomacy has initially failed, other diplomatic tracks have fared better. In essence, the end goal of relationship-building is the same, but the means to this...
Don't Let the Transvestite Drive the Bus?
Dear President Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev, I quit.
Marital Happy Endings and Cultural Politics in a Contemporary Australian Adaptation of Anna Karenina
In our time, there is a definite expectation that people know what they want and ensure their own happiness.