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The European Court’s Pro-Gay Ruling Is Great Anti-Gay Propaganda
The ECHR ruling plays right into the Kremlin’s favorite narrative: Western liberalism is not only offensive to traditional values, but also out to get Russia.
Fake Putin, Real Pussy Riot, Fake Obama, Real Diplomacy
Watching Fake Putin go around being a charming bully is funny (as they say, because it's true.) Watching the US President ignore gay rights protesters in the face of a...
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...
Inferiority Complex: Why the New Film Adaptation of Lady Macbeth is Too Subtle for its Own Good
Oh great, I thought, as she suffocated the little boy, now we’re getting to my favorite bit.
Canada, Hockey, and the Cold War
What had begun as score-settling with upstart pretenders to Canada’s pre-eminence acquired its epic qualities because the victory came over the Soviet Union, the hegemon of the Communist bloc.
Malfunctioning Affective Infrastructures: How “Broken” Roads Become Sites of Belonging
Smoothly functioning infrastructures are unnoticeable; they attract attention only when they break down. However, even where infrastructures do not function as intended, they do not necessarily stop working altogether. Instead,...
"Dreaming of Duskobor'e: 1917 and Canada's Dukhobors" with David McDonald, University of Wisconsin - Madison
David McDonald presented his research on Canada's Dukhobors, a religious group with origins in the Russian Empire, in a roundtable discussion with other scholars. Yanni Kotsonis moderated.
Yelena Khanga, Belonging, and Blackness in Russia
Early in Episode 694 of the This American Life podcast, "Get Back to Where You Once Belonged," hosts Emanuele Berry and Ira Glass are watching clips from the 1936 Soviet...
Poor Liza and Russia’s Sentimental Marketplace
On December 11, 2020, the Jordan Center welcomed Prof. Kirill Ospovat for a talk on links between narrative modes and visions of economy that defined Russian sentimentalism. Through a close...