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Ada Dialla links Vereshchagin's art to the rise of humanitarianism in 19th-century Russia
Contributing to a “humanitarian narrative,” Vereshchagin’s work helped craft a bond between those who suffer and those who empathize with that suffering.
A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada
Bojanowska’s book examines a travelogue by Ivan Goncharov, better known as the author of the novel Oblomov, using his eyewitness account as a window onto imperial history of the 19th...
The Ballad of Sonya and Louie: An Immigrant Story
I had thought my family was Russian, but then when I went to college, I found out we were just Jews.
Private Screening: Darya Zhuk's "Crystal Swan," 9 October at NYU
Set in 1990s Belarus, "Crystal Swan" is the story of DJ Velya (Alina Nasibullina), a young woman aching to escape her drab life — devoid of hope or even color...
Dispatches from NYU Libraries
Open Letter in Support of DOXA
We demand that the charges against Natalia Tyshkevich, Vladimir Metyolkin, Armen Aramyan, and Alla Gutnikova be immediately dropped and that all four be released, and we express our wholehearted support...
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...
The Last Will and Testament of Sergei Esenin: Cultural History of a Mystification, Part I
In this article, I’d like to turn away from heated debates over Esenin’s alleged “killers,” or unprofessional falsifiers of literary history, toward an apparently calmer place. I will focus on...
Scholars Share Ideas on 1821 Greek Revolution
A conference on “1821: What Made It Greek And Revolutionary?".
Teymur Ateşli: A Traitor-Hero for the Cold-War Era
For an ethnically Turkish man from the Soviet Union, fighting with the Nazis was no betrayal.
Russia's Culture Wars, or Россия диве дается
When Mitt Romney declared Russia the "number 1 geopolitical foe" during the recent US presidential campaign, he would have been on much firmer ground had he simply added "of Madonna...
How Obama can avert another Cold War
Why is another Cold War possible two decades after the Soviet Union ended?
“Vulgar Spectacle:” The 1967 Festival of Fashions in Moscow
The failure of Soviet design at the Festival of Fashions in Moscow was not the result of insufficient designer talent, nor did it proceed from the low quality of Soviet...
Professor Natalia Levina Speaks on Ukraine at an NYU Community Discussion
If you are wondering what you can do to help them, I am sure the people of Ukraine appreciate all the donations coming their way. Thank you from the bottom...
One Year Ago: Professor Natalia Levina Speaks on Ukraine at NYU
I grew up in Kharkiv. Countless memories are tied to the main city square, which has now been bombed. Almost a year ago, I learned that my own childhood home...
Day 2 - Two-day workshop starts new conversations on Russia`s Races
On February 27, 2015 the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted the second part of its two-day workshop Russia’s Races: Meanings and Practices of Race in...
A Hard Day's Arabian Night (Turkish Gambit 5)
As mistakes go, it’s a brilliant one.
Overkill as Governance: How I Spent my Summer in Moscow (Part I)
It's no secret to those who study Russia that the culture of vertical control here affects everyone – not least human rights workers and lawyers fighting good fights.
Overkill, Part II: The Bolotnaya Verdict
Transforming insane claims against activists into legal fact, Russian courts are continuing their established role as blunt weapons in the Kremlin assault on society.
Did Russia Really Just Shut the Door on International Human Rights Law?
When Putin signed this law, the hyperbolic headlines and apparent ignorance of the Russian legal system, not to mention of international law were ... not unexpected.