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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”
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...
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 Paralympic Games’ Cinderella Story: Ukraine
It is critical that the disability rights movement in Ukraine find ways to ride the Paralympic wave of success.
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.
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.
Tweets in the Fog: Time and the Crime and Punishment End Game
Once Raskolnikov confesses, then what happens?
Dostoevsky, Demons, and The Donald
It’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Dostoevsky novel.
A New Companion for Readers of Dostoevskii
Today, "All the Russias" features an interview with the editors of "A Dostoevskii Companion: Texts and Contexts," a new volume out this month from Academic Studies Press.
All the Russias: A Transnational Approach
A new approach underpins "Transnational Russian Studies," edited by Andy Byford, Connor Doak, and Stephen Hutchings, just published by Liverpool University Press. Our book opens up the map of Russian...
What Does a Putin Garden Gnome Tell Us About Contemporary Politics?
I first noticed the 7” hand-cast polymer Putin statue on Etsy.com in November 2017. The listing was delightfully playful in nature but also showed a solid engagement with contemporary politics....
In Memory of Stephen Cohen
Earlier this year, our friend and colleague Stephen Cohen passed away. His contributions to the field of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies will be felt for years to come....