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Russians React (to Trump's election)
“Just looking at their outward appearances, both are extremely unattractive.”
On Not Talking about Gender in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature
As a graduate student in Russian literature, I wrote a dissertation and eventually a book about the body and the grotesque in nineteenth-century realism. As I look back, I can’t...
Falshfasad: Disavowed Infrastructure and Everyday Mate-realism in Wild Capitalist Moscow
On September 17, 2021, the Jordan Center hosted Michał Murawski for the talk “Falshfasad: Disavowed Infrastructure and Everyday Mate-realism in Wild Capitalist Moscow.” Murawski is a Lecturer in Critical Area...
Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II
On October 1, 2021, the Jordan Center hosted Professor Francine Hirsch, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a talk about her book titled Soviet...
Literature and Reality, with Robert Chandler
On a trip to Moscow to meet with Vasily Grossman’s granddaughter, Robert Chandler recalled seeing a room with Grossman’s things. There, the translator was shocked to see the same line...
Tolstoy’s Orphans
On November 4th, 2021, the Jordan Center hosted Professor David Herman for a talk “Tolstoy’s Orphans.” Professor Herman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and...
Privacy Versus Security in Trying Times: Evidence from Russian Public Opinion
On November 8, 2021, the Jordan Center hosted Professor Israel Marques for his talk “Privacy Versus Security in Trying Times: Evidence from Russian Public Opinion.” Marques is an assistant professor...
Event Recap: The State of US-Russia Relations One Year into the Biden Administration
On November 29th, 2021, the Jordan Center and the Columbia University Harriman Institute hosted experts for a panel on “The State of US-Russia Relations One Year into the Biden Administration.”...
Event Recap - No Final Victories: How Reneging Affects Concessions to Low-Capacity Protest Campaigns in Moscow, Russia
On December 6th, 2021, the Jordan Center hosted Sasha de Vogel for her talk “No Final Victories: How Reneging Affects Concessions to Low-Capacity Protest Campaigns in Moscow, Russia” as part...
Levada Center Attacked for Doing Research with American Scholars
Social science will suffer as a result.
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?
On Cumulative Ideology
This past June — a moment since blotted out by geopolitical horrors large and small — Vladimir Putin sat down with NBC’s Megyn Kelly for an interview subsequently lambasted as...
Russian Meddling and Fake News, Part Two: Fearless Hybrid Defense
Putin walks down the lines of computers staffed with guys in uniform and directs them personally: “Hurt Hillary more! Spur racial discord further! Support Trump!”
America's New Cold War With Russia
With the full support of a feckless policy elite and an uncritical media establishment, Washington is slipping, if not plunging, into a new cold war with Moscow.
The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities
Among the crucial questions rarely discussed in the US political-media establishment: What is the role of the “neo-fascist” factor in Kiev’s “anti-terrorist” ideology and military operations?
Coalition or Cold War with Russia?
This spreading threat cannot be contained, diminished, or, still less, eradicated without Russia.
Dostoevsky, Demons, and The Donald
It’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Dostoevsky novel.
Here’s How Trump’s Election Will Affect U.S.-Russian Relations
Donald Trump broke new ground — especially for a Republican candidate — with his consistent praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
American Fascism: Lessons from Russia
Putin is not a fascist, in part because he does not need to be. Trump ran a consistently fascist campaign.
Russia and the Women's Marches
The signs linking Russia, Putin and Trump invoked existing language and memes that were often bawdy and hilarious.